A Valentine' s Day Blog Just in Time for Mother's Day

You know the drill. Valentine's day. Class list. Candy. Spongebob Squarepants cut out cards. Etc, etc. I looked it over and thought, "Time to get crafty" 
But, as demonstrated by my two month delayed blog post, I am a wee bit short on time these days. Here is a quick and dirty craft idea that soothes the craft beast without being a time suck.

Bookmark Valentines

 

 A couple of old manilla folders

Some crafty scrapbook paper

Yarn

Glue stick

Hole punch

Optional but incredibly helpful

paper cutter

Stamp Set

Here we go.....

 Cut your manilla folders and craft paper to the desired bookmark size. A paper cutter makes quick work of this.

Kid time: glue the craft paper to the cut folder strips

Then punch a hole in the center of each glued bookmark.

 

 Pull the yarn through the hole and tie.

Fairy band-aid optional

On the back she stamped "to" and "from" and wrote all her friends names.

 It took about two hours and she was so proud to give them out. A fun craft project even when it's not Valentine's Day. 

All my supplies, including the paper cutter, were purchased at the local thrift store and cost under $10 for the everything!

Quick and Easy Sushi rolls

Ask my daughter what she wants to eat and it's usually one of two things: mac and cheese or sushi. I have solved this problem by not asking her what she wants, but occasionally I like to indulge her. However, I tire of spending the money taking her out to the DC Sushi bars. That's when I came up with the following:

Sushi Assembly Line all laid out

Pack of Seaweed wrappers: snack size ($.99)

One avocado ($.99)

One cucumber ($.89)

Scallions ($.50)

Smoked Salmon (ranges in price, used about $3 in rolls)

Microwave sushi rice bowl- making boiled rice is cheaper($2.99)

Soy Sauce for dipping

 Grab a wrapper, stuff it full of whatever you want, stick in your mouth. Easiest recipe I have ever come up with, but so fun that we sat at the table eating for over an hour. 

 

This is simply my take on the assembly line. The options are literally endless. The point is that it is a) cheap, b) easy c) kid friendly fun and d) super healthy

The bowls you see in the pictures are some tofu ochazuke I made that was cast aside for sushi construction.