DIY valentine pencil gifts to school

With a 5 year and a 3 year going to school, and ofcourse Valentines Day near the corner, they are super excited to share anything at school with their friends. Looking at how many I needed, 36 is a big number, Nishka has 23 class mates and Navya has 11. I also did not want to make them feel they don't have one for themselves, I gave them one each, so that makes a total of 36 of something. I gave some thought and finally said, nothing is better than pencils to make little kids happy...oh I should have said, making parents happy. Another alternative, incase you would like to please the kids, lollypops instead of the pencil work great. 

It is ~1.5 hr of work, keeping in mind how long kids take to do small things. I also split the times into 2 halves of 45mins, as kids have a hard time focusing for longer periods of time. I helped Nishka with cutting the heart shapes, and Navya with cutting and writing(she is too little to write on her own yet.) I love the times when we all get together to do something that is fun. What did you and your kids do together for Valentines day? Remember the mantra 

Happy Kids = Happy Moms

 

All you need is
Pencils 
scotch tape/cello tape,
any printing paper
marker (Any color)
red poster board or poster paper