True Love Notes

This week your kids probably started talking about their classroom Valentine’s party. Kindness and love will be marketed in store and window displays urging you to purchase, chocolates, candy, flowers, cards and stuffed animals.

While all of these are nice ways of sharing love with each other, it doesn’t compare with the way God shares his love with us. As Christian parents and grandparents, it is important for us to help our little ones know about God’s great love.

Know God’s Love 

I’ve included some love passages from God below that can be found in the Bible. 

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16

God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God” 1 John 3:1

“Dear friends, let us love one another, since love comes from God.” 1 John 4:7

We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19

Remember God’s Love

Read them to your child and let them pick out their favorite. You can enhance their learning experience by helping them:

1). Cut out their verse.

2). Memorize it. 

3). Put it in an envelope. 

Address the envelope-

To: Your Child’s Name

From: God

Craft God’s Love

Let you kids have a great time “crafting” those beautiful envelopes with heart stickers, markers, stamps, paint, collage, etc.

Embrace God’s Love

Now that their Valentine from God is complete, let each child put their beautiful works of art in their Valentine box. Consider it a mini “love note from God!” Need a Valentine box idea? Here is a fun one from Plaid, if you have an empty cereal box. 

I also wanted to mention this beautiful new picture book on the market titled, “Easter Love Letters from God by Glenys Nellist and illustrated by Sophie Allsopp, published by Zonderkidz. It is the perfect book to read now and start the discussion of God’s great love for us as we transition into the Lenten season.

Share God’s Love

Lastly, I want to help you give your child a love note from God in the form of an illustrated bookmark.  We can only start to understand love because God first loved us. You can read that blog post here. Click to download the pdf and print out the bookmark on cardstock from your computer. I will leave the link in place until Valentine’s Day.

Let me know which one of the verses your child chose!

Happy Valentine’s Day,

Smiles,

Wendy

If Kisses Were Snowflakes...

Do you wish you had a little Christmas leave behind that you could tuck into your child's lunch, give to clients, drop off to shut-ins or put in the office coffee room? Something that would be Simple, Fun and Meaningful and wouldn’t break the budget. Something that you could put together easily and would warm hearts. 

I have just the answer-A Blizzard!

You will need a printer, some white card stock, cellophane bags that are 4" wide, (I purchased mine at Michaels) a stapler and Hershey kisses.

Simply go to my home page, click on the button that says CLICK FOR PRINTABLE and print out the cute snowman I designed just for you. They are set up with two to a page.

Cut out, fold in half and staple to your cellophane bags full of kisses. (I added some white crinkle paper to mine for "snow."

That's it! Repeat as necessary. I'll leave the download in place until the 25th! I hope you and your family enjoy a wonderful Christmas season as you celebrate the joy of our Savior's birth.

Thanks for making this year Simple, Fun and Meaningful!

Smiles (and kisses),

Wendy

Be Good Gobblers

Hello Friends, I'm trying something new this month for my blog post. I know a lot of you are cooking this Thanksgiving which also means a lot of you get to enjoy someone's culinary skills. That makes some of us chefs and some of us gobblers and all of us blessed! For the gobblers out there, I have included a link to help you with some creative ideas for a hostess gift. It doesn't have to be much but the gesture is a small way to say thanks for making the day special. And to help you along, I have made a pretty gift enclosure tag for you to print out, and tuck in with your offerings. All you have to do is go to my homepage and click on the blue button that says Thank You Gift! That's it! They will be available until the end of the month. :0)

Have a Simple, Fun and Meaningful Thanksgiving!

Here is the link I mentioned. It will take you to my Spread Sunshine Pinterest Board. These are good gift ideas for teachers, co-workers and neighbors too.

Smiles,

Wendy