Clappy Happy Valentines – Free Printable from The Twinery

Hello Chester County Moms!

It‘s Nicole from The Twinery here with a fun valentine idea…

…a “Clappy” Happy Valentine!

 

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner and with most schools asking for children to bring in non-candy valentines due to allergies – we know that not every child wants to hand out pencils. 

That’s why I wanted to come up with a unique & cute non-candy treat to hand out for Valentine‘s Day – a heart clapper with a cute valentine message!

 I found these adorable heart shaped clappers from Oriental Trading and created a free printable valentine tag – together, they make the perfect non-candy valentine to hand out!

I thought of a few silly valentine messages to go along with the heart shaped hand clappers…

“Valentine, You Make My Heart Clap!”

“My Heart Claps for You, Valentine!”  

 

 Once you have the heart clappers, here’s what you’ll need to do to create your own Heart Clapper Valentines using our free printable tags:

1. Download our “Clappy” Happy Valentine printable tags HERE.

2. Save as a PDF file and then print the file. We highly recommend printing on Matte Photo Paper (it’s thick like card stock, but it gives a really crisp image when printed). Just make sure you choose the proper ‘paper type’ from your printer’s settings so you get the best finished product.

3. Cut the tags to your desired size. The best part about our printable…you can choose what size you’d like to use! Cut the full design for a gift tag or if you want a smaller tag…only cut out the ‘pennant’ shape in the middle, too!

4. For stringing your gift tags on the heart clappers, we used our colorful baker’s twine. We created these printables to match our line of colorful, vibrant baker’s twine in the following shades: Maraschino, Pink Sorbet, Caribbean, Honeydew, Lilac & Cantaloupe

5. Grab your tags and supplies, then go to town!  Have fun!

It’s been so much fun spending time over here at Chesco Moms today! 

I hope you enjoy our free valentines and we hope you’ll stop by The Twinery Blog or Facebook Page to say hello!    

Getting Crafty with Nicole ~ SUPER Sweet Treats! FREE Printable Cupcake Toppers

This is a ‘just for fun’ blog post….ENJOY!

Maree Truelove Illustration & Design designed these super cute fun and free printable party items for everyone!

Cupcake Toppers, Gift Tags & Cupcake Wrappers…oh my!

These SWEET CANDIES printables would be perfect for a sweet little party…and of course, just for fun! The were created using fabulous graphics designed by Maree Truelove (her work is stunning…must see)…then put it all together and this is what you get – just check out those adorable cupcake wrappers around the cupcakes…it’s pure polka-dot cuteness!

You can download and print these all for free…just take a peek below!
{hint: these print out the best when you download them as a PDF and print them off on white cardstock}

You’Re Sweet Cupcake Toppers & Gift Tags

You’Re Sweet Coordinating Cupcake Wrappers

ENJOY!

Just remember…these are for free and for personal use only please! Enjoy them, pass them along…just don’t resell them. Thank you!!!

Getting Crafty with Nicole – FREE Printable ABC Party Banner

I know that everyone loves a great free printable…but sometimes not all the printables out there are super practical (example: the printable is for a pink polka dot party…and all you have is boys!). As I was thinking about what kind of fun free printable to make – to celebrate my 1 year Anniversary of The Twinery – I wanted to create something that was practical….and that you could use whether you have a boy or a girl…whether you are celebrating a birthday or another special occasion!

So…with a little help from my daughter (who has been practicing writing out the alphabet in preparation for 1st grade)…I created a versatile banner set – a FULL collection of the ABC’s!

Each piece on the banner has a different letter on it…equaling 26 letters in all…A through Z!

So – you can print them out all together or just select the letters (pages) you need to use for your special occasion…

Create customized, one of a kind banners whenever you want to!

Spell out “Happy Birthday” or “Celebrate” or even your child’s name! The possibilities are endless!! Have fun!!

* I recommend downloading this document as a PDF and then printing it…that will ensure that all the lines, jots, and letters align properly! Keep in mind…to print out the entire alphabet – it’ll take 13 sheets in all! It’s a big one!

Full ABC Banner

ENJOY!

Getting Crafty with Nicole: FREE Printable Calendars

I hope everyone has had an amazing & fun summer!

But…September is here (can you even believe that?!!) and while that does mean Autumn is coming (insert happy dance here!!)…it also means, that for most of us, the busiest part of the year is now upon us! Back to School…Fall Holidays…Winter Holidays…oh my! And, of course, everything in between.

So I thought I’d help everyone plan their days better with a few free printable calendars.

There is one for each of the remaining months left in 2011 – September, October, November & December. ENJOY!!!

Septemeber 2011 Calendar – The Twinery

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October 2011 Calendar – The Twinery

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November 2011 Calendar – The Twinery

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December 2011 Calendar – The Twinery

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Quick Tips for Printing:

– Print on crisp, white card stock or matte photo paper for best results (8.5 x 11″ paper size)

– Download the files as PDFs…doing so will ensure that nothing will be distorted when you print. You’ll need Adobe Reader in order to access your saved PDF files…but that’s free {HERE}.

FREE Printable – July Calendar

June is almost over…I cannot even believe it!

I know that this week kicked off the official start of Summer – but with June almost over…I feel my summer already fleeting away! I know many of you are planning family getaways and activities for your summer “break“…so I wanted to be sure I got the July calendar out early so you can plan away!

 

 

ENJOY! 

 

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Options to print:
1. Click “Print” on the table above to print the calendar with standard quality.
2. Recommended way to print: Click the link directly above the table above. This will lead you to a scribd.com page that will have our calendar. Click on “Print”…then choose the High Quality Download & Print option. Save the document as a PDF to your own computer – saving it as a PDF ensures that no details of the calendar will be lost, distorted or resized. You can print the saved document from your computer(the calendar is 8.5×11 and we recommend printing it on white card stock for best results). If you save it as a PDF, you’ll just need Adobe Reader to view and print the calendar. Adobe Reader can be found here for free.

Back to School Ideas…Adorable FREE Teacher Gift & Lunch Box Love

Our Crafty Gal Pal Nicole from Lil Boo & Co. created a fun freebie for anyone looking for a way to say “Thank You” to teachers – to express a simple heartfelt thank you for helping your child bloom into a smart little genius this year!

Hope you enjoy these printable Thank You cards for teachers!

TEACHER THANK YOU CARDS

They would be great to attach to a gift with a message expressing your thanks or they would also be great to give as a blank set of note cards to your child’s teacher for their own personal use throughout the year – just print off a few copies & pair them with envelopes to create a note card set.

Simple Instructions:
1. Click here to download the document as a PDF file.
2. Print document in color on a sheet of white heavy card stock (8.5 x 11).
3. Using scissors or a paper cutter, cut paper in half & fold each piece creating note cards – to get precisely folded note cards, use a bone folder. If you would like the corners of the note cards to have the rounded look (as shown in the picture above), you can use a corner paper punch.

Each printed document will create 2 note cards. If you would like to pair them with coordinating envelopes, I recommend purchasing A2 envelopes in red, chartreuse or sunshine by Paper.

Free Printable Lunch Box Notes
Want to tell your mini’s how much you love them in the middle of the day while they’re at school? Lunch box notes are the perfect way!

Click here for free printable lunch box note cards that you can use to tell them just how much you miss ’em!

Simple directions:
1. It works best if you download the file as a PDF document (don’t just press print).
2. Print the document on heavy, white card stock.
3. Use scissors or a paper trimmer to cut the cards out
4. Add you little love note & place a card in your child’s lunch box.

It’s a perfect way to add a little sunshine to their day!

More About Nicole: Nicole is a stay at home mom to two little ones & a former preschool teacher – She loves to create handcrafted fun for others to enjoy! You can follow Nicole on Twitter @LilBooandCo or visit her blog to see what crafty projects she is working on now. She also has LOTS of awesome free printable crafts posted.. calendars, cupcake toppers, alphabet banners…

Free August Calendar

Free monthly calendar – August 2010

Just download & print!

August Free Calendar
The calendar prints out best if you click on the link above, download it as a PDF and then print it out…that way all of the details will print properly!

ENJOY!

The free monthly calendars and other free printables are created by Lil Boo & Co.
Please print as many as you’d like, but they are for personal use only please – Thank you!

Chester County Moms Game Day Fun…Ideas to keep the kid’s busy on Game Day

Kid’s Craft Table

Set up a kid’s craft table and grab the markers, crayons, and colored pencils for these FREE fun football printables!

Football Word Search
Football Teams Word Search
Football Crossword
AFC Crossword
NFC Crossword
Answers for all Football Crosswords

Cookie Decorating Station

Kids love to decorate cookies…Before the party use a football cookie cutter to make simple sugar cookie cut outs. Then provide frosting, decorating tubes and sprinkles for decorating. Kit’s Party Tip: Using wooden craft sticks will make frosting the cookies easier for the kids.

Hidden Footballs.. Finders Keepers!

Hit the Dollar store before game day and buy a mini football for each of the children attending your party. Write the name of each child on the football and hide them around the house and have the children go on a hunt to find the hidden balls. they can keep their football as a party gift.

All Star Athlete Training Course

Every athlete needs to be in top physical shape and this course will give the kids a workout. Set up an obstacle course using items you already have around the house; Chairs, hula hoops, jump ropes…the teams will race the clock to go through the course.