Last year, I showed how to make a woven heart for Valentine’s Day. (See the picture shown here.) When I transferred my grandmothering ideas from my other hosting company to this one, that information got lost in the transfer. So, I thought that I would post it again this year.

Here are the directions for the woven hear. It is a PDF file that you can print up and follow to help you make your own.

I have also seen some pretty heart shaped boxes that I think would be fun to make with your granddaughters.

	Go here to make this ‘modern day’ keepsake box.
	Go here to make this Victorian looking keepsake box.
	Go here to make this heart shaped box covered with colorful tissue paper. (Scroll to the bottom of the page for the directions.)

I hope this gives you a couple of ideas of fun activities you can do with your granddaughters. Throw in lots of hugs, kisses, giggles, and of course conversation heart candies and you’ll create memories that will last a lifetime.

Happy Valentine’s Day,
Digi-Gram

Since Valentine’s Day is coming up, I created a little Bingo game to play with your younger grandchildren. (If your older grandchildren are good sports, you could maybe play it with them!)

Here is a Valentine Bingo master so that you can print out the sheets to use as your Bingo cards.  There are 4 cards that have different pictures on them so you could play with up to four grandchildren at one time.  I recommend that you print them on card stock and then either laminate them or cover them with clear contact paper.  They’ll last longer that way.

Here is the master Valentines callout sheet for whomever is calling out the Bingo squares.  I suggest you print this out twice (on card stock and laminate).  Cut one of them into the individual squares.  Whoever is the caller can pick out one from the pile, show it to the other players, and then place it on the master call out sheet to keep track of which Valentine ‘figures’ have been called out.

It would be fun to use the Valentine candy to use as markers.  Be sure that you have extra to munch on while you are playing!

Happy Valentine’s Day!
Digi-Gram