Valentine's Day
This post is a bit early, but we have penpals in Spain and we had to write our cards today so that they would arrive on time...and on my lunch break I found these novelty sunglasses in the charity shop:-).We will take pictures with these on and send a video message on the 14th of February. How exciting!
My Spanish teacher friend, Natalia (mi alma gemela:-) sent me some ideas last week, and I immediately fell in love with some butterflies with lollipop heads. I bought a bag of Chupa Chups in Home bargains (25 for a £1, bargain!) and took them into class today. Long long ago in my teacher training days I found out that the logo was designed by Salvador Dalí and that the company was founded in Spain. What a great chance to find out about a famous Spanish artist!
It took about 15 minutes to make the butterflies. The pupils wrote simple messages on them in English, and we will receive some cards written in Spanish. I downloaded the template from here: http://www.dagmarbleasdale.com/2012/01/10-cute-and-easy-valentines-day-cards-and-crafts-for-kids/kids-valentines-day-craft-butterfly-with-lollipop/#comment-48725
The original idea is from http://www.skiptomylou.org.
On Valentine's Day we will listen to "Hay un amigo en mí" from Toy Story 3. I don't remember where I read this idea but I am very grateful to whoever recommended it because we all love this song, it is very simple and catchy.
Hay un amigo en mí
Cuando salgan a volar
Hay un amigo en mí
Sí, un amigo en mí
Hay un amigo en mí!
Cuando salgan a volar
Hay un amigo en mí
Sí, un amigo en mí
Hay un amigo en mí!
What a lovely idea - the butterflies - and what smiley faces when they receive them
ReplyDeleteYes I am sure they will be pleased, sweets make all kids happy no matter what country they are from:-)
DeleteReally nice butterflies ;-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Carmen, they are easy to make, try them:-)
DeleteSimple yet lovely ideas, very effective and fun! Well done :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Fatima, the children loved making them:-) It is nice to see how happy they are when they get a parcel from Spain but they are even more excited when they are making them a gift and thinking about their friends' reactions!
DeleteYou made them! And they turned out wonderful. Thanks for mentioning my blog!
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Hello Dagmar, your blog is fantastic, I could spend the rest of my life making everything you have put on there:-) As you can see we didn't have the time to glue the eyes on the lollipops, but they look just as nice this way... Next year I will be more organised! Thank you again:-) Erzsi
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