Valentine Monster Mail Carriers

Last year, Connor and I made a cute little monster mail box out of a kleenex box. This year we're making these cute little guys with his whole class during art time tomorrow. I'm going to teach a quick lesson on 3D art and then we're going to be making a bunch of monster mail carriers.

Here's what you need to make a Valentine Monster Mail Carrier:

gluesticks
scissors
toothpicks

Small craft bag with handle 5.5" x 8.5" OR the larger size will work fine as well
*You can buy these in a pack of 13 at Michael's. I went with the primary colored bags for the class.

1.25" x 11" strips of colored cardstock for the arms and legs

approx. 2.5" wide hearts for the arms and feet

1.5" or larger circle punch for the whites of eyes

1" or 1 1/4"circle punch for the colored part of eyes

small heart punch for the pupils

wide oval punch for the nose

The flag is made with a 1 1/2" x 4 1/4" white strip of cardstock folded around a toothpick
*Flag ideas: Feed me Valentines, I eat Valentines, Greetings Valentine, "Oh Googlie-bear", "Schmoopsie", "uh, my friends call me Phlem", "You and me, me and you, both of us together", "can I borrow your odorant?", basically anything from Monsters Inc would be classic!

January Card Swap

My card was inspired by the darling card on page 8 of the Stampin' Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. You can check out the other cute cards from the swap here.

Jen's Little Red Hen Pincushion

Yay! I'm so excited! My first real post on my craft blog. I've been working on this tutorial for a while now and just learned that I can't upload pdf files to blogger so I figured out how to work around that this morning. I wanted my little red hen to be my first post because this has been one of my favorite projects over the years. I've taught several friends and family members how to make them and figured that I may as well write a tutorial. They're fun to create and they make darling gifts for that special someone that enjoys sewing. Enjoy!

Click here for the pdf file of Jen's Little Red Hen Tutorial

I recommend downloading the original before printing because for some reason, the quality of the google document is poor. When the tutorial comes up, you should see a "download original" click in the top right corner.