May the Force Be With You Valentines
I was really close to sending store-bought Valentines with The Little Apple to preschool for his Valentines party today. Â (I KNOW!! Â Gasp!!) Â But I’m exhausted. Â Slingshot has reflux and is super fussy right now. Â I’ve got the perfect 5 week old excuse not to be crafty, right?
But I just couldn’t let it go. Â For the last 2 years, we made melted heart crayons for The Little Apple’s classmates. Â This year I wanted to do something different. Â And so this is what we came up with…
Star Wars Valentines for my little Star Wars enthusiast! Â I pinned several Valentine ideas on Pinterest that were variations on the glow-sticks-as-light-sabers theme. Â So after I found the perfect glow sticks in the dollar bins at Target, I decided to make a go of it. Â And to give credit where credit is due, at this point in the process, I showed The Picky Apple the pictures on Pinterest and said “Do this. Â Make it happen.” Â And then he worked his magic.
Here’s what the photo originally looked like:
The Little Apple is wearing a too-small brown shirt backwards so the logo is hidden. Â And The Picky Apple was genius enough to fashion a “robe” out of our Drop Cloth Curtains. Â I’m so glad he was in charge of the photo-taking, because I never would have thought to do that! Â Conveniently, The Little Apple has a toy light saber, so that was the easy part!
There was a bit of silliness trying to get the right photo….
But once we got the right photo, The Picky Apple got busy Photoshopping.  I know nothing about Photoshop.  But I can tell you that he found the background using a Google Image search.  The Font is SF Distant Galaxy.
I ordered 4×6 photos of the final image. Â Then I punched 3 holes right above the light-saber handle, slipped the glow stick through and taped it in place on the back of the photo. Â We found that more than 1 hole was needed in order to make the glow stick lay flat.
These Valentines cost less than $5 ($3.80 for 20 photos and $1 for the glow sticks). Â Of course, The Picky Apple’s Photoshop skills are priceless, and I am so thankful to have a husband who is willing to help out with my projects!
Happy Valentine’s Day!!