Old Fashioned Valentine Ideas

My fondest memory of Valentine's Day was each year in grade school when the week before February 14th, our art project in class was to create a decorated paper "mail box", adorned with construction paper hearts, cupids with arrows, etc. Oh.. and a must.. it had to include your name, printed clearly and boldly for your classmates to know where to "deliver" your special Valentine. Our teachers would send a class list home with everyones name in an alphabetic order, which was the signal in our home.. that it was time to get your Valentine's.. for all of your classmates and friends. I believe most years my sister and I got to "shop" for our favorite "box" of cards, although crafting them.. or embellishing them with added Conversation Candy Hearts seemed to be also a popular thing to do.

I remember when the "delivery" day would arrive and it was time to bundle up your Valentine Cards and check your list one more time to be certain that you didn't forget anyone. Then off to class you go. Getting to walk up and down each aisle, sorting through your stack of cards to be sure and get the right card into the right mailbox. I even remember occasionally adding an extra card with an XOXO to the boy across the room that you were certain you'd grow up and marry.. (as I recall not even signing it and letting him guess who gave him this message).

The anticipation of how full your "mailbox" was getting.. and how fun it would be when it was time to have the class party, assuredly with Red Hot Candies atop the frosting of a freshly home baked cupcake, and a box of Conversation Candy Hearts, served on a pretty pink and red heart napkin with a matching paper cup filled with apple or cran-apple juice.

Today I have decided to revisit my fond memory and create a Valentine "mailbox" that I can hang outside my bedroom door. I will leave my husband sweet love notes and little kiddy Valentine's, in hopes that it brings back sweet memories for him too.

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