For Family Night this week and with Valentine's Day on it's way we decided to make an "I Love You Because..." Tree. What is that? Well, we totally make it up. Check it out...
We started off with a pot that we got at the Dollar Store and filled with foam. Then, the kids shoved some sticks in (which were spray painted silver)...
Then, we filled the rest of the pot with heart candies to cover up the foam and make it look pretty and full of love.
Then, the kids glue-gunned on some cute little clothespins with hearts on them (gotta love that Dollar Store!)....
Then... we each wrote little cards to each person in the family. I wrote "Grady, I love you because...." "Kienna, I love you because..." "Keiryn, I love you because..." notes which were full of the reasons why each one of them are loved.
We all got a chance to write about everyone in the family and then we read them aloud. It was a nice chance to share the reasons why we all love each other by picking each of our best qualities and focusing on them. The kids were absolutely glowing when Grady and I read the reasons why we love them.
When we finished reading them we then put them on the tree and finished it off by hanging some other hearts that we had around the house.
And now, we have a very meaning-full "I Love you Because..." Tree on our coffee table to remind us of why each one of us are loved. The perfect Valentines decoration don't you think?