If you want to do something special for your students this year, it only takes about ½ an hour to make 2-dozen valentine bookmarks for them.

They make a nice keepsake and something they can use for the up-coming March is Reading Month activities.

Here’s how:

Using a paper cutter cut red construction or scrapbook paper into 11x3 strips.

Punch a heart shape in the bottom of the bookmark.  My paper punch was 2 inches tall.

Make a color copy of your class composite. Cut children’s individual pictures out and tape or glue them to the back of the heart window.

Run off the “You’ve got a special place in my heart…” saying; cut the strips out and glue one to the middle of a bookmark.

Write your students’ names on the top.

Sign your name to the back.

Laminate them for durability.

If you want, tape a lollipop on the back so that it peeks out of the top.

Click on the link to print the article and pix. Valentine Bookmark

Do you have something fun that you do for your students for Valentine's Day?  I'd enjoy hearing from you. diane@teachwithme.com  OR...leave a comment.  Thanks in advance. 

Just like yesterday, I have a double-article for you.  Scroll down for the  "You Melt My Heart!" valentine.