TODAY I am going to share a FABULOUS idea Valentine’s Day is this coming Monday….are you ready??
This was SUPER easy to make – perfect if you are in a crunch trying to think up something fun to do for your man!
You will need to gather the following materials seen in the picture below: a mini-muffin tin (with 24 “slots”), a cutting board and/or scissors, my FREE printables, & fun ribbon.
You all LOVE how beat-up my cutting board is, right?!? We have been through a lot together! {WINK} OK – you will also need to gather magnetic tape & some kind of scrapbooking adhesive. I like to use those dots they sell at scrapbooking stores. It’s also optional if you want to round your corners & ink the edges of all of the cards. It will look absolutely adorable without doing either of those two things….so no worries if you don’t have ink or a punch for the corners.
Your first step is to cut everything out. I know, I know….you prob already knew that, huh! Tee, hee. I am a teacher by day & a crafty lady/expert flirt-with-my-man by night! What can I say – I am used to being around FIFTH graders all day! 
Now – you will need to use a powerdrill to create the holes in which the ribbon is strung through! Yep, you heard me! Don’t worry – this will just make you feel that much more powerful! I grabbed our drill and created holes that were about 5 1/2 inches apart. {Hint: I would use a ruler & mark two dots with a marker at the exact places you want to drill.} String your ribbon through those holes & tie. You can then adhere the two “banners/sayings” to the top & bottom with the scrapbooking adhesive of your choice. Finally, grab your magnetic tape & cut tiny pieces off the magnetic tape & apply it to the top & bottom of each of the cards….see the pic below.
Last but not least – write down 24 things (on little slips of paper) that you absolutely LOVE about your man!! Fold them up and put one inside each “cup”!
….and THAT is how you create a “How Do I Love Thee?” surprise for your man!! :) I also thought this would be fun to do with your children as well. You could even use this as a “countdown” to V-Day….starting on January 22 (idea for next year) OR start on February 1st and have it go through most of February….next year, of course! You could put treats, notes, compliments, etc. inside each cup! The options are endless! But THIS year – use it to surprise your man on Valentine’s Day! Who WOULDN’T want to read 24 compliments about themselves!?!
