Valentine's Project: Playing Card Coupon Booklet

One of my favorite things about the Month of Love is all the adorable Valentine's crafts. I was browsing the Internet a couple of weeks ago, and I stumbled upon a cute little website called Tatortots and Jello. The blog author is a creative woman I tell ya, and she sure brought out the creative side in me. I laid my eyes on an adorable Valentine project that she created for her children, and I thought it was one of the cutest, most meaningful Valentine's gifts someone could give. In fact, I loved the idea so much that I decided to make it a Valentine's tradition and make one each year for Noah {and maybe Josh}. Haha. The project: A Valentine Coupon Booklet made out of playing cards. Cute idea, huh?

I kind of tweaked things a bit to fit my style, and I came up with my own version of the project. I started out writing this post with the intention of giving you step-by-step instructions of how I made the coupons, but then I realized that between my pictures and her instructions, it would be pretty easy for you to figure out. Here is the Valentine Coupon Booklet I made for my little guy.



Here are all of the materials I used {I got everything from Hobby Lobby except for the deck of cards, which came from Walgreens}.



A closer look of each of the materials I used:



1. Hershey Kisses {to shamelessly snack on}
2. Deck of Playing Cards
3. Scrapbook Paper
4. Red Ribbon {from the scrapbooking area}
5. Red Buttons {again, found in the scrapbooking area}
6. Sharpie & Hole Puncher
7. Key Chain Rings & Lanyard Hooks {jewelry area}
8. Assortment of Black Ribbon in a Package {scrapbooking area}
9. Letter Stickers {scrapbooking area}

Here's a picture of one of the coupons in Noah's booklet.

Some coupon ideas for kids:

- Lunch with Mom {or Dad}
- Movie and Popcorn
- Manicure or Pedicure
- Mom/Dad will do your chores for 1 day {thought this one was cute}
- Trip to the Zoo
- Breakfast in Bed
- Video Game Rental
- Trip to toy store to pick out a toy

Put your creative cap on and think of things your children enjoy or don't get to do very often, and turn them into coupons.

Some for your hubby:

- Back/foot rub
- Dinner of your choice
- Night out without the kids
- Date night with movie of your choice
- {censored} :)

I just love this idea, and I hope you do too! What coupon ideas can you come up with? Do share.

Goodnight!