The first thing I did was glam up some Capri Sun juice pouches I bought at Sam’s Club.
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I bought the 40 count variety pack to ensure there would be at least one flavor every child would like.
- NO artificial sweeteners, Colors, Flavors, or Preservatives.
- Reduced Sugar- 25% less sugar than other leading juice drinks.
- Good Source of Vitamin E
- Clear Bottom Pouch so you can ‘see the goodness.’
- The Capri Sun Variety Pack 40 Count features 10 of each of the following favorite flavors: Fruit Punch, Pacific Cooler, Wild Cherry, Strawberry Kiwi
To glam up the juice pouches, I’m using wired ribbon and felt hearts purchased at a craft store for under $2 each. I cut the ribbon to fit the circumference of the juice pouch and hot glued the ends, then I hot glued on the felt hearts.
When it comes to parties, I will glam up a cake or cupcake in a hot second. Instead of making cupcake toppers like I did for my New Years Eve party, I went with a pre-made banner. It was under $2 at the craft store, it was perfect, plus it would save me time not having to make one.
I mean really…how cute is the banner? I’m in love!
I didn’t even plan on getting two desserts, but when I saw the JELL-O Temptations Strawberry Cheesecake and JELL-O strawberry sundae, I had to try them, I mean I had to get them for the kids.
I did, however, spend money on the canvas letters. When I saw them, I had to have them. I’ll use them all over my house this year since love is a year round theme in my home. The canvas letters were only $2 each.
To jazz them up, I used the leftover felt hearts from the juice pouch project. After I rolled the bags and sealed them, I hot glued a felt heart onto each bag.
Making a Valentine’s Box is super easy. (Tweet This)
Everything you need is in the picture below. If you can wrap a present, you can make a Valentine’s Box.
I used an envelope to determine how long to make my opening and made the opening wide enough to fit a candy bar.
The next thing I did was wrap my box with sparkly pink wrapping paper. You can use what will work best for your child. Once the box was wrapped and secured with hot glue, I used my scissors to cut an opening. I just made a slit down the pre-cut opening we made. Next, I folded the excess paper from the slit, into the box.
Then, using scrapbook paper, or any thick paper you have, make a heart the length of your opening. You can even make butterfly wings if our creative enough to free hand them. Next, I cut the heart in half and attached one side of the heart to either side of the opening.
Finally, I embellished to edges using bling on a roll. You can use buttons or any craft item you have on hand.
I really hope you enjoyed this Valentines Day Party and Valentine’s Box Tutorial as much as I enjoyed putting it together. Thank you to everyone who voted on the nail color I’d use in this post.
Number two had the most votes and it’s the color on my nails in the pictures throughout this post.
Hey this is truly the perfect stuff to munch on a Valentine’s Day party. Thanks for sharing these food and Valentine’s Day gift tutorials. I am planning to propose my girlfriend on upcoming Valentine’s Day. I would like to host a private party too at some beautiful NYC venues.
Hey love! I am really blown away by your craftiness! Too adorable I love the popcorn baggies…I love all of it I am inspired!
Very creative…..I know the kids really enjoyed the Valentine's treats.
Dying over how you dressed up the Jello cups! SO cute!
You are amazing I love all of it!
This looks awesome. Lots of great and crafty ideas.
How fun! I love your setup, so many cute ideas!
So many cute ideas for the party! I like the sandwich cutter, I might do that for the kids' lunch tomorrow. 🙂
I love everything about this! Great decorations and those sandwiches are such a cute idea!
Those sandwiches are way too cute. I never would have thought of doing that.
Your party turned out super cute! And now I want some of your yummy snacks. 🙂
Looks fun! I will have to keep this in mind for next year!
This looked like a fun party. I love how you reused the capri sun boxes.
What cute ideas, especially if you have younger kiddos!
Oh that is super-cute. I love doing crafts this simple and easy with the kids. Thanks for the ideas. Love all the snack ideas, too.
Such a creative party! I think the the JELL-O Temptations Strawberry Cheesecakes and JELL-O strawberry sundaes were the perfect dessert to serve! Those sound good!
This an amazing Valentine's Day party. The cupcakes look delicious
This looks like an awesome Valentine's party! I love that you dressed up the Capri Sun.
You did an amazing job on this party. I love the party risers, that makes so much sense.
Those are the cutest Valentine party ideas ever. I may need to borrow a few for next year.
You did a great job with this party and I'm sure everyone enjoyed it. I love the idea of those capri suns all dressed up. Totally amazing!
I like the amount of money spent … and where you highlight where you can save money elsewhere. I've seen people pay a fortune putting on parties for their kids. this is in my budget. My children are not here yet but this is definitely getting pinned for the future.
SO cute! You did an awesome job everything looks just adorable!
Such a great party idea. I love the decorations. It is just too cute.
Super cute Valentines Party! I love each and every one of your little details!
Smart girl for recycling the juice boxes into Valentine mailboxes too!
That entire Valentine's Day setup is so attractive and eye-catching. I love the heart centerpiece, and those cupcakes are having me drool. If I had something like that done for me when I was 10, I'd be in heaven. Everything looks so special.
How fun. Those are some awesome ideas.
love all these ideas, going diy for vday is so much more personal! xo
wow! Ok, now these are so beautiful! I love all the helpful pics too!
These are such great, simple ideas!! I want to do the cutouts for Addie's lunches everyday!
Everything came out looking so good! I will use these ideas in the future!
I can't believe you did all this for $50!!! Seriously that is impressive. Love the tips, thanks for sharing 🙂
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Yep…those were the days. They try to send home bags at my kids school, but they allow boxes if the kids want to bring one in.
I love that you repurposed the box! They don't make boxes for Valentine's at my sons school anymore! They decorate paper bags lol! He's really missing out, decorating a box was so much fun when I was little!
this is seriously a great tutorial! I love these ideas! and that banner – love!
Pinned, you've got great ideas in this post. The heart wreath reminds me of the wreath I made & posted today: http://xoxograndma.blogspot.com/2015/02/easy-heart-ribbon-wreath-tutorial.html
I saw your wreath Joy. It's super cute and easy to make!!
Fabulous ideas! I can't wait for Valentine's Day. Maybe I'll host something.
That came out great. What a cute idea.
Thanks Masshole Mommy!!
Love these ideas!!
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Looks like and easy affordable set up. I'd love to come to your party. My daughter is still too young but I can't wait until she's older to have parties with her
Thanks Angela, I'm sure her and her BFF's will love parties like this once thier older.
What a great party, I simply cannot believe you pulled this off for $50- you are a genius! I love how you turned the Capri Sun boxes into Valentine's Mailboxes- we always end up with buckets that tip and wind up with Valentine's everywhere! P.S. Your nails are FAB, your readers chose the perfect color! #client
Same problem with the buckets. The teachers were encouraging plastics Ziploc bags, but I think these are much cuter, plus it keeps my kids from eating the bulk of thier candy before getting home. P.S. I think they made the right nail polish choice too!! It was the one I was leaning towards.
Thanks Sandy!!
Super cute ideas!
Yay!!! I was hoping I made it look do-able. I'm the same way when I see super fabulous projects. I'm all like "how did they do that?". So glad you liked this.
Thanks for breaking this down into simple, easy to follow directions. Normally, I skip DIY and craft posts because they make me feel clumsy and lacking creativity. Not this one. I especially like the repurposing of the Capri Sun cartons.
Oh my goodness! What a fun-looking, creatively put-together party! I can't believe you did all this on such a small budget. Looking forward to seeing more of your party ideas!
I'm the queen of frugality plus I love crafts. I can use almost anything I have on hand to create something. Thanks Tazim!!
You rocked this Valentines Party out! I wish I was that crafty!
Bernetta I'll make your crafts if you do my crochet twists.
What a lovely party! It's a super sweet way to celebrate Valentine's Day! Pun intended! Haha!
Yup…I'm about to dog into one of those cupcakes right now. I think my kids will have a hard time getting to sleep. They don't normally get sweets on weekdays. They're loving my job right now.
How cute is all of this? I love the Capri Sun box turned Valentine's Box. This is so creative and makes me want to have a party!
Vanessa you could even use a shoe box. We used to make them when I was in grade school.
All your decorations were absolutely adorable. My favorite thing is the star shaped cut out for the bread! I would use that all year long. It looks like you made a nice party for all the children.
Your littlest girls would love that. My oldest is an eating machine, he wants every bit of his food nowadays. My youngest two still like this kind of stuff.
Trying to figure out how to get an invite to this party…for my kids, of course! Super cute decorations and easy to follow instructions for the crafty-challenged like myself. Great ideas and I love how you glammed up the Capri Sun pouches!
Real talk Michelle, I will invite y'all over for lunch when the kids are out for Spring break.