Document your love for your little one by celebrating Valentine’s Day with your baby. These keepsakes can be used over and over, too. You don’t need a lot of experience to do any of them either. Just a little time and creativity is all you need.
Fancy Attire
A cute way to dress up a nice pair of leggings and Onesie is with a homemade tutu. All you need is some white, pink and red tulle fabric. You can find it in small rolls at your local craft supply store like JoAnnβs. While youβre there, get a roll of ribbon, too. Cut strips of tulle to fold over; this will be the length you want for the tutu. Youβll need a lot of strips. Cut a long piece of ribbon, too. Long enough to have some left over at the end to tie a bow with. Then start tying the tulle strips at the middle of the strip onto the ribbon of your choice. Keep doing this until you have enough that will go around your childβs waist. You can make the tutu short to show off the leggings, too. Once youβre done, you simply wrap the tutu around Babyβs waist and tie into a bow.
Get Crafty
Let your creative side go wild with fun ideas for capturing your babyβs footprints and handprints. Hobby Lobby usually has packs of affordable canvas. All you need is one of those in addition to non-toxic paints, a paint brush and a Sharpie in the color of your choice. This craft is better if Baby is asleep, or very young, so you donβt have a wiggle worm on your hands. Paint your babyβs foot with the paint and gently press to the canvas. Do one foot at a time and have wipes on hand to quickly clean it off. Allow prints to dry before you write anything on the rest of the canvas. You can even do this on a white plate! Pitter Patter Print is an Etsy shop where you can submit your babyβs footprints to be used in a work of art. There are a variety to choose from, too. Check out the Valentineβs Day Gift for New Dad (etsy.com/shop/PitterPatterPrint; $20 – $32). Itβs an 8×10-inch unframed print on paper. Itβs $32 if you use your babyβs custom prints, but you can also use stock footprints for $20.
Fun Accessories
You donβt have to go all out on the outfit if you donβt want to. Simple accessories can do the trick. You can find cute baby bibs or even pacifiers to do the trick.
Selfie Time
With all the love youβve put into sharing this special day with your little one, be sure to capture it! Create a mini photo session right in your living room floor! Cut out some hearts from felt and lay them about. Lie your little one down on the floor and snap away! While youβre in the picture-taking mood, consider using photo cards to say what the photo is all about.