lip and moustache lollipops
Around the end of January, my girls catch the Valentine's Day bug. They love the holiday as much as I do, especially their class parties with homemade mailboxes stuffed full of notes and treats from friends.
For their class treats, we always try to come up with something different each year. Last year, we filled glassine bags full of their favorite Valentine's candy and affixed cute foldover labels printed with their picture and a Valentine's message. My friend, Jennie, made clever ones last year.
This year, however, Charlotte informed me that she absolutely did not want a photo of herself on her treats for school. Trying to convince an almost-7-year-old that there is nothing cuter than her photo on candy was fruitless (evidently some teasing boys got the best of her!). We needed an alternate idea that was equally as clever. Thanks to an idea from Family Fun, this year's treats are sure to be a hit.
This project became a family affair. My husband traced the templates (click on the link below for your own) onto the red and black foam paper and the girls cut out the lips and moustaches. I was in charge of affixing the labels to the lollipop sticks (click on the link below to print your own labels on adhesive paper).
I hope you enjoy!
02.3.2010
Reader Comments (56)
Very Cute!! Love it!!
Ah! A use for that big pack of rainbow foam that I had to have but never used. Super! We will be making a rainbow of mustaches. Fun!
i lost this link and have been looking for it all day...found it at skip to my lou. What a cute, easy peasy Valentine!
Love this idea!!!! What did you use to make the holes through which you inserted the lollipop? Also, did you use any sort of adhesive to make the mustache/lips stay put?
I just poked the lollipop stick through the foam paper. Believe it or not, the lollipops stay put.
Thanks so much for sharing the great idea and for the templates, too!! That is so helpful :) My daughter wants to do these for her first grade class, they will be so super cute!! Thanks again :)
This is absolutely the most clever, adorable, and best Valentine project I've seen this year!!! LOVE IT!
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love these!!!
My daughter is in fourth grade and so far I've still convinced her to make her own cards and this was her favorite pick out of all the links I saved for her to see. Just one question for this crafting novice: what is adhesive paper?
Thank you so much for this! I just printed mine off so I can make these with my kids for their class this weekend.
Again...thank YOU!!!!!
love this! we did it too, thanks:)
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It is a great pair of lips. My girlfriend a kinder garden teacher and that kind of things she likes to do with her students. She has been teaching body parts and places like Drugstore
So cute! Sweet to see that it's still making the rounds on pinterest nearly 2 years after you posted this. Thanks so much for the downloadable files!!! :)
Happy 2012!
This was exactly what I was looking for! thank you so much for the idea
What adhesive paper did you use? Was it a specific size of labels for the tags?
My kids are really into mustache's these days, so cute! I'd love for you to submit this to the M&T Spotlight http://www.makeandtakes.com/spotlight
Loved this idea, so we shared it with a link at a project website! A family portrait full of these would be great!
Great idea! Thanks for the links you really helped me out!
I "mustache" you for a Valentine!
Loved this idea!! I linked to your post on my blog today if you'd like to come check it out!!
http://whomatterskelly.blogspot.com/2012/02/bee-mine.html
Thank you SOOO much for this! I was running so behind and was able to make these quick for my daughters class!!! Blogged about here http://www.theletter4.com/2012/02/mustache-and-lips-lollipops.html hope I send some last minute valentiners your way! :)
Oh, these are just too sweet! I had to link them in my Valentines post too today - thank you!!
What a crazy idea! You can also make crazy designs with these lollipops. Love the thought of it!