We are finishing up on Valentines for preschool tomorrow. I hope you are already done! My son is not very proficient yet in the handwriting department so I was not looking forward to having him write his name 24 times. Good practice to be sure, but we are working on a bit of a time crunch here. I also didn’t want to do it myself. He is getting to that age where I am really trying to have him take more ownership of things. So I came up with a compromise of sorts. I had him write his name once and then I made a stamp out of it.

I had to manipulate the spacing a little bit, but that is his handwriting. I used my laser engraving machine to engrave the stamp onto an acrylic material. It doesn’t stick to the acrylic stamp blocks, but I just taped mine on. I have self inking stamp pads and all that good stuff, but it didn’t seem necessary for this little project.

I actually love the stamp for it’s keepsake potential. He is going to register for kindergarten in a few days and I am already feeling very nostalgic for his “little” boy days.

I will show you his finished valentines tomorrow. I was planning to use a tutorial I found online, but had lots of problem and had to come up with something on my own.

Have a happy Valentine’s Day!