Valentine's Day is here already, and you forgot to go out and buy a card. Or maybe, like me, you're just not into the corporatization of love. Even now that I'm happily married, Valentine's Day is ...

You helped them pick the Valentine's cards with their favorite cartoon character. Now it's time to help your child make their Valentine's Day box to collect all the sweet notes from their classmates.

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