A Simple Valentine’s Day Message

I wanted a simple but sweet Valentine to give out to my students.  I searched Pinterest and did not find anything that had the degree of simplicity I wanted.  That is when I decided to make my own.   I used the paint program that comes with Windows 7 and I was pleasantly surprised with the versatility and ease of use of this program.  I’ve had a thing for owls recently, so naturally I made my own owl graphic.

For the design, I was inspired by two owls.  First I liked this guy from iStockphoto.  You can definitely see the similarities.  Second I was inspired by this owl on Disney’s Family Fun:

Of course, I liked the spin on the word always as “owl-ways”.  I think the pencil idea is great too, but I had already bought some sour crybaby gumballs.  I am planning to put the gumballs I already purchased over the eyeballs of the owl.  Here is the owl I created:

I have it two to a page to make for easier copying and distribution.  I will put my email on the back of each owl valentine so students can contact me in the future if they need to for any reason.  I also intentionally kept it as a line drawing so students can color it in if they wish.  Enjoy the freebie!  Happy Valentine’s Day!

 

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