(Welcome new readers! I also have a round-up of other Valentine ideas HERE. )
If you’re a frequent reader of craft blogs, you’ve no doubt seen those cute Valentines that feature a photograph of a child with an outstretched fist, and a lollipop stuck through the picture so it appears as if the child is holding it. (There’s a great example HERE at 24-7-365).
If you’re a frequent reader of craft blogs AND you have a LEGO Star Wars obsessed child like I do, you might also have been excited to see THIS Valentine by Meg at Brassy Apple, which uses a glow stick stuck through the card to look like a light saber. I love this idea, especially because it doesn’t involve more candy. And everyone loves glow sticks, right?
Both of those ideas were floating around in my head when inspiration struck. Why not combine them?
I took a picture of Parker holding a flashlight, then used Photoshop to get rid of the background. I replaced the background with an image I downloaded from the multimedia section of the NASAwebsite, and added the text. (The font is a free font called Star Jedi)
I also experimented with taking pictures of one of his Star Wars LEGOs, and it turns out, Parker liked that better, so we will probably use those for his cards.
If you’d like to make your own, I created two printable PDFs. One has four cards on it, each with a different background color. The other has four cards, all with white backgrounds, so it won’t use up as much ink to print.
LEGO STAR WARS VALENTINES (COLOR)
LEGO STAR WARS VALENTINES (WHITE BACKGROUND)
If those links don’t work, try these. (it will take you to another page on my blog, and then click the 2nd of the two lines… the top one isn’t a link, the bottom one is, but I can’t figure out how to get rid of the top one). I know some folks are still having trouble, but I think it just depends on what kind of computer you’re using, which browser etc. Sometimes I have trouble with Explorer, but if I switch to Chrome, it’s fine. I’ve been emailing the files to those who’ve asked, and hopefully I haven’t missed anyone.
Those are fabulous! And the white backgrounds print perfectly for me.
These are awesome! Will have to remember when my son is a little older =)
Such a super idea, thanks! I did those lollipop valentines last year. I love this variation on it for my Star Wars-obsessed boy.
Brilliant! I just might have to steal this!
These are fantastic! I pinned them on Pinterest.
LOVE that you ran with my idea and made it your own!! FABuLOUS! thanks for sharing it with me! I’ll be sharing your link with the Brassy Apple facebook and twitter followers!
Love these! I also pinned both versions.
I love these so much! My son chose these for his class:). Thank you!
These are AWESOME! I love that you explained the genesis of the idea as well — I’m always fascinated by the ways ideas evolve and replicate…
Thank You so much for these! These are perfect for my 7 year old Lego Master
You are my HERO.
Thanks you!!! These are awesome!
xo
These are both great ideas. Thank you for sharing!
The colored template printed perfectly and are perfect for my 8 year old Lego Starwars kids. I’m out of white card stock so I used beige and they look great! Thanks.
these are perfect for my star wars obsessed little guy. thanks so much for sharing the printable.
These are awesome! My son will love them, thank you!!
Where did you get the small glow sticks? Also, did you tape the sticks on the back of the card after you put them through the hole? Great idea!!
Hillary, I think we got the glow sticks either at Target or a Dollar Store. We had them leftover from a party. (Though I need to buy more… so I hope I can still find them. They are the kind that are sold to make bracelets… they are 8″ long, came 4 to a package, and have little plastic connectors you can use to turn them into bracelets). And yes, I did tape them on the back. I might even put a piece of tape on the front just to hold the tops down.
THANKS SO MUCH!! My friend sent your link to me… My little Jedi is going to love these!!
I was wondering if you would share the image only of the LEGO guy. I was thinking I could turn this into ADORABLE thank you cards for my son’s upcoming lego birthday. If you could email me or post just the lego guy I would be GRATEFUL! I already bought the glow sticks at Target this morning in the dollar spot.
What a TERRIFIC idea! My son will LOVE these. Many thanks for sharing
I keep receiving a network error when I try to click on the color or white lego valentine. Is there an issue with the link?
Thanks!
Mariah, I just tried both links and they worked for me. But I emailed the files to you, instead.
These are awesome! Wish I had found them earlier. Already ordered stuff for my sons valentines but I’m definetly using them next year!
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These are PERFECT for my son’s in Kindergarten and 3rd grade! I am printing mine through Costco’s photo studio on luster finish. That is cheaper than using my cardstock and colored ink. I am so excited about these
THANK YOU so much!!!!
THESE ABSOLUTELY ROCK!!!! I have 3 boys at home and they love star wars and legos, so needless to say these were a hit!
These are BRILLIANT! but for some reason I can’t get the color one to download – would you send it to me? Thank you!
The links didn’t work for me either. Could I get an emailed copy as well? Thank you so much– these are perfect!
I will e-mail them to you. I’m still able to download them from several different computers, so I’m not sure why some folks are having trouble. It may be settings on your computers.
Any chance you could email them to me, too? I could open the link at work on my PC, but can’t on my Mac at home. Thanks so much!! These are absolutely charming!
You totally just SAVED us!! We wanted a Lego themed Star Wars Valentine’s card for my son’s class and everything I found online he turned his nose up to– until this one. Sweet!! We’re going to get suckers and use the sticks as the light saber part, plus the kids get a treat. Thank you for sharing your craft. -Mandy
I cannot open the white background file. If you are not already too busy, could you please email it to me? This is a fantastic card. Thanks.
I looked all over NASA’s multimedia section to find the lego image so I can use it on other projects, but I was unable to find it. Would you mind emailing it to me or posting it. Sorry, I was trying not to bother you by finding it myself. Thanks!
Rachael, I will e-mail it to you. And I’ve updated the link above to go directly to the image I used. No trouble!
You are a star! My Jedi boys and I thank you. Like totally ; )
Cutest Valentines EVER! Thank you!
Thank you for the printable! My son is over the moon with them.
If anyone is looking for a thrifty place to find the glow sticks, I got a tube of 15 of the 8″ bracelet sized ones at Michaels for $1.00. Everywhere else seemed like it was <5 for the same price.
thank you! printed and light sabered! plus one very happy son!
Holly, thanks so much for this!! I’m featuring this awesome project on my blog tomorrow, as well as my Pinterest board. Feel free to come by and grab a button! Thanks again for sharing!! ~Lori
I love these but for some reason the link is not working for me.
Sandra, I will email them to you. Most people have had no trouble downloading (and I just tried again from here), but a few haven’t been able to. I’m not sure why.
Just made these- thank you so much for sharing!
I pinned so many Valentine’s card ideas. When my boys looked through them all, these were their favorites. We made them yesterday. They are fantastic. Thank you so much for the printable! I appreciate it.
Thanks so much for these! My 7-yo is passing them out to his school friends, his kung fu class AND the neighbor kids. He loves them, and I love how simple (and inexpensive!) they were to make. Thanks again!!
The link to the white background isn’t working. “insufficient data for an image” Not sure what that means cuz I printed a few before and now I need to print another sheet for do-overs. D’oh!
These are so cute! Question for those that have made these before. If you made them a day ahead, will the glow sticks still be glowing by the time they go to school and get passed out. I’m afraid if I handle the glow sticks too soon, they’ll run out of “glow” before getting to school.
Laura, as long as you don’t crack/bend them as your adding them to the cards, they will be fine. And even if you did bend a small portion, only that part will really start glowing, the rest of the stick will be OK.
What a fabulous idea! My son (9) is super excited to hand these out tomorrow. My husband and I have been laughing at each other as we’ve snapped the glow sticks. Thank you for sharing such a fun and creative idea.
HOLLY!!! You ROCK!! Found you on Pinterest and you saved my booty!!
It’s late and we JUST finished all 90 of our AWESOME Valentines. Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU!!!!
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Hi, love the pictures, was wondering if you could email the picture you took of the small guy? I want to steal your idea for a birthday card.
Thanks-
Amelia
Love it!!!!!!
I can’t open it. I’m not sure why. Would you be able to email me the files instead? Thanks in advance!
Hi. I just ran across this post and tried to download the Lego Star Wars Valentine. I can not open either link. Would you mind emailing them to me? I am sure that my son would love to use this as him Valentines!
Thanks.
Awesome! I had no problem opening either of them.
Can’t wait to do them this coming Valentine’s day.
OMG these are the cutest and we will definitley be using them for Valentines day! Thanks for making the printables!
Thank you so much for sharing! This would take me hours to set up! I appreciate it so so much! And what a fabulous idea too! Fun, affordable, not girly, not more sugar, fun, and STARWARS & LEGO! You’re just awesome!
Love this! Thanks for sharing.
My sone is obsessed with Star Wars! He is ALREADY counting down until we get to do these! Thanks SO much for sharing with all of us! You are the BEST!
These are fabulous! Thank you for sharing. My Star Wars lovin’ seven year old is sure to love them!
I am getting the network error too. Is it possible to email both files to me? I would greatly appreciate it. My son will LOVE these!
Thank you!
I have been saving this pin since right after Valentine’s Day last year! Love it! Printing in NOW…will not miss it this year! Thank you so much!
PS – worked for me!
Thank you! These will be perfect for my son – a huge star wars fan, and our school has a no candy policy.
My daughter loves these! The link worked for me. Thanks for sharing!!
Is there a jpeg version of this that you can email? I would love to have them printed at Costco but can’t upload a pdf file. Please let me know…I am in love with these.
I can not get the white background ones to load, can you please email them to me. Thanks
I just wanted to tthank for making these! I am also so gald you made a link for printables. They worked great. The only thing that I think would have made it better would have been to use more figures. Maybe next, but GREAT idea. LOVE them! Oh and BTW they are for my Daughter for Vday at school. She was super excited to see these. Again thank you!
Love this idea!! Thanks for sharing it!
Thank you so much for providing these. I think this is what we’re gonna use this year!!
Hello,
These printables are fantastic. Is there any chance you have a pdf file that I can edit. I would like to replace the Valentine’s Day with “Thanks for coming to my Party’. My son’s party is next week and these would go perfectly with the Star Wars themed party bags!
Many thanks.
My nephew would love these!
I love it, but I can’t open it. Can you please email it to me? I would be forever grateful!! Thanks!!!
I would love to do this for my son’s valentines this year, but when when I click on either link (color/white) they will not load for me. I love the one on the white background. Can you send me a pdf? This is great by the way. I will be keeping up with your crafty ideas!!!
Much Appreciated!!!!
Hi!I am having the same issue as the two women above. The links are no longer loading… could you email them to me as well? Thank you so much, I just know my 4 year old will LOVE them!
I too am having the same issues. If you are able to e-mail them that would be greatly appreciated!!!
I can email them. I’m not sure why folks are having trouble though. I just downloaded them again and it worked fine.
Where did you find such small glow sticks for the lego Valentines Cards? Super cute idea.
I also love this idea, but can’t seem to download either. I would love it if you could email me the white background pdf.
Thanks!
Hello:) Unfortunately, I am having the same problem:( I would be eternally grateful if I could get the white background version emailed to me.
Thank you
Thanks for posting the PDF files. I was having a hard time finding the original post.
Thanks for sharing your talents! My little one is thrilled!!
I had no problems downloading PDF and my 4 and 6 year old boys will love giving these valentines to all their friends-thank you!!!
The links dont work, can you eamil them to me?
This is perfect! Thanks! I was a little concerned about the size, but it worked easily and well, and cheap! I found 15 glo-sticks for $1! Yeah!
Thanks so much for sharing
These are great! Would you allow me to use a photo in a round-up I am working on? Will link to this post.
Thanks for sharing!
Can you please email them to me as well? I am a year behind everyone else on the postings, but still early for Valentines Day 2013! Now that’s a first! Thank you so much. the white version would be much appreciated!!
Can I please have a copy of the white boys glow stick Valentine? They are adorable!!!!
Thank you so much! These are great and so appreciated!
Hi, I’m also having a problem with opening the files and was hoping you could email me the white background. My son, Parker
loves these!
Sorry-here’s my email. Lupaulfric@comcast.net
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These are fabulous!! Thank you so much for generously sharing!!
Adorable cards! My son is so excited to make these. I’m wanting to send them to be printed at Staples on card stock. Would you be able to e-mail a copy of the document in a format that I could save. Thank you so much!
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I also seem to be having difficulty with this downloading (has been “downloading” for about 10 mins???). I would really appreciate having it e-mailed, also. A very cute idea. I’ve already bought the glow sticks!
Thank you so much for the quick reply!!!
Oh my goodness, these are absolutely fabulous for my twins Valentines! Thank you so much for sharing! Love, love, love them!
Thank YOU for saying thanks! You wouldn’t believe how many people have asked me to e-mail them the files and then never bothered to say thank you after I do so!
Just found out that our kids can’t bring Valentine’s with treats this year so I was trying to come up with something that is original and cute. This is perfect for my first grader. Any chance you could e-mail them to me too? When I try to open the file, it says it’s empty. Weird. Thanks so much for sharing this. It’s SO terrific!!
Thank you so much for these great Valentines! My son typically isn’t very excited about giving out Valentines, but you’ve changed his outlook on it this year!! He is looking forward to Valentines this year and for a nine year old boy that is quite remarkable! Thank you
I would also love an email copy of the white background Valentine! My son is so excited to make these!
What a great idea! The glow sticks are so fun! I featured them on my blog today http://www.missloviecreations.blogspot.com/2013/01/12-sweet-handmade-valentines.html Come on over and check it out and grab a button if you like!
Thank you! Such a fantastic idea! Pure Genius!
Please may I have a copy? The links aren’t working for me. It’s probably my computer. THANK YOU. You are a genius.
Perfect and awesome and THANK YOU!!! Brilliant!
Hi the link isn’t working for me either. These are fabulous and my son has his heart set on it. Anyway you could email the colored background file? It would be so appreciated Thank you.
Awesome – thanks!!! I may have to create my own w/ his fav character.
Thank you so much! These are seriously awesome!!
These are so cool! Would love to make them for my sons’ classes. Like some of the others, I can’t seem to pull up the file.
I hate to bother you, but would you mind e-mailing them to me?
Thanks so much! Off to check out more of your site..
My boys and I are so excited to make these! They are absolutely awesome and unique! I too cannot download the white backround version. Could I get it emailed to me? Trying to get valentine’s done early since I am having my third child February 8. Thank a bunch!
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I made a link to these on my blog because they are just so adorable and we have a little Star Wars fanatic who absolutely loved them.
Love these so much! Can you please e-mail me the color file? I showed them to my kindergartner and he has his heart set on them, but now I can’t get them to download. Thank you so much!
I was wondering the easiest way to make holes for the glow bracelets? Thank you so much for this fantastic printable and idea!! We are using them for my 6 and 4 year old boys.
Thank you so much, I love that it is my son’s two favorite things, glow sticks and star wars. Thanks for putting out there for all to use.
These are perfect for both my 4yo and my 6yo to use for their class!
Hi~ Fabulous…thanks so much for sharing! Just wondering if people are cracking the stick ahead of time so they are already glowing when they get it or just letting them crack em on their own?
Darci, I did NOT crack them ahead of time because I didn’t want them to “run out” before we handed them out. Plus, we handed them out during the day, and they would not have shown up very well in daylight.
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I love the Lego guy Valentine and, more importantly, my 6yo LOVES them. Thank you so much for sharing your hard work with us.
Hi- love the valentine with the photo of your son holding a lightsaber! I see a template for the lego version but not one for the photo version. This is my first try at a DIY valentine’s day card and I wondered if you might have a template or suggestions for how to replicate your photo version? Thank you so much!!
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Thank you so much for sharing these! My four year old is using them for Valentines this year and he is way excited!
Thank you – the white background printed beautifully on cardstock paper! You are a “lifesaber” – needed a last minute non-sugary valentine! Found you through Pinterest….
Love these, but also cannot download the pdf..maybe because I am on a MAC. Would you mind emailing me the PDF to sfcishelley@yahoo.com. Thank you so much for your time!
Thank you for the AMA zING idea! I have the same question:
What is the best way to create the hole for the glow stick ?
Thanks !
Thank you Holly for so many personal responses. Taking time out of your day to help strangers is wonderful to see.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
thank you so much for sharing these! my 6 year old daughter LOVES them & is ecstatic to give them out this week. thank you!!!
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These are awesome!!! Thank you so much for the printable file
Made my Valentine’s prep for my two boys easy! Thank you so much, they loved them!!!
Just got done making 25 of your star wars valentine’s. They were so easy thanks to your printables!!!
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Just wanted to say thanks for the Valentine’s. We’ve made them for my son’s Kindergarten class. Love them!
Thank you! My kids are so excited for these!
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I have been saving this pin since last Valentine’s Day (I had already bought our valentines when I saw it), and am so excited for my son to hand these out tomorrow. Thank you for so generously sharing your time and talents with us!
Thanks so much for sharing! My son can’t wait to share these tomorrow!
Just wanted to say thanks for these super cute valentines! They will make my guy super happy!
I love these, but I can’t seem to print them. I noticed others have issues also, could you please send them to me in an e-mail. Thank you so much, my son will love these for next year.
Thanks so much for this! My almost 7 yr old son is so excited to hand them out tomorrow at school. I will add I used the white background and glued them onto color cardstock. I also used a HOLE PUNCH for the slit and taped the back down. That helped so much as they do lay flat now and I don’t have to worry about them snapping on the way to school.
Oh and I forgot that I punched 2 holes connected for a bit longer hole like a figure 8 but all one hole. Of course I figure out the 2 holes worked better than one after I had already done almost all of them. So I untaped and repunched then taped them down again. Hope this helps. Thanks again
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My wife asked me to print these for our son but instead I used these as inspiration to create my own. Thanks for the idea!
What do you think of my take on this?
http://blog.shotbydan.com/shotbydan/2013/2/15/star-wars-valentines