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Today we made our Valentine's Day card holders. We choose to make ours at school so that everyone has one and they are all similar in scope and size.  The only drawback with these is that they cannot fit all the candy that kids bring with their valentines, so I give them a Ziploc or a brown paper sack to put the candy in.  One of the reasons I LOVE this project is the creativity that it brings out in my kiddos. We all work fro the same pattern, but they are able to create an animal of their choice- SO FUN! One of my teaching partners has been making these for years- my 19 year old made one when she was in her class in the third grade. Paige was horse crazy at that time and she made a horse. I still have it...  Isn't it CUTE??? For this project all you need is 12X18 construction paper for the body, additional construction paper for the hearts and embellishments, and 2 tracing patterns. We have made the tracing patterns from file folders. The heart is glued on like a pocket, so i