Valentine's Day Creativity

I'm trying to preserve the legacy of creative, handmade valentines, but this year my creative juices just weren't flowing. 

George and Ruth exchanged valentines in their preschool class. Ruth's were a basic cardstock heart stapled to a packet of fruit snacks. George's had those same fruit snacks but also included a heart cut from one of his many, many watercolor paintings. I wrote on each one, "I wish you a Happy Valentine's Day with all my 'ART'!"

For Paige's valentines, the snack was Fruit by the Foot, and I tried so hard to write a couplet or poetry that would relate to the snack and to the occasion and that would be understood by the 2nd graders. 

For instance, one of my favorite ideas was:

Sugar is sweet, Honey is sweeter.

If we lived abroad, we'd eat "Fruit by the Meter."

Too bad Paige's class hasn't learned the metric system, yet. And with very few words that rhyme with "foot," I had to resort to the roses and violets:

Roses are red, violets are blue.

Eat "Fruit by the Foot," 

But not your shoe. 

James helped write a few alternate endings, which we also gave to some class members:

Roses are red, violets are blue.

Eat "Fruit by the Foot,". . . .

... It's easy to chew. 

... You'll be glad if you do. 

The closest we came to a note that conveys friendship is this one, which Paige gave to a few close friends:

Roses are red, violets are blue.

"Fruit by the Foot" means 

"I like you!"

(Awww, isn't that nice?!)

From all reports, even the kids who got the lame poetry didn't complain. Because they still got their snack!