It’s kind of late, but if you simply MUST have “You Are Fowl” as a card, I added it to the Zazzle shop here. If you can’t see it yet, it may take a day to process.
OR you can print these mini valentines for FREE if you want!
Here is the pdf of all the valentines
And one of just the FOWL valentines
Happy Valentine’s Day, everybody!
The Middlest Sister 
Two lovely posts in the same week! what a lovely treat! Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day to you, too!
I think you have found your calling – realistic kid Valentines. I always had that problem, too, when I was a kid. Honestly, I think any boy I would have given the last “You are Fowl” one to would have been ecstatic!
Ha! I’ll have to start earlier next year to create some really good ones.
I’m telling you – it’s a goldmine!
Haha, I always loved picking out Valentine’s to give out at class and then reading the ones I got to figure out who was secretly in love with me. I would have liked to give out the “You Are Fowl” though to a few people I know. Heck, I’d even give that one out to some people I know now!
Oh, I used to do it, too. I would analyze the handwriting… did he spell my name right? Did he write it really carefully or with some flourish? ….wait, did his mom write this? Ah, Valentine’s Day.
This is just awesome! I really laughed out loud.
Yay!
I think I specifically remember being a little jerk and skipping the valentine envelopes of icky boys in elementary school. I absolutely love the cards on this one, though, all of them. I also appreciated the list of names in the first panel with the pencil detail.
Awww, poor icky boys.
As a former icky boy who used to run around playing football and jumping in puddles, I am very offended.
Adult me is sorry! I’m sure you weren’t/aren’t that icky!
Apology… DENIED.
I demand a kiss.
I remember those grade-school valentine’s day cards!!! :)
I loved/hated them.
Another genius post.
Thanks!
Amazing.
Please turn the “You are Fowl” one into an actual Valentine’s Day card. I promise you I will give it to the girlfriend.
Haha! I added it to the zazzle shop here, but I’m not sure it will get to you in time for Valentine’s Day!
I’m working on a pdf of mini-fowl valentines. Almost done!
Great post. I remember my girls filling out the cards. My youngest daughter carefully thought about each Valentine and who she would give it too. She did not want to give a card to many of her classmates, I don’t recall how we got around that one without hurting feelings. Have a great day.
This day is fraught with emotional turmoil for tender little hearts.
Loved your post! Made my day! :)
Aw, thank you!
That’s awesome. I love its glowing eyes and snake-like head. I wonder what presenting someone with that valentine tells them…
Geese are the worst. If someone gives you a thing with a goose on it… it means you are the worst. :)
WONDERFUL !
I can think of quite a few people I would just LOVE to be able to give this card to…
haha, now you can! You can leave it anonymously in their cubbies.
I loved this! I also used to agonize over what cards to give and what lovey word might be misinterpreted. I even agonized over the messages on the conversation hearts. Thank God they finally made benign ones like “you’re cool”. I still remember the card I got from a boy I liked that I was hoping would be lovey-dovey. Instead it was Mr. T: “I pity the fool who won’t be my valentine.”
Those valentines you made are the best!
Aw, I bet the boy who gave you Mr. T gave it to you because Mr. T was the coolest and so are you.
Very perceptive, and cute, too. Great post.
Thank you! :)
I always enjoy your post. I am one of five sisters, too, and you nail the family dynamics!
Thank you!
:D
Ha ha! I remember feeling the exact same way in elementary school!
It was such torment! Anything could be read into those tiny paper cards!
That’s wonderful! and I can actually think of people to send that to.Happy valentine’s day!:)
Happy valentine’s day!
Yes! My “Like” bumped your thumbnails into row 4. That’s alotta likes. Very nice.
Thanks, Sharon! :D
Ha-ha-ha! How true!!!
Hope you have a happy valentine’s day!
Thank you! You too!
I think you need to make these into cards.
Thanks, I’ll try :)
Happy Valentine’s Day to you!
These are so awesome!
Also, I was away and just read through all the posts that I have missed out on and my favorite one is the one about making barf! You are like my long lost sister :P
Ha! I’m glad you liked it. 100% true story.
I would so love to receive such a card.
hahaha! I think I would like to get one that said “You are a deer” with an image of a deer. Not quite punny, just weird.
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My newest favorite blogger is The Middlest Sister! I love her creativity. She represents everyday life in a funny, yet realistic way. A must read!
I took your offer up and made a Valentine using your work (for FREE!) :) Do you mind if I make some link lovin’ and share it on my blog?
Oh, yay! I hope they turned out well! Feel free to share!
As I remember it, I only got cards from the gross boys. Always Curtis. Never William.
Me too, me too. Sigh.
So funny! My kids haven’t quite hit that point yet as far as writing them. But every now and then when my son gets one from a girl who likes him, it doesn’t matter what it says, the verdict is always “Ew!” Can’t wait until they fret over the messages they send.
Valentine’s Day for kids is so funny. Simultaneous awesome and horrifying. I mean, there are cupcakes, but also gross special feelings, but also candy, but also kissy stuff, but also…
Stopping by from The Simple Life of a Country Man’s Wife. I love your Valentine’s cards. All of them. But I love your blog, too. You’re so creative! Glad to have discovered you. :)
Thank you, Monica!
Ahahaha…I was just reminiscing with my roommate about this very thing the other day. Valentines are such a big deal in elementary school! Now I’m all grown up…and I hardly care at all who gets which Barbie valentine when I bring them to work tomorrow :) Except Chris D. is DEFINITELY not getting the one that says “U R Cool” because, well, why lie?
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Ha! Happy Valentine’s Day! :D
haha i loved valentine’s day growing up and reading into the meaning of every single card i was given! glad i’m not the only one that did this!
You KNOW there was meaning there! It just had to be decoded.
Loved. Really loved. I’ve share with my favorite people. I really wanted to reblog today, but my son begged for his Valentine to be top post. Kids always win. You might like his hand-drawn perspective on the day, not too far off from You are Fowl, a 4th-grader’s card:
http://dirtnkids.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/img002.jpg.
Happy Valentine’s Day! My kids and I very much enjoy the work (I’m sure it is work) that you do to keep us entertained.
I just found your blog and LOVE it – your art is wonderful and funny. I’m printing the You Are Fowl valentine for my ex-husband. :-)
Hilarious! LOL
HAHAHHAHAHA incredible!!
ps. check out mine…im a beginner and my first blog is kinda short so wont take too long…but i need some recommendations regarding the topic of discussion!!! :)
This s an absolutely brilliant blog. I love it! It’s so creative and different. Well done! >^..^<
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This cracked me up! I used to carefully choose the least incriminating conversation heart messages for the boys’ valentines. It took me forever and drove my mom nuts- she should have bought red hot hearts.
Isn’t it possible to buy a box of children’s valentines that just say “Happy Valentine’s Day” on them?
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I’m taking a short break from blogging in order to focus on a super-big project for The Middlest Sister. It is somewhere in the vicinity of 400 panels, so I have been cutting and pasting for 8+ hours every day and expect to keep on doing so until the very last panel is complete. I promise to return with a new comic shortly after that! Until then, here’s a reblog from last year. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Hey Nicki, any hints as to what the big Middlest Sister project is going to be about?
Love the evil glowing eyes on the bird on the last panel! Really funny, well done. :)
400 panels???? wow!
Take all the time you need! I know this will be exceptionally good!
I’ll miss your posts but I can’t wait to see the fruits of your hard labor!
p.s. thanks for the valentines! looooooove them! the you are fowl one is pure genius! ;)
This is hilarious!!!
I missed this last year – I love it! Like so many others, I can definitely relate to agonizing over which card to give to whom. ;{ Looking forward to the big project.
Best Valentines Card ever! I may start handing them out to all the attractive women at work, knock them down a peg or two. 8)
This is adorable! x
Hey Nicki, when’s the big secret project going to be unveiled? I’m dying for some more Middlest Sister hilarity.
I don’t know! I’m dying to share it, but I think it’s going to be a while. Halfway done, though!