Valentine Making

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You can put, I love you mother with all my heart.

I want them to cut so you can get them to cut again.

Okay, they can go.

He says you can do your legs now.

Okay, cut that.

yes? Where's your sister? Okay.

Do you want to do something? If you don't have your heart, you can cut out.

Do you want to do some of this? To people? And...

Maybe I should have you do this, Alicia.

You're stronger than I am.

Of these shavies, first we fold the paper.

Because we are going to iron the crayon.

How many of you have ever done this? Have you tried this? Yes.

And you know, you have all these different...

Maybe you should do this with your mom.

It'll burn the table and the iron is too hot.

And make sure that you press the side.

Because this feels...

Did you ever hear the word laminate? No.

You know what it is to laminate? You've worked with a lot of things that don't laminate them.

Sometimes I'll do something on a piece of paper.

This is what goes inside of the heart.

And then if you want them to...

This will go inside of the heart.

And we will scotch tape this.

And then we'll take the scotch tape.

Does everybody understand how we do this? Yeah.

We'll give the scotch tape to the crayons.

And on the inside.

Scatter them all over.

You can put more if you want some.

You can make as bright a picture as you want.

Or if you just want a little bit, it's all up to you.

And move it around.

Isn't that pretty? Yeah.

And you can use any kind of colors you like.

If you like bright colors.

I'll put the other side.

Ooh, you did a beautiful job.

Isn't that nice? Okay.

And then you can trim it in shape if you want the inside.

Now see the big hand in the middle.

And then you can trim all that off.

And the bottom too.

See it, huh? Pretty.

And you know those are good to put in the window.

Because when you put them in the window, then the light shines through.

And you keep all the different colors.

Okay? And this side.

Sit down, honey.

Let them use the sketch tape.

What do you want? We're going to take your picture.

Get your belt over there.

Are you ready to model? And then put your hand on.

Let's see how big your foot is.

I need somebody with a little foot.

Ready? I need the jubilee hands.

Yeah, we'll see.

Whatever happens.

Let me see something.

And then she's good too.

And then to the back.

And then put your foot in the trace of the foot.

Okay? Sit down.

If you want to trace over this, trace over this and trace.

Over here, quick.

Go right over the lines that we...

What do you guys do with it? Everybody's supposed to be standing.

And that's fine.

It may be a good pant.

If you don't have the...

Sandra, that was a good idea.

How did you think of that? My sister used to show me how to do this.

Who's your Valentine for? My mother.

And when is Valentine's Day? Tomorrow.

Why did you make it for your mother? Because I wanted to.

Because she's the only one I know and she takes care of me.

What do you think she'll say when she gets it? She'll be proud of me.

She'll be what? Proud of me.

When are you going to give it to her? Before you come to school tomorrow or when you go home? Tomorrow.

You don't know when you're going to give it to her? No.

Ricky, who's the Valentine for? My mother and father.

Your mother and father? Yeah.

Why did you make it for both of them? Because I want to show them how I love them.

How do you love them? What does love mean to you? What do you think about when you think about love? You don't think of anything? It's Valentine's Day.

Tomorrow? What does it mean? What does Valentine's Day mean? Why did you make a heart? Yeah.

Why did you make a heart? For my mother and father.

Identifier

F.2012-03-0309

Date Of Production

February 13 1980

Abstract

A news piece in which the young students at the Notre Dame day school in Chicago create colorful Valentine's Day cards by ironing flat crayon shavings and placing them within construction paper hearts. Another student makes a card featuring the outline of his foot that reads, "I love you with my heart and sole." At the end of the reel, a reporter interviews students about their cards. The original film feature a magnetic soundtrack, which was not captured for this transfer.

Run Time

0:08:15

Format

16mm

Extent

300 feet

Color

Color

Sound

Mag Stripe

Reel/Tape Number

1/1

Has Been Digitized?

Yes

Language Of Materials

English

Element

Reversal Positives

Genre

Journalism

Form

Newsreels

Subject

Children
Holidays
Teachers
Students

Related Collections

SUBSERIES VIII: Culture & Leisure

Related Places

North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago

Main Credits

Koza, Frank (is filmmaker)

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