Valentine’s Day Mailbox
Today while shopping, I had to take a stroll through the Valentine’s Day stuff. One item that was really cute was a Valentine’s Day mailbox.
It was white cardboard shaped like a mailbox that included a red little heart flag. It was $4 but came with stickers and other decorations.
Seeing that Valentine’s mailbox made me think of the ones we used to make in grade school. They were much simpler but still a lot of fun.
Basically all you need is two pieces of card stock or construction paper. Cut one sheet of paper in half and use one half to cover the bottom of the full sheet. Tape or staple the sheet to the top of it. Use markers or crayons to decorate and write the child’s name on it. You can use stickers, cut outs, and other cute items to decorate.
We used to hang these around the classroom and then drop our Valentines into each others mailbox. We would make the mailboxes a few days before the Valentine’s Day party, so it was neat that our handmade mailboxes became part of the decorations for the party.
It was so fun to take that full mailbox back to my desk and then open all those Valentines. Since my little one isn’t in school, I’m not sure if she’ll totally appreciate having a Valentine’s mailbox. But seeing that mailbox makes me totally want to make one. We can at least exchange Valentine’s with each other and we might even receive a few in the mail. If we do, then we can add them to the special Valentine’s mailbox and open them on Valentine’s Day
February 19th, 2009 at 6:22 am
so sweet i like that
March 18th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
I wanted to comment and thank the author, good stuff