are your kids handing out valentines in their classrooms tomorrow? i guess since alyssa is in the 8th grade, it's really not the cool thing to do anymore. lol! so no valentines for her. i think sarah is nearing the end of the valentine era too, but she is still doing them this year. and since kids need somewhere to collect these valentines from all their classmates and friends, how about a cute mailbox project for today.
i came really close to not making this project yesterday. i thought about taking a day off from this "project a day" valentines idea. but the guilt got to me late last night (as in 11:30pm), and i didn't want to ruin my streak (all 3 days of it). so i pulled out my stuff, and created this while i sat on the couch watching one of my DVR'd shows. "being erika", which is one of my newly found and new favorite shows. i've watched about 16 episodes in the last 2 weeks 🙂
this is simply a cardboard pencil box. i bought it at michaels, for about a dollar. it's white, which gives you a nice base to build on. you could easily paint the box, if you wanted more color on there or to finish off the edges. you could decopauge the papers on, and then give it a shiny coat on top. you could do all sorts of things to spiffy this up. but me? i was sitting on the couch, and wanted it to be as simple as possible. lol! so i just measured and trimmed my little yellow bicycle pattern papers to size, and used regular adhesive to adhere them to the box.
then i picked out some making memories shimmer chipboard letters, and adhered them to the top of the box using mini pop dots. i then picked out a clear word and an embossed sticker from little yellow bicycle to add to the top. and that was it. simple and easy. i think i have sarah convinced to take this to school tomorrow. she really would have the cutest box in the class ;)
Laura Vegas 
Leave a reply to Carla Cancel reply