Here's my version...
I used a post office box I had in the house, glued both ends together with Elmer's glue, painted two coats of red paint, carefully cut three sides with a box cutter, and hinged the back. Then it was ready to decorate!
Kate and I made a quick shopping trip to Michael's where we found lots of Valentine's decorations 40% off. Don't forget to check their website, they usually have coupons you can print out. We found a cute lock and key, ribbon for the bottom, glitter hearts, and some cute flowers. I printed out the MAIL portion on some scrapbook paper and applied it with double sided tape.
I cut a small piece of ribbon to use for the closure and attached it with sticky foam dots. Velcro dots would be better, but I was out.
I then poked two holes in the top with some scissors and fed some ribbon through for a handle. Ta-da, a super cute valentine box!
Now onto the valentine cards. I really didn't want to do candy this year, so I saw this great post on Pinterest. Her complete post was lovely, but I didn't have time to order an alphabet stamp and I don't have a cute little paper heart cutter. Sooooo, I found some heart shaped silicone ice cube trays at Michael's and tried those for the crayons. I bought the $1 box of 64 crayons and used a razor blade to take off the wrapper. I used her suggestions to group the crayons by color families and made some camo ones for the boys and girlie ones for the girls. I wasn't sure if the silicone would melt, so I baked them at 220 degrees for about 20 - 25 minutes.
I simply cut out some hearts from scrapbook paper and hand wrote the message, "You color my world" and her name. She's adding a few smiley faces, x's, and o's.
Now I just hope it doesn't snow on Monday!!! Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!!
xoxo
