Have you checked your Target dollar bins lately?
I bought each of my kids their own tin mailbox for $1 and yesterday we decorated them for Valentines Day. Here is how we did it:
Materials Needed:
-Mailbox
-Tissue Paper
-Mod Podge
Sponge Brush
Directions:
1. Rip the tissue paper into strips.
2. Put a thin layer of Mod Podge over the mailbox. Then start layering your strips of tissue paper on top, covering the center of the mailbox and adding more Mod Podge where needed.
(Here is my 1 year old just having a blast with it!)
The best part about these is that you cannot mess it up! My 7 year old changed his mind a million times and just kept starting over, which was totally fine! Its easy to rip the paper off and try something else!
I intended on embellishing these just a bit more with ribbons and such, but this is for the kids, its their craft, so we kept it simple and just added their initials in vinyl to the front.
And that’s it!
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Adorable!! Perfect for a snow day craft!! Love it!!
how sweet!!!
Very cute! We decorated some last year with foam stickers and ER kept it out all year.
I have 10 of these mailboxes sitting downstairs that I was going to make for my nieces and nephews. I had a different idea but didn't have the time so I thought I wouldn't be able to finish them. But we can do this!! Thanks so much for sharing your ideas.
Sooo cute!!! And soo cute little boy!!
I love the simple and yet effective look!!
Love these! May have to try this with my 3 year old. Thanks for sharing!
I have been following your site for awhile now, but just recently became a "follower"! I love your site and you ideas. I really LOVE this mailbox idea! Thanks for sharing!
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Loving this craft — thanks!!
I have to say that your target, and probably everyone else's must be way better than mine because we have no metal mailboxes
But, that wouldn't stop me! I made each of us a mailbox out of cardstock and my kids think they are great! (But oh so much harder to store!!!)
I haven't seen those at our Target!
I'll have to go check–yours turned out so cute.
So cute! These are fabulous!
We have those mailboxes too. I let the kids plaster stickers all over them, shame on me! Because I could have done what you did! CUTE.
Adorable! I may have to do these with my girls!
These look just like something you'd see at Pottery Barn but without the huge price. They are absolutely adorable. I think I could even do this
Such a cute idea! Don't you just love Target?!
I saw those at Target last week and when I went to get them on Monday, they were gone, I was so bummed because this is exactly what I was going to do with them too!
These would be a perfect snow day activity…I wish we didn't have to think of snow day activities anymore grrrr…:) They are super cute! Thanks for linking!
Andy
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oh i hope our target has these.
Those are so cute.
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How lovely!!
The mailboxes are super cute too!!!
Jenn
These are super cute! I can;t wait to make something like this for my daughter so we can send her little love letters! Although, right now she would only eat them!
Great project… I remember making shoe box mail boxes at school. Lezlee