Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox

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Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - finished mailbox with the flag up Do you have any cardboard boxes laying around? They'll be perfect for a Valentine's Day mailbox project.

This is a little cute mailbox for your home as decor (have your kids/family participate in sending little notes/drawings for your family throughout the month of February) or, great idea to start saving a box if your child's school requires a homemade Valentine's Day mailbox to be made for school.

Total Time: 35 minutes

Yield: 1 mail box

Supplies:

cardboard box
poly mailer
scrapbook paper
brad pins
scissors
X-acto Knife
gluestick
pen

Steps:

I used a coconut water cardboard box, or you can use any rectangular box like a shoe box. Since my cardboard box is tall, I marked all around to cut out with an X-acto knife for the base of my mailbox.

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - mark the height of the box base

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - cut with your craft knife

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - base box made

I wrapped my box with a poly mailer and attached with a glue stick because I liked the poly mailer pattern. You can use fabric, paper, paint, duct tape, etc. to cover the cardboard box.

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - begin wrapping with your choice of covering, here a poly mailer is used

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - cut to fit and glue in place with a glue stick

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - wrapped box

I used a 12x12 sheet of scrapbook paper and measured out the length of the box and cut to fit. This paper will be for the roof of the mailbox.

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - measure the length of the box and cut scrapbook paper to fit

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - roof

Optional: Decorate or use any remaining pieces to line the inside of your box.

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - lining the inside of the box with leftover scrapbook paper

Draw a mailbox flag on another piece of paper and cut out.

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - draw a mailbox flag shape

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - cut out the flag

Use a push pin - poke a hole in the mailbox flag and poke another hole where you want your mailbox flag to go on your mailbox.

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - position the flag

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - use a pushpin to poke a hole in the flag

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - and one in the box

Place brad pin into the hole and secure onto your mailbox.

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - attach the flag using a brad

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox

For finishing touches - use a paper scrap and cut out a rectangle. Poke two holes in it and add brads to secure onto the front of the mailbox. You can put your child's name or in this case will put our family last name.

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - cut a scrap of paper

Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - attach to the side of the box with brads, you can write the family or child's name here

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