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Recycled · Valentine's Day · Toddlers

Heart posting box

A shoe box mailbox with a slot, so your toddler can post cardboard hearts over and over.

Heart posting box
LevelBeginner
AgesAges 1 to 3
Time20 minutes
Cost$0

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How to make it

  1. Step 1: Cut the slot
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    Cut the slot

    Grown-up step: Cut a slot in the lid about 5 inches long and 1 inch wide.

  2. Step 2: Make the hearts
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    Make the hearts

    Grown-up step: Cut 8 hearts from the cereal box, about 4 inches wide.

  3. Step 3: Cover the hearts
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    Cover the hearts

    Glue red and pink paper on them together.

  4. Step 4: Post 1
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    Post 1

    Show your toddler how to push a heart through the slot.

  5. Step 5: Let them post
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    Let them post

    Hand over the hearts. Open the lid and do it again.

Edie's tip

Write family names on the hearts. Then it's mail for Daddy, mail for Grandma.

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