Mailboxes

Okay, I know it's a little early for this particular idea. However, yesterday I was shopping at Target and found the perfect thing for this craft. I know that universally speaking, all moms love to shop at Target. So, I'm giving you a reason to head to your local store and check out their dollar aisle!

Look at these cute Valentine's Day mailboxes I found for just $1 each!

Last year, I wrote notes and Valentine's for my kids throughout the month of February. This year, I thought it would be fun to decorate these mailboxes and deliver their mail inside.

If you want to do this craft with your kids, it would be super-easy and fun to give them Valentine stickers, letter stickers and/or Foamies stickers to decorate their own mailbox. You could even use glitter glue pens (can you tell I love glitter yet?) Or, if you want them to have the mailboxes year round, you can choose non-Valentine decorations.

I am planning to surprise my kids with their mailboxes next month, so I decorated these myself. Here is what they looked like when I got done. If you don't have a Target near you, you can always cover a shoe box in pretty paper and decorate that instead.

The possibilities are endless. And, no matter when you use them, kids LOVE to get mail!

One more thing... Once you introduce the mailboxes, it's a great idea to fill a box with paper, pens, scissors, old note cards, envelopes and stickers. Leave it near the mailboxes so your kids can use it to create their own mail to send to you or to their siblings.