There are lots of ways to make mailbags and mailboxes to hold class Valentine cards. Here are some simple and inexpensive ideas for your class to make.
Tissue Box Valentine Mailbox
What can you use for a Valentine mailbox that is a free recyclable and you can get in abundance (enough for your whole class)? Tissue boxes or latex glove boxes! You can actually use both since they are the same size and shape. I ask parents and friends to help save them. Last year, I had a parent who worked in a hospital and she saved the latex glove boxes for me from non-contaminated areas. She was able to send me two huge bags of them and it was enough for that year and this year, and they worked perfectly!
You can wrap them in red, pink or white bulletin board paper, wrapping paper, butcher paper, or brown shipping paper. Cut out the slot in the top, fold it back, and tape the folded paper to the inside of the box. The boxes already have a slot, so you are only cutting a slot in the paper. Write the children’s names on the top of each box with a bold black marker.
Have the children decorate them with foamier, paper cutouts, heart doilies, stickers, sequins, markers, and crayons.
Valentine Mailbags
Mailbags are the simplest Valentine mail holder. Just get some paper bags and let children decorate however they wish with a variety of Valentine collage materials. Use heart doilies, stickers, stamps, markers to decorate the bags. You can buy paper lunch bags in the usual brown paper sack color, or white, red, or pink. You can also buy packs of these paper gift bags with handles in a variety of colors.
File Folder Valentine Mailbags
These mailbags are made with a file folder. You can use a manila folder or get the colored ones in red. Using the hole punch, make holes across the bottom and along both sides of the file folder (using a 3 hole-punch is easier and faster).
Have the children lace up the 3 sides. You will need yarn of about 2 Ā½ ft per child. It is helpful if you wrap the end of the yarn with masking tape or use a plastic needle. Use a piece of yarn to make a handle.
Let the children decorate their mailbag with markers, dot paint, construction paper hearts, stickers, etc. Very simple and inexpensive!
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How cute! Thank you for the great idea.
Thank you so much your ideas are super .Happy Valentine’s Day to you and all your family.
So easy for me. I give The Lord all the glory for you and Karen.Your ideas are a great help to someone who is not creative.Thank you
Wonderful idea, Just love it!
Great idea Karen, thanks for the inspiration! Happy Valentine’s Day to you š
Wonderful idea I am a home visitor for Save the Children and I will use this activity.
You are so creative!! I love this idea. Thanks
they look nice and easy to make. I use empty cereal boxes that we wrap in paper and then we give the children cut out hearts in many colors, a piece of yarn for the handle.
Happy St. Valentine’s Day
Thanks for this post. I really some more ideas for valentine day. Great.
Thanks for letting us know what you have at TPT. It’s good to know what is available that is high quality. Since I have seen such great quality stuff on your Pre-K site I know your TPT stuff must be great! Thanks!
Love this idea! Will file it for next year :). Our kids brought in shoe boxes and we wrapped them in bulletin paper and the kids will decorate them!
These are a little more involved than the brown lunch bags I had growing up in grade school! Very creative though!
Hi Karen, love the valentines ideas the kids loved the little mailboxes they were great. I was also wondering if you had any ideas for Dr. Seuss it is coming up? Could you possibly make a roll and cover game or even a grid game. I was also looking for another play dough mat for March. Thank you !! Emma
The play dough mat for March sounds like a great idea! I’ll see what I come up with. Unfortunately, I can’t make a roll and write game or other materials for Dr. Seuss because it is trademarked.
thanks Karen they were great idea Happy Valentineās Day to you
My kids had a great time with this. The girls called them purses. Thank you.
Love it, thanks for sharing