There is something so sweet and charming about children collecting valentines. Of course, not any old box will do for storing these precious treasures. Are you looking for a cute and easy Valentine’s Day Box Idea? Well, gather up supplies from around your house and create one of these cute boxes to hold those sweet love notes.
DIY Valentine’s Day Box Idea
Valentine’s Monster
This first idea was inspired by my very popular Tattle Monster. Allow me to introduce you to Val the Valentine’s Monster!
Valentine’s Day Box Supplies
To make this cute Valentine’s Day Box you will need the following supplies.
- Empty Tissue Box
- Egg Carton
- Spray Paint
- White craft foam
- Foam hearts
- Pipe Cleaners
- Pom Poms
- Googly Eyes
- Hot glue
Now that you have all of your supplies it’s time to start building your adorable Valentine Monster Box.
1. Spray paint your tissue box red (or other desired color)
2. Once the box has dried add pink foam heart stickers.
3. Cut out two sections of the egg carton and spray paint white, hot glue googly eyes on the front of each carton and then hot glue to the top of the box.
4. Cut out teeth from the white craft foam and hot glue to the inside of the tissue box.
5. Curl two pipe cleaner around your finger or a pen.
6. Hot glue pink pom poms to the top of the pipe cleaner.
7. Cut a small slit in the top of the box and insert the pipe cleaners. Use a dab of hot glue to keep them securely in place.
Valentine's Day Box Idea
Gather up supplies from around your house and create an adorable Valentine's Day Monster Box to hold sweet love notes.
Materials
- Empty Tissue Box
- Egg Carton
- Spray Paint
- White craft foam
- Foam hearts
- Pipe Cleaners
- Pom Poms
- Googly Eyes
- Hot glue
Instructions
1. Spray paint your tissue box red (or other desired color)
2. Once the box has dried add pink foam heart stickers.
3. Cut out two sections of the egg carton and spray paint white, hot glue googly eyes on the front of each carton and then hot glue to the top of the box.
4. Cut out teeth from the white craft foam and hot glue to the inside of the tissue box.
5. Curl two pipe cleaner around your finger or a pen.
6. Hot glue pink pom poms to the top of the pipe cleaner.
7. Cut a small slit in the top of the box and insert the pipe cleaners. Use a dab of hot glue to keep them securely in place.
Now you have an adorable Valentine’s Monster ready to eat those sweet love notes!
Upcycle products from around your house to create a quick and easy Valentine’s Day Box
Pretty Little Piggy Valentine’s Day Box
This pretty little piggy was inspired by my mom. When I was telling her about my idea to create a post with fun ways to collect valentines she fondly recalled her mom making some of the best “boxes.” One of her favorites was a pink little piggy made from a recycled Clorox Bleach bottle.
I loved the idea of upcycling items from around the house and decided to recreate my own version of the pink little piggy Valentine’s Day box.
Piggy Valentine Box Supplies
- Empty Clorox bottle
- Egg carton
- Pink spray paint
- 4 craft corks
- Pipe cleaner
- Pink craft foam
- Googly eyes
- Hot glue
1. Spray paint your (clean & dry) Clorox bottle and corks pink.
2. Once the bottle is dry take a knife and carefully cut a slit in the top, making sure it is wide enough to slip Valentine’s in.
3. Cut out and spray paint (if they aren’t already white) the egg cartons. Hot glue googly eyes to the center.
4. Cut out ears from the pink foam, put a dab of hot glue at the bottom center and pinch closed. Hot glue the ears on to the top of the bottle.
5. Cut out a pink heart from the pink craft foam, add details with a permanent marker. Hot glue to the cap of the bottle for the snout.
6. Curl your pipe cleaner for the tail and hot glue to the back of the bottle. Add a bow if desired.
7. Hot glue the corks to the bottom of the bottle.
8. Oink! Now you have a pretty little piggy to keep those heartfelt love letters.
Both of these projects are easy to make, you could even include your kids and have them help create their very own Valentine’s Box. I upcycled items from around my house and spent $0 to make these.
If you are looking for more creative Valentine’s Day Box Ideas be sure to check out this list of 15 Handmade Valentine Card Box Ideas.
This is so incredibly darling! I just spotted this on Pinterest and had to stop by and tell you how amazing it is! So, so cute! XO
Love both of these. I have featured you and would love for you to stop by, check it out, and grab a button 🙂
http://myworldmadebyhand.blogspot.com/2012/02/oink-oinkraaaaaar-cutest-darned-v-day.html
Loves…Jessica
So adorable! But how would you get the valentines out to read from the piggy? I guess you would perform surgery on the underside! LOL
Thanks Bonnie and you bring up a good point! I guess I better go back and add a step so you can get those sweet love notes out. 😉
Adorei!!! Muito criativo.
Bjs, Sil.
I'd love for you to share this cute idea @CountryMommaCooks Link Party
going on now-Sunday….I just love your site….Have a wonderful weekend!
Oh my word. What cute ideas! Thanks so much for linking up to my Saturday 7 Party tonight!
I am making a Love Monster for my son's school Valentine box but I have a question for you…I have done several coats of red paint on the Kleenex box but I can't seem to get the designs on the box to disappear. How did you get such good paint coverage on your boxes? It's driving me nuts that I can see through the paint but I don't see that on your boxes so what am I doing wrong?
Hi Laura, I used Krylon paint, which I've found has a little better coverage than some of the more generic paints. I also usually give the boxes a primer coat with white or cream to help too. Hope that helps, I'd love to see your Love Monster when it's all finished!
:-))) Very pretty!
These are so cute!!! I love the monster!! I made a monster for my son this year too!! So much fun!
You are being featured @CountryMommaCooks Link & Greet Party!
Stop by and pick up a featured button….and have a great weekend:)
Thank you for the awesome inspiration and amazing tutorials!
I just wanted to drop by and let you know that I linked your Val Monster with a collage I put together for Boy inspired Valentine’s Day boxes.
Here is the link if you would like to check it out: http://fakeitandyoullmakeit.blogspot.com/2013/02/boys-valentine-box-ideas.html
Thanks again for the wonderful tutorial and original ideas!
-Nicole
Do you use the tissue box to make this.
Mackenzie, yes I use tissue boxes and just spray paint them.
I LOVE these!
My daughter (8) saw your monster on Pinterest and had to make one. It turned out great! She’s super proud and could not wait to get it to school to show her classmates!
Thanks Sandy, I love that your daughter wanted to make one (P.S. Tell her it turned out super cute, love that gold!)
Super cute. I am pinning the monster box now:)
can i use regular glue instead of hot glue?
Susie, yes, but if you are using the foam pieces I would use a thicker craft glue opposed to glue sticks. Have fun and if you make one come back and share it with us on Twitter or Facebook!
I made these and the BOYS LOVED THEM!!
Sherra, I am so happy to hear that your boys had fun making these! Thanks for stopping by and have lots of fun filling those monsters with valentines!
I’m happy to feature your adorable Monster Valentines Box today! Thanks for sharing on Living Creative Thursday! Tomorrow’s theme is Cakes & Cupcakes. I hope you’ll share something sweet:-) http://www.livinglocurto.com/2014/02/valentines-day-free-printables
Thank you! You saved my life tonight! Creative I am not!
Just put you in a blog post for these boxes! So darling!!!! Keep up the good work 😉
How fun are these valentines boxes! Pinned & shared. Hope to see you again at the Inspiration Spotlight Party!
Visiting from Kitchen Fun & Craft Friday, what a fun Valentine’s Box. My boys would love it!
Thanks!
Hello fabulous! Just stopping by to let you know that your cute boxes will be featured at our party that starts tonight at 7 pm and goes until Friday @7 pm . Happy dance time! Pinned and tweeted. Thank you for bringing such fun ideas to our party , I hope to see you tonight! Lou Lou Girls
Awww, thank you so much Kimberly! I love joining your party and seeing all the creative ideas shared. 🙂
OMG! Super cute!! Thank you for sharing this with us @FuntasticFriday!
Hi Mariah! Your Valentine’s boxes are super cute!!! I’ve pinned a couple of your photos to my Crafts to Make boards for you. I love making crafts like these and it’s times like these when I wish I still had young children {grown daughter (25) and son (23)}. Have fun with yours!!! Just stopping by from Friday Features ~ Karren’s party at Oh, My Heartsie Girl!