Paper Valentine Boxes and cCards

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

• Paper Mache Box (circular for dog and snail boxes, square for butterfly box)
• Scrapbook paper, 12"x 12", in green, purple, pink, coral, yellow, blue, teal, dark pink, light pink, tan, brown, black, white, and any other desired colors
• Green paint
• Pink paint
• White Paint
• Paintbrush
• Multipurpose glue
• Black Sharpie® marker
• X-Acto® knife
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun
• Pattern templates

DIRECTIONS:

1. Dog Box
2. Remove the lid from one of the circular boxes and set it aside.
3. Use an X-Acto® knife to cut a 1"x 5" rectangle on the edge to create a slot for inserting cards.
4. Trace the lid onto a piece of tan scrapbook paper. Cut out the circle and glue it to the front of the lid.
6. Use the pattern templates to cut out the dog pieces.
7. Glue the nose/mouth piece to the nose/snout piece, and the eye highlight to the black eye piece.
8. Glue the face pieces in place on the front of the lid.
9. Glue the ears to the side of the lid, then fold them toward the front and glue them to look like folded dog ears.
10. Cut a piece of blue paper 8"x 4". Roll each end inward to create a scroll.
11. Glue the middle of the paper to the bottom of the box to keep it from rolling.
13. Dog Valentine Cards
14. Use the pattern template to cut out the dog valentine pieces.
15. Glue the two circle pieces together as the head and body.
16. Glue the body to the top back of the front heart piece.
17. Glue the second heart piece to the back of the first heart, sandwiching the dog between the two.
18. Glue the two paws in place on the front heart.
19. Glue the ears to the back of the head, then fold them forward and glue in place on the front of the dog's head.
20. Glue the nose piece in place on the face.
21. Use the sharpie to draw on the eyes, nose, and mouth.
22. Use the white paint to add tiny highlight dots to the eyes. Allow to dry.
24. Snail Box
25. Remove the lid from one of the circular boxes and set it aside.
26. Use an X-Acto® knife to cut a 1"x 5" rectangle on the edge to create a slot for inserting cards.
27. Paint the box dark pink. Allow to dry.
28. Trace the lid onto a piece of dark pink scrapbook paper. Cut out the circle and glue it to the front of the lid.
29. Use the pattern template to cut out the snail pieces.
30. Glue the spiral shell design to the front of the box lid.
31. Glue the snail body to the bottom of the lid.
32. Glue the antenna to the back of the snail head and then glue the face pieces in place.
33. Glue the head to the top of the snail body.
34. Snail Valentine Cards
35. Use the pattern template to cut out the snail valentine pieces.
36. Glue the snail body to the bottom back of one of the heart shell pieces.
37. Glue the other heart shell piece to the back of the front shell pieces, sandwiching the body piece between them.
38. Glue the antenna to the back of the head piece.
39. Glue the head to the top of the snail body.
40. Use the sharpie marker to draw on the eyes and mouth.
41. Use the white paint to add tiny highlight dots to the eyes. Allow to dry.
43. Buttferfly Box
44. Remove the lid from the square box and set it aside.
45. Use an X-Acto® knife to cut a 1"x 5" rectangle on the edge to create a slot for inserting cards.
46. Paint the box green. Allow to dry.
47. Trace the lid onto a piece of green scrapbook paper. Cut out the square and glue it to the front of the lid.
48. Use the pattern template to cut out the butterfly pieces.
49. Fold wing piece 1 in half and glue it to the front of the box lid.
50. Fold wing piece 2 in half. Glue the wing 3, 4, and 5 pieces onto wing piece 2.
51. Glue wing piece 2 on top of wing piece 1.
52. Glue the butterfly face pieces to the butterfly head.
53. Glue the butterfly head to the body.
54. Glue the butterfly body piece to the middle of the wings.
55. Cut out several small and large butterflies in desired colors. Fold each in half and glue to the box.
57. Butterfly Valentine Cards
58. Use the pattern template to cut out butterfly valentine pieces.
59. Glue the two hearts together.
60. Cut out butterfly pieces in the desired colors.
61. Fold the butterfly pieces in half.
62. Glue the small butterfly onto the large butterfly
63. Glue the finished butterfly onto the green heart.

CRAFT HACK TIPS & TRICKS:

• Multiple coats of paint may be needed to cover the boxes.
• Spray adhesive can be useful when gluing larger sheets of paper.