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    Home » Crafts » Holiday Crafts » Valentine Papercraft: Free Printable Mailbox & Mini Valentine’s Day Cards

    Valentine Papercraft: Free Printable Mailbox & Mini Valentine’s Day Cards

    Published: Feb 15, 2015 · Modified: Apr 15, 2021 by Bren

    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine papercraft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments!

    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.

    Love Letters

    One of my favorite movies is You’ve Got Mail with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. I’ve watched it probably 1000 times, seriously! (I am a terrible insomniac and have a hard time getting any rest when my husband is gone.) Enter Kathleen and Joe, two business rivals who can’t stand each other in person but fall in love online. The sweet story, written and directed by Nora Ephron, never fails to lull me into a peaceful sleep.

    While You’ve Got Mail has more to do with email in-boxes than mailboxes, it is based on the 1940s movie The Shop Around the Corner starring Jimmy Stewart and Margret Sullivan. In the movie, Alfred and Klara are rival employees of a gift shop who have been corresponding anonymously via a newspaper advertisement.

    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.

    Long Distance Love

    There’s something so sweet and timeless about these stories of love nurtured through correspondence. Or maybe I simply love both movies because they remind me of my own unique love story!

    My husband and I met at the wedding of friends and dated long-distance until we got married. Most of our “dating” actually took place through letters and emails since we lived four states apart…  and he was floating around the Pacific Ocean on an aircraft carrier for six of the 11 months we dated!

    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.

    Mini Mailboxes

    Tuck a note into these miniature mailboxes with a Valentine treat or start a household postal service between your family members. (Our stuffed animals are currently enjoying mail delivery to the toy room.)

    Each miniature mailbox set prints on a single 8.5 x 11 sheet of card stock and measure 2 inches by 4 inches when assembled. Make a few mailboxes in coordinating colors to mix and match.

     How to Make Mini Mailbox & Valentine’s Day Cards

    1. Chose your favorite colored card stock and print the free printable pattern.
    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.
    1. Cut out the shapes along the solid lines.
    2. Score dotted lines (you can use a stylus, bone folder, chopstick, or even the tip of a butter knife) to makes sure that the lines fold crisply. Tip: Place a ruler on the dotted lines to keep the scoring line straight.
    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.
    1. Fold the box and envelopes on all the dotted line.
    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.
    1. Wrap the top of the mailbox into shape. Use permanent double-stick tape or hot glue to attach the tab to the bottom of the mailbox. Repeat with the edge of the mailbox door.
    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.
    1. Use a small piece of washi tape, masking tape, or scotch tape to secure the end of the mailbox to the door edge.
    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.
    1. Use a small piece of washi tape, masking tape, or scotch tape to secure the opposite end of the mailbox. Tip: Attach tape piece to the inside of the box then carefully fold the end closed.
    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.

    Use a papercraft tool or pencil to press the tape securely to the bottom of the mailbox.

    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.
    1. Apply decorative tape to the outside seams of the mailbox. This helps to both decorate the mailbox and reinforce the edges. You can use small pieces of tape that are evenly spaced or one large wrapped piece.
    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.

    To wrap the edge with a continual piece of tape follow these steps:

    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.
    1. Glue the inner rim of the mailbox into place. This piece keeps the door in place when shut. Use complementary patterned cardstock for contrast.
    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.
    1. Use a sharp metal tool or small scissors to punch a hole for the mailbox flag. You need to make a hole in the flag and the side of the mailbox.
    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.
    1. Use a brad to secure the flag.  It will rotate like a real mailbox flag!
    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.

    Open the brad to the inside of the mailbox.

    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.
    1. Assemble the envelopes by scoring and folding on the dotted lines. Seal the bottom flaps closed with glue. Write messages or place stickers on the letters. Use stickers or tape to seal the envelopes.
    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.
    1. Enjoy your new postal system!
    Send the sweetest love notes with this Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the free printable pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.

    I hope you try making a mini mailbox for your favorite Valentine! Download the free printable pattern here. 

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    Send tiny love notes with this free Valentine Paper Craft set featuring a free printable Valentine mailbox and mini Valentine’s Day cards. It’s an easy Valentine craft that can be used to hold sweets or just sweet sentiments! Get the pattern and instructions at BrenDid.com.
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    1. Elizabeth

      February 13, 2016 at 1:06 am

      This is so adorable and perfect for Valentine’s gifts!

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      • Bren

        February 14, 2016 at 7:43 pm

        Thanks Elizabeth!

        Reply
    2. Marianska

      February 08, 2016 at 11:36 am

      Hi Bren! I would like to know the size of the printable paper.

      Reply
      • Bren

        February 08, 2016 at 12:13 pm

        The pages are 8.5 x 11. They print on a standard printer.

        Reply

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