Santa's Mailbox - Arts, Crafts and DIY

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Great way to encourage writing activities by writing “letters to Santa” with their own home made mailbox.

Material

1 Sheet Wrapping Paper
1 Empty Chip Carton
Roll Sticky Tape

Method

Wrap the chip packet box in wrapping paper leaving the flap open. Wrap the flap of the box as well.
To make the flap like a real post box fold a small square of wrapping paper into a triangle and tape in the corners of where the flap is. Tape onto the edge of the box.
Make a sign on your box.

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33 Comments

- - Frankiielot said
  - 27 Apr 2023
    10:46 pm
Love it! I’ll be making this for the kids or with them this year.

- - mom322089 said
  - 13 Jan 2023
    4:15 pm
oh no, just saw this too last, will put it in the ideas for next christmas. looks fun

- - mom19782016 said
  - 15 Oct 2020
    12:54 pm
Very fun. You can also post lots of other item to help get your very small child to practice saying words

- - mom62527 said
  - 24 Aug 2020
    2:37 pm
Love it I’m always doing a trip to the local post office where they have a Santa’s mailbox to pop it in. I never thought to make one for at home with my children.

- - mom462038 said
  - 07 Apr 2020
    10:12 am
We always put the kids letters to Santa in the real letterbox, until the kids were old enough to do it themselves. They wouldn’t believe it would get to Santa in a home made letter box

- - mom152736 said
  - 10 Sep 2019
    9:14 am
I’m definitely doing this one. my son would love to write letters to Santa.. hahaha. Great thinking!

- - Jessica said
  - 26 Jul 2019
    4:12 pm
What an awesome idea I always recycle these never thought to make a cool letterbox.

- - mom129591 said
  - 02 Jul 2019
    9:56 am
Christmas is a lovely time. Great idea for the kids.

- - BellaB said
  - 26 May 2019
    7:33 pm
That’s a nice simple idea for Christmas.

- - MrsA said
  - 23 Mar 2019
    7:42 am
What a great Christmas activity. So much fun.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 20 Dec 2018
    5:26 pm
Such a great idea – don’t buy one make it!

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 30 Nov 2018
    8:09 am
These are great under my tree so cute

- - mom81879 said
  - 21 Nov 2018
    7:18 am
Will be making one if these for my grandson. Always so much fun preparing for Xmas with little ones

- - mom81879 said
  - 01 Jul 2018
    9:22 am
Apart from a Xmas decoration, I don’t see the point of this as they can write a letter and put it in the real letterbox AND get a reply from Santa

- - kjgarner said
  - 29 Jun 2018
    9:35 pm
That is a great idea to get the letter’s to Santa on time
- kjgarner replied
  
  30 Jun 2018 , 9:56 pm
  If they want to write heaps of letters they can
- - mom62624 said
  - 08 Oct 2017
    11:17 am
Love this idea, thanks for sharing!

- - mom140882 said
  - 11 Jun 2017
    10:56 pm
Yes! Christmas fanatic here. And it’s happening I’m tying to control myself to not start making it now. This will go well with our fake Christmas fireplace

- - mom211270 said
  - 22 Nov 2016
    4:22 pm
I love this Idea. Will be doing this.

- - mom111059 said
  - 15 Sep 2016
    9:34 pm
Good way of finding out what is on their wish list. Could be used to send a thank you note after Christmas also.

- - mom111059 said
  - 05 Aug 2016
    2:27 pm
What fun. This looks like a great project to make together and use.