Camp Craft: Making a Mailbox

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Since it’s time for the Secret Friend event, now is a great time to learn to make a mailbox for leaving treats, gifts and notes!

What you need:

Box,  construction paper, brass fastener, cardstock, scissors, paint, stickers, glitter – anything you’d like to decorate your mailbox with!

What you do:

1.       Have your adult assistant cut out a rounded door flap at one end of your box. The flap will fold down and this is where you’ll put the gifts/notes.

2.       Decorate your box anyway you like!

3.       Have your adult assistant make a little hole in the side of your box (where you’d like the flag to go).

4.       Cut out a flag from the cardstock.

5.       Make a little hole in the bottom of the flag and push the fastener through the hole. Push the fastener through the hole in the box and secure it in place.

Put your mailbox someplace where people can find it – they’ve got letters to leave you, after all!

28 Responses to Camp Craft: Making a Mailbox

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  1. pinkyrea says:
    July 27, 2011 at 5:44 pm

    I made something like this.
    Bye for now!
    ~pinkyrea~

  2. AugustGlitter says:
    July 27, 2011 at 5:14 pm

    Cool! That’s cute! I wonder where to put it though… I’d like Ganz to make a Webkinz ostrich, sloth, brown tabby, albino tiger, (well, whatever they’re called. Ya know, the white kind?) flamingo, different guinea pig versions, a REAL peacock, a seagull, a gerbil, a rat, a maine coon cat, a boxer, an octopus, a squid, a jellyfish, a non-eStore snail, platypus, a welsh corgi dog, blow fish, mole, and a baboon.

    ♥♥Augu§tGlitter♥♥

  3. June says:
    July 27, 2011 at 4:55 pm

    This is so cute!! i LOVE this idea! i’m so going to make one!
    ~June~

  4. Streamheart. says:
    July 27, 2011 at 3:54 pm

    Hello. I think they should make a Brown Tabby Cat.

  5. Frostfur says:
    July 27, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    Awesome! Cute!

  6. KittyKat787 says:
    July 27, 2011 at 2:19 pm

    We would do this every year on valentines day in elementary school :) I got sooo many valentines and lollipops and stuff that my box almost exploded when it was time to take the whole thing home. Two days later, I always redistributed the candy to my friends because it’s my birthday!
    ~KittyKat787 

  7. Moonstar says:
    July 27, 2011 at 2:18 pm

    Hey, I know this is kinda off topic, but who wants Ganz to make a Signature Bengal Cat? I have 2 and I would be so happy if Ganz made them into Signatures! -Moonstar◙◙◙

  8. VanillaCupcakeLoL says:
    July 27, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    Have any of you guys made one of these yet? I have!

  9. Good As Gold says:
    July 27, 2011 at 2:05 pm

    Cool! Maybe I can make it!

  10. sparklegirlLT says:
    July 27, 2011 at 2:05 pm

    I have one of these.
    ~(*)sparklegirlLT(*)

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