THIS frog. Who says Valentine boxes have to be boxes? And GREEN is a perfect color for the occasion, right? Well, it works for us!
Here he is! He looks love sick, doesn't he? Lift his tongue to open his mouth. |
Take a clean, empty can. Hot glue the lid on. |
Trace your can on to the center of a piece of card stock. Any color will do; it won't be seen (here's an opportunity to re-purpose). |
Draw legs & eyes. Line up a second sheet underneath it. |
Cut both pieces of card stock out. Cut the eyes off one of them. |
Okay, now you're ready to roll. Lay your can down on to a piece of felt. Roll it like you would if you were wrapping a gift and cut it AT LEAST a half an inch too big on both sides. Glue it on using a hot glue gun. Overlap the felt on the circumference of the can... just a little.
Glue the extra felt down on to the rim. Do the same the plastic lid on the other side. |
This is kind of what it'll look like. |
Glue on one pair of legs to cover tabs. Line it up as evenly as you can. |
Now glue his cute bum to the bottom of the can. Add a heart. |
To cut the mouth out, pinch the center of the felt and cut to make a hole to start from. |
NOW, glue the mouth tabs to the inside of the plastic lid. |
Glue the remaining legs & eyes onto the back of the head. |
Now, it's ready for YOUR creativity! |
THIS IS THE FUN PART!
Make a mouth at least 1/2" bigger than the hole. Glue on at the TOP OF MOUTH ONLY! Add whatever you want now! |
"Feed me"! |
Here are a few more ideas!
We made the puppy out of a baby formula can. The love bug is made from a frosting container. Instead of a flap, I made that one so the whole lid (face) can come on & off. |
HAPPY CREATING!
3 comments:
So that has got to be the cutest valentines box I have ever seen, period! Thanks for the sweet comments on my blog, I really do appreciate it! You have such a fun blog! I am your newest follower, I would love a follow back if you would like.
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I ran across your blog looking for a panda Valentine's box for my son. I just made one for him following the frog instructions and the panda example. Thank you for posting this. I was getting discouraged.
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