What can you do with two shoe boxes? How about make this Unicorn Valentine Card Box! This DIY project is a fun whimsical twist on a classic valentines card holder! It’s fun to make with only a few basic supplies, but would be greatly appreciated by any little girl wanting to bring a little something special to school to collect her valentines! Anytime I look at this Unicorn, it just makes me smile! I happened to see one similar on Pinterest. However, the pin didn’t take me to a site. I decided to try and see how to make it.
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Here’s a quick supply list for the Unicorn Valentine Card Box:
- An adult sized shoe box would be the main body and a kids shoe box would be the Unicorn head. Wrap the boxes in wrapping paper. However, I was able to find a photo box and a Valentine card box at Michaels (so I didn’t end up using shoe boxes).
- Large felt hearts (wings). We found our felt heart wings at Michaels as well.
- 1 sheet of 12 x 12 craft paper (horn). You can pick any kind of pattern you would like the horn of the unicorn to be. This can be found at Michaels as well.
- 4 short cardboard rolls (legs). These can be made from empty paper towel or toilet paper rolls (cut in half).
- Gold Fringe for the mane.
- Any other embellishments you would like. 🙂 I went through my craft stash to come up various ribbons, yarn etc for the tail.
- Sharpie, glue gun etc.
STEP 1: First things first, we will make the basic form of the unicorn valentine cardholder. Connect the two boxes together using hot glue and add the simple facial features using paper or felt. It could also be a good idea to go ahead and cut your slot for the valentines before you get too far into the project. (x-acto knife works well)
STEP 2: Now, lets make the horn. Take your 12 x 12 piece of craft paper and cut into an obtuse triangle. Roll to desired width and then use hot glue to secure the form. For connecting the horn to the head of the unicorn take the excess paper on the end of your newly formed horn and separate it into pieces that can be folded under to create a base (see image). Trim any excess paper and then secure the horn to the head with hot glue.
STEP 3: Time for some details. You can add some facial features with any embellishments you have purchased or make your own. Sharpie was used to draw on the mouth. Ribbon was used for the “eyelashes”. Originally the nose was drawn on with Sharpie but I had this cute little heart shaped felt embellishment that I ended up using.
- Cut two cardboard toilet paper rolls in half, cover with paper or felt and attach to the bottom of the box with hot glue. Gold glitter paper was added to the very bottom to give some sparkly hooves!!
STEP 4: Hot glue the felt wings to the side of the main box. Add any other desired details to sparkle it up! For the fun final touch. Get creative with all sorts of ribbons and sparkles from your craft drawer to make a really fun whimsical mane and tail. Tied all the ribbons into a tail and hot glued onto the box. Same with the mane which was made from gold mylar fringe.
There you have it! A few simple steps for a Unicorn Valentine card box that your little girl is sure to remember!
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Marsha says
Love this. Where did you cut the hole for the valentine’s to go into?
Toni - Design Dazzle says
If you look at image three (from the top) there are two boxes, one is for the head and the other for the body. You will notice the smaller one the head already has the cut out. So the hole is in the back of the unicorns head : )
Ximena says
Valentine’s day is coming up and I was looking for kid friendly valentine boxes and I saw this and It was BEAUTIFUL!! I love this and and PROBABLY will use it next year!
Toni - Design Dazzle says
Ximena,
Thank you for your kind words. It is too cute!! I agree
Brittany says
What did you use for the white part to cover the mouth of the unicorn?
Toni - Design Dazzle says
It was felt! It sure is cute : )
Liz Houses says
Hi, my daughter and I immediately fell in love with this idea and told me this is what she wanted for her Valentines Card Box, but by any chance would you mind putting the measurements of the box or a picture would be great too!! Thank you!
Toni - Design Dazzle says
Sorry I don’t have the card box anymore. The main body is a reguarl size shoe box. : )
Tina says
How do you get the valentines out of the box without tearing it apart?
Toni - Design Dazzle says
Tina, It’s a shoe box with a lid so just remove the lid. Or you can purchase a Valentine’s box like I did from Michaels Stores. It also has a lid.
Jamie says
Did the valentines cards just go into the smaller box? Or was there a hole between the smaller and larger box that let them fall into the large shoe box? My daughter is SET on having this unicorn lol
Toni - Design Dazzle says
Oh I hope it all turned out. It is a cute one. The hole would be in the larger shoe/photo box.