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85+ Creative Valentine Box Ideas for Kids of All Ages

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A collage of 6 photos of fun and creative Valentine box ideas for kids of all ages, including: a cute puppy dog Valentine box made out of a paper-covered cardboard box with Cricut cut heart ears, eyes, nose, mouth, and tongue glued onto it; a fun monster Valentine mailbox made out of a tissue box painted pink and decorates with red hearts, pom poms, googly eyes, pink pipe cleaner heart-shaped antennae, and sharp white paper teeth inside the edges of a cut out slot mouth with a white paper speech bubble reading "Feed me!"
A collage of 5 photos of fun and creative Valentine box ideas for kids from preschool through kindergarten through grade school, including a cool green alligator Valentine box made out of painted recycled boxes, egg cartons, and toilet paper tubes, a bumble bee Valentines Day mailbox made out of an oatmeal canister covered in black and yellow stripes of paper with pipe cleaner antennae and white paper doily wings, a yellow Minion Valentine card holder made out of a paper-covered canister and a canning ring for goggles, a cute pink and red Valentines box idea made out of LEGO bricks, and a Nintendo Piranha Plant Valentine mailbox made out of painted and paper-covered cardboard and a canister.
Disclosure: This blog post contains affiliate links. And as an affiliate and Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you. For more information, please read my full disclosure policy.

Get ready for a super fun Valentine’s Day with more than 85 cool ideas for Valentines mailbox and creative Valentine boxes! No matter if your kids are in preschool, Kindergarten, or grade school, we’ve got easy and fun Valentine box ideas for everyone.

Below you will find over 85 cool Valentine box ideas using stuff you probably already have at home, like cereal boxes, tissue boxes, and plastic milk jug. Plus, these Valentine holder crafts use everyday craft supplies, like paper, glue, Valentine stickers, and googly eyes, to make it easy and exciting for kids of all ages.

So Many Cool Valentine Box Ideas — for Kids of All Ages!

Let’s dive into the world of DIY Valentine mailboxes — from easy paper bag Valentine holder ideas to free printable Valentine boxes and more — you’ll find options that are fun to make and perfect for holding all those sweet Valentine’s Day cards too. So, gather your kids and craft supplies for a Valentine’s Day filled with fun and creativity!

A collage of 5 photos of fun and creative Valentine box ideas for kids from preschool through kindergarten through grade school, including a cool green alligator Valentine box made out of painted recycled boxes, egg cartons, and toilet paper tubes, a bumble bee Valentines Day mailbox made out of an oatmeal canister covered in black and yellow stripes of paper with pipe cleaner antennae and white paper doily wings, a yellow Minion Valentine card holder made out of a paper-covered canister and a canning ring for goggles, a cute pink and red Valentines box idea made out of LEGO bricks, and a Nintendo Piranha Plant Valentine mailbox made out of painted and paper-covered cardboard and a canister.

Cool & Creative Ideas for Valentines Mailbox & Valentine Day Boxes

Valentine Box Ideas Table of Contents

  • Easy Valentine Box Ideas for Kindergarten & Preschool
  • Ideas for Valentines Mailbox Crafts
  • Cute Toy & Character Valentine Day Box Ideas
  • Cricut & Cameo Valentine Day Box Ideas
  • Free Printables for Creative Valentine Boxes

Easy Valentine Box Ideas for Kindergarten & Preschool

1. Simple Cereal Box Mailbox for Valentines

Keep it simple with cereal box Valentine box ideas for kindergarten and preschoolers. Simply decorate paper-covered boxes with stickers, paper doilies, pom poms, and other embellishments.

An easy paper plate heart Valentine holder idea featuring a heart-shaped pocket made out of two folded white paper plates, decorated with heart stickers and a red heart paper doily and with pink ribbon attached to the top for hanging.

2. Easy Paper Plate Heart Valentine Card Holder

Or learn how to turn simple paper plates into cute heart-shaped hanging Valentine boxes for kindergarten or preschool students.

3. Paper Bag Heart Valentine Holder Craft

Alternatively, consider using brown paper grocery bags for easy Valentine box ideas for kindergarten and preschool classrooms.

4. Tissue Box Valentine Box Idea for Kindergarten

Or invite students to get creative decorating tissue boxes with paper hearts and Valentine stickers. Then, help them add cute pipe cleaner handles.

5. Simple DIY Pom Pom Valentines Box Idea

Now, for easy Valentine box ideas for kindergarten and preschool, have kids glue fuzzy pom poms on the lid of big heart-shaped boxes.

6. Easy Card Collage Valentine Box Idea

Or save your child’s Valentines for them to use to decorate homemade Valentine boxes next year!

7. Cupid’s Heart Valentines Box Idea for Kids

For more creative Valentine box ideas for kindergarten, use Mod Podge to cover a recycled plastic baby wipes container with felt, and hearts.

A photo of 3 homemade Valentine bags made by preschoolers using brown paper lunch bags with crumpled up red, white, and pink tissue paper glued onto them in the shape of hearts.

8. Tissue Paper Heart Valentine Bag for Preschool

Or give preschoolers some fine motor work crumpling tissue paper for a simple paper heart Valentine box ideas for kindergarten and preschool kids.

9. Easy Heart Friend Valentine Bag Craft

Invite kids to use construction paper and googly eyes to make heart friends on paper lunch bags for cute Valentine box ideas for kindergarten and preschool.

10. Preschool File Folder Valentine Card Holder

Or have preschoolers decorate a file folder with Valentine stickers. Then, punch holes along the sides for them to “sew” the sides together before hanging it up.

A collage of two photos of a sweet fingerprint hearts Valentines mailbox craft, with the top photo being a smiling child holding up a red paint-covered pointer finger and the bottom photo showing a white paper-covered tissue box decorated with little red hearts made out of a child's fingerprints and printed labels reading "You touch my heart" and the child's name, "Corban."

11. Sweet Fingerprint Hearts Valentines Box Idea

For simple Valentine box ideas for kindergarten or preschool, help kids paint fingerprint hearts on white Valentine boxes. Then, add names and sweet “You touch my heart!” labels.

12. Fun Marble Painting Valentine Mailbox Craft

Or have preschoolers paint posterboard with this fun marble painting technique. Then, help them use it to make simple heart-shaped Valentine box ideas for kindergarten and preschool.

13. Printed Hearts Valentines Day Bag Idea

Alternatively, have children decorate brown paper gift bags by stamping paint hearts with heart-shaped cookie cutter.

A cute "hug" themed Valentine box idea for Kindergarten and preschool featuring a pink gift wrap-covered cereal box with a smiling child's face printed on paper and glued to the top and paper arms and handprints coming around the front of the box to hold and hug a heart.

14. Cute Kids “Hug” Valentines Box Idea

And for personalized Valentine box ideas for kindergarten, have students glue photos of their faces onto paper-covered cereal boxes. Then, add paper arms and handprints “hugging” the box!


Ideas for Valentines Mailbox Crafts

15. Heart Balloons Valentine Day Bag Idea

Now, these ideas for Valentines mailbox crafts include layering paper hearts and string on paper gift bags to make sweet heart balloon bouquets.

16. DIY Heart-Shaped Box for Valentines Cards

Or use this step-by-step tutorial to make a big heart-shaped Valentine box using cardboard and patterned duct tape.

17. DIY Cereal Box Valentine Mailbox for Kids

Alternatively, use two colorful cereal boxes to construct a colorful DIY Valentine mailbox, complete with working flag!

A creative DIY Valentine Mailbox idea using cardboard constructed to look like a post office mailbox, painted blue, with printable labels saying "Valentine Mail" and "CUPIDS Post Office." A happy child sits on his knees to the left of the box and extends an arm to put a small paper Valentine card into the slot on the top of the post office box.

18. Cupids Post Office Valentine Mailbox Idea

Or help your child construct a traditional post office mailbox instead using cardboard and masking tape. Then, download and attach the cute “Cupid’s Post Office” label.

19. Heart Flower Garden Valentine Box Craft

First, cover the top of your Valentine card box in green crinkle cut paper. Then, help your preschooler “plant” cute heart-shaped pipe cleaner flowers into it.

20. Cute Paper Flower Garden Valentine Box Idea

Or use this free printable to make paper flowers with green craft stick stems to “plant” into the top of a green tissue box Valentine box.

21. Colorful Rainbow Valentine Mailbox Idea

With just some cardstock and a glue stick, help your child turn a shoebox into a cheerful Valentines mailbox with colorful rainbow and hearts.

A colorful rainbow Valentine mailbox idea for kids featuring a rainbow-shaped Valentine box with tissue paper squares glued on for the rainbow colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

22. DIY Rainbow Valentine Box Idea

Or help your child use cardboard to construct a rainbow-shaped Valentine box instead! They will love using Mod Podge to add tissue paper color.

23. Cute Mushroom House Valentine Box

Now, if you have empty oatmeal canisters and paper plates, help kids make adorable mushroom-themed Valentine card boxes.

24. Birdhouse Valentine Box Craft for Kids

And kids love this cute birdhouse-shaped Valentine card box with cheerful Valentine’s Day wrapping paper and hinged roof lid.

25. DIY Hot Air Balloon Valentine’s Box

Help kids turn square treat boxes, paper straws, and balloons into creative Valentine boxes that look like hot air balloons!

26. Easy Donut Valentines Mailbox Idea

Or help your child use craft foam to make a frosted donut on top of a square box. Then, add small lengths of pipe cleaner for colorful sprinkles.

A cute DIY taco Valentine box idea featuring a taco-shaped box made out of painted cardboard with a cute smiley face on it and crumpled tissue paper taco toppings along the top edge.

27. Cute Taco Valentine Day Box Idea

Now, this creative Valentine box tutorial uses cardboard, poster board, and duct tape to make an adorable taco-shaped Valentine box with tissue paper taco toppings!

28. DIY Heart Pizza Valentines Mailbox

But, for pizza-shaped ideas for Valentines mailbox crafts instead, cut an opening in the top of a paper mache heart-shaped box. Then, have your child paint it to look like a pizza!

29. Easy Love Boat Valentine Day Box Idea

Or invite students to decorate plain old tissue boxes with paint and glitter. Then, turn them into boats with sails made out of straws and paper.

A smiling child holding a creative Valentine box made to look like a train using recycled materials, cardboard boxes, tin foil, red and pink patterned paper, and sparkly silver pipe cleaner and white cotton ball smoke coming out of the cardboard roll smokestack.

30. Adorable Love Train Valentine’s Box

Use hot glue and boxes and tubes covered in Valentine’s Day gift wrap and washi tape to construct a cute train Valentine’s box for your little railroad fan.

31. Kids School Bus Valentines Mailbox Idea

Or cover a milk carton in yellow paper. Then, add details, like plastic cap wheels, to make a cute school bus mailbox for Valentine cards.

32. Cute Honey Bee Valentine Box Idea

Alternatively, help kids turn recycled cardboard canisters into bee Valentine mailboxes, complete with cute pipe cleaner antennae and paper doily wings!

33. Sweet Butterfly Canister Valentine Mailbox

Or have kids add paper doily wings to their canisters to turn them into sweet butterfly mailboxes for Valentines instead.

A creative Valentine box idea using a gallon-sized plastic milk jug painted lime green with a wide mouth opening cut out near the top, white painted egg carton cup eyes with black circle pupils, a gold painted paper crown on top, a long red felt tongue hanging out of the mouth, and lime green paper arms and feet glued on.

34. Cute Frog Prince Valentine Holder Idea

Now, for a friendly frog prince Valentine holder, add egg carton cup eyes and a cardboard crown to an empty plastic milk jug.

35. Heart Puppy Valentine Bag Craft

Or show students how to use paper hearts to make cute puppies on everyday brown paper lunch bag for cute homemade Valentine bags.

36. Teddy Bear Paper Bag Valentine Mailbox

With just some paper, glue, heart stickers, and googly eyes, kids can turn a paper lunch bag into a cute teddy bear Valentine mailbox.

A cool alligator Valentine box idea for kids featuring a child's arm reaching into the open mouth of a DIY Valentine's box crafted to look like an alligator using painted cardboard boxes, cardboard egg cartons, toilet paper rolls, and googly eyes.

37. Creative Alligator Valentine Box Idea

Now, this alligator box, made out of recycled tissue boxes, toilet paper rolls, and egg cartons, was initially created for a positive affirmation activity. But it would be a really cool Valentine Box, too!

38. Kids Crocodile Valentine Box Idea

Or help kids use paint and craft foam to turn recycled plastic dishwasher detergent containers into cool Valentine boxes that look like crocodiles.

A cool robot Valentine box idea featuring a tissue box standing on its end with opening facing the viewer, painted gray with pink stamped heart shapes, with big googly eyes above the opening, twirly sparkly pipe cleaners on the top and bottom of the opening, and two tall sparkly pipe cleaner antennae coming out of the top with heart shapes on the ends.

39. Cool Robot Valentines Box Craft

Alternatively, use some paint, sparkly pipe cleaners, and big googly eyes to turn a tissue boxes into cool robot Valentine boxes.

40. Metallic Robot Valentine Box Idea for Kids

Or, for an even more creative Valentine box idea, use bubble foil insulation, aluminum foil, or silver paint to make a metallic robot Valentine box.

41. Creative Robot Valentine Card Box

And check out the fun Slinky arms and legs on this creative robot Valentine card box idea for kids.

42. Cute Monster Valentine Box Idea

Now, help your students use paper, pipe cleaners, googly eyes, and pom poms to craft tissue boxes into cute monsters that gobble up Valentines!

43. DIY Monster Trash Can Valentine Mailbox

Or use spray paint to turn an inexpensive swing-lid garbage can green. Then, use a hot glue gun to add fun felt, pipe cleaner, and googly eye details.

An easy pirate Valentine box idea featuring a red cardboard box positioned on its side with the open slot facing the viewer and shiny metallic party beads spilling out, a red sequined scarf and a kids black pirate costume hat with a white skull on it positioned on the upper left corner, and a black paper tag reading "a pirate's love for me" glued onto the upper right corner.

44. Easy Pirate Valentine Box Idea for Kids

Now, for a super easy pirate Valentine card box idea, decorate a red box with a kids pirate costume hat, red scarf, and party beads.

45. Simple Animal Safari Valentine Box Idea

Similarly, make an easy safari-themed Valentine box by decorating a shoe box with a kids party safari hat, animal print bow, small animal toy, and printable “You make my heart go wild!” tag.

46. Easy Paper Plate Unicorn Valentine Holder

Now, for this easy Valentine box idea, skip the box altogether and use paper plates to make a cute unicorn-themed hanging Valentine holder instead.

47. Creative Unicorn Valentine Box Idea

But, if you want an actual box, consider this unicorn-themed Valentine box idea featuring a clever party hat unicorn horn.

A cute DIY flamingo Valentine mailbox craft featuring a small child's hand putting a small pink paper Valentine card into a slot on the top of a homemade Valentine box made to look like a pink flamingo using a plush flamingo toy head and pink feather boas.

48. DIY Feathery Flamingo Valentine Card Box

For this fun and creative Valentines box, poke a plush flamingo up through the top of a paper mache heart-shaped box. Then, cover the outside in pink feather boas!

49. Adorable Owl Valentine’s Box Idea

Or show kids how to use craft foam flower shapes to make feathers on an adorable owl Valentine’s box.

50. DIY Dinosaur Valentines Box for Kids

And for a cool Valentine box that looks like a dinosaur, cover boxes in green kraft paper or wrapping paper. And use craft wire or a wire clothes hanger to make a neat tail!


Cute Toy & Character Valentine Day Box Ideas

51. Cool LEGO Brick Valentine Box Idea

For a fun LEGO brick-inspired Valentine’s Day boxes, help kids upcycle tissue boxes using colored duct tape and plastic drink bottle lids.

A cool LEGO Valentine box idea featuring a child's hand putting a paper Valentine card into the opening on top of a box made out of white, red, and pink LEGO bricks with heart patterns on it.

52. LEGO Valentine Box Idea for Kids

Or invite your child to try this fun idea for a DIY Valentine box made of LEGO bricks, complete with a gear to open the slot on the top of the box!

53. DIY Rubiks Cube Valentine’s Box

Now, for a creative Valentine boxes inspired by classic Rubik’s Cubes, help kids hot glue squares of colorful craft foam onto square boxes.

54. Mickey & Minnie Mouse Valentine Box Ideas

Now, starting with a red box makes this DIY Valentine box craft easy peasy. Simply add black cardstock ears, printable “I’m all ears for you” label, and red polka dot bow for Minnie, of course!

55. Cute Minion Valentine Day Box Idea

Inspired by lovable yellow Minions, this cute Valentine box idea cleverly uses a canning ring for its classic one-eye goggles.

56. Fun Purple Minion Valentine Box Idea

But, if you want to make a purple Minion instead, use a plastic container, some purple paint, and purple Easter grass for hair!

57. Nintendo Switch Valentine Day Box Idea

Help your little gamer make their dream Valentine box by painting a shoebox to look like a Nintendo Switch!

A cool Nintendo Piranha Plant Valentine Card Box idea for kids featuring a hand putting a heart-shaped paper Valentine card into the opening of a Valentine box made to look like a red, white, and green chomping piranha plant from a Nintendo video game using paint, cardboard, paper, and an oatmeal canister.

58. Cool Piranha Plant Valentine Card Holder

Or try this cool Valentine card holder craft to make a neat Nintendo-inspired piranha plant Valentine holder.

59. Pokémon Pikachu Valentine’s Box for Kids

Now, for little Pokémon fans, use mailing tubes or oatmeal canisters and cardstock to make creative Valentine boxes that look like Pikachu.

60. Pokémon PokeBall Valentine Mailbox Idea

Or try this easy cereal box Valentine mailbox idea using some construction paper, glue, and a white plastic container lid.

A cute Baby Shark Valentine mailbox craft using a mini craft paper mailbox painted light blue with blue craft foam fins attached to the top and a craft foam tail glued to the back along with white and red craft foam details on the front to look like the shark's mouth and large googly eyes glued on the front.

61. DIY Baby Shark Valentine Mailbox for Kids

Now, for a cute Baby Shark Valentine’s Day mailbox for preschoolers, follow this tutorial to add craft foam details to a mini tin mailbox.

62. Cute Bluey Valentines Mailbox Idea

And a free PDF template makes it easy for kids to create a DIY Valentine’s box that looks like Disney Junior’s Bluey.

63. Pete the Cat Valentine Box Idea for Kindergarten

Alternatively, help your child make a cute Valentine card box inspired by one of their favorite children’s book characters, Pete the Cat!

64. Cool Spongebob Valentine Box Idea

Or download this free printable template to cut craft foam for a cool Spongebob Squarepants Valentine box.

65. Simple Harry Potter Valentine Box Idea

Now, this easy Valentine box idea turns a recycles cereal box into a fun Harry Potter Valentine box.

A DIY Valentine box idea using a white plastic swing-lid garbage can decorated with silver paint, blue, black, and red paper, and cardboard tubes to look like R2-D2 from Star Wars.

66. DIY Star Wars R2-D2 Valentine Box

And this DIY Valentine box idea cleverly turns a mini swing-top trash can into R2-D2 using silver spray paint, felt, and a glue gun!

67. Minecraft Creeper Valentine Day Box Idea

Finally, help your child Mod Podge squares of green and black paper to a square box to make this cool Minecraft Creeper Valentine box.


Cricut & Cameo Valentine Day Box Ideas

68. DIY Sloth Valentine Card Box Idea

If you have a Cricut, grab this free cut file to turn an everyday cereal box into a cute sloth Valentine card box. No worries if you don’t have a cutting machine; there’s a free PDF pattern, too.

An easy bear Valentine box idea using a bear-shaped plastic animal cracker container painted white with colorful pom poms glued randomly around it, a red lid on top with a slip cut out of it, and vinyl decals applied for eyes, a heart nose, and a red label on the belly with blue hearts and the child's name, "Brayden."

69. Easy Upcycled Bear Valentine’s Day Box

Or use spray paint and Cameo– or Cricut-cut vinyl to upcycle a cute bear-shaped animal cracker container into an adorable bear Valentine’s holder.

70. DIY Panda Valentines Mailbox Idea

Grab the free SVG file to use your Cricut to cut cardstock pieces for this sweet panda-shaped Valentine Day box idea.

71. Easy Llama Valentine’s Mailbox Idea

Similarly, you can download this free cut file to use your Cricut to make a friendly llama Valentine’s mailbox for kids.

An easy puppy dog Valentine box idea using a white paper-covered box with Cricut-cut cardstock pieces glued, including black upside-down heart ears on each upper corner, black round eyes with a pink heart around one of them, and a black nose and smiling open mouth piece with a red tongue hanging out.

72. Adorable Puppy Dog Valentine Box for Kids

Or cut cardstock details for a cute puppy Valentine box idea using the SVG file and your cutting machine.

73. Easy Owl Valentine’s Day Box Idea

Now, use this free SVG file to cut the felt pieces to turn a painted rectangular box into a cute owl Valentine’s box.

74. Heart-Patterned & Unicorn Valentines Mailbox Ideas

Or use your Cricut to cut the cardstock to make one of these 3D paper mailboxes for your Valentines cards. One of them even has cute unicorn details!

A cute Valentine mailbox craft using a free SVG file for a Cricut cutting machine to cut out cardstock pieces to make a pink, red, and silver gumball machine-shaped Valentine card mailbox with the slot opening cut out of the front to look like the coin slot and pom pom gumballs glued onto it.

75. Cute Gumball Machine Valentines Mailbox

Finally, download this free file to cut cardstock for an adorable gumball machine Valentines box. Then, have your little one help glue pom pom “gumballs” on it.


Free Printables for Creative Valentine Boxes

76. Printable Personalized Heart Valentine Holder Craft

Now, for an easy Valentine holder idea for your classroom, download the free printables and add students’ names before printing and constructing.

77. Cute Dog House Valentine Box Printable

And this free printable makes it easy for preschoolers and Kindergartners to turn brown kraft gable gift boxes into adorable “puppy love” dog house Valentine boxes.

An easy paper bag Valentine mailbox idea featuring a hand holding up a red heart-patterned paper gift bag with a free printable robot graphic glued onto the top half with its smiling mouth cut out for Valentine cards to be put inside.

78. Cute Printable Robot Valentine Card Holder

Or have your child cut out and paste this printable robot face onto a kraft paper gift bag. Then, help them cut the mouth out for a fun Valentine card slot!

79. Easy Monster Eyes Valentine Card Box

And this free printable makes this idea for Valentines mailbox easy for kids of all ages. Plus, preschool and kindergarten kids get fine motor practice using scissors and a glue stick too.

80. Printable Love Monster Valentine Box Craft

Similarly, students get great cutting and coloring skill practice with this cute “love monster” printable Valentine box idea.

A graphic showing a free printable monster Valentine box craft for kids, featuring a brown cardboard box with a wide rectangular slot cut out of the front of it and printable monster parts cut out and glued onto it, including big round eyeballs on top, zig-zag arms on each side, an upside-down heart nose, and sharp white paper teeth along the top and bottom edges of the opening.

81. Free Printable Monster Valentine Box Idea

Or print these free templates on colored cardstock for kids to make fun monster Valentines boxes with the card slit as the monster’s mouth.

82. Cute Printable Gnome Valentine Day Box Idea

These free printable templates help kids cut cardstock for adorable gnome-themed boxes for Valentine’s Day cards.

83. Fun Book-Inspired Valentine Boxes Idea

Use this printable letter to invite students’ families to make creative Valentine boxes inspired by children’s books. Then, play a game of guessing the books during your class Valentine’s Day party!

84. Free Patterns for Cute Bear & Frog Valentine Boxes

Or download these free patterns to make cute bear- and frog-inspired Valentine boxes with your students.

85. Printable Bilingual Love Bug Valentine Bag Craft

Alternatively, consider this idea for Valentine mailboxes using brown paper lunch sacks to make cute love bug Valentine card holders!

A photo of two DIY Valentine bags made out of brown paper lunch bags with printable worksheets stapled onto them featuring children's names and colorful drawings of their favorite things.

86. Favorites Valentine’s Day Card Bag Printable

Have students complete this free printable page with their name and all of their favorites. Then, staple them onto paper lunch bags to make cute Valentine collection bags.

87. Cool Math Valentine Box Idea for 3rd or 4th Grade

Now, with this free printable project, you can challenge your third or fourth graders to incorporate some math into their Valentine box crafting.

88. Valentine Card Holder STEM Challenge Printable

Finally, consider this fun STEM challenge that gets primary grade students implementing engineering design principles to create Valentine card holders.


Now, which of the above ideas for Valentines mailboxes would your kiddos like best? How have you and your kids made creative Valentine boxes in the past? Tell us all of your Valentine Day box ideas in the comments below!


More Valentine Day Box Ideas on Amazon:

Not up for the Valentine’s Day box ideas above? No worries! Check out these easy and creative Valentine boxes and craft kits you can purchase right from Amazon instead.

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A collage of 6 photos of fun and creative Valentine box ideas for kids of all ages, including: a cute puppy dog Valentine box made out of a paper-covered cardboard box with Cricut cut heart ears, eyes, nose, mouth, and tongue glued onto it; a fun monster Valentine mailbox made out of a tissue box painted pink and decorates with red hearts, pom poms, googly eyes, pink pipe cleaner heart-shaped antennae, and sharp white paper teeth inside the edges of a cut out slot mouth with a white paper speech bubble reading "Feed me!"

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  1. Olivia says

    March 22, 2021 at 1:37 PM

    These are so cute! Pinned until next Valentines Day

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  2. Lee Orlian says

    January 27, 2017 at 12:31 PM

    This is an amazing selection of awesome ideas! My favorite is the Valentine Monster that says ‘Feed Me’! My younger daughter will have fun and also learn the alphabet. Thank you for sharing!

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  3. Kara says

    February 5, 2016 at 1:49 PM

    Thanks so much for sharing our Crocodile and Minion boxes. I love this list!! Everyone is so creative. I’m excited to share it with my kids and readers.

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    • Krissy @ B-Inspired Mama says

      February 5, 2016 at 3:22 PM

      You’re so welcome. They are awesome!

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