You're going to love creating this adorable DIY Robot Valentine Box!
- One larger box, this one is about 8 in square
- Two smaller boxes that can be used for the legs, I cut these ones to be about 4 to 5 inches tall
- One roughly 5-inch box to be used for the head
- Either silver foil bubble wrap or tinfoil
- X-Acto knife or scissors
- Hot glue gun
- A pair of 1-inch googly eyes
- Glittery heart-shaped stickers or cutouts and any other embellishments you would like
- A small circle piece, about 1 1/2 inches that can be used on top of the head box, I used the cap from our pepper grinder
- I used a little bow at the neck to embellish that area
- Red or pink paper, construction paper or card stock, both will work well
- Standard gift wrap tape
- Marker
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First, you'll need to decide where you would like to make the cut out for the cards to be inserted on the body of the main box. (Make certain to make it long enough and wide enough for cards and treats!)
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Once you have that decided, you'll want to use the standard gift wrap tape as your guide and aim for the opening to be about 4 inches long to accommodate different sized envelopes. Cut the opening with scissors or an X-Acto knife carefully. (parental guidance needed for this portion!)
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Before you start wrapping the box to create the body, make certain that you have enough to get it all the way around.
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The easiest way to wrap the box is to think about how you would wrap a gift and use the foil as wrapping paper. Then use the hot glue gun to hold it in place. Just be careful not to burn your fingers!
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When the foil is secured in place and the hot glue has dried (this only takes a minute) use your fingers to feel for where the mail slot opening is and carefully cut the foil in a way that would allow you to fold and tape it back inside the box so you have a nice clean opening. If the tape does not seem to hold in place you could carefully hot glue here as well.
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Now it's time for the feet! Start by wrapping just the sides of each box, not the top or bottoms, that make contact with the body. This will help keep the box sturdy and prevent it from tipping over.
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Then you're going to hot glue the tops of the feet boxes to the bottom of the body. Quickly check that the robot is balanced can stand on its own, adjust the feet placement if needed.
Tip: if you are having a tough time getting the robot to stand still, you could try gluing the bottoms of the feet/boxes to a flat surface like a paper plate, lid…
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Now it's time to hot glue on the following:
Head
Eyes
Head cap
Hearts
Bow or other embellishments
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Cut 2-inch strips of the red paper for the two arms. Fold the paper alternating back and forth to create a zig-zag and then glue the arms into the space between the head and body of the boxes.
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And just like that, you've created a robot!