DIY Cardboard Mailbox & Felt Envelopes Tutorial

I'm excited to share about this fun DIY Project I made up one day for my girls!

We had all the stuff except the felt.. so to create this

Cardboard Mailbox and felt envelopes I only spent $1.16!! 

My girls LOVED playing mailman..

and it kept them busy..

dropping off mail..picking it up..

and I liked how the felt envelopes were paper cut free and re-useable.

I thought about painting the whole thing..but haven't gotten around to it yet.

Let me know if you make this! would love to see how yours turns out. :)

Let me know if you have any questions by leaving

a comment and i'll do my best to answer them!

Sienna was mommy's little helper on this project. :)

I used duct tape to go around the

edges of the box to make it extra sturdy. Use it to fill in/connect any gaps.

I plan on making more of these..they made up pretty fast.
I love creating things with felt. Up next is a felt board!! (I'll share details soon.)

I love how sophie dressed up to be the mailman (bag and hat from Michael's)
and then she would check the mail and act surprised. haha... awesome.

Cardboard Mailbox Tutorial Teaser

So I was hoping to have the
Cardboard Mailbox Tutorial up this week..

but every spare minute was spent doing other things like..
raising babies. it was a full time job this week. :) 
If you are a mama..I'm sure you can relate.
Some weeks you are in survival mode.

But here's a tease.. of the fun DIY pretend play craft in action!

The girls love it. I can't wait to share the details and let you know how to make one yourself!

I took lots of photos of the process so it'll make it easy for you.
You could paint it but we didn't have time for that.. the mail man was coming! ;)
*I also will share how I made the felt envelopes. Soft toys are always nice when you have children who throw things when they are excited/playing/tired. ;)

Sienna was very helpful in trying it out as I made the mailbox..  :)

What we do while Ben's at work....

We destroy the house..I mean,
play in the house!

During this time, I occasionally try and clean..
but I usually come back to the room I just cleaned to find it...not clean.
So I usually just give up till nap time. :)
The girls right now love to play together..and torment each other. sisters!
They do this thing now where they hold hands and
lift them up and then down while sophia says "friendsss foreverrrrrrr"...
it's unbelievably adorable. sienna now mumbles it too. melt.

We color. 

sometimes on sofas.. walls.. sink cabinets.. ikea boxes..

oh..and ever so often PAPER.
But how CUTEEE is this lil guy sophia drew??

We go on lunch dates.

I love chick-fil-a...it's my connection to my atlanta.

Only a little wrestling is involved.

I lie.............A lot of wrestling is involved.

but waffle fries and getting them tired in the play area is worth it. ;)

We make pizza..

verrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy slowly.

but with love. ;)
I use this recipe...but now use wheat flour and
a tablespoon or so more oil. very yummy. and the girls love it.

We have picnics at the park!

So excited for the warm weather.... the girls love being outside.

We run errands. Here we are at Ikea...

the girls holding their bribery to sit in the cart: A warm soft pretzel.

We get dressed..multiple times.

Sophia likes to rock the tiara & sparkly shoes
(very LOVED sparkly shoes)...
and a dress is a MUST right now. a dress or skirt.
Sometimes I tell her they are all "in the laundry" so I can
get her to wear jeans/sweatpants when it is cold.. (shhh!)

And some days, when daddy is home..

he gets in on the post nap time snuggles.
I love these photos.....
Aren't they so cute when they aren't moving/being wild?? hehe.
jk. they are cute when they are wild too.

I love seeing what other moms
do all day to keep their little ones happy.
What do you do??
Thanks for stopping by.