Valentina Ivonina
Traditionally, in kindergarten or at home, children write letters to Santa Claus... but what next?
One of the parents goes with the child to the real mail, teachers simply collect children's creations and then distribute them to parents, or the child takes this letter straight to his locker. We offer you an alternative that will introduce an element of solemnity into the process of writing, and especially sending letters to Santa Claus. Let's learn to do DIY New Year's mail!
To make him so cute mailbox, us will be needed:
1. Shoe box
3. Double-sided tape
4. Stationery knife
Stages work:
1. Secure the lid of the box with tape
2. Cut a hole for letters on the side of the box
3. Place double-sided tape around the perimeter of the box, first the sides. Then the front and end (you don’t have to paste over the last one to make it easier to hang mail).
4. Place a sheet of foil on the sides covered with tape; carefully trim off any remaining foil that extends beyond the edge.
6. When the main decoration is ready, cut out several snowflakes and Santa Claus from paper (in this case, we used a purchased sticker with Santa Claus, and edge the edges with tinsel to taste.
7. Attach (preferably with the same tape or on a nail) box to any surface so that the child can independently put a letter there.
8. We arrange email like this, so that the child notices it immediately and does not rack his brains over what it is!
This is how the child had the opportunity to do the sending process New Year's correspondence more vivid, solemn and memorable! What if it’s on a holiday? (this is an idea for teachers) you will hand this mail straight into the hands of Santa Claus...
Happy New Year!
Publications on the topic:
Once upon a time, as a child, I really loved watching how my grandmother deftly handled both crochet and knitting needles. What masterpieces she produced, and with this one.
At the kindergarten “Solnyshko”, a competition among teachers “Do-it-yourself dolls” was held. The initial goal of the competition was to educate
Who doesn't love New Year? Who is not waiting for him at all? Adults and children know - There are no such people in the world! Go around the entire globe - New Year.
The winter this year was snowy and frosty. IN kindergarten There was a competition for the best feeder. My youngest son and I decided on New Year's.
A very apt statement about the profession of a music director was published in an article by A.I. Burenina in the magazine “Musical Director”.
When working on the topic “Folk Applied Art,” I set aside a whole week to get acquainted with Russian folk toys. Here is our dear one.
Master class “DIY New Year's ball” The most long-awaited and beloved holiday, New Year, is ahead. Take part in preparing for this.
But it will also make your children believe in a fairy tale! And, of course, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts Olga Gre, blog author DecoMIR, which is not the first time that pleases us with its original creative ideas.
New Year is approaching. The kids are looking forward to magical holidays, dreaming about gifts and writing letters to Santa Claus. The letters are written, sealed and ready to be sent. But how to send a letter to Santa Claus? Very simple! You need to throw it in a special mailbox and it will definitely reach the addressee!
In order to make Santa Claus's mailbox, we will need:
- shoe box
- Paper cutting knife
- Scissors
- Wide tape
- Colored cardboard
- Shiny cardboard
- PVA glue
- Ribbon or braid
- Black pen
Take an ordinary shoe box.
The best New Year and Christmas books for children
Using a paper cutter, cut the box in two. Cut out the bottom of the box as shown in the photo. This will be the back of the drawer.
The top of the box will be the front of the drawer. Cut a slot in it for letters and cut off the excess parts so that it fits well with the back.
Glue the two parts together with wide tape.
Place the front of the box on the blue cardstock, trace, cut out, fold the cardboard and then glue to the box. Cover the entire box in this manner.
Cut the glitter cardstock into strips. Fold the strips in half. In order for the strips to fold beautifully in half, you need to place a ruler at the fold and draw something sharp along the fold.
Cover all edges of the box with glitter stripes.
Cover the letter slot with white cardboard cut into semicircles in the shape of snowdrifts.
According to the template, cut out all the details of the portrait of Santa Claus. Glue all the parts onto black cardboard and cut everything out together, leaving a small margin. Using a black pen, draw eyes and mustaches. Glue a portrait of Santa Claus to the front of the box.
According to the template, cut out all the details of the bullfinch. Glue all the parts onto black cardboard and cut everything out together, leaving a small margin. Using a black pen, draw an eye, legs and an envelope. Glue the bullfinch onto the lid of the box.
Using something sharp, make a hole in the back of the box, thread a string and tie it. You can use this rope to hang a mailbox.
SANTA'S MAILBOX FROM A SHOE BOX
New Year is approaching. The kids are looking forward to magical holidays, dreaming about gifts and writing letters to Santa Claus. The letters are written, sealed and ready to be sent. But how to send a letter to Santa Claus? Very simple! You need to throw it in a special mailbox, and it will definitely reach the addressee!
In order to make Santa Claus's mailbox, we will need:
shoe box
Paper cutting knife
Scissors
Wide tape
Colored cardboard
Shiny cardboard
PVA glue
Ribbon or braid
Sample
Black pen
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Take an ordinary shoe box.
Using a paper cutter, cut the box in two. Cut out the bottom of the box as shown in the photo. This will be the back of the drawer.
The top of the box will be the front of the drawer. Cut a slot in it for letters and cut off the excess parts so that it fits well with the back.
Glue the two parts together with wide tape.
Place the front of the box on the blue cardstock, trace, cut out, fold the cardboard and then glue to the box. Cover the entire box in this manner.
Cut the glitter cardstock into strips. Fold the strips in half. In order for the strips to fold beautifully in half, you need to place a ruler at the fold and draw something sharp along the fold.
Cover all edges of the box with glitter stripes.
Cover the letter slot with white cardboard cut into semicircles in the shape of snowdrifts.
According to the template, cut out all the details of the portrait of Santa Claus. Glue all the parts onto black cardboard and cut everything out together, leaving a small margin. Using a black pen, draw eyes and mustaches. Glue a portrait of Santa Claus to the front of the box.
According to the template, cut out all the details of the bullfinch. Glue all the parts onto black cardboard and cut everything out together, leaving a small margin. Using a black pen, draw an eye, legs and an envelope. Glue the bullfinch onto the lid of the box.
Cut out the bullfinch
Using something sharp, make a hole in the back of the box, thread a string and tie it. You can use this rope to hang a mailbox.
We thread the rope
Using something sharp, make a hole in the front wall and roof of the box. Thread the ribbon through both holes and tie.
We thread the ribbon
Mailbox Santa Claus is ready!
In order to make Santa Claus's mailbox, we will need:
Black pen
shoe box
Paper cutting knife
Scissors
Wide tape
Colored cardboard
Shiny cardboard
PVA glue
Ribbon or braid
Black pen
Take an ordinary shoe box.
Using a paper cutter, cut the box in two. Cut out the bottom of the box as shown in the photo. This will be the back of the drawer.
The top of the box will be the front of the drawer. Cut a slot in it for letters and cut off the excess parts so that it fits well with the back.
Glue the two parts together with wide tape.
Place the front of the box on the blue cardstock, trace, cut out, fold the cardboard and then glue to the box. Cover the entire box in this manner.
Cut the glitter cardstock into strips. Fold the strips in half. In order for the strips to fold beautifully in half, you need to place a ruler at the fold and draw something sharp along the fold.
Cover all edges of the box with glitter stripes.
Cover the letter slot with white cardboard cut into semicircles in the shape of snowdrifts.
According to the template, cut out all the details of the portrait of Santa Claus. Glue all the parts onto black cardboard and cut everything out together, leaving a small margin. Using a black pen, draw eyes and mustaches. Glue a portrait of Santa Claus to the front of the box.
According to the template, cut out all the details of the bullfinch. Glue all the parts onto black cardboard and cut everything out together, leaving a small margin. Using a black pen, draw an eye, legs and an envelope. Glue the bullfinch onto the lid of the box.
Using something sharp, make a hole in the back of the box, thread a string and tie it. You can use this rope to hang a mailbox.
Using something sharp, make a hole in the front wall and roof of the box. Thread the ribbon through both holes and tie.
Santa's mailbox is ready!
Hello!
I hope that you and your children are planning to write letters to Santa Claus? Or maybe you already wrote it? Where do your kids put them then? In the freezer? Out the window? Under the pillow?)))
One children's development center now has a real Santa Claus mailbox! Kids can throw their letter in it! And I will share with you my method of making such a box.
For the base of our mailbox we use 1 or 1.5 mm thick binding cardboard.
Cutting out the blanks:
30x22 cm is the back part
25x22 cm is the front part
22x12 cm is the bottom
24x14 cm is a cover
And two sides with sides 30x12x25x13 (that is, they will be beveled forward)
We will also need loops, these are the smallest ones I found. And brads - 4 pieces.
To fasten our box, we cut out strips of thick paper (I use watercolor paper) along the length of our parts, that is:
30 cm - 4 pcs.
25 cm - 4 pcs.
22 cm - 4 pcs.
12 cm - 4 pcs.
We collect our parts into a single whole, you should get a box like this:
Here in the photo you can already see that I attached the lid to the back wall using hinges and brads. I painted all the edges, as well as the hinges. acrylic paint:
I attached the hinges with only one brad on each side, otherwise it turned out too rough (((
We cover the insides of the box with watercolor paper. I also made a tag with a winking Santa Claus in the middle. There will be a surprise for the children - they open the lid to throw in their letter, and there Santa Claus smiles at them!
Further. We also cover the back wall and bottom with watercolor paper. The sides can be paper to match the one you chose for the facade of our mailbox.
Now let's decorate.
I chose WP paper, large pompoms, a snowflake from Christmas tree pendants, and a bow made from decorative ribbon with wire edges. Also used grosgrain and holly ribbon from May Arts, "candied" berries.
I decorated the front of the drawer very simply. I cut out a flag from binding cardboard, painted it with acrylic paint, the same flag, but smaller, from the back of the same WP paper, and an even smaller one from red designer cardboard, painted the letters from chipboard, and made the volume using foam tape. This is how it turned out for me:
The finishing touches are snowflakes using Flower Soft and “snowy” frosted patterns along all edges with white acrylic:
It seems like nothing complicated, but the children have a lot of delight))) We already have the first letters in our mailbox!
I hope that this master class will inspire someone to create their own mailbox for Santa Claus, or at least to write a letter to Grandfather with their child! Soon our blog will publish an article about the meaning of letters to Santa Claus for a child, about magic and faith in miracles! Don't miss it! And share your ideas and results in the comments!
