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VBS Basteln und Hobby

Christmas mailbox

Instructions No. 2656

Instructions No. 2656

Difficulty: Advanced

Working time: 5 Hours

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New mail from Father Christmas has arrived! This letter box can not only be decorative, but is also nice to use, for example to send a little letter to your loved ones every day, to give and read the Christmas story to the children day by day or to send a gift from the Advent calendar every day. There are many beautiful ways to use it.

How to make the letterbox:
Transfer the templates to the cardboard and cut them out. Template D is doubled so that the body is 50 cm long. Go over the fold lines with the folding knife and fold.

First design the front of the letterbox. Use a scalpel to cut out the letter slot and the small window. So that the window also has a pane, stick pinwheel foil behind it. Now cut out the round sticks and paint them grey. Glue them on with craft glue or a little hot glue. Letter "Santa Mail" on white cardboard and glue it on. Tie a bow from the satin ribbon and glue it on together with bells.

Next, assemble the letterbox. First glue the base and the back wall. Now glue the body to the base and back wall.

Now it gets a bit more complicated, the front is glued on. It is best to glue the bottom edge to the bottom first, then the left side, the arch and finally the right side. The opening on the back wall serves to ensure that the folded edges fit exactly and can be pressed on.
Now stick on the tape and saw the round sticks to fit the sides, paint them and stick them on. Next, saw the legs to any length (here 5 cm), paint them and fix them with hot glue.

Finally, make small letters and decorate them. To make them visible in the letterbox and to make it look more Christmassy, a string of lights is placed between the letters.

Material list

Photo cardboard, Carmine Red
1,25 €
(1 m2 = 3,57 €)
Quantity:
Tape set "I love Christmas"
12,99 €
(1 m = 0,26 €)
Quantity:
VBS Wooden rods, 30 cm, Ø 4 mm, 20 pieces
2,99 €
Quantity:

You need these articles in addition:

Fineliners Pens "Nano-Liner", set of 4
11,95 €
Quantity:
Hot glue gun, 15-80 Watt
15,29 €
Quantity:
Scalpel, approx. 15 cm
4,29 €
Quantity:
VBS Micro LED light chain, battery operated, 10 LEDs
3,59 €
Quantity:
Pinwheel / Mobilé foil, DIN A4
1,49 €
(1 m2 = 24,03 €)
Quantity:
Wooden square strips of pine, 10 x 10 mm
2,09 €
Quantity:
Satin ribbon, 10 mm, Dark Green
2,85 €
(1 m = 0,29 €)
Quantity:
VBS Craft glue No. 182, 85 ml
3,39 €
(1 l = 39,88 €)
Quantity:
Ink Pads, Black
3,99 €
Quantity:
Folding knife boxwood, 16 x 2 cm
2,79 €
Quantity:
Jingles "Gold", 110 pieces, assorted
7,95 €
Quantity:
VBS Craft paint, 15 ml, Grey
2,69 €
(1 l = 179,33 €)
Quantity:
VBS Craft paint, 15 ml, Red
2,69 €
(1 l = 179,33 €)
Quantity:
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