Valentine's Day DIY School Bus Box

 

I wanted to share the Valentine box we made with our son last year. He loves vehicles of any kind, so we came up with this school bus. I wish I would have taken photos of the process, but I'll just have to explain as I go instead...

 

Supplies Needed:

2 boxes: 1 large shoe box, 1 small box

Duct tape: Yellow & black (or electrical tape)

Various lids: 4 jar lids (spray painted black for tires), 

4 small red (tail lights), 2 yellow (headlights--we had to use blue), 1 red (stop sign)

4 brads or screws

Stickers & Markers

Hot glue & glue gun (or other adhesive)

Scissors

 

 

 

Instructions:

1. Cut a rectangle out of the large shoe box lid for the Valentines. Our box had a flip-top lid, which was great for this. If your box lid is a separate piece, then duct tape it on to where it will flap open. This makes it super easy to get the Valentines out.

2. Duct tape the small box to the large shoe box.

3. Glue the red lids to the back for tail lights, the yellow lids to the front for headlights, and the red on the side as the stop sign.

4. Punch holes through the box and use brads or screws to attach 4 jar lids for tires.

5. Use the black tape to make a stripe on either side of the bus.

6.  Use a white marker to make the red lid on the side a stop sign. Let your child decorate the bus with stickers & markers! :)

 

 

 We used letter stickers & wrote "Love Bus" on the side & the school name. My son also put his name on top so the other students would know it was his. He drew windows & had fun doodling little details on the box.

Organize Your Home: Winter Hat and Glove Storage

BEFORE:

 

I hate to admit that THIS is what we were storing our hats and gloves in last Winter! I mean, really? I'm even laughing while I look at this picture, realizing that I even bothered to label it! Well, needless to say, it was really frustrating digging in this Huggies box trying to find matching gloves...or anything for that matter...so last January I decided to solve the problem.

First, I bought a plastic shoe organizer and some Command hooks.

 

...and some velcro.

 

 

Second, I adhered the hooks to the inside of the closet door & hung the organizer...

 

 

Then I added the velcro along the sides & bottom (just every so often) to keep it from swinging & hold it into place better.

 

...And I had THIS! :)

 

 

The next step was to dump the box out & sort the items by family member. You might need a cute little "Helper" like I had:

 

 

 

I put my husband's gloves & hats at the top since he's the tallest. His are on the top two rows.

(And yes, we are Razorback fans!)

My stuff went on the next row down...

And then my son's and my daughter's items went on the botton two rows. It's easy for them to reach & with the clear pockets we can see and access what we have!

 

AHHhhhhHhhHhhhh...a sigh of relief at this organized space! It's worked really well for us in the past year and will continue to!

 

Note:  I ended up pulling all my scarves out of this closet, but you could roll them & put them in the pockets as well, if you wanted. Since the scarves were all mine, I decided to hang them in my bedroom closet with a scarf hanger.