Upcycle for Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner! With our young kiddoes still celebrating Valentine’s Day in their school classrooms, valentine’s boxes are still an annual necessity at their age. Our THiNK OUTSiDE family is a BiG proponent of the “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” slogan and generally look for ways that we can reduce our impact on the environment. So I loved that my son wanted to repurpose his THiNK OUTSiDE cardboard box as his valentine box. Especially today, on a morning when he tells me, “But Mom, our Valentine’s Day party is today, not Monday. My box isn’t ready.” Insert don’t-panic-just-figure-it-out emoji face here.

Needless to say, our morning was a little busy as I had confused the painted THiNK OUTSiDE cardboard box as his valentine box. That was not the case—that was his sister‘s project, hence all the cute pink and red hearts. Thinking we would be too rushed for time, I tried to do the whole parent thing where you attempt to convince your child “this one is just as cool” referencing his older sister’s box. Unsuccessful. 

“Umm, that one has hearts on it, I don’t want hearts on my box.” 

He would’ve been perfectly fine taking just a basic THiNK OUTSiDE box with no décor. But, since I totally missed the fact that his party was today, I figured I should probably try to make it up to him. Off to the internet for quick inspiration! We did a quick search of “Boys Valentine’s Day Boxes”. So many options and all so cute! However, it only took a few seconds for him to determine he needed a valentine-eating-monster box. The funny thing, we were actually able to use items directly from his February Shelter box, with a few other items from past boxes to pull this off in only 15 minutes!

So for any of you other parents out there that are like me (bad with calendars and quick with back-up plans), here’s a fun way to use some of your THiNK OUTSiDE items to create your own valentine-eating-monster box!