Things You'll Need:
- 2 boxes (one smaller than the other; shoe boxes work great)
- Empty paper towel rolls
- Empty toilet paper rolls
- Pipe cleaners (optional--can be used for arms as in picture below)
- Magic marker
- Red and pink construction paper
- Valentine's Day stickers (optional)
- Glue or tape
- Silver paint
- Paintbrushes
- Scissors
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Step 1
Paint the two boxes, the toilet paper rolls and the paper towel rolls silver and let them dry. Depending on your paint and the designs on your boxes, you may need two coats. While your boxes and rolls are drying, you can cut out hearts or any decorations for your robot.
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Step 2
Glue the smaller box on top of the larger box to make a robot Valentine's Day box. The smaller box is now the head, and the larger box is the body.
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Step 3
Glue or tape the toilet paper rolls to the body of the robot for arms. It's sometimes easier to attach them if you cut one end of the roll into tabs. Then you can place glue on the tabs and press the tab against the box to attach it. This is often easier than trying to glue a toilet paper roll, as-is, to a box. In the picture with this article, the robot has pipe cleaners for arms. This is also an option, depending on how large your Valentine's Day box is and how large the arms need to be. The paper towel rolls can be used as legs. However, legs are optional on a robot Valentine's Day box. If you want it to stand easily, you could do without the legs.
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Step 4
Draw a face on your robot with a magic marker. Sharpie markers will probably work best, but any permanent marker will do. You can also use construction paper to make a face. Some people have even cut the toilet paper or paper towel rolls into rings and used those for the nose and ears.
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Step 5
Glue or tape hearts or any other cutouts on your robot box to decorate it the way you want. Write your name (or your child's name) on the box.
