From your cardboard scraps, cut out a dinosaur tail and two small rectangle strips to help you attach the eyes.Ĥ. From an empty egg carton, cut out 5-6 individual pieces. While the glue on the boxes dries, cut out the additional pieces you’ll need for your dino box. You can also use a hot glue gun with adults supervision if the adhesive spray is unavailable to you.ģ. With parental supervision and in a well ventilated area, use Testors Clear Spray Adhesive to glue each of the box flaps closed. Cut out each of the shapes drawn on the box. This should be the same circle traced on the rectangle box. (see photos below) Draw a triangle on the other side of the box as well.įinally, trace a circle on the bottom side of the box, in the center. Now flip the box on it’s side and trace a triangle along the bottom edge for the mouth opening and draw lines down connecting the triangle to the box flap. Trim down each of the four flaps around the box with scissors to start creating the mouth. With the square box, choose which of the open flap sides you want to be the dinosaur mouth. With the rectangle dinosaur body box, trace a circle at the top of the box and cut it out. Start by prepping your two cardboard boxes. Instructions for how to make a DIY Dinosaur Valentine Boxġ. hot glue gun (adult supervision required).Testors® clear adhesive (should only be used with parental supervision in a well ventilated area).square cardboard box (we 6″ x 6″ x 6″ size).rectangle cardboard box (we used 10″ x 8″ x 6″).Supplies needed to make your Dinosaur Valentine’s Day Box: Kids will need some assistance with the cutting and gluing steps in our tutorial so get ready for an afternoon full of fun creating this amazing dinosaur Valentine box together as a family. We also have a video tutorial inside this post you will find helpful before you get started on your craft project. Read our step-by-step instructions below for how to create your own Valentine’s Day dinosaur box. The Testors® products we used are available online (and in stores) at Menards, True Value, Amazon, and other craft supply stores. They are multipurpose and non-toxic too, so I love how we can use them on all sorts of surfaces for all our crafting needs. Testors® has a fantastic collection of color assortments available that are perfect for projects like the one we are sharing today. The top green coat was painted on with a circle sponge brush to allow some of the lighter green color to poke through and to give our dinosaur a scaly, reptile-like texture. We also used two different green tones from Testors Craft® acrylic paints to paint our dinosaur. A rectangle box was used for the body and a smaller, square box was used for the dinosaur head. This gives the finished Valentine box a perfect three-dimensional look. We used two boxes to create this cool dinosaur. The box is designed with a big open T-Rex mouth so friends feed your dinosaur with their Valentine cards. We hope you and your kids have a blast creating this fun DIY dinosaur Valentine box together.ĭo you have a dinosaur fan at your house? If so, they are going to jump for joy over making this awesome dino box to hold all of their Valentine’s this year. We created this dinosaur Valentine’s box as a sponsored craft for Testors®.
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