My petite got a little mailbox from her Nana for Valentine’s Day, she loves getting and sending mail.  In fact she has 5 steps you must follow to send a proper letter.

1. Write the letter
2. Get an envelope
3. Get a stamp
4. Address the envelope
5. Take it to the post office

This is a routine ritual that we’ve been doing for months, so I thought it would be fun to make her some envelopes that she could use with her new mailbox.

To complete this project you don’t need a whole heck of a lot of things.

• felt (5 pieces)
• sewing machine
• scissors
• ric rac (optional – use a light to burn the edges so they don’t fray over time)
• Velcro (optional)

It is rather amazing that this whole project took one nap time (with interruptions, probably 1 hour)

I love that this whole project to make four envelopes of all different sizes took 5 pieces of felt (that’s about $1.25), the rick rack was from another project, but it’s such a small amount less than half a yard I am sure.  I used Velcro on the back to hold it together, but you could sew the envelopes so that they don’t pop back open.

Steps:

1. Cut the size you want and fold into three parts
2. Cut the ric rac and burn the edges so they dont fray
3. Sew the ric rac on or use the zigzag stitch to sew the address
4. Then sew on the stamp (I totally messed up sewing the heart on one of them…oh well – I’m guessing the petite is not going to mind)
5. Sew up the sides, I did a back and forth on the ends so that it won’t come apart when she opens it
6. Put the Velcro on (I did this after I sewed them because I forgot about it, might be easier to do before you sew the sides)

I love the finished copy they are so cute.  I also cut out hearts to go in each one of them from the left over pieces.

Happy ‘almost’ Valentine’s Day.

Erin