Do you have a dinosaur fan at your house?

The box is designed with a big open T-Rex mouth so friends feed your dinosaur with their Valentine cards.

So much fun, right?!

Close up image of person placing a heart Valentine inside the mouth of the dinosaur Valentine box.

We used two boxes to create this cool dinosaur.

This gives the finished Valentine box a perfect three-dimensional look.

We also used two different green tones acrylic paints to paint our dinosaur.

Side view angle of finished Dinosaur Valentine’s box.

Read our step-by-step instructions below for how to create your own Valentines Day dinosaur box.

Prepare two cardboard boxes

Start by prepping your two cardboard boxes.

With the square box, choose which of the open flap sides you want to be the dinosaur mouth.

Four image collage showing how to cut the two boxes to make the dinosaur Valentine’s box.

Trim down each of the four flaps around the box with scissors to start creating the mouth.

(see photos below) Draw a triangle on the other side of the box as well.

Finally, trace a circle on the bottom side of the box, in the center.

Four image collage showing the Testors adhesive spray, six egg carton sections cut from an egg carton, how to cut a dinosaur tail and strips to attach eyes and feet, arms and heart pieces you need to cut out of adhesive foam sheets.

This should be the same circle traced on the rectangle box.

Cut out each of the shapes drawn on the box.

From an empty egg carton, cut out 5-6 individual pieces.

Four image collage showing how to paint the boxes with Testors Craft Cactus acrylic paint and then how to add a second sponge painted layer with Testors Craft green paint, and lastly how to paint the egg cartons with green paint.

Set all of the pieces aside to use in a later step.

Using a large spongebrush, paint all of the sides and the top of both of the prepped boxes.

Also, paint the dinosaur tail and the two small pieces for your eyes.

Four image collage showing how to glue all the pieces onto the dinosaur Valentine’s box: the eyes, teeth, tail, egg carton pieces, arms, legs and heart.

Let the paint dry completely.

Youll want some of the lighter green paint to show through to add to the texture of the dinosaur.

Continue dabbing into the green paint and then onto your boxes until all sides are painted.

Image showing back view of the finished dinosaur Valentine’s box.

Youll also need to paint the tail and small rectangle eye pieces.

Let the paint dry completely.

Set them aside to dry with the boxes.

Side angle view of dinosaur Valentine’s box.

Then glue the eyes onto the top of the dinosaur head.

Create tail

Glue the dinosaur tail on the back of the dinosaur, near the bottom of the box.

Using a marker, write the childs name on the large red heart.

Vertical two image collage with top picture showing someone putting a Valentine in the dinosaur box and bottom image showing side and back view angle of the dinosaur Valentine’s box.

Then peel the backing off the heart and place it in the center of the dinosaur body.

Your T-Rex dinosaur box is complete!

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