The Valentine Box

Last week Fuller brought home instructions for making a box to receive valentines in. It was to be a standard shoe box, have a theme, and have at least one three dimensional addition to the box. I instantly flashed back to boxes and envelopes I made as a child; pink, purple and red creations with white paper doily hearts and shiny red heart stickers. I started thinking about how cute it would be to have curled up pink pipe cleaners with hearts attached to the ends, as the three dimensional element. And then I remembered that I am the mother of boys, and they tend to see things a little differently. Fuller instantly knew that he wanted to do a sports theme, and had no trouble finding pictures in Sports Illustrated that he wanted to put on his box. Cool theme, but not too Valentine-ish. I quietly put a sheet of heart stickers on the table where he was working, and he added a few to his design. I must admit I liked his end result, especially the addition of the Lego basketball hoop. I think one of these years I'll have to hold my own Valentine's party, so I can have a reason to buy paper lace doilies.