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Cut the bottom off the plastic bottle. Parents may need to do this part, depending on the age and capability of the child.
Measure 20cm from the bottom of the bottle (with base already removed), mark it with a pen then cut off the top too.
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Draw around the bottle onto two pieces of card (at least one of the pieces of card should be red or painted red). Try to make one of the circles - the one you will use as the lid - a little bigger than the circumference of the bottle.
Cut both circles out with a pair of scissors.
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Tape one of the circles to the base of the plastic bottle.
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Wrap a sheet of red paper (or painted paper) around the bottle and tape it into place. The paper will need to be the length of an A4 sheet and cut to 20cm wide.
Cut a 6cm by 3cm rectangular hole in your postbox (again, parents may need to help with this bit). To make the postbox a bit more durable during imaginative play, put a little tape around the edges of the rectangle to prevent the paper from tearing.
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To make the lid, cut a piece of red card to 34cm by 2cm (if you don't have a sheet of card big enough to do this, tape two 18cm pieces together). Tape this around the edge of the remaining circle of card.
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Decorate the postbox (optional). In this picture, gold sticky letters spelling 'post' have been added on.
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To make an envelope, draw a 8cm by 10cm rectangle on a sheet of paper then add a 8cm by 4cm triangle (see image on the left to clarify). Cut this out.
Add a little glue around 3 of the sides and fold up the bottom of the rectangle to complete the envelope.
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You can seal the envelope by adding a dot of glue to the triangular flap.
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The postbox is finished.
Make lots of envelopes so your child can write letters or draw pictures for their friends and family, then post them into the box.
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