Yesterday the girls & I pulled out our notecards & writing paper & got a big chunk of thank-you notes written. My mom taught me the importance of the penned "thank you" & I feel it's a pretty special ritual to pass on to my girls too.
One of the favorite Christmas gifts I gave this holiday was something I put together for my 7 year old, Zoey. She loves writing letters & ends up using MY stationery most of the time. So, I put together a little "letter writing kit" for her. (This was her "NEED" gift from the "Want. Need. Wear. Read.") I purchased a pack of fun writing paper, some bright pens, her own peel-n-stick envelopes, some stickers (to decorate the envelopes), her OWN book of postage stamps & I even printed out some return address labels with her name & info on them. (If I would have thought about it at the time, I would have also added a little address book with all her family & friends' info written out.)
She felt pretty special!
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Soo cute! We ALWAYS had to hand-write thank you notes at Christmas -- and not only do I still do it as an adult, but for sure plan on continuing it with my kids. This seems all the more important when letter writing seems to be becoming a dying art... : (
ReplyDeleteFun gift! I was thinking about pulling something like this together for Olivia for Valentine's Day. :) She has learned how to write her name and now really wants to "write notes" to her friends. So cute!
ReplyDeleteFabulous gift. I think it's nice to encourage old-fashioned letter writing. I'd love to get something in the mail besides a bill! Do you know the line from Blackadder "I feel like a giant pelican. No matter which way I look I see a giant bill."
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ReplyDeleteFirst of all, love the new look- stripes and notebook paper, a fun change!
ReplyDeleteNow, this is a great gift! My girls have been sending letters since before they could write! And for pre- writers thank you cards, I mailed off a piece of their art work. :)
Love this! when my kids learn to write I will definitely do this for them.
ReplyDeleteThat is a special present. I'm glad I'm not the only one who values the thankyou note. It's so simple, but so rare.
ReplyDeleteI did something sorta like that for my nieces friend, she was going to india for the summer, so they wanted to be pen pals. I made her a purse(out of a template, it was a paper one) and made personalized notecards, envelopes, paper, and a beaded pen with her name. She really liked it!
ReplyDeleteI'll be linking this idea over the weekend!
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