Card making

Card making is a great jumping off point to learning the finer points of letter writing and postal addressing rules. With Valentine's Day just around the corner take some time to let your kids tell people that they love how they feel while at the same time learning the finer points of the art of letter writing!

If you want to brush up yourself or do a little bit of online exploration look here. http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=5

Take a quiz about letter writing http://www.quia.com/pop/7318.html

Or a great kid friendly book on the matter? http://www.amazon.com/Messages-Mailbox-How-Write-Letter/dp/082341079X

Now to the fun part!.. making the cards!

Supplies:

Paper, plain and theme paper

Stickers, die cuts, glitter

Glue

Pens and pencils

Check out this website for lots of great ideas http://www.making-greeting-cards.com/

In the next week I will be uploading some fun lined Valentines paper that can be used to write a letter to tuck in a card!