Category: Tips & Prompts

  • Write a Letter

    This week on The Creative Play Challenge, we’re going to write a letter. Simple and sweet, but I think, oh so important. Yes, you could simply text your friend a note, but there’s just something about the act of writing, of taking the time to put your thoughts on paper. And besides, you’ll make your…

  • How to Send a BOO in the Mail

    How to Send a BOO in the Mail

    This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser, Mars, Incorporated. All opinions are mine alone. #SpookyTreats #CollectiveBias Have you heard of the Halloween “You’ve Been BOOed” tradition? I thought I’d put my own twist on it and show you how I’m sending a BOO in the mail this year. If you’re…

  • Write Your Sponsored Child With These Easy Tips

    Write Your Sponsored Child With These Easy Tips

    Write your sponsored child today with these fun (and easy) tips! And be sure to print the free letter writing template too. 🙂 Today I’m going to share a few fun tips to write your sponsored child, but you could easily use these ideas for writing your own child or nieces and nephews. All kids…

  • Letter-writing Resources

    Letter-writing Resources

    I love receiving letters in the mail, don’t you? Since sending cards in the mail is becoming a lost art, I thought I’d compile a list of letter writing resources to help you out! Related: April is Letter-writing Month! Tutorials to Get You Started The {10 Minute} Letter Writing Retreat Bundle Free Thank You Card…

  • Make Letter-writing Fun With These Tips

    Make Letter-writing Fun With These Tips

    As I have been writing letters for the Bring Back Snail Mail challenge this month, it’s been so encouraging to come across more and more people who are creating snail mail in super creative ways. I started a letter-writing Pinterest board to collect ideas for my own letter-writing last summer, and it has been incredibly…

  • How to Make a Portable Letter Writing Kit

    How to Make a Portable Letter Writing Kit

    Today I’m excited to introduce you to Ellen from createinthechaos.com. She has been following along with my different letter writing and card making posts and asked if she could share her own idea about a portable letter writing kit. I absolutely love the idea and know that you will too.   I’ve kind of fallen…

  • A Creative Idea for Snail Mail

    A Creative Idea for Snail Mail

    I LOVE this creative snail mail idea! So simple, but it’s a great way to add an extra bit of fun to your letters. Enjoy! I couldn’t get this creative snail mail idea out of my head so I decided to make it for my mom for her birthday. She still writes me (even though…

  • April is Letter Writing Month

    April is Letter Writing Month

    I recently discovered that April is National Letter Writing Month. How fun is that? Letters are such a great way to keep in touch. Even though we live in an age where an email, tweet, or text flies much faster to the recipient, there is still something about opening the mailbox to find a real,…

  • Write Now: 18 Letter Writing Prompts

    Write Now: 18 Letter Writing Prompts

    Here are some letter writing prompts to get you back into writing old-fashioned mail. Make someone’s day today! 🙂 I come from a family of letter writers. When I was a little girl, I would write letters to my Grandpa (my mom would pen in his last name), and he would write me back. He…

  • 9 Fun Ways to Say Thank You

    9 Fun Ways to Say Thank You

    Now that Christmas is over, it is time to say “Thank You” for all the gifts you and your family received this year. Teaching our children to have thankful hearts is something that can start at a very young age. And it isn’t such a bad habit to get into ourselves! So before the new…