Anyone else–after Thanksgiving away from family–feeling a little sad?
My kids have cousins and grandparents they won’t have seen for a year. Though I obviously hate this pain on a number of levels–I love that my kids (including three teenagers!) were visibly bummed when Thanksgiving was canceled with their grandparents, and cousins half their age.
With the, um, “pivot” to virtual and flood of Zoom calls, it’s a great time to get back to the basics. Invite your #COVIDbored kids to send notes in the mail–like these free printable postcards for kids from Florida Panhandle, who kindly created five free printable cards to send love from distance.
(We need all the sunshine and beach dreamin’ we can get here in Colorado. I think the high is about 20 degrees today.)
What I love about postcards for kids? Even my two ADHD kids have the attention span to write them. They’re quick and pack a lot of punch with the recipients. Especially bored ones, for whom getting the mail may be the big highlight of the day.
And it’s not just good for your relatives.
Here’s a crazy factoid for your kid trivia lovers. Harvard Health reports,
Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman, a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania, tested the impact of various positive psychology interventions on 411 people…
When their week’s assignment was to write and personally deliver a letter of gratitude to someone who had never been properly thanked for his or her kindness, participants immediately exhibited a huge increase in happiness scores. This impact was greater than that from any other intervention, with benefits lasting for a month. (emphasis added)
Older kids can ratchet their postcards up a notch on the back by writing jokes, making puzzles (word finds!), or sketching a picture. (We just checked out Learn to Draw Star Wars from the library.)
Feel free to share these free printable postcards for kids and download them to print more than once! Let kids choose the theme they’re feelin’ add the personal note relatives will be tickled pink to receive.
Free Printable Postcards for Kids: “Let’s Shell-ebrate!”
Print this cutie here.
“You’re a Hoot” Postcards
Print it here!
“You’d Make This Place Even Brighter” Postcards
“Your Love is a Shore Thing” Postcards
Print this one here.
“Get Whale Soon!” Postcards
Print it here!
Lovin’ this post? Try these:
Spiritual Life Skills for Kids: Gratitude (PRINTABLE THANK YOU NOTES!)
Spiritual Life Skills: 10 Ways to Teach Compassion (with book list!)
