a little thank you
I'm a fan of thank you notes, and I would like my kids to be too. But getting your children into the habit of writing thank you notes before they can actually write is a bit of a challenge. I appreciate every thank you note we get, even the ones clearly written by moms and dads, but it's nice to have a little bit of the childs' personality in there too. So I came up with these speech bubble thank you cards..
First I made a little template out of some thick cardstock and then traced and cut out several speech bubbles from different kinds of paper. My cards are 3" x 5" so I made sure my bubble would fit nicely on the card.
Then I glued the speech bubbles onto the cards and used my handy rubber stamp set to say "A Note from C". Now for the fun part, I had C sit down with me and talk about all the gifts he received for his birthday. I would remind him who each present came from and then I would just write down exactly what he said.
Some of his comments are hilarious. I would never have been able to make them up myself. This makes a thank you card that feels very much like my little boy. And we made a few extras so he can send a little note to whomever he pleases whenever he likes.
07.15.2009
Reader Comments (126)
Adorable and funny! Great combo.
I love giving and receiving hand written thank you notes, the ones you have created are fantastic.
These are adorable! I love them!
so cute, makes me want to write more thank you notes.
Totally cute and fun way to teach your children thoughtfulness!
Vivi
Very cool. I love that he was part of the process. Eleanor is only 2 now so I'll completely do the card and then slip in a drawing of hers, but I love the idea that in another year she'll be able to sit down with me and be part of it. It's such an important guesture. xx
Oh the speech bubbles are CUTE! :)
adorable idea! Cute, simple, creative.
Love it, love it.
What a wonderful, creative idea that truly captures the words of the child (if you can write fast enough!)
Thank you for sharing
Christie
i love this idea!! love, love it! thanks for sharing!
such a sweet idea.
i love that idea - if you don't mind i'm going to steal it for my 5 year old! thanks for sharing. oh, and i love your site, too!
How great are these! And thank you for your impeccable timing, because I was coming down the stairs this morning thinking that I needed to set a good examply for my boy in the thank you note area (his bday was yesterday), and now I have a fun project to spur me along. Excellent!
Fantastic! Perfect tone for him :)
Love these. Curious as to where you found the various papers?
www.leslieautumn.blogspot.com (sorry can't post a comment and leave my blog link on here for some reason!)
What a fantastic idea. I usually interview my child for a thank you card, but I love the personalization with the stamp... that is a great idea. I am sure this can be easily answered with a google search, but where did you order your personalized stamp from?
What a great idea! Love these!!
oh my goodness, that's the CUTEST ever!!!
Perfect timing! I was just thinking about a few thank you notes that my son owes - and dreading the battle to get them written. Great idea!