We received our first Christmas card yesterday, and of course I have done nothing about organising or sending Christmas cards myself.
Every year I vow I will organise our Christmas cards early, and every year I don’t. I didn’t write that list of who sent us cards last year so I wouldn’t be caught out this year, and the thought of having to go to the post office for stamps is making my head hurt.
I really should just accept it, instead of trying to fight the fact that Christmas, organisation and me do not go together!
But this year I have a secret weapon. I am putting the kids to work creating postcards to send instead of Christmas cards.
While I scramble to find some decent photos of the kids to make a photo card, I’ve printed some ‘draw your own’ postcards for the kids to decorate.
It’s a simple idea, a free printable postcard with a postage friendly back and a big space for drawing on the front.
You can download a pdf file containing both the front and back of the postcards here.
They are set up to print nicely on 10x15cm (4×6″) matte photo paper so they are a quick and easy way to make a Christmas card or just send a message to a friend.
My kids all loved making and writing postcards to their friends and I had to print out heaps to keep up with demand. It’s a fun and meaningful way for everyone to work on their writing skills together, no matter what age or stage they are at.
So far, we have only done one Christmas card! But that’s ok as I’ll print out some photos to attach to the front of the printed postcards to make some Christmas cards… now all I need is some stamps!
Do you send Christmas cards?
Find more fun drawing activities here.
Kate says
They look great! Pinning for when I get one of those “Mum I’m bored” moments :-)
Sharla says
My kids would really enjoy these! My oldest daughter is forever making cards to send to her friend who moved away. These will be perfect for that…thank you!
gabi says
thanks very much – these look great. I love it how kids get so excited to make something ‘real’ like this. Looking forward to checking out the rest of your site.
gabi
alana says
this is a super idea! my kids will love this! Thanks!
nae peters says
they look adorable, so thoughtful to send. much better than store bought :)
pinning
Jackie@My Little Bookcase says
This is great. We’ve almost run out of our postcards for our postcard swap.
Ness @ One Perfect Day says
Love this Kate! Such a fun way to keep the kids happy for a little while and I think they’d make lovely thank you notes as well.
Rachel | Racheous - Lovable Learning says
Lovely way to encourage literacy – thank you for the printable :)
Nathalie Brown says
I’m going to send my Miss away with some of these on her gap year, so there’s no excuse for not writing home
Kelly says
Such a great idea. I’m keeping this in mind for the holidays.
Kate says
So great! These would be perfect for children to use to grandparents or friends they don’t see often. Love it.
Debs says
Thanks so much for this printable! Such a useful one to have!!
Krista Penland says
I am trying to print this, but it is coming out large enough to fill a regular size piece of paper. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!!
katepickle says
You are not doing anything wrong… they are postcard sized so they print to fit on a 10x15cm or 4×6″ card so you can mail them. You can print them onto an A4 or letter sized piece of paper but they will only print at 10x15cms onto that paper.
Hope that helps
Jo Todd says
Great idea. I know it is asking a lot, but I’ve been trying to find a way to print 4 to a sheet of paper to use at home rather than using 4 sheets of card. Would it be possible for you to add this to the page as well. Thanks,
Melissa Kuiper says
I love this idea! I know you used it for your younger kiddos, but I am going to use this in my high school classroom. Right now we are “taking a trip” to a Spanish-speaking country. This will be perfect for them to send a postcard home to their friends or family!
Thanks for the idea!
Eva Contreras says
Hi,
Thanks for sharing. It keeps telling me that the webpage is no longer available.
katepickle says
Are you having a problem when you click on the link to download the printable?
It works fine for me, but I may be having some server problems – perhaps try again in a little while.