Letter Writing Ideas

Hi Everybody -- It has been quite some time (2 years?) since I updated this blog.  I think I'm ready to get back to it. So here is an ...

Readers, please click on the following link and pray for the children you see there.  http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/default.htm...

I found a website that has free nativity printables.  Sponsored kids can cut them out, glue the figures to paper and color in a background. ...

                  LINKS: South America sticker: http://www.zazzle.com/south_american_flags_of_south_america_map_sticker-2171510551422097...

Here are the guidelines for giving a monetary gift to your Compassion International child.  Note:  100% of your gift goes to your child and ...

These cards are roughly 6x9 inches and made out of cardstock. I printed a few pictures off the Internet and taped them down with photo squar...

I just love the notecards from this company.  I found mine at Barnes & Noble.

Today I made some bookmarks.  On the front is a flower with the kids' faces in the center.  On the back is a photo of each one in black ...

From Oriental Trading.  $4.99 for a dozen. Here's the link to buy them.  

I found some 6x9 inch envelopes at Michael's and made a miniature lapbook small enough to fit the envelope.  I took a piece of cardstock...

The sparkly stars are from Family Christian Stores.

I keep a goody bin filled with items that can be sent to sponsored kids. These are all from the Oriental Trading catalog. When I write lett...

Our oldest sponsored child is preparing to graduate from the program in May. In addition to a monetary gift for a graduation present, I want...

Here is the Easter letter we're sending out to our younger sponsored kids. We are including: "He Lives!" make-a-scene stickers...

I'm getting ready to send a winter-themed letter off to a little boy in the Philippines who is 6 years old. I'm sending: Pics of a r...

EDITED TO ADD:  I've since found out that full-size folders will go through.  You don't have to cut them down.  My only recommendati...

We asked one of our sponsored kids to tell us about his favorite things -- and got a really neat letter back. So we sent a list of our favor...

Our oldest sponsored child from Ethiopia is interested in the World Cup and we've exchanged some letters on the subject. I found some co...

I went through all of my old Christmas cards, cut out images and taped those to cardstock. On the back of each I put a Bible verse. I put ea...

I found some cute Peanuts stickers around the house and decorated up my envelopes for the unsponsored kids a bit. I think they look cute:

There is a new group on OurCompassion that is inviting people to write letters to children in the program who don't yet have sponsors. ...

Here is my latest find for my sponsored kids. "Fun with Soccer Stencils." It has six paper stencils of a person playing soccer. My...