Chatting with Kirsty recently, she told me that her son Devin had signed up as a partner in Chrissy’s felidae swap and I thought to myself, “Why on earth have I never thought about this before?”
So! I have a swap idea – it’s a parent and child(ren) collaboration, the kids make something for each other and send it along with a letter and the parents make something for the children and send a treat for the other parent. Does that make sense? This way, hopefully we can foster penpal-type relationships between our increasingly computerised spawn whilst making friends with another parent?
If you’re interested, please comment so I can get an idea of how successful this would be. A lengthy prep time before sending would make sense, so final posting in early May? What do you think?
Posted under for the kids, swaps
This post was written by Vonnie on March 18, 2010
Rachel would love to do something like this. What to make is the problem!
That sounds great – though depends on the timing as we’re moving soon!
mmmm..what to make? that would stump me! but i’d be up for it. i have 3 kids but guess i could pick one of them!
I love this idea!!! May should be doable
I’m sure one or more of my daughters would be up for this!
Ooh, we could be up for that, maybe – my little lady is Devin’s partner and she’s really excited
Does depend on timing though as baby2 is due mid-June so someone might have to be forgiving if she appears early…:)
I’m sure Devin would be up for doing another one.
I’m sure Katelyn and I could come up with something toddlerific
She vaguely knows about penpals from Peppa Pig, so it might work *lol*
Could I participate with the kids I nanny? They would really enjoy it!
I’m interested. Not sure what my kids would produce, other than lots of fluffy things stuck to paper but it’s worth a try.