My son loves to draw. He has sketchbooks by his bed and draws at night. Whatever pops into his head, he puts it down on paper: a clock, the sun, a pencil, a hockey puck, sports logos, lots of penguins. I love this about him. But the sad part is, he thinks he’s bad at drawing. He often will rip out pages (garbage full of crumpled paper in the morning), and he is super sensitive about comments. Please don’t ever say anything constructive (his art teachers have learned this over the years). He will cry. It breaks my heart!
So I had this revelation last month. He was about to embark on some heavy thank-you note writing after his birthday bash so he needed some notes. I have a postcard business so all three kids have tons of thank-you notes. But this time, I surprised him by taking his little drawings and creating a postcard with them. I was worried to show him, but guess what…he smiled very big!
We even framed one of his drawings. He felt proud and was happy with his work. Yippee!!
If you want to make some for your own kids, you can go to Late Night Cake and get started. If you don’t have a scanner, you can photograph your child’s art (which is what I did) and email them to me.
My son has been so excited to share his postcards that he is writing to everyone he knows…. how great is that?
xo Bar
The picture you framed is really cool, and I’m sure it will look good on a wall, ;-).
We’ve made cards from our kids’ artworks before, but opted for a much cheaper Version: we scanned the drawings and printed them out as photos, and then used double-faced adhesive photo tape to stick them on blanco index cards. Of course, those required an enevope to send in the mail.
I really like your idea, but I’m not sure I’d like to spent so many $$$ (respectively Euros).
So long,
Corinna
That’s awesome! My girls are little artists. They produce tons of art. The hard part is that they cannot part with it- so making cards out of it, is a no go. So I love the idea of scanning and using it that way!
I also have the girls make their own thank you cards, which they create (they are fine sending these off- since the art on the cards is it’s intended purpose).
http://thisfineday.com/blog/2013/6/14/teach-gratitude-write-thank-you-notes
i love your post rebecca! it certainly is a big task for little kids to write thank-you notes, but it’s worth doing to teach them gratitude. i love your button cards, so cute and fun and easy. thanks for sharing!