How to Decorate Snail Mail

In this email age, we sometimes forget the beauty of a hand written letter or a homemade card. You can brighten up someone's day by sending a letter the old fashioned way. Decorate your snail mail, and your letter will become a cherished keepsake.

Things You'll Need

• Paper and envelope
• Stickers and stamps
• Markers, pencil crayons and pens
• Paint
• Glitter glue
• Stencils

Instructions

1. Start off with fancy paper or use a plain piece that you decorate yourself. Create a theme for your letter like winter or summer. Use the recipient's favorite theme like angels, animals or children.

2. Draw pictures inside the card or on the letter. Create your own letterhead. Use colored markers, gel pens, pencil crayons or even paint.

3. Spray perfume on the letter. It's fun to get a letter that has a nice smell to it. You can use common scents like fruit or spices if you don't like perfume. Body sprays and room sprays come in many scents.

4. Draw designs with glitter glue. Add a photo and make a frame of glitter glue around the photo. Use the glitter glue to paste photos to the page.

5. Trace with stencils or make designs of your own. You can glue the photos into the images or just write messages inside the designs.

6. Get creative with 3-D pop out cards. You can buy already made cards and add to them or make your own.

7. Add stickers to the letter and to the envelope. Finish off with fancy stamps and colored writing on the outside of the envelope. Seal the envelope with a sticker.

Tips & Warnings

• Think about the particular person when you are designing the snail mail.

• Don't tell them the letter is coming; you'll ruin the surprise.

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish