Caraway Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Has anyone volunteered to organize a valentine card swap for this year? If not I am willing to coordinate things. My kids always love getting all the cards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshirtyogapantmama Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 We'd love to participate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_the_Rabbit_Hole Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 We really enjoyed it last year and were extremely surprised at some of the valentine packs dd got. We are looking forward to doing this again...whoever did it last year did a great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetTN Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Absolutely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boltgirl Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I think that my son would like to do that. He loves getting mail! He is 10. I don't know what ages participated last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paceofnature Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 My kids would love this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz007 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 My boys would be thrilled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoObvious Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 This would be great, but how did it work last year? What about security? It makes me a little nervous to already see three profiles with very low post counts (although I'm sure you are all wonderful people). Can someone explain the logistics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AStableBeginning Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Caraway, If you need help organizing please let me know. We participated last year and my girls loved it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antsam Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Count my boys in again (9 and 11)! They loved getting all of that mail last year! Jodie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherimoya Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 My kids would love to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caraway Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 Okay, I will start putting together all of the details! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBanjoClown Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 We'd love to participate! My boys are 8 and 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_the_Rabbit_Hole Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Okay, I will start putting together all of the details! Keep us posted and thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafi39 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 We would also love to participate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_the_Rabbit_Hole Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 This would be great, but how did it work last year? What about security? It makes me a little nervous to already see three profiles with very low post counts (although I'm sure you are all wonderful people). Can someone explain the logistics? Its simple. You give your childs name and address to the coordinater, she then gives you a list of about 20 families and their addresses. You send out Valentines to either each family or the individual children in each family. The Valentines we received last year ranged from simple store bought Valentines to elaborately hand made ones, candy stuffed envelopes, stickers, a mini Mad Libs book and balloons. You send what you feel comfortable sending. As for security, its an honor system. If you feel a low post count could lead to a problem then I would sit this out just so I would not worry what might be sent or who has my child's address. If you still participate you could always open the Valentine first to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkl Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 We'd love to do this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsH Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 I love this idea, but am currently trying to teach my dd10 about online safety and not giving her address to people she doesn't know in person (since she just bought herself an ipod touch - whole other story). Drat! Hope those of you who participate enjoy, and maybe next year we'll be ready to see that sometimes it's ok :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendybird Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 We participated last year and it was fantastic! Please add me to the list again. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauracolumbus Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 I have two girls and would love to participate. Thanks for taking this on. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allie911 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 We participated last year as well, and both kids loved it! We're in for this year. If there's anything I can do to help organize, please let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emcap Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 My children would love it! I have four - 9,8,5,3. We could just be counted as one if that's too many individual kids. Thanks, I'm so excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlpardo Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 My son participated last year. He loved all the mail! I rarely post and I mainly just come here for curriculum/lesson ideas, but am glad I saw this post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlpardo Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Of course, I forgot to add that he would like to participate again this year! Please add us to the list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomToJazmyne Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 My daughter would love this! She's 6. Please add us to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellers Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 My son participated last year and loved getting all the cards. He'd love to be part of the exchange again this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffodilDreams Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Please add us to the list. We participated last year and had so much fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlgbug Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 this will be my ids first year missing the public school valentines party and they would love love love to be able to still feel a part of something! count us in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexi Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 I'd love to do it too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hana Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 My two children would like to participate too! Thank you for doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_Kitten Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 My daughter (11) would love this! I didn't even know you all did this, we've tried through other groups it was fun, but not much participation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 My son (9) would also love to do this. Thank you for organizing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodiesmom Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 We would love to participate if still possible! My three kiddos did a Christmas card swap through a pen pal forum and it was awesome to see the different cards as well as a little something about the area from which each card came from. I have two ds (11 & 6) and a dd (9). Thank you sooooo much for organizing this! Side note...yes, I am brand new to posting on the forums. :-) I've been trolling around daily for the past year almost, but am finally stepping out of the shadows. ;-) D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 YAY!!! Sign us up! We had so much fun doing this last year. We signed up to do everyone on the list, individual cards sent to each kid of the same family. It was insane, our classroom floor was covered in cards, glitter, and crafty doo-dads. We used our PO Box address. I could be wrong... but I think some folks used work addresses too? Also, a tip from last year, odd shaped envelopes and heavy/bulky treats make the postage price go up quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpskowski Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 My three would love it too? What do we need to do to sign up? Thanks for coordinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EducationX2 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 We would love to do it. DD has never gotten Valentine's from anyone but me! :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathy_overman Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 We are in w/ 2 boys ages 10 and 9. Fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momsuz123 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 OMG!! Thank you so much for offering this. My oldest dd just today said, "since we homeschool, we don't get any valentine's day cards from kids." YAY! Please sign us up. Thanks again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrousel Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 DS would like to participate, he is 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberly in IN Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Thanks for organizing this exchange! I think I responded to one of the other valentine threads, but my dd, 7, would love to participate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caraway Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 The exchange is being handled by Jennifer3141. Details here: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/447805-valentine-exchange/page__hl__valentine#entry4589338 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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