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Flat Stanley Swap

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Flat Stanley Swap
Swap Coordinator:daffodilgirl (contact)
Swap categories: Paper Goods  Letters & Writing  Photography 
Number of people in swap:14
Location:Other
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:September 10, 2008
Date items must be sent by:October 24, 2008
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

Original by Jeff Brown Stanley is a normal boy who finds himself flattened by a bulletin board, but that doesn't stop his adventures. He is sent through the mail to places all around the world, where friends and family take him on trips, see sights, and increase the knowledge of the world of not only Stanley but also anyone reading the book.

Teachers and parents across America and the world have taken this idea to heart, starting their own Flat Stanley Projects, in which students / children make their own Flat Stanleys (or Flat Jessicas or other female names) and then mail them to friends and family. The adults who receive these new flat friends take the little guys or girls on all sorts of adventures—to work, to the zoo, on plane and boat trips. The range of destinations for Stanley is limited only by the creativity of the people he visits.

We will create our own flat stanley and send it to the partner we are paired up with. When flat reaches his/her destination - take pictures of him in your area, visiting some of your favorite places and write a description of the places he visited and things he did. Send flat and all the pictures/ stories of his/her adventure back to where flat came from...ready to send him on another adventure. I will then create a new swap so you will know where flat goes to next.

This will be international and if you have any questions please let me know.

Discussion

shopandbid 09/ 5/2008 #

What a cute idea.

joyceann888 09/ 5/2008 #

If I sign up, can I make my Flat Stanley female?

daffodilgirl 09/ 5/2008 #

Yes you have a choice of male or female. It doesnt even have to be of a boy or girl it could be of another character. There are no set rules that say it has to be human so to speak.

snpyrunner 09/ 5/2008 #

i was always jealous of the kids who got to do this! now i get to!

ctekk2005 09/ 5/2008 #

Yeah I know right. I think it will be fun. I get to take part to - Smiles. I will most likely sign up myself.

daffodilgirl 09/ 6/2008 #

Last day to signup/drop: September 12, 2008 so an idea will be to make and decorate your flats before this deadline....that when when partners are assigned all you have to do is send flat on his way. Just an idea. i am going to work on mine today.

Sewingbea 09/ 6/2008 #

just checking- there is a month from the sign up deadline to the mailing deadline?

Sewingbea 09/ 6/2008 #

just checking- there is a month from the sign up deadline to the mailing deadline?

daffodilgirl 09/ 6/2008 #

you have 1 month to send flat to his destination and go on his little travel and he has to be back to where he originally come from by the deadline date. I am going to change it and add a week... that way it will cater for the international sends.

carol 09/ 6/2008 #

My Flat Carol just got back from Minnesota and is ready for another adventure!

joyceann888 09/ 8/2008 #

How tall is the average Flat Stanley?

DelennaGaribaldi 09/ 9/2008 #

This is a tight schedule for an international member but I'll try! I'm in! Thank god I just got a color printer so I don't have to wait for the actual photos to arrive. Of course I will email the pics (and stories) as well if my partner agrees on that. This way they can see the adventures before the Flat Person arrives back home (in case he/she gets stuck in mail or something).

daffodilgirl 09/11/2008 #

You may email copies of postcards / pictures back to your partner while you have Stanley so your partner will know how he is doing.....

daffodilgirl 09/11/2008 #

Another idea if you want to keep a record of the travels he goes on.. is to make a stanley scrapbook. My kids will be helping me with mine and then they get to keep it once it is full.

daffodilgirl 09/11/2008 #

Yes it can be female...

daffodilgirl 09/11/2008 #

Please update your partner as to when you originally send flat out....

Person receiving flat please let the person know who originally sent you flat when his/her adventure has finished ,and you will be sending back so they know when to expect their flat back.

RobinT 09/12/2008 #

Flat Frieda is leaving Washington DC today and on the way to Carol in Arizona.

dizzyfromthis 09/22/2008 #

My Flat Stanley left Connecticut to Ohio on Sept 19th

lemonysnicket 10/ 7/2008 #

I have to admit I've got myself into quite a muddle over this swap!

Do we mark as sent when we have sent out our Flat Stanleys or when we have sent back the Flat Stanleys (and photos, diaries, etc.) of other people? Also, how will rating work with this one? Do we rate the person who sent the Flats or the person who took our Flat on an adventure?!

Sorry if I have overlooked these answers somewhere! x

daffodilgirl 10/27/2008 #

you send your own flat out and mark as sent when you have sent him to where he will have his adventure( ie wherever the person you send to lives) Once you get flat back then you can rate the person. but they have to send flat back along with pics of where he has been and such !!

daffodilgirl 10/27/2008 #

at the end of it you should get your own original flat back again

LibraLady 11/ 2/2008 #

received my Flat Olivia back the other day from the awesome Diane (edgetorn), thanks so so much! Will there be another swap after this to send our flats out again?

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