Pen Pals for our Kids (ages 8 to 13)

My son will be 8 in November, but is really interested in penpaling ...would it be ok if he joined, I assure you Ill help him along the way! Thanks!

@SamitySam Yeah go ahead and join, like i said i don't want to be really strict with the ages.

I have 3 children, but my daughter, Annika, is most interested in letter writing and actually getting a reply! She will be 8 years old in July, and is currently in 2nd grade. Her class is currently writitng letters to family, but she hasn't gotten a reply yet.
She writes very well and clearly, and is very interested.

What a great idea for a swap zencupcake! I only have a fur child and his writing isn't all that great so I am gonna have to skip this one! LOL Good luck!!!

I have to agree - @zencupcake this is a great idea, and my SD will have a lot of fun with this! My only minimal concern is if a 13 y.o. gets paired up with a 7 or 8 y.o. That is a HUGE age difference in kid years. Either way - lol still love the idea!!

I'm joining for my little brother, Nick. He's 10. I hope it's okay that I join for him. He always loves to read the penpal letters I receive, so I think this would be perfect for him.

My daughter is 9 and her name is Rayle.

@APlusAmigurumi yes it's fine to join for your lil bro

My son is 10 (Samuel) and my daughter is 8 (Maggie). They would both love a pen pal. Thanks

My daughter is 10 and her name is Masa.

My sister is 13 & interested in mail art and letter writing. This seems like a great swap but I agree with VallesAvaIlonis 8 year olds and 13 year olds are DRASTICALLY different.

I know this may be confusing and it makes rating hard - but if everyone gives zencupcake your child's name and age - she can pair up the kids according to age after the partners are assigned (or even before). That way people can sign-up more than one child, too.

I did this once before with a round-robin swap. It was tricky a first - but eventually worked out. You may end up having to rate someone else - but you can contact the person who actually got a letter from that person and rate them as they would have. For the people you actually get letters from you can add comments on the users page. We could also all let zencupcake know when we have received our letters and she could also keep a running list of letters received here and we can all check here to see how to rate the others.

I am probably making this way too complicated. But I thought I would offer the suggestion.

I am signing up for my son, Jackson, who is 11.

I will help you with re-assigning partners if you want...

Another thought (and perhaps easier) is to split this into 2 swaps Ages 8-10 and 11-13. That way people can sign up a kid in each swap and the age range is smaller.

@jj9jj That was what I had in mind ( pairing up kids of similar ages). I will also try to pair up people with two kids with each other so that should take care of that issue.

@jj9jj also thank you for the offer to help. very kind! I'll let you know if I need it.

The problem is that Swapbot doesn't give you any say in the pairing. But I am sure everyone will go along with whatever you do.

ahhh well I can work out the issue with to make sure all kids get a letter

thank you zencupcake for putting this together!
My son, Nicholas, is 12 and my daughter, Hannah, is 8. I have a little blurb about them on my profile. They'll be the most excited!

I have two daughter that would love to write to someone close to their ages-Fatima is 13 & Semeeah is 11....we would LOVE international pals (we're in the US).Thanks! :)

If anyone's child would like to send 2 letters instead of 1 please let me know and I will assign them to one of the extra kids from the partners with 2, keep in mind you will not get an extra rating out of this but hopefully everyone writes back so they will get another pen pal out of the deal!

My daughter is really excited about this swap and hopes to be paired up with someone around the same age. She is 11 y.o., is very creative and loves to visit new places, writing and candy. Thanks for hosting the swap Zencupcake!

Oops! Forgot to mention that my daughter's name is Hannah! Tx!

my daugther is 11yrs old and she's been looking for penpals for a long time my daughter's name is Rebecca

hi, my eldest son Naim is 8. he loves writing & drawing. he loves getting letters. we're in Malaysia.

Hi, both my girls would love to have penpals - Isabella is 9 (born '01) and Anastasia is 10 (born '99).

Maybe everyone w/2 participating kids could have one child receive and the other child send, depending on a bit of luck it might work in regards to pairing up kids of similar age - and both would get to write - this should be likely to work, if we're paired up with different sent-to and receive-from partners and we PM each other before going ahead and have the kids write the letters.

joining for my daughter Bianca age 10...she cannot wait to write and send a little something to her new penpal!

Jessi is actually my SIL not my daughter, but she would love to have a new penpal. She is 8.

My 2 daughters would love to have extra pen pals if there are some left out.Fatima-13,Semeeah-11.I think my 11 year old would do good with a 10 year old b/c of her writing skills.Thanks!

Joining for my Daughter Alex who is 11 in december

My daughter is 11 and her name is Kiona

Kiona wrote her letter and it was dropped off at the box on the corner...

I am so sorry that I am late at giving this information about my daughter Breanna- she is 12 and loves music and hanging out with her friends. She has been wanting a pen pal for so long:)

hi my name is fatim i am 9 years old i love music dancing siging and reading.so i am mulime

I am 13, i made an account for my mom. My mom email is on the account and my email is XxMissCcxX@yahoo.com. My address is the account. I want a pen pal my age and close and that lives close to where I live. I do not mind age however I would like to lnow the age ofthe person I am talking to swap me with as many people as you want, I want a lot of pen pals. I enjoy many things.. guinea pigs, politics, babies, and other things. I want a life long friend. Please match me up soon.. E mail me and my mom to who I could talk to and I get to writing a letter asap! :)