That’s right. Last week I adopted a servicemember and I got an Airman. This week my daughter Sofia sent him a fun “letter.” She wrote him a message—spread out over 19 postcards! We’re calling it a Postcard Scramble. As you’ll see, it’s pretty easy.
Postcard Scramble
- Write your message on a piece of paper. This way you know how many postcards you need.
- Write one word of your message on each postcard.
- Above each word, identify where it falls within the message. So “Dear” was 1 of 19. His name was 2 of 19 and so on.
- Address and add postage—35¢ for postcards.
- We shuffled them and mailed in batches of 4 or 5 over a few days because we’re hoping to make more than one mail call.
Here they are after she finished writing (and before I added his info). On two of the cards she put more than one word because, “they are important.” Can you solve the scramble?
Sofia’s Message
Dear Drew*
My mom adopted you so that kinda makes you my big brother 🙂 Thank you for your service. ❤ Sofia
Originally she didn’t want to add the number system (1 of 19 etc) but, there’s a fine line between fun and annoying. Plus I wanted to make sure the right message came across: that we care that he’s out there and that we are grateful for all he’s doing.
*name changed for privacy
© Gina left the mall, 2015
