Our Family Holiday Newsletter

crayola supplies

Color Changeables™ Markers

household supplies

white paper
envelopes

Why

What's news with your family? Send holiday greetings on personalized paper. Watch for the magic!

Steps

1. Tell your friends and family how you have been AND show them your talented art! Create your own holiday stationery and matching envelopes.
2. On plain paper, use Crayola® Changeables™ and your imagination to create holiday symbols and patterns. Design a border around the paper. Decorate one side or show holiday scenes at the top or bottom. Embellish your family name or initials if you like. Leave lots of space for family news.
3. With your Changeables wand, make magical color changes that add interest to your patterns.
4. If you like, draw lines in the center of the paper. Write your family newsletter in poetry or prose. What wonderful things happened this year?
5. Use matching symbols, colors, or patterns to accent your holiday envelopes.

When & Where

"Our children created holiday stationery to write letters to Santa. They took extra care with their writing!"
- Rosalie M., after-school director.

"My kids made note cards, envelopes, and writing paper as gifts for their grandparents!"
- Marlena W., mother of ages 7, 10, and 11.

Interesting Info

John Callcott Horsley, a British painter, designed the first Christmas and New Year's card in 1840. It went on sale in 1843, when 1,000 cards were offered for $1 each.