Secret Post Office
Write notes for everyone in the house and deliver them without being seen.
- Ages
- 4–11 yrs
- Play
- 20–45 min
- Prep
- 5 min
- Mess
- barely any
- Energy
- calm
- Where
- anywhere
You’ll need
Things you probably have at home.
Optional
- stickers as stampsDon’t have it? Amazon
- scissorsDon’t have it? Amazon
- a box for the mailbox
- tapeDon’t have it? Amazon
How to play
Before you start: Fold sheets of paper into small cards, one per person in the house — including anyone who will not be home until later.
Think of one true, specific thing you like about each person. Specific beats nice.
Write or draw it on their card. Spelling does not matter at all here.
Decorate it and add a sticker as the stamp.
Deliver each one secretly — under a pillow, in a shoe, inside a lunchbox.
Say nothing and wait for them to be found.
What it helps with
Make it different next time
- Make a mailbox from a shoe box and run a house postal service for a week.
- Write one for a neighbor or a grandparent and actually mail it.
Cleanup: None.
Three more like this
- Good for siblings
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