Who's that, you ask? Well, Flat Leilani is a Hawaiian cousin to Flat Stanley. For those of you who don't know Flat Stanley, I'll explain. Flat Stanley started as a 1964 storybook by Jeff Brown.
In 1995, Schoolteacher Dale Hubert turned it into a project to promote letter writing. Many school teachers particpate in this project and it connects students from schools all around the world. You never know, one day, a Flat Stanley might even show up in your mailbox for a visit!
The idea is for the letter recipient to take Stanley along and document the visit with pictures. Then, mail all of that back to the sender. The students then make a scrapbook journal of where their Flat Stanley went, including the letters and photos.
Since the start of the project, Flat Stanley now has a lot of different relatives and friends.
And so, here she is, Flat Leilani!
Of course, Flat Leilani and I will be so thankful that we'll be sending some omiyage(gifts) to a few random host participants!
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you all decide to invite Flat Leilani to spend some time with you!
This sounds like fun, fun, FUN!!! =D
ReplyDeleteHi Joy;
ReplyDeleteI've had the pleasure of meeting Flat Stanley a few years ago. My niece in Chicago did that project in her school. We even had a picture of Flat Stanley eating with us at Pah Ke's in Kaneohe.
I'll send you my email addy.
Such a nice and fun idea! I will send you my email address :)
ReplyDeleteFlat Leilani is so excited that she is going to visit so many different places and make so many new friends! Thank You to everyone who is inviting her to spend some time with her. She'll be knocking on your mailbox very soon!
ReplyDeleteOk, send her to me. Sounds like fun!
ReplyDeleteSound like fun. Please count me in.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a lot of fun!! Hmmm, I'm debating if I should participate. Not sure If Flat Leilani will see anything but cupcake places (^o*) LOL!
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