Home post office
Set up a counter with stamps, scales and prices, then post real letters to family.
Weighing, pricing and neat handwriting all matter when there is a proper queue of customers.
What you need
- Paper and envelopes
- Kitchen scales
- Stickers or paper for stamps
- A shoebox for the postbox
How to do it
- 1
Make a price list: light letters cost less, heavy parcels cost more.
- 2
Draw and cut out a sheet of stamps.
- 3
Write a real letter each to a grandparent or a friend.
- 4
Weigh every letter, work out the price and take payment in coins.
- 5
Walk to the postbox together and post the real ones.
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