Postcards home is a Victorian way of sending home the plants and items that Victorians would find when on holiday around the country. It is quite simply a collage of your journey or adventure through the countryside, park or remote Amazonian rainforest showcasing the latest ‘finds’.
Take a piece of scrap cardboard about the size of a postcard and stick a line of double sided tape (or sticky tape rolled over) down the middle of the cardboard.
Then go on your adventure, around the house, garden, street or park. collecting and sticking your found items to the tape. Please remember to respect the environment and try to only stick things that are abundant or already fallen from plants or trees. Certainly don’t stick anything live to the tape, like insects etc. It might be worth taking a ‘sample’ pot with you just in case you little ones want to stick a worm to it. use the sample pot instead (egg boxes work well).
once you have collected your specimens, you can go home and look up the types of plants (leaf snap and plant ID are good ones). Or post to a friend or family member with a letter all about your adventure.
Have fun!
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