Sunday, September 13, 2009

Have you heard of Flat Stanley??

I have to admit that I haven't actually read any of the books but Alex's 3rd grade class did and they made their own flat Stanleys. I think the premise is that something fell on Stanley and made him flat. He was mailed to a friend for a visit. The kids all made their own and then chose someone to send them too. Alex chose to send his to Grandma Susie in Kansas. Alex sent it with a letter requesting that she "show" him around and take a few pictures. Well, Grandma came through BIG! She took lots of pictures and actually put together a scrapbook of her and Stanley's adventures.

Alex was so proud when it arrived back at his class room. Here are a few pictures of Grandma and Stanley.

Alex chose to make his Stanley a "Ninja".

Thank you Grandma!!!







AT THE CAR SHOW
From Flat Stanley








AT ONE OF GRANDMA'S FAVORITE RESTAURANTS
From Flat Stanley








THE KEEPER OF THE PLAINS, WICHITA, KS.
From Flat Stanley








JACK'S CARRYOUT
From Flat Stanley








BOTANICAL GARDENS, WICHITA, KS.
From Flat Stanley








SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOO, WICHITA, KS.
From Flat Stanley








From Flat Stanley








From Flat Stanley








From Flat Stanley








From Flat Stanley

8 comments:

Terra said...

this is adorable! I am going to have my girls do it!!!

nikki said...

omg that is hilarious! Kudos bigtime to Grandma!! Love it!

Becky said...

Hey! I think he's a distant cousin of mine! They used to call me "Flat Becky", but I never got to go on all those fun adventures!

The Bailey Family said...

This is so cool! It looks like Grandma had fun with Flat Stanley! I bet Alex loved the pictures!

Kim H. said...

Okay, Grandma is amazing!

And we've gotten to send Flat Stanley -- and have visits from Flat Stanley! It's a lot of fun and the kids really enjoy reading all about the adventure.

And I think for grown-ups it allows us to release our inner kid at heart! :)

Monday HUGS!!!

Sheri said...

I hope Grandma gets and "A" for the Flat Stanley project. She really did a great job!

When my son did the Flat Stanley project, he sent it to my husband, his step-dad, in Iraq, who had been deployed for a year.

DH did a great job and sent back pictures, a flag that had flown over the base, and some small trinkets.

The local newspaper covered my son opening the package in his classroom with a photo on the front page (which is now hanging in his bedroom).

What a great school project!

Anita said...

What a hoot, we've had several friends send us a "Flat Stanley" and he's been to Disney and the Space Center and all kinds of fun stuff.
Great project, and Grandma did a great job too!

blueviolet said...

I adored that book when I was a child. I have heard of this project before and I think it's absolutely wonderful!