Today I am so happy to have Lotta Magazine
guest posting with a wonderful project
from their latest issue, Travel!
Lotta Magazine is an Australian print magazine
for 5-10 year old kids that is full of school holiday
activities and is completely ad-free. Each issue is
based around a theme and filled with arts, crafts,
games, handmade toys and more.
This World of Stamps project is just one example of
the brilliant gathering of ideas in each issue. Kids and
adults of all ages will enjoy looking through the stamps
from around the world and the older ones will love sorting
them and putting them in the appropriate countries
on the printable map.
Be sure to scroll down for an exclusive
pricing offer just for Crafty Crow readers!
A World of Stamps
from Lotta Magazine
Things you need:
- Bulk world stamps which can be purchased
from post offices or on eBay
(*note from Cassi - I purchased a beautiful
assortment of stamps from this seller on eBay)
- Envelopes or small zip lock bags
- The template from Lotta’s website
- Printer and A4 cardstock
- Sticky tape
- Glue stick
- Atlas
How to make:
1. Sort your stamps into the countries or continents
they come from and place them into the labelled
envelopes or bags. If you are not sure where some
of the countries are, use an atlas to find out.
2. Download and print out the template onto A4 card.
Use our guide to join the pages together by taping
them on the back. To make it easier to handle, join
the pages that overlap to form countries, but don’t
join up the whole world yet.
3. Using our template as a rough guide, place the
stamps from a continent or country to create its
basic shape.
4. Once you are happy with your design, glue the
stamps into their final position.
5. Now join all your completed sections together
to make the whole world map.
And your done.... we hope you had a lotta fun!
our website to check out our magazines and
other free activities on our blog.
We are very excited to be featured here and to
celebrate, we have a special offer for Crafty Crow
readers around the world. You can buy a single issue
for just AU$15 or both issues for AU$25
by clicking on this special link!
Thank you so much to Lotta Magazine for sharing
this project and I hope you will check out their
website and take advantage of their special offer!
(FYI: as of this posting, the exchange rate is
almost 1:1 for US and AU dollars.)
