Start Your Kids Collecting Stamps
Just about every child loves to collect things. Boys often collect matchbox cars, action figures or rocks, while girls often collect dolls, teaspoons or thimbles - but there are thousands of different things that kids love to collect. So why not help a child collect something that's fun, educational and may increase in value over time? Stamp collecting can grow into a lifetime hobby and it's easy and inexpensive to get them started.
Here are a few ideas to help you get your kids interested in stamp collecting:
Decide together what your children want to collect. Are they more interested in collecting stamps from a certain country or stamps with a particular topic like Boy Scout stamps? Do they like stamps that feature one of the Disney cartoon characters, or maybe stamps that show Princess Diana? Make the decision jointly, with everyone having a say: choose stamps that they will like and will hold their interest.
Help your beginning stamp collectors with the stamp collecting supplies that they'll need. The proper tools will help their stamp collection grow and be something to be proud of. At a minimum, the kids will need at least a few stamps, a pair of stamp tongs, a catalog that pictures stamps so they can be identified, some type of stamp album and/or a stock book, and some glassine envelopes.
Keep their stamp collections going by giving them stamps to add to their collection on a regular basis (or you could let them buy some very inexpensive stamps.) Collect stamps that you receive in the mail and set them aside for the kids. And keep the kids excited about their stamp collections by asking them questions about it, such as did you see the new Boy Scout stamp that just came out? Are you planning on adding it to your collection? Do you need any help organizing your stamps?
Work on the children's stamp collections with them. It's quality time you can spend together and it's an investment for the future - it's not just a financial investment, it's an investment in your childrens' futures.
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Showing posts with label stamps and children. Show all posts
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Monday, January 05, 2009
Adopt a Young Stamp Collector - Sponsor Their Hobby
Wouldn't it benefit stamp collecting as a hobby if we all sponsored a child and helped that young person build a new stamp collection? Wouldn't this practice help to ensure the future of stamp collecting? And what a great way to spend quality time with the child!
It would be easy to do, and very inexpensive. And it would help you, the child and stamp collecting itself.
Steps:
1. Pick a child, everyone knows at least a few!
2. Give stamps to your child. You can give single country stamps, worldwide stamps or topical / thematic stamps, whatever seems most interesting to the child.
Stamp assortments are generally very inexpensive and are perfect for a beginner.
3 Teach the child how to identify the stamps, how to care for the stamps and how to mount them for display. Mounting can be done very inexpensively with hinges and blank notebook paper, or you can go a bit further and use stamp mounts and a beginner's stamp album.
4. Additional stamps can be given to the child on special days such as birthdays or Christmas.
As the child's stamp collection progresses you can give him or her an older stamp catalog (used older catalogs are very inexpensive).
Wouldn't it benefit stamp collecting as a hobby if we all sponsored a child and helped that young person build a new stamp collection? Wouldn't this practice help to ensure the future of stamp collecting? And what a great way to spend quality time with the child!
It would be easy to do, and very inexpensive. And it would help you, the child and stamp collecting itself.
Steps:
1. Pick a child, everyone knows at least a few!
2. Give stamps to your child. You can give single country stamps, worldwide stamps or topical / thematic stamps, whatever seems most interesting to the child.
Stamp assortments are generally very inexpensive and are perfect for a beginner.
3 Teach the child how to identify the stamps, how to care for the stamps and how to mount them for display. Mounting can be done very inexpensively with hinges and blank notebook paper, or you can go a bit further and use stamp mounts and a beginner's stamp album.
4. Additional stamps can be given to the child on special days such as birthdays or Christmas.
As the child's stamp collection progresses you can give him or her an older stamp catalog (used older catalogs are very inexpensive).
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Children and Stamp Collecting
Now that summer is over and the weather is turning toward winter, children (and adults) are usually inside the house for much longer periods of time. Kids of all ages who have a lot of extra time on their hands need to be occupied, and parents who encourage their children to begin a stamp collection often do them a big favor.
Instead of watching tv or playing video games or texting their friends, they could be embarking on the adventure of a lifetime - stamp collecting. Stamps are educational - in a very painless, entertaining way - and they can hold a child's interest for the rest of his or her life. History, geography, foreign languages, nature, and science and technology are all subjects that children can learn about through stamps.
Stamp collecting is a safe hobby for children to engage in and getting them started doesn't need to be expensive at all. Just purchase an inexpensive stamp assortment for them, and watch them learn and enjoy!
Now that summer is over and the weather is turning toward winter, children (and adults) are usually inside the house for much longer periods of time. Kids of all ages who have a lot of extra time on their hands need to be occupied, and parents who encourage their children to begin a stamp collection often do them a big favor.
Instead of watching tv or playing video games or texting their friends, they could be embarking on the adventure of a lifetime - stamp collecting. Stamps are educational - in a very painless, entertaining way - and they can hold a child's interest for the rest of his or her life. History, geography, foreign languages, nature, and science and technology are all subjects that children can learn about through stamps.
Stamp collecting is a safe hobby for children to engage in and getting them started doesn't need to be expensive at all. Just purchase an inexpensive stamp assortment for them, and watch them learn and enjoy!
Monday, August 11, 2008
The Hidden Value of Postage Stamps
Postage stamps can be quite educational without realizing it - kind of like postcards. You (or your child) can learn geography, history and all sorts of interesting tidbits about places and events. If you collect foreign stamps (or postcards) you even pick up some bits of foreign languages along the way. I could probably name the currencies of 50 different countries without even thinking about it because I collect and sell stamps.
Stamp collecting (and postcard collecting) is great for kids because of that - they learn and don't even know that they're learning about things until it's "too late" and they've already learned it.
Stamps and vintage postcards are a gateway to history.
There are different ways to either start a stamp collection - or continue one - that can be very inexpensive. You can buy stamp assortments, available for a lot of different types of stamps, that are often priced at less than a penny per stamp, far below what you would pay for them if you bought them individually. It's a great way to start a new collection or to fill in gaps in an existing collection. And you learn along the way!
Postage stamps can be quite educational without realizing it - kind of like postcards. You (or your child) can learn geography, history and all sorts of interesting tidbits about places and events. If you collect foreign stamps (or postcards) you even pick up some bits of foreign languages along the way. I could probably name the currencies of 50 different countries without even thinking about it because I collect and sell stamps.
Stamp collecting (and postcard collecting) is great for kids because of that - they learn and don't even know that they're learning about things until it's "too late" and they've already learned it.
Stamps and vintage postcards are a gateway to history.
There are different ways to either start a stamp collection - or continue one - that can be very inexpensive. You can buy stamp assortments, available for a lot of different types of stamps, that are often priced at less than a penny per stamp, far below what you would pay for them if you bought them individually. It's a great way to start a new collection or to fill in gaps in an existing collection. And you learn along the way!
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