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Postal Service offers North Pole postmark through Dec. 10
Cards and letters must have correct postage and be addressed
November 08, 2011
NORTH POLE, AK – Once again this year, the U.S. Postal Service is offering North Pole postmarks on holiday mail.
To receive the North Pole postmark on your holiday cards, you should:
- Purchase stamps at any post office.
- Affix the stamps to envelopes of your choice.
- Address the sealed envelopes, with the cards enclosed, to those on your mailing list.
- Mail them in a larger envelope, box, Priority Mail or Express Mail package to:
NORTH POLE HOLIDAY CANCELLATION
POSTMASTER
4141 POSTMARK DR
ANCHORAGE AK 99530-9998
Requests must be received in Anchorage by Dec. 10 in order to ensure delivery by Christmas. The Postal Service receives hundreds of thousands of requests each year for North Pole postmarks from around the world. The service is provided at no cost. Each card or letter must have the correct amount of postage and be addressed.
Many communities around the country have local programs set up to respond to letters to Santa Claus. In North Pole Alaska, requests may be sent to – 1 Santa Claus Lane, North Pole AK 99705-9901. Check with your local post office or call 1-800-ASK-USPS.
Halloween brings out the crafty in me. I love anything with skulls and monsters. I created this green Ogre-like monster wall hanging using felt mostly. It is hanging on my front door, greeting guests with a sweet and scary welcome. For more Halloween click HERE.
The little ladies are really looking forward to the Oogie Loves Big Balloon Adventure Movie so in preparation for it opening today we made some Oogie Loves crafts. I mean because it takes place in Lovely Loveville and Lovely Lula is loving that! Also, the site is filled with printables, games, coloring pages.
Inspired by Schluufy who is a fluffy hugger we created a soft cute pillow out of felt.
Inspired by Zoozie who is Sparkelicious! We printed the masks off the site and sparkled them up!
We also created our own Windy Window.
The Smallest one in the house just celebrated her 3rd birthday and for this occasion I worked with a theme of Nemo-esque meets gold fish. We had a lot of fun at the party and having a fish/water theme inside offered a cooling feeling for these 115 degree days we are suffering in Phoenix right now. Here are some highlights:
The Invitation
The Cake
Close Up Of The Cake
Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
Gold Fish Crackers In A Bucket
The Favors
V-8 Fruit Flavor Juice Fish Shaped Ice Cubes
Blue Tropical Punch with Fish Cubes
Punch Served with Orange and White Paper Straw
The Birthday Girl
This summer we are having summer camp at home each week has a different theme filled with activities, crafts, food and field trips related to the theme: Here is the LINK to previous weeks.
For week eleven we had Tropical / Sea Life Week. We also went on a field trip to see the movie Sharks Tail.
Here are some of the highlights from Tropical / Sea Life Week:
Tropical Pancakes
Tropical Luau Dress-Up
Tropical Breakfast
Deep Sea Fishing in the a Backyard Bucket
Homemade Sock Octopus
Tropical Breakfast
Surfing Fort
Tropical Temporary Tattoos
Trip to the Aquarium
Trip to the Aquarium – Looking at Star Fish
Waffle Octopus and Blue Yogurt
Homemade Tropical Fruit Snacks
Trip to the Tropical Big Surf Water Park – Water Slide
Trip to the Tropical Big Surf Water Park – In Front of the Wave Pool
This summer we are having summer camp at home each week has a different theme filled with activities, crafts, food and field trips related to the theme: Here is the LINK to previous weeks.
For week ten we had Animals and Insects Week. We also went on a field trip to see the movie Charlotte’s Web at the Studio Movie Grill where lunch was served during the film, a real treat for the little ladies.
Here are some highlights from Animals and Insects Week:
Homemade Animal Shaped Pizza cut from cookie cutters
Homemade Stuff Animals – Pink Snakes
Flamengo Observation
Butterfly Sandwiches
Fantasy Foam House for Toy Frogs
A Buggy Breakfast
Field Trip to the zoo – observing a Rhino
Field Trip to the zoo - Carousel
Field Trip to the zoo – Photo Booth
Green Grape Caterpillars
Strawberry Ladybugs
Animal Match Game
Monkey Taco Pocket
Snail Cinnamon Rolls
Post Cards to Gramma and Grampa’s
Bumble Bee Marshmallow Pops
Field Trip to the Peacock Park
Peacock Feather Body Paint
Animal Temporary Tattoos
Chocolate Animal Sandwich Cookies
This summer we are having summer camp at home each week has a different theme filled with activities, crafts, food and field trips related to the theme: Here is the LINK to previous weeks.
For week nine we had Winter Week – here are some of the highlights. We also went on a field trip to see the movie Ice Age: Continental Drift.
Winter Play for Toys
Indoor ‘Ice’ Fort (plastic table cloths and packing foam)
Snowman Sandwich
Fake Science Experiment Snow
Homemade comfort food Pot Pie with a Snow Scene drawn on top
Sledding down a grassy hill at the park
Sledding down a grassy hill at the park
Bagel Snowman
Frozen Hot Cocoa
Field Trip to the Ice Skating Rink
Field Trip to the Ice Skating Rink
Pancake Snowman on a Bacon Snowboard, served with a side of Snow Yogurt
Field Trip to Snow Day at the Zoo
Field Trip to Snow Day at the Zoo
Field Trip to Snow Day at the Zoo – The Animals Got To Play in Snow Too!
This summer we are having summer camp at home each week has a different theme filled with activities, crafts, food and field trips related to the theme: Here is the LINK to previous weeks.
For week eight we had Fairy and Princess Week – here are some of the highlights.
We also went on a field trip to see the Disney Pixar Princess movie Brave.
Handcrafted Fairies
Fairy Tree House
Fairy Garden
Princess Play
Fairy Houses
Tea Party Game
Princess Tea Party
Homemade Princess Tea Cakes
Princess Bakers
Meat and Cheese Magic Wands
Yogurt Sprinkled with Fairy Dust
Fairy Wing Waffles on a Fairy Dollar Store Plate
Fairy Wing Fruit Slices
Princess Tea Cup Ice Cream Treat
Princess Napkins
Fairy Face Paint
Fairy Swan Face Paint
This summer we are having summer camp at home each week has a different theme filled with activities, crafts, food and field trips related to the theme: Here is the LINK to previous weeks.
For weeks six and seven we went for actual camping in Forest Lakes, Arizona in the Sitgreaves National Forest on the Mogollon Rim which is part of the White Mountains. This is part three, outings we went on. For our cooking highlights and games we played visit the previous posts HERE.
Here are some OUTINGS and RECREATION highlights
Nature Treasure Hunts
Insect Collecting
Butterfly Netting
Visit to the Creek
Visit to the Fish Hatchery
Fish at the Fish Hatchery
Hunting for Walking Sticks
Feeding Ducks at the Lake
Fishing
Nature Walks
Visit to the Nature Center
Bird Watching
A Visit with Smokey The Bear
This summer we are having summer camp at home each week has a different theme filled with activities, crafts, food and field trips related to the theme: Here is the LINK to previous weeks.
For weeks six and seven we went for actual camping in Forest Lakes, Arizona in the Sitgreaves National Forest on the Mogollon Rim which is part of the White Mountains. We went for 14 days, the national forest camping limit and wished we could have stayed longer. Once the tents are up why go home and have take them down? We didn’t want to head home to the heat of Phoenix but we had a great time while were were there.I am going to to several posts to get in all our fabulousness. This first post is how we cooked without being able to build a fire, since wildfires were blazing around the region and all wood and charcoal fires were banned.
Here are some COOKING highlights
Propane Fire because wood is not allowed
Egg Omelet in a Bag - boiled in a big pot of water
Dutch Oven Cinnamon Rolls
Propane Oven Biscuits
Dutch Oven Chicken and Dumplings
Iron Hobo Pie Taco Pocket
S'Mores
