My etsy craft team is throwing the local versionof the international Etsy craft party, which happens next Friday. (If you’re local and like crafty stuff, join us!)
One of the planned activities is making greeting cards for children in the hospital. They did say to NOT put “Get well soon” on the cards…
So what would you do for a card for a kid in the hospital?
I guess no one has any ideas?
Corny (to us!) jokes, especially if you make lift the flap for the answer.
Something they could color or dot-to-dot
Sparkles, feathers etc.
“Just because you’re in the hospital…doesn’t mean you can’t have fun!”
Then put lots of silly one liners, knock-knock jokes and that kind of thing.
I’d decorate with princesses, robots, aliens, dinosaurs, ponies, fairies and lots and lots of detachable stickers- assuming you don’t want to rip-off off the big trademarked brands.
Bubbles are good for little kids- maybe decorated bottles of bubbles?
Nothing edible (allergies), messy or fragile.
A Superhero themed card for a “Super Brave Kid”-wearable badge included would be cool.
If you don’t want to put “Get Well Soon” You could try:
“Thinking of You”
“Hope you have a Great day”
“Super Star!”
“You’re Special”
“Good Wishes”
“Hugs”
I love this idea. I think I’m gonna make a bunch of different badge shapes to take to the party.
Why say anything about their illness? They are kids that want to have normal lives. Give them cards with silly jokes.
[I take no credit for any of these jokes.]
In the winter my dog wears his coat, but in the summer he wears his coat and pants.
England doesn’t have a kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.
I like to reminisce with people I don’t even know.
What’s another word for Thesaurus?
When I have a kid, I want to buy one of those strollers for twins. Then put the kid in and run around, looking frantic.
I replaced the headlights on my car with strobe lights. Now it looks like I’m the only one moving.
I put my air conditioner in backwards. It got cold outside. The weatherman on TV was confused. He said, “It was supposed to be hot today.”
I saw a sign at a gas station. It said ‘help wanted’. There was another sign below it that said ‘self service’. So I hired myself. Then I made myself the boss. I gave myself a raise. I paid myself. Then I quit.
I like to fill my bathtub up with water, then turn the shower on and act like I’m in a submarine that’s just been hit.
I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for the evening in two minutes.
I went to this fancy French restaurant called Deja-Vu. The headwaiter said, “Don’t I know you?”
Yesterday I went for a walk and my brother asked me how long I’d be gone. I said, “The entire time.”
My friend plays guitar. He wrote a few songs but he can’t read music so he doesn’t know what they are. Occasionally he’ll be listening to the radio, hear a song, and think to himself, “I think I may have written that.”
I busted a mirror and got seven years of bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.
I planted some birdseed and a bird came up. Now I don’t know what to feed it.
I’m an emotional guy who’s not afraid to show his sensitive side. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I wear my liver on my pant leg.
My aunt gave me a walkie-talkie for my birthday. She says if I’m good, she’ll give me the other one next year.
Yesterday I went to a garage sale. I walked up to the guy in the driveway and said, “So, how much for the garage?” He said, “It’s not for sale.”
If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happen if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?
I Xeroxed my watch. Now I have time to spare.
My friend used to be an airline pilot. He got fired because he kept locking the keys in the plane. They caught him on an 80-foot stepladder with a coat hanger.
I saw a vegetarian wearing a furry coat. So I looked closer. It was made of grass.
My sister dug a hole in my backyard and filled it with water. I thought she meant well.
Hey…did you all hear about the guy who accidentally fell into the upholstery machine? It’s OK, he’s fully recovered.
One of my friends just had a baby. The baby makes lots of noises. I’m recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant.
Last week I went to a friend’s wedding. It was quite emotional. Even the cake was in tiers.
Today I was watching the Daytona 500 and kept thinking that if they left earlier they wouldn’t have to go so fast.
Hey, did you all hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now.
I bought some powdered water. I just don’t know what to add to it.
Hey, did you all hear about the invisible man who married the invisible woman? Yeah, well, the kids were nothing to look at either.
The indecisive rower couldn’t choose either oar.
I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
When I was five years old I was on a merry-go-round. There was a gunshot nearby. The horses stampeded. There I was running down the street on a purple wooden horse.
What do you call cheese that is not yours? Nacho Cheese.
John Deere’s manure spreader is the only equipment the company won’t stand behind.
This new type of broom just came out. It’s sweeping the nation!
I really wasn’t sure about buying the leather shoes, but eventually I was suede.
I’m going to be the negative Nelly and just say that I’m pretty sure kids don’t care about receiving a card while in the hospital. I think people just showing up to see them would serve your purposes better.
I know one little girl who treasured the card she was sent by her classmates. She was so excited to get it, and showed it to everyone.
Paediatric wards often have a “siblings and close family only” visiting rule. For infection control and rather obvious reasons they discourage random adults and lots of children from visiting the sick kids.
These kids don’t get to see their friends, teachers or anyone from their wider community.
Cards are much appreciated.