August 12th, 2009
Here’s a great tip if you love to get out and meet new people with your kids or as a whole family.
How many scraps of paper have you had in your purse or wallet with just a first name and a telephone number from cool people you’ve met as a family, either out at the park, at a kids’ birthday party, at church, at a family venue, or even at the mall? And how often do you actually get around to re-connecting with the folks attached to those scraps of paper?
Here’s the perfect solution — Create a family “calling card.”
Include the family member’s names and telephone numbers (if appropriate). Depending on how you plan to use the cards, you may want to omit the family address to avoid sharing too much information. Share the cards with friends and people you meet from church, the park, social outings, and more.
Sites like gotprint.com and vistaprint.com offer very affordable pricing on simple business cards (as little as $6.50 for 100 cards), with a ton of fun templates to choose from.
Family calling cards make it easy to connect for playdates, provides your family’s contact information in a fun way, and helps to keep in touch — especially as school gets underway and your child makes new friends.
Got a creative kid? Why not let them choose the template or design the card from scratch? It’s easier than you think. Let all the family members carry a few cards for meeting new people — be sure to talk to your kids about stranger danger and instruct them to only give cards to people they know and trust, and don’t let kids give their cards to adults or adult strangers.
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