This is SO COOL!  I'm very excited to share this with you!

If your family hopes to get in-touch with a hot-air-balloon pilot in a unique, fun way . . . well, here it is!    

http://www.flatstainley.com



In summation, YOU MAKE your own Flat Stanley (see above); then, you send it to someone special, in this case a hot air balloon pilot, and he/she sends it back to you with information you requested and a photo.   Your Flat Stanley can travel all over the world and bring interesting artifacts back to you.    Consider using this as your first project for your Flat Stanley.

Below are the papers you can use to get started:

Here, Flat Stanley is hailing a cab.  See, you can do ANYTHING with your Flat Stanley.   It would make a VERY CUTE scrapbook to make with your kiddos!  Take him everywhere you go  

Gosh, Flat Stanley gets a lot of royal treatment!

Don't forget to floss, Stanley!

Stanley often wears a tie to make a good first impression.  Wise move, Stanmeister!   (you never know who you might meet!)   Stanley is a networking fiend, let me tell you!!!    

For the girls & ladies, you might prefer to send a female-version of Stanley, but ladies rarely like being seen as "flat."    (ha, ha, I made a funny!     )   But if you prefer, go for it!   You might make sure she is dressed appropriately.   Then again, she might prefer to wear a bikini . . . it's none of my business, huh?!    

Name Idea:   Flat Stavita!

Aw, Flat Stanley is a good guardian angel for the little ones:



Here's a template for ya:

TIP!   Leave a Flat Stanley in each of your cars AND a disposable camera, at least.   Flat Stanley likes to sleep in a bed of manilla folder . . . keeps him nice and flat!