REVIEW – Smilegram Personalized Childrens Stationery

Recently I was invited to check out some childrens stationery, by a company named Smilegram.

ABOUT SMILEGRAM

I was inspired to start smilegram paper by my daughter who has a love for drawing and handwritten notes. As a Mom who always writes handwritten thank you notes and often places short notes in my kids’ backpack or lunch box, I had a clear vision in my head of what children’s stationery should be. I began searching the marketplace unable to find lined children’s stationery and I was determined to create what I felt was desperately missing from the market.
Turning creative thoughts into words is a goal for us at smilegram paper. We hope it can help children be proud of who they are, what they believe in and motivate them to write. Families are faced with the challenge of helping their child learn to write, send a thank you note or complete a school writing assignment. Motivation behind writing can be a challenge but a very important and necessary life skill.
Carey Grund
Founder, smilegram paper

MY THOUGHTS
In this age of email and texting fewer people are actually writing. A couple of years ago when I mentioned my son’s handwriting issues to a neurologist she told me don’t worry about it, everyone will be using computers soon enough anyway”. Needless to say, we never saw her again. Anyway. My oldest son, now 15, has atrocious handwriting. My youngest son has a few problems with fine motor skills and has to really work hard to write. So how do you make writing fun? Well, fun paper is one way.
I received a Color Me Happy Writing Tablet and Funky Fun FlipFlops Stationery. My youngest CJ exclaimed “crayons” when he saw the Color Me Happy Writing Tablet. He didn’t seem to mind practicing writing letters on it, which isn’t always the case. My older son’s girlfriend squealed when she saw the Funky Fun FlipFlops Statinery, as she loves flipflops. I later encountered a little love note on  it, so I know she liked it. Both of these products were of really nice quality, the smooth paper containing colorful images. I liked that the paper is made from recycled materials. I also liked that the stationery could be personalized just for your child.
Smilegram children’s stationery is available for sale on the website, http://www.smilegrampaper.com and is priced at $8.99 to $17.99.
Mom Knows It All readers are being offered a discount of 20% off their entire purchase. Just use discount code: SMILE20 when you check out. The discount code expires 11/15/11.
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The product featured was provided free of cost to me for the sole purpose of product testing and review. This post has not been monetarily compensated and is based on the views and opinions of my family and/or self. Please note that the opinions reflected in this post have not been influenced by the sponsor in any way.