Rhonda took him on holidays with her to Mexico before sending it to me for Christmas in Australia. A well tanned Flat Stanley is now on his way to Betty in Paraguay and then he will go to Ronda in Florida and then on to others after this.
Here are the photos of what he got up to when he visited us in Oz (click on the image to enlarge). Flat Stanley had a bit of a wild time I have to say.
1. Flat Stanley arrived at the airport and nearly had heat exhaustion after coming from cold Canada. 2. After recovering from his 20 hour flight he was ready to party. We found him on the Christmas Tree waiting for Santa to visit. 3. To make him feel at home we made him a candy snowman 4. We had seafood for Christmas lunch and here he is with an Australian lobster and prawns - it looks like he is judging Australia's next top prawn or deciding on which juicy prawn to eat first. 
We knew that Flat Stanley will get to see lots of beaches in his travels and given Australia is mostly well known for its wildlife, we took Stanley to the Zoo. 1. Here he is meeting two of Australia's native dogs called Dingos (they loved him too). 2. A Cheetah 3. He got very friendly with Australia's biggest bird, the Emu. 4. Flat Stanley climbed a very high ladder so he could get up close to the giraffe and feed him. 5. He also got to feed the white lion through the fence. 6. The Lemurs had the most fun with Stanley. At one stage they tried to jump all over him as they were so excited to see him. 7. Stanley kept calling out to the Koala but it was too shy and would not turn around. 8. There's Flat Stanley just outside the big tiger's cage after feeding him. He had a great time and attracted lots of attention at the Zoo!Thanks Rhonda it was great fun hosting Flat Stanley and I am sure Jamie and the other kids are going to get a surprise when he has finished his travels and they see what he has been doing. I wish I was flat enough to do a world trip like that as well. Let's hope the international postal systems look after him.
Betty let me know when he makes it to you, hopefully in one piece!!
Sunshine, a party, lobster, wildlife?? I am in the mail and will be there soon!!!
ReplyDeleteFound your link... :) YOu really set the standard high and gave Stanley the best of time! He is going to be pretty bored here in Paraguay.... But I´ll try my best to entertain him.
ReplyDeleteWill be checking the mail often!
@ Sarah - I will expect you soon then from the UK...
ReplyDelete@ Betty - oh it was kind of easy thanks to my daughter who was entertaining him at the Zoo. Strangely it was kind of fun which probably says too much about the quality of my life.
Lilly, we hosted a similar Flat friend (it was a Flat Jeff,from the Wiggles) originating from New York, we had great fun with him, and also took him to the zoo, like you. It was really hard for the girls to send him back, LOL
ReplyDeleteDee, how cute - Jeff is my favourite Wiggle I am not ashamed to say. Its a cute idea for kids (and bigger ones too) I have to say.
ReplyDeleteoh how cute is that! never heard of such a thing. your lobster looks sooo good..i missed that this year.
ReplyDeleteDitto Sarah- if i could mail myself your way, I would! What a great time Stanley had!!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to get back to Australia. My only visit was in 2004. My fave places I visited with limited time were Sydney and Hobart. I had some nice experiences in Alice Springs as well.
ReplyDeleteWhoever invented the Flat Stanley lesson plan is a genius.
ReplyDeleteFlat Stanley!!!! At first I thought you were referring to the gentleman with the book at top right....then I realised it was the book. What a great idea and what a wonderful time gave him.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea.
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That's cool! My niece sent me her flat Stanley last year and we had a blast helping her with her project. We live on a horse farm, so we "bought" (made) him his own cowboy outfit to wear home.
ReplyDeleteOh!!! We did Flat Stanley a few years ago... and it was THE best time! I would love for one of mine to do it again.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you participated!
oh, and I agree, unfortunately, about the male/female boss thing too, as much as I don't want to.
We women should be helping each other... no hindering.
Gracie brought over her Flat Stanley project last spring, but the only thing he got to do at our house was swing in the hammock.
ReplyDeleteAfter I retired, the upper grades did sort of a Flat Mrs. Kay and Mr. Art project. They used a photo of us with our luggage and posed in places they went to on vacation with our photo. There was a huge bulletin board at school of all the kids who went to different places around the world or U.S. with Flat us. It was fun to see. I love that journal idea. It's GREAT to teach children about the world.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely idea. I was wondering who Flat Stanley was. He sure had a wonderful time in Australia!
ReplyDeleteSomewhat glad I don’t have to host Flat Stanley. Couldn’t keep up with the standard you set:-))
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea, though!
What a neat idea! And that lobster looks tasty!
ReplyDeleteLilly, you are AWESOME!!!! I almost missed this post, and am so glad I looked back! I haven't been on the computer much over Christmas. You did great by Mr. Stanley, and I'm sure Jamie is just going to be floored!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks again, my friend!
Lilly if Sarah is coming I am coming too. Wonder how much the postage will be...we never did school projects like this when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteMy son has a book called Flat Stanley. Very cute.
ReplyDeleteWe sent Flat Stanley to my girls' great grandma in California. It was a lot of fun to get the journal back. That was one of my favorite projects my kids did.
ReplyDeleteThat's cute. I have a Traveling Sock Monkey. People think it's weird. But I am. He even had his photo taken with Santa last month. Really.
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