Look! Teddy Bear Passport

Part of our family's preparation for Spring Break travels included getting our son's first passport. He quickly became enthralled with the entire process. "What's it for?" "When do we get stamps?" "Does everyone have one?" All of his questions lead to a great opportunity for discussion about geography and travel as well as leading us to a fun little project...

There was no way we would go anywhere without our son's trusty sidekick, Carmelita, so he felt surely she would need a passport as well.

To create the funny little bear passport, we took some blue construction paper, white sheets of paper, a photo of Carmelita and a yellow colored pencil. After our son drew the eagle on the cover, we had him insert Carmelita's photo with double-sided tape and decorate the inside with various stamps of her travels and stapled the booklet together.

Let's hope Carmelita doesn't lose her "passport" because who knows how we'll get her back home.

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That's the cutest thing I've seen in a while. I'm totally going to file this idea away for when I have young children traveling with their best friends.

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posted by EmmieB on March 24th 2009 at 10:52am
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My Cabbage Patch dolls had a "passport" when I was little!

posted by bmfree on March 24th 2009 at 12:00pm
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So super cute! And the eagle looks a little like Homer Simpson.

posted by cliodog on March 24th 2009 at 6:13pm
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So amazingly cute!

I wonder if customs agents would feel compelled/ or allowed to give Carmelita a "real" stamp. What a great show and tell her passport would be then.

Please let us know.

posted by clickchick on March 24th 2009 at 9:58pm
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i'm amazed how you turn simple questions into such great little projects!

posted by bbt on March 25th 2009 at 9:22am
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as my sister says "this made my uterus smile".

posted by chusmabilly on March 25th 2009 at 11:04am
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