50 Things to put into a letter

There's nothing better than getting create and writing a letter to a friend and I love putting little extras into my letters as a little surprise for when they receive it.

So here is a list of a few ideas you can create to pop into an envelope next time you write to someone.

1. Write a 'mail tag' asking your pen pals questions about themselves
2. A mini quiz on a favourite topic of your pen pal's
3. Write a mini playlist of songs or TV programs 
4. A mini envelope with a little message inside
5. A teabag, coffee sachet or hot chocolate sachet (don't send these internationally)
6. Origami
7. Word puzzles - I personally like to make up my own word searches but I also sometimes put in a page from a puzzle book or a sudoko or occasionally I've printed things like mazes
8. Have a game of noughts and crosses between your pen pal
9. Another pen pals of mine also recently put in a game of 4-in-a-row which was quite fun
10. Colouring in pages. I bought a mini colouring book and that was really good to pop into letters. Sometimes on repetitive patterns I also cut out a smaller section of the page
11. Quotes - either ones you've found online or one you've hand lettered
12. A poem
13. A jazzy paperclip - Pinterest has lots of ideas to make ones yourself with ribbon or washi tap
14. Washi tape samples
15. Samples of some stickers
16. Diary or planner stickers
17. A postcard of where you live or from a recent day out or holiday or one you've made yourself or acquired
18. Photographs for example  this could be of somewhere you live, your pet, a recent holiday snap etc
19. Funky post-it notes or page makers post-its
20. A bookmark - some ideas could be to make an origami bookmark or handmade one yourself or one you've acquired and would like to share with your pen pal
21. A bracelet you've made
22. Write 'top 10 list' such as your top ten books, films, songs etc
23. Random facts
24. A ticket of somewhere you've been recently such as a tourist attraction, the theatre or the cinema
25. A packet of flower seeds (don't send these internationally)
26. A small piece of crochet or knitting such as a small crochet star or flower or reusable cotton pad
27. Something you've made such as a hair scrunchie, lavender pillow, earring, a ring or a piece of weaving (check what you can send internationally)
28. A coaster
29. Cosmetics or toiletries samples like a body lotion packet sample (check what you can send internationally)
30. A comic strip or clip from a newspaper
31. Coins
32. Interesting or unusual stamps or airmail stickers
33. A drawing or doodle
34. A map of where you live or somewhere you've been
35. A sentence story game - you write the first part of a story and fold it over and your pen pal will write the next sentence of the story and fold it over to return to you to continue the game
36. Similar to the sentence story game this one you draw a picture or a person or creature - the first part is to draw the head and neck, then the next person draws the arms and torso, your pen pal returns it to you to draw the waist and knees and finally you return it to your penal to draw the knees and feet
37. A small sweet (don't send these internationally)
38. Paper confetti
39. Gift tags
40. A recipe
41. Letter writing paper and/or and envelope
42. Iron-on patches
43. Magnets
44. Button badges
45. If your pen pals keeps a scrapbook or journal you could send them some bits for their scrapbook or journal
46. Buttons
47. A zine
48. A miniature collage
49. Paint colour sample cards
50. Fold-out origami fortune teller