Sending an art postcard is fun, affordable, and provides an art break for more than just one person. It’s one of those Win-Win! kind of situations. An art break in the mail can be you creating a postcard and sending it to your Mom, your Dad, a friend, a stranger, Santa Claus, whoever you want. It could also be a tradition you create amongst friends and family to do monthly or annually during a holiday. What if your office had an art postcard making party? That could be so cool. As with most art, the possibilities are endless.

Art Breaks in the Mail Community Art Project Guide

Materials:

Blank Postcards / Many art supply stores, craft stores, and office supply stores have blank postcards for sale. Or, buy some card stock (80-110lb weight) and cut it into postcard sized pieces. If you decide to use card stock, feel free to use our templates for the backs of your postcards (scroll down) if you’d like!

Art Supplies / Crayons, pens, pencils, markers, paint, watercolor / You get to decide! If you are working with a group that may be apprehensive

Postcard Stamps / The prices of these change regularly, but are still a fairly affordable way to spread the art love around the world.

Directions:

Make some art! Of course, this is easier said than done for some folks. So, if your crowd doesn’t feel like diving right in, maybe trying giving them a prompt or using an idea from our Pen and Paper Art Break Ideas here. Either way, remember, it’s about the process of making art, not what it looks like in the end. And, everyone LOVES getting an art postcard in the mail no matter what it looks like. So, tell everyone to flick that judgy troll off their shoulder and dive in!

Want to include an Art Break on the back to keep the Take an Art Break Movement moving?

Here are several ready to use “backs” of postcards that will fit 4 to a standar cardstock paper. Print them, cut them out, take an art break on the blank side, and send them to anyone who needs or wants an art break today!

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Our Art Breaks in the Mail Story

We mailed over 980 art breaks.

Art is Moving has collected loads of amazing artworks at various art making events throughout the years. For several years, Co-founding Directors, Lisa and Lauren, hand cut and glued individual artworks onto postcards and mailed them to our mailing list and to anyone that wanted to GIVE an art break to someone for free!

WHY? For some many reasons, including…

Three Benefits of Viewing Artwork:

1. Viewing art decreases stress levels. Article. Research.
2. Viewing art increases critical thinking skills. Article. Research.
3. Viewing art can help you “see” more. Article. Research.

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