Each year, the Australia Post issues special holiday stamps so Australians can mail greeting cards at a reduced rate. Design an original warm-weather Christmas stamp!
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Find out about Australian Christmas traditions, including special postage rates for holiday greetings. Most Australian Christmas postage stamps deal with religious themes or cultural traditions. Some show events that could only happen in a warm climate at Christmas such as seeing Santa on a surfboard. Try your hand at creating a cool, warm-weather Christmas stamp!
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Use Crayola® Erasable Colored Pencils and your imagination to experiment with ideas that could become a future Australian Christmas postage stamp. What symbols of Australia and warm weather could you include? What colors?
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Draw a stamp-make it big! With Crayola Washable Markers color in your design. How much postage is Australia charging this year at Christmas? Add the price in the corner.
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Use Crayola Scissors to cut out your stamp. Create a fancy edge.
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