Bird Stickers

when I was a kid, stickers were a big thing in school.  If we completed our assignments, our teachers would grade our papers and then we were allowed to choose from a collection of stickers.  There were all kinds of stickers to choose from and a lot of the kids had a hard time deciding.  I remember the boy who sat beside me liked vintage fire engines.  Many of the girls chose flowers and though I loved flowers too, I always chose birds. 

I especially liked the stickers which identified the bird in writing.  I even thought it would be nice if the stickers had more information about the bird, like the little cards that could be found in some cereal boxes.  Kids today will have to ask their parents and grandparents about the little cards found in the cereal boxes as that is going back a bit.

I remember asking why the sparrow sticker was larger than the sticker with the robin.    The teacher pointed out that if the stickers were placed on different assignments it would not matter because they were not on the same page and so we would not be comparing them to one another. 

When I asked my father, he suggested that it could be a matter of perspective, (for info on perspective follow the link) perhaps the robin was farther away in the setting so he would naturally look smaller than the sparrow who was close up. 

http://www.kidsfuncorner.com/Perspective-1.htm

Stickers are wonderful friends to put on our back packs and in our notebooks even if they are not awarded for excellent work.  Stickers make assignments more interesting. 

I had a scaled down replica of a steamer trunk when I was a kid, (A replica is a copy of the real item from history).  It was small, the perfect size for a kid.   Instead of the White Star Line  and Canard Line stickers that were placed on traveller’s trunks in olden days,  I put bird stickers from lands I had imagined I had gone to visit. 

https://www.google.ca/search?q=White+Star+Line+and+Cunard+Line+stickers&sa=X&biw=1366&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0CDIQsARqFQoTCM_1s9izisYCFQYHkgodM7sA9Q

No matter where you put stickers, they make life interesting and they can make notes and kid’s hideaways fun places to visit. 

Of all the stickers available, Bird stickers are still my favorite.