Children can travel all around the world from the comfort of classroom or home with our printable postcards. Just print, colour (if appropriate), write, cut out and stick. It's a great little activity for a creative writing class, for teaching children how to write a postcard, or for a country study.
Postcard Collections
For each of the country / city listed below we have a collection of postcards - colouring or otherwise - to choose from.
Postcards from All Around the World
Explore the world with this ever-growing collecton of postcards!
Here's one of our printable postcards for kids to use, illustrated with the Angel of the North. Colour (if you choose the black and white version), fill in the back, then cut out. Fold along the line with the printed side out and glue the sides together. All ready to post!
Wish you were here? I certainly wish I was on that lovely beach in Antigua and Barbuda! Can the children imagine they are staying there and write a postcard for someone back home?
Can the kids draw a picture of something they might see in Antigua and Barbuda, then describe what it's like to stay there for someone back home?
This fun postcard from Australia activity involves writing and drawing! Can the children design their own postcard from Australia and write it too?
Print and cut out this postcard from the Bahamas, then fold in half and stick together. Now you have a postcard from the Bahamas, can you pretend you're on holiday there and write the postcard for a friend back home?
Create your own postcard from the Bahamas with this fun worksheet! There's space to draw a picture, and lots of room to write about the things you might see and do there...
Ask the kids to use their imagination to pretend they are visiting Bangladesh and writing this postcard to send back home.
Help the kids to learn about different countries around the world with our fun postcard templates. Can the kids imagine they are visiting Bangladesh and write a postcard to a friend back home, and draw a picture on the blank side?
What a beautiful beach! Can you imagine you are staying on Barbados and write about what else there is to do there for a friend back home?
Design your own picture postcard from Barbados with this fun printable, then write some information about Barbados on the other side.
Send a postcard from Belize to one of your friends, telling them all about the country and what there is to see and do there...
Print and cut out this postcard, then fold in half and stick together. Then imagine you are on holiday in Belize, and draw a picture on the blank side and write some information on the other.
Can the kids imagine they are visiting Botswana and write a postcard to a friend back home? The beautiful picture on this postcard is bound to provide some inspiration!
Here's a fun activity to try as part of your studies on Botswana. Can the kids write a postcard to send to someone back home, and draw a picture in the space provided too?
The beautiful Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque features on this postcard from Brunei. Can the children imagine they're visiting Brunei, and write about the other landmarks they might see and activities they might do?
Create your own postcard from Brunei with this fun printable. Draw a picture of something you might see there on the blank side, then write about the landmarks, food and activities...
Imagine you are visiting Cameroon, and write a postcard to a friend back home telling them all about it! You can use the picture for inspiration.
What do you think you might see in Cameroon? You can draw a picture on this postcard and write a description too...
This printable postcard of Canterbury Cathedral is a fun writing project for kids - but of course you could also put it in the post if you wanted to! Print, cut out, fold and glue together.
Nearly 2 million tourists a year visit Christ the Redeemer. Can you pretend you're one of them and write a postcard to send back home? You can colour in the picture too.
Here's one of our fun printable postcards for Clifton Suspension Bridge. Choose from colour or black and white. It makes a fun little writing project for the classroom - or a postcard you can actually post, if you like!
Cyprus is a popular tourist destination, visited by around 3 million tourists every year! Imagine you are one of these tourists and write this postcard to send to a friend back home.
What would it be like to visit The Gambia? Try and describe the sights, smells and sounds and the activities you might do on this postcard!
Draw your own picture on this postcard from The Gambia, then write about some of the things you might see and do there!
Ask the kids to do a little research about the landmarks, things to do and typical food in Ghana, then write them on this postcard.
Draw a picture of something you might see in Ghana on this postcard, then write some information about the country too using the lines on the back.
Here's a fun little writing project for Shakespeare Week: write a postcard pretending that you had just visited a production of one of Shakespeare's plays in the original Globe Theatre! Of course you can also use the postcard to describe a visit to the modern Globe!
This little activity encourages writing and gives the children a chance to practise addressing a postcard. The kids can pretend they are in Grenada - perhaps having done some research first.
Colour in the picture of romantic Gretna Green on this postcard, then write something on the other side. You can practise writing an address too, or you could buy a stamp and send it for real!
Here's one of our printable postcards featuring HMS Victory - a fun addition to a project on Admiral Lord Nelson, perhaps? Or why not send the postcard in the mail after a visit to the museum ship in Portsmouth?
This stunning postcard features a photograph of Mount Kilimanjaro, but can the kids describe some other landmarks and places can you see in Kenya, along with activities you might do or food you might eat?
Kenya is famous for safari adventures and amazing wild animals - something to draw and write about on this postcard perhaps?
Imagine you've gone on a trip to Lesotho - can you write a postcard to a friend back home telling them all about it? Simply cut out the postcard, fold in half and stick together, then write all about the sights, sounds and activities...
This fun postcard activity might require a little research from the kids. Can they imagine they are staying in Lesotho, and write a postcard back home? They can draw a picture too...
Can the children imagine they are visiting Malawi and write a postcard for someone back home? They need to think about the activities they might do there - a safari perhaps?
Make your own postcard from Malawi! Cut out the postcard template, fold in half and stick together, then draw your own picture and write about what it would be like staying there.
Mauritius looks like a lovely place to visit! Can the children pretend they are staying there and write a postcard to someone back home telling them all about it?
Draw your own picture on this postcard of Mauritius (with some nice palm trees, perhaps?), and write about what it might be like there too, with this fun postcard template.
Ask the kids to imagine they're visiting Mozambique and are writing a postcard to send to someone back home. They can use the image on the postcard for inspiration!
Do a little research on Mozambique, then write a postcard telling someone all about this beautiful country. There's space to draw your own picture, too...
The weather certainly looks good on this postcard of Namibia! How else would you describe a visit to this country for somebody back home? Write a postcard to tell them about it...
This fun postcard activity asks the kids to imagine they are visiting Nambia, and to write all about their visit for a friend back home. Can they draw a picture of something they might see there too?
Colour in the lovely illustration on the front of this beautiful rainforest postcard, then write an address and message on the back.
Print our Stonehenge postcard, choosing from black and white or colour. Cut along the outline, fold and glue in half, and you are ready to write!
We've provided a stunning photograph of Wales on this printable postcard template, so you just need to write the content of the postcard and the address (don't forget the stamp!)...
This fun printable has everything you need to create your own postcard from Wales. There's space for a picture, writing, an address and of course the stamp!