Animals on Parade notecards from Sukie

As parents will know, it's a losing game trying to get lengthy thank-you letters out of small children: their attention spans simply aren't up to it.

That's one reason why I like these animal notecards from local-to-me (but stocked worldwide) UK company Sukie.

There's room for a single sentiment, scrawled in toddler-sized letters, and no more. The word 'thank you', 'hello' or even 'sorry' will be admirably conveyed, and the attractiveness of the card and the accompanying stickers and envelopes will quite make up for the brevity of the message.

Only thing is... do you ever think some paper sets are too nice to use?