Fun social distancing cards you’ll want to send friends and family
It’s been tough to stay home and keep away from friends and family for the past many weeks. Lots of people are trying to bridge the socially distant divide by sending more cards and letters, which is a great way of staying in touch! Truly there’s nothing like opening up the mailbox — so often just a portal for bills and circulars that go straight into the recycling — and seeing real mail! Actual mail! Meant for you! And then when that mail is as on point as the cards in this roundup, it’s like a USPS miracle. (Let’s #SaveTheUSPS, while we’re at it.)
So read on to take a tour of some of the fun and funny social distancing greeting card offerings on Etsy, and maybe even stock up on your own collection to send to the people in your life who need a laugh.
The thing about this card from Colossal Sanders is that we laugh because it’s funny but also because of how close that funny is to the truth. We are all bending and stretching ourselves in new ways to get through this. Why not go a step further and greet one another with silly dances this summer?
We’re all starting to crack up a bit, I think, as evidenced by this card from Nervous Breakdown that mashes up Britney Spears and Post Malone in a strange fever-dream version of a plea for human connection. What’s funny is that this is probably not the strangest thing you’ll see today, especially if you watch any of the President’s press conference.
This card from Note Worthy Paper Place is right: The finest, rarest alcohol of the land right now is hand sanitizer. Just think of all the people who threw out their extra hand sanitizer when Marie Kondo told them to last summer! It’s hard not to laugh at the absurdity of it all!
This card from Pop and Paper Shop illustrates what every dog who’s ever worn the For Your Own Good Cone of Shame is thinking. And you know what? The dog is right.
These illustrated postcards from Rhino Parade are bright and fun and will absolutely make whoever is on the receiving end smile.
This postcard from Snarky Pants Studios turns our couches into a hot, nostalgia-inducing destination. The details inside the lettering are perfection!
Having a birthday during all this is no fun, but this punny, sharp-looking card from Spaghetti & Meatballs will make anyone feel a bit better about the … shituation. (High five!)
Get suited up with this birthday card from The Classless, which is suitably salty for the occasion.
Been feeling anxious about all the ways this pandemic is messing up your routine and throwing you into bad habits? This card from Tigerlily and Tundra wants you to know you are OK. Here’s your free pass to be human.
Spread the love — but not the germs — to your fellow ‘90s kids with this Billy Madison quarantine card from Tiny Baker Creations.
Our own Eyedot Creative quarantine card bundle features eight salty takes on social isolation, homeschooling, sourdough bread baking, home haircuts, and more. Let your friends and family know you’re in the shit with them. From a distance!