Make a Time Capsule
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Looking for an unusual and memorable gift? Why not preserve a
precious snapshot of your family's history by creating a time capsule for your
child?
It's a great way to commemorate a special time in your child's life like
a first birthday, graduation, or even a new year.
Think of it as a treasure box that preserves a piece of the past. Years from now you
will open the time capsule and glimpse a frozen moment in the life and times of
your child and family.
First, choose a proper container to hold your
precious artifacts. It should be non-biodegradable and provide a cool and dry
environment, like plastic, metal or heavy duty rubber. A kitchen food storage
container or metal cookie or popcorn tins with sturdy well-sealed lids make good
choices. Time capsules are also available online in a variety of styles.
The key to a meaningful time capsule is to make it personal, relevant
and interesting. If you are centering around a specific event like your child's
birthday, focus mainly on things happening on or around that date. Include both
big and small events, from the main headlines of the day to your child's first
words or favorite foods.
A small notebook with facts such as your
child's height, weight, or number of teeth missing will provide interest in
years to come. A keepsake album featuring pictures of your child, family members
and friends will tell a thousand words too. Prescription bottles can hold
baby's first tooth or a lock of hair.
Topics of interest such as fashion
trends and fads, popular movies, books and toys can be cut from newspapers or
magazines. Include a CD of favorite songs or a singing group. Objects of
everyday life such as coins, postage stamps and a grocery receipt showing the
price of milk or bread are popular items to include. A video or audiotape of
your child at their party is a great choice as well.
Much priceless
material for your time capsule can be collected from special people in your
child's life. At your child's party or event, provide colorful note cards for
family members to pen their special thoughts about your child.
Encourage
your older child to add his or her own special objects.
Paraphernalia from favorite sports or hobbies, such as baseball cards and
ribbons won in competitions are wonderful choices. School papers, drawings, and
outlines of hands and feet will make for exciting comparisons when the
capsule is opened.
Younger kids can make a list of "My Favorite Things"
or "Things I'm Good At". Older kids will enjoy writing a "Letter to the Future"
telling what life is like now, current family traditions, their hopes, dreams
and ideas.
Before sealing your time capsule make a document detailing
all the contents. Specify the unsealing date and who should be present when it
is unsealed. Most importantly, write the exact location of the time capsule.
Stow this document in a safe place.
Finally, find a good hiding place
for your time capsule in your house. A little trafficked spot in the attic,
basement, or garage is your best bet. This is preferable to burying it as families often move or forget where it is buried!
It is
exciting to look forward to the opening of your time capsule. Wait as long as
possible to make the effect more dramatic. Even a year will seem an eternity to
children. Whatever you decide, set a date and stick to it.
Your
personally designed time capsule preserves the history, culture, and ideas of
the day, as well as your family's special memories, dreams and aspirations for
the future. Your time capsule will be a truly unique and thoughtful gift that
will be cherished for years to come.
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