We just started a fun tradition I would like to share with all of you! It’s a Family Time Capsule that we made a couple weeks ago for the first time and had so much fun with it, I think we’ll do it every year!
Here is how we made it:
First, we all went through ALL the pictures we have on our computer of everything we did in 2009. We chose 1 picture that depicts an activity or memory that our family did in that month. This was so fun trying to come up with only 1 picture for the entire month!
Then, I uploaded each picture to Picnik.com and added some text to label the month and activity. Here are our pictures:
I also made a “cover page” with our family picture and a collage of fun pictures that didn’t make the cut, but were still fun memories:
We just printed off all the pictures on our computer so they are easier to roll up and stick in our capsule.
I stacked each paper with the cover on top and stapled the corner to make a book.
The we rolled the book up and tied it off with a ribbon:
Then I went hunting around the house for a good container. Some good ideas were a water bottle or a medicine or vitamin container. I happened to have just used the rest of this hot sauce, so we used this:
I just took of the hot sauce label and printed off my own that just says, “The Dulgarian Family, 2009″ and stuck that to the front of it.
We stuffed our picture book inside and burried it next to the Rosemary bush in our backyard- since that is the only plant that seems not to die in our backyard so I know my kids don’t dig in that dirt!
(It looks really plain, and I would love to have decorated it more, but its going to be buried, in dirt- why even bother making it cute other than for a cute picture on this blog, right?
Next New Years, we will dig it up and make a new one with pictures of 2010. This was just a fun, easy, no cost activity that are family really enjoyed.
Anyone else do a time capsule? Tell me all the details or your tips and ideas- I would love to adapt them to use for our new tradition!
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What a cute idea! I bet it will be so fun for them to dig it up on new years and see all the pictures again!
Great idea!!! Thanks for linking up.
Neat! We hid a time capsule in the walls of our house when we were in the process of building. We also wrote the names of all our family, friends, and favorite Bible verses all through the house on all the 2 x 4s.
I wish I had my family around – the girls are all grown up on their own. I could ask them to email me pics maybe. But I think I would open our capsule up in 5 years or 10 (kind of like my HS reunions). But maybe still make one each year. What a fun idea to keep the history of your family going.
Cute idea! I haven't thought about time capsules since I was a kid and I loved them then! I bet my kids would love them now!
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That is a great idea! And beautiful pictures.
What a fun and creative idea. That would be so much fun
Love it. What a fun idea!
Awesome idea! Nothing better than family and memories
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love this idea!
What a cute idea!
Cute!
Adorable!!! LOVE your blog header!!!
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What a great idea! Thanks for sharing with Made it Monday! Jules
This is such a great idea. May have to do this soon! I've got a sunshine award for you on my blog! Thanks for your great blog!
What a great idea! Our daughter is two, and I can just see her opening up a time capsule of this year on her 18th birthday.
I LOVE this idea! I love the memories in making it. LOVE this project!!!!! So very creative! Thanks for sharing today. Thank you also for linking up to Thrifty Thursday!
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What a fun idea. Thanks for sharing.
I LOVE this idea! It's such a fun way to preserve memories! Thanks for the link!
Another fun idea…
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What a great idea!!!!!! SO cute!
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This is a great idea… I love the pictures. I would have SUCH a hard time narrowing them down… I would need one of those 20 lbs mayonnaise jars.. You know the ones I'm talking about!
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What a super idea… We live in an old house and while redoing a wall we left a bottle with info in it for someone to find later…. Lezlee
If you want to make it a little more colorful next time, you could pour paint inside. I saw something on a TV show where they mixed vinegar and water and rinsed the glass so the paint would have something to stick to, then squirted in 2 or 3 colors of paint and swirled them around inside the bottle. Then you prop it upside down to make sure all the extra paint drips out. You'd never be able to change the colors, but it was really cute.