15 Time Capsule Ideas To Do With Your Family
Time capsules are a great way to capture a moment in your life and save mementos from that season of your life for later.
Time capsules are an excellent way to remember the past, but also remind you of what things were important to you back then.
While a graduation cap might help you remember what it was like to be at graduation, a photo from the day will remind you of the friends you made, or the cute dress you bought for the occasion.
If you are looking for a few excellent time capsule ideas, we’ve got you covered!
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HOW TO CREATE A TIME CAPSULE
If it is your first time making a time capsule, then you may be a little unsure about where to start. Here are the basics for creating your time capsule!
1 | Choose a container: Make sure to choose something sturdy and right for the environment that you plan on storing it in. Also, consider size when selecting your time capsule container.
2 | Decide where to store your time capsule.
3 | Put your items in your time capsule
4 | Decorate your time capsule.
5 | Add an “open on date” to your time capsule.
WHAT TO PUT IN A TIME CAPSULE?
You may be stuck on what things to put in a time capsule. This is one of the main reasons many of us never make one!
If you have never done a time capsule before, here are few ideas of what to put in your time capsule:
- Newspaper clippings
- Photos
- Art projects
- Video recording or DVD
- Ticket stubs
- School projects or essays
- Menus (cookbooks or favorite recipes)
- Popular toys
- Special notes
- Fashionable rends from that year
- Tour of your home
- Something specific to that year
- Goals or things that you accomplished that year
You want to put things in your time capsule that you’ll be able to remember when you open it next.
If you are worried you might forget the significance of an item, write a note to go along with it!
TIME CAPSULE IDEAS
Creating a theme for your time capsule is a great way to avoid just putting random things in a box or container for you to look at later.
You can do them regularly for each year, or use them for a specific moment in time that covers a special occasion.
Here are some ideas for themed time capsule ideas:
- Baby time capsule
- Baby shower time capsule
- Christmas time capsule
- First day of school time capsule
- Back to school time capsule
- Childhood dreams time capsule
- Family reunion time capsule
- Family memory time capsule
- Vacation fun time capsule
- Milestone time capsule
- ‘Favorites’ time capsule
- Goals for the year time capsule
- New house time capsule (this one could be a fun thing to leave behind for the next owners!)
- Time capsule for kids
Time capsules are a great activity to do with your kids or even with your spouse!
No matter what the reason for creating a time capsule is, I hope you get out there and try it!
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