How to Help a Child Make a Time Capsule

Making a time capsule is a great way to preserve memories that your child will love to look back on as he grows older. You can create a memory-filled time capsule that you and your child will treasure.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Plastic food container
• Scissors
• Stickers
• Newspapers

1. Instruct your child to decorate a plastic food container with her favorite stickers, pictures or any other items that interest her.
2. Ask him to pick out his favorite photographs of family, friends and pets. Make copies of the photos and place them in his time capsule.
3. Help your child cut out pictures of her favorite toys or pictures of other favorite items from catalogs. Clip interesting newspaper articles to remind her of the current events going on at the time as well.
4. Make a copy of your child's favorite CD and locate drawings your child has made, stories she has written, old report cards and ticket stubs from sporting events or shows that she's attended.
5. Place all of the items you've gathered in the plastic container, and label the container with your child's name and the date. Tightly seal the container.
6. Hide the time capsule in the basement or in a closet, and decide on a date within the next five, ten or fifteen years when you will open the capsule with your child.