The long and warm days of summer allow us to spend more time as a family, making priceless memories. To help our busy mamis out, we've put together 10 easy ways to preserve those summer memories. Have a look!
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Make a shadowbox
It can be as big as you want. Our friends at CraftGossip came up with this great and simple idea to take you back to a beach day. Gather some sand from your favorite oceanside and get creative.
A clear jar is also a wonderful place for your memories.
Get some so from your favorite playground or mountain. You can also fill the bottom with tickets to activities, crafts materials or whatever you think can work and has some meaning.
A visual journal could be a fun family project.
Imagine the kids drawing the most special moment of the day or of the week and coloring it together. So much fun!
Anybody can do a scrapbook like this one.
It doesn't require much more than a cute folder, some pouches and a hole puncher.
A picture frame can tell many stories.
You can get a very simple one from a craft or dollar store and decorate it with important objects that you and your family collected during the summer break.
You can have your own sandbar.
Or it can be soil, craft materials or even corks or dry ingredients. What's important is to make a very visual collection of important moments.
Memory boxes are easy to make.
Any box will do. Just make sure the outside of the boxes have a similar design or theme.
Transform your memories into something useful.
You can decoupage photos onto glass tiles and make them into coasters, for example.
Your kids can get warm and fuzzy with your memories together.
Literally, if you decide to turn some of the clothes they wore the most during the school year and the summer break into a quilt. You can also get some of your favorite photos, artwork and even handwriting printed into fabric and add them.
Don't forget about the more traditional way to store photos and other memories.
If all else fails, traditional photo albums or the newer versions of print books work, too. The sky is the limit.
