Tips to Capture Your Kid’s Childhood Memories As They Grow

Childhood passes in the blink of an eye. Before you know it, your children will be adults themselves, and the time when they were small will seem like a lifetime ago. To capture the beautiful memories that your family will make along the way, and to ensure both you and your children can look back at them whenever you want, here are some actions that you can take.

1.   Take and Store Photographs

The simplest, and yet the most effective, way to capture childhood memories is to take as many photos as you can. Although you might believe that some moments are too small or unimportant to be memorialized, even everyday life now will seem special once they have flown the nest. You should invest in a high-quality camera to do this, though, and you should always back up your files on your computer. However, you should be careful when you are taking so many photos. It is vital you are also living in the moment and enjoying life with your kids, rather than seeing it all through a lens. Once you have taken these photos, you might consider displaying them in photo frames scattered throughout your house or on a photo wall. You could even decide to get them printed on a canvas. This will brighten up your home and put a smile on your face whenever you pass them.

2.   Get a T-Shirt Blanket

As your child outgrows their clothes, you might not always know what to do with them. Although you might believe it is best to donate some, you might also have quite a few treasured clothes stuffed in storage, where they will sit to gather mothballs for years on end. Even though you might hope to pass these onto grandchildren, there is no guarantee that your kids will want them for their own offspring. Instead, you might consider investing in a t-shirt blanket for your kid’s room. This can become a wonderful treasured item for your child, or a possession that will remind you of the all-too-brief time when they were a baby or toddler. This means that you should look around for companies that can design and create a custom made t-shirt quilt for you.

3.   Use Craft Materials

Another option is to use craft materials to capture your fast-growing child’s life as they age and progress. For instance, you might use plaster of Paris or paint to make imprints of your kid’s handprints and footprints and catch a moment in time forever. You might update these every year so that you can see with your own eyes the transformation between baby, toddler, child and teenager.

Do not think that your memories of your child will soon be lost to time. Instead, by following the tips in this list, you will soon be able to place many sentimental and joyous items around your home that can follow and change with your child as they grow into an adult. These items may become even more special to you once your children have left home and have families of their own.