Lets have fun looking at these 10 fun nostalgic activities for your kids. In our last blog I gave you a challenge challenge on to you to turn off the TV for one night. Do fun things like they did in the past without a TV. Let’s discuss some nostalgic activities to do with your kids.

I hear it all the time. “The reason to have kids is so you can play with the toys yourself.” It brings back memories. challenge on to you. Turn off the TV for one night. Do fun things like they did in the past without a TV. To learn more ideas of things you can do, stay tuned in for out next blog.

1. Go outside and fly a kite. Make education more fun for your kids, by teaching them while they get to have fun at the same time.

2. Put on boots and jump in puddles. You can go way back in history and put bread sacks over your shoes with rubber bands to hold them on. Who remembers doing that? My grandma always saved old bread sacks just in case we wanted to go outside and did not have our boots with us.

3. Climb a tree. Remember when we used to see who could climb the highest in the tree? Spend time bonding with your child and make a homemade tree house. The tree house is where some of my brother’s best memories come from.

4. Skip stones across a pond. Again, it is a time to see how many skips your rock does. I still think my brother miscounted, even though he always won.

5. Have a picnic outside and make animals out of the clouds in the sky. This is a great activity to stretch your child’s imagination.

6. Sit back and just spend time listening to the rain under a tin roof. Teach your kids how you can tell how far away a thunderstorm is by the number of seconds between a lightening bolt and the thunder crack sound. It is approximate, but the number of seconds between the lightening bolt and thunder, equals how many miles away the storm is.

7. Visit a farm and see the animals. Take a horseback ride. Teach your kids not everything you eat comes from the grocery store.

8. Write a letter to yourself in the future. What do you think the world will look like 10, 20, or 50 years from now?

9. Get out your old toys as a kid and play with your child’s new toy dolls. It is like meshing two generations into one play family.

10. Make a time capsule together, preserving some of our child’s toys. You can also make a family time capsule together. Let each of your children throw in one special toy that they do not play with anymore but want to save. Pick out other items that represent your family.

Recall your old school life or childhood with your friends and siblings, as you play with your old toys of the past. Break out your Rubics cube. Call your friends over and tell them to bring some of their old toys. This could be one fun baby sitting hour with your children, while you go back in time playing with each other. Remember Teddy Ruxpin? What other stuffed bears were popular in your time? Have a Super Soaker squirt gun fight in your yard. You can still find some old Super Soakers on Ebay.

What was your favorite toy of the past? Compare your old baby doll to the newer technology dolls for your child today. I remember when Cabbage Patch kids were popular. Now there are baby dolls that talk, cry, and are very life like. What about the popular time of beanie babies? What is the most popular stuffed animal of today? I am sure it will be worth a fortune years in the future.

Save your old toys in a time capsule, to pass on to your children in the future. You never know how much of a collector’s item these toys will be in the future. You are preserving your child’s college fund when you put these items in a time capsule now.  You can get your own DIY Time Capsule here, to get started today.

So go outside today. What old nostalgic activity would you like to do with your kid today? Comment below.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Marcie

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Well, tomorrow is New Year’s Day. I cannot believe this year has already flown by. Who can relate? How are you celebrating the beginning of 2015? If you are like me, you are already working on writing down your resolutions. When we write things down, it makes us more likely to commit and follow through.

There is so much out there, especially since we have access to the internet now, to help us learn from wise people. Each year, I try to do one thing to make my life better. As you look into 2015, what do you see? How do you plan to make your life count this year? You never know if this year will be your last. Never take life for granted.

We ourselves only have one life, yet how many lives do you think you have influenced for the better? You only have one chance to make you life count. What ever has passed, has passed. However we can use it to grow better or bitter. How do you help others with your past and present life. That is the value of a time capsule. There are many tangible items that help define us and our life story so far. There are also things like a New Year’s resolution list that can help define our future and how we want to live better or make our life count more.

How can you use a time capsule to give back to others with your life story?

None of us know how long or short we will live. So if you could write down everything you have been taught that has helped you each year of your life, how long do you think the list would be? As we grow up, we may not think about the lessons or moments in life that helped us get through the tough times. We may not think about all the specific praise we received or think to write down our exact feelings during a milestone moment in our lives. That is where we are here to help. I know if you are like my family, we grow up so fast and forget these lessons many times in our busy daily life.

Then like others I know, who have had children now, we try to recollect what our parents taught us to help us raise our own children now. Do you remember or know what your mother did to help you fall asleep as a baby? Do you know or remember what your parents did to stay away from peer pressure as a teenager? What other questions do you find yourself saying or thinking (what would my mentor, mom, dad, or friend have done in this same situation in the past)?

Write your resolutions on your own “Message to the Future” letter to include in a time capsule you make for yourself. You can open your time capsule at the end of 2015 or whenever you choose, to see if any of your resolutions were completed. Make your life count and leave tangible, heirloom items in the time capsule to pass on to your children, or other family members in the future when the time capsule is opened. What are things in life that God has entrusted to you that you can use to make your life count? Make sure to take pictures of your gifts and talents in action, so you can look at them years later and reminisce what life was like in 2015. Can you still do these same talents years later? Have you expanded the use of your gifts years later, when you open the time capsule? It is always humbling to see our beginning moments in learning things in life. It helps keep us grateful.

Time is such a precious thing. When our treasures start to diminish, fade away, we start to treat things with more respect. Our perspective in life, for memories, start to change. Keep an attitude of gratitude and that is when we are starting to make our life count. A time capsule helps us remain thankful, especially when we open the time capsule and reflect on what we have had in the past to help shape who we are.

Is your life of great value to you? Don’t hold it all to yourself. Give back and teach the children of the future by filling our a “Message to the Future” letter to put in a time capsule. Pay it forward and teach others what helped you make it through your school days, work life, child rearing, and empty next. Start today and get an “Any Occasion” DIY Time Capsule from www.timecapsule.com. What better way to start your New Year, than with a keepsake that counts.

What is one piece of advice you would put in your time capsule, for children of the future? Comment below.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Marcie

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Announcement: We have a new Time Capsule we are launching. It is called “Any Occasion” DIY Time Capsule.

You asked as customers, and we delivered what you wanted.

It is not just a work of art, but a work of the heart when it comes to creating your own time capsule. It is important that we be a part of history and understand our past, to thrive in the future.  Many times throughout life we all have many milestone moments and we all need a way to capture the tangible items that go with these occasions. Almost everyone seems to have a cell phone now, which is great, but what about the sentimental items we collect when we are at a special event or time in our life?

Where do you store your most important mementos or memorabilia from special occasions?

Be a Part of the Interstellar Time Capsule Movie Movement

With the new movie “Interstellar” out, many people are searching for ideas of things to record to send to people in the future, to describe what life is like on earth right now. What an incredible way to give back to the children of the future. What moments, stories, insight, or videos are you planning on sharing with the world? How do you describe to others where you came from? Contribute to the Intersellar movement with your own video or story today using #TimeCapsule or by visiting http://g.co/TimeCapsule. You can also contribute by creating your own “Any Occasion” DIY Time Capsule. Get yours today from http://www.timecapsule.com/product/milestone-collection-any-occasion-diy-time-capsule/.

Who is the “Any Occasion” DIY Time Capsule For?

This unique time capsule is designed with you or anyone in mind. The sky’s the limit with this product. This DIY Time Capsule is for children and adults of all kinds, families, communities, businesses, organizations, charities, fund raisers, churches, clubs, etc. Anyone with a significant milestone in life can use this time capsule. Celebrate the past, present, and future using your creative juices to make a DIY Time Capsule for any occasion.

Steps to Make an “Any Occasion” DIY Time Capsule

1. Create several snapshot photos of your life or occasion, for future generations.
2. Collect items from everyday life, or print photos from the internet of topics and stories trending. For information stored on digital media (like anything video or audio). Include a means to access to it in the future.
3. Set a retrieval date 10 to 50 years from now.
4. Ask friends and family to help gather significant items for your time capsule.
5. Find a location where the time capsule can be stored. Since the “Any Occasion” DIY Time Capsule is meant to be decorative, you can place it on shelves, fireplace mantles, entertainment centers, or other decorative cabinets. Please do not bury this time capsule. These are not meant to be buried. These unique time capsules are meant to be artistic and a great conversation piece.
6. Register your Time Capsule on our website, and then go on with your daily life trying to forget about the Time Capsule.
7. Years later, open your time capsule at a ceremony. Invite friends and family to come and reminisce with you all over again.

What is so Special about the “Any Occasion” Time Capsule?

You can design your own artwork, logo, or picture to put on the outside of the time capsule using the included sticker sheets. You can also use markers to draw directly on the outside of our time capsule. If you are really in a crafty mood, you can attach different fabrics or material to the outside of the time capsule to truly capture the feeling of your occasion you are celebrating.

The “Any Occasion” Time Capsule comes with everything needed (including an online graphics software program) to create your own DIY photo or artwork to put on the outside of the time capsule. This time capsule is so versitile. Put copies of your own sentimental photos in our online software and create your own scrapbook type layout theme of your occasion. Then print off the photos on the included sticker sheets, to put on the outside of your own DIY time capsule. All you need is your own imagination.

So what occasions in your life would you like to make a time capsule for? Comment below. Share your ideas with others.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

–  Marcie

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A Mother’s Story

She was told that she could not get pregnant. Then we received this phone call at The Original Time Capsule company. Learn why this mother is thankful for Thanksgiving and why she now needs a second Baby Time Capsule. Watch the touching video below, by clicking on this photo.

What are You Thankful For this Thanksgiving?

So what are you doing for Thanksgiving? In a minute I am going to tell you a story about a mother who was very grateful and thankful for life in general. Many times we take things for granted in life. Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on things we are doing and their purpose in our lives, spend time with friends and family, and ultimately slow down as we all gather around a table of food and share memories.

I do not know about you, but the holidays seem to be the only time I can clean out closets in my house. Can you relate? Kids come home to visit you over the holidays, and you may still have their old favorite toys, school  papers, music cd’s, or other nostalgic items in a box in their old bedroom closet or shoved in the garage somewhere. It seems like it became a family tradition for my parents to pull out old family photo albums, and find these boxes hidden like treasures in their house, whenever my brothers and I came home for the holidays. It was always an exciting moment to see what all they found this year, that they have piled up, waiting for us to come home and reminisce, then take it home when we leave, to help clean their house or closet. I think my parents still have my old bike I rode in high-school come to think of it. I will have to ask this Thanksgiving when I go visit them.

So, What Do You Do with Your Old Keepsakes?

Many times it is hard for us to throw things away sometimes. Do you still have your favorite outfit, which no longer fits in a closet, but you for some reason cannot throw away? I know I do. Someday I will lose the weight, and may be able to fit in it again. Can you relate to that excuse?

So as we go throughout our lives, how do we know what to save, give away, or throw away? It is a hard decision for many. That is why our company created the decorative and unique Baby and Wedding Time Capsule. Today we are concentrating on discussing the Baby Time Capsule, and knowing what to keep for your newborn baby. We suggest you keep the important milestone moment photos, and tangible items related to those moments in a time capsule. Keep heirloom mementos you want to pass on to your child when they are an adult.

Items to Include in a Baby Time Capsule

From the Baby’s Day of Birth

__ A local daily newspaper
__ A videotape of the local nightly news
__ A national newspaper (USA Today)
__ A television guide
__ A weekly news magazine (Time, Newsweek)
__ An entertainment magazine (People, US)
__ Special interest magazines (Sports Illustrated)

Throughout Baby’s first year

__ A popular toy or doll (Beanie Babies®, Doll, Truck, Pet Rock, etc.)
__ An extended family tree
__ A floor plan of your home
__ A popular CD or taped radio show (top-10 music hits)
__ Your favorite magazine you read as a new mommy
__ A menu from a favorite restaurant you went to as first time parents
__ Pictures from Baby’s first year (from you as parents, and friends or family)
__ Baby’s first shoes
__ Baby’s first tooth
__ Lock of hair from baby’s first haircut
__ Baby’s and Mom’s I.D. bracelets
__ Baby’s name card
__ New baby cards and letters
__ Baby’s first outfit
__ Baby’s first photo
__ Souvenir birth certificate
__ Sibling drawings or messages

Messages/Letters to the Future®:

__ From Mom
__ From Dad
__ From Grandma
__ From Grandpa
__ From Aunts/Uncles
__ From Friends

For a full list of ideas to put in a time capsule, check out http://www.timecapsule.com/ideas-checklist-what-to-put-in-a-time-capsule/.

So what would you put in your Baby’s Time Capsule? Comment below.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Marcie

www.timecapsule.com

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Growing up in a family with little money, meant making the most out of the few vacations we had. My husband’s family went on several vacations growing up. When we married, it was like bringing two different, beautiful worlds together.
My mission is to inspire people to care about family, bonding moments, preserving memories, and helping you pass on traditions as keepsakes. One way to make memories, is taking family trips together, whether it be close or far.

Take a Vacation to Places your Ancestors Lived

My parents were all about creating “teachable moments.” Growing up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where the Allen County Public Library holds the world’s second largest family-research collection, it is a no wonder why I would encourage the use of time capsules and preserving family. One great “teachable moment” would be to take your kids on a vacation visiting all the places where your ancestors grew up. This would be a great to have lessons on heritage, and taking pride in where you come from as a family. Read our previous blog to help you build a family tree as you visit these vacation spots, at http://www.timecapsule.com/time-capsule/how-to-create-a-family-tree/. This blog will also help you find out where your family ancestors came from, and therefore know where to travel.

Preserve your Souvenirs

While you are driving around preserve your family fun souvenirs you find in a time capsule. What a great way to pass on these road-trip memories to your children’s children. You could even make a game out of it and put together a geocache container to leave as a mini time capsule near one of your past relative’s properties, for others to find and get to know your family. What a great legacy to leave behind. Leave behind your family motto in the time capsule container. Again for more geocaching ideas, check out our blog at http://www.timecapsule.com/creative-baby-ideas/time-capsule-baby-shower-game/.

What to Bring to Enhance your Memory Lane Vacation

• Journal to record your family thoughts and feelings.

• Camera to take pictures to possibly put on your family tree later, put in a scrapbook, or keep in your family time capsule.

• Map and highlighter to mark where your family’s ancestors live and you visited.

• Comfortable walking shoes to take hikes and collect seashells, rocks, postcards, or leaves while on vacation, to keep in your time capsule.

• Extra small containers to save sand in, and bring home.

• Jar or Baby Time Capsule to collect your mementos in as you travel from location to location.

Save your items in the Baby Time Capsule, to give back to your child to open when he or she is older and has children himself or herself. It will be like taking that family vacation all over again as you all gather around the time capsule and reminisce about your ancestors. You can get a Baby Time Capsule at http://www.timecapsule.com/product/babystimecapsule/.

We hope you have fun on your trip, and grow closer as you discover more about where you came from. We also hope this blog was able to give you some creative ideas to help you on your trip. You can also make your family vacations memorable by asking fun questions like these at http://mrdarcycheated.blogspot.com/2013/04/50-questions-for-family-road-trip.html.

What would you put in your time capsule from your ancestors? Comment below.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Marcie
www.timecapsule.com

Note: “Every Summer Has a Story” quote photo taken from http://photoletters.blogspot.com/2013/08/summer-quotes.html

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Time capsules are a great place to illustrate and save our spiritual and inward journey in an outward, physical way. Pass on your faith through a gift that lasts a lifetime. A time capsule can help you chronicle your introduction to faith. You can also store your questions and prayers, and then answers received, in this sacred place of the time capsule.

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Give a Baby Time Capsule as a Baptism or Christening Gift

After a baby dedication or baptism, ministers can give this timeless keepsake in the form of a decorative time capsule to the proud parents. You can get a Baby Time Capsule from http://www.timecapsule.com/product/babystimecapsule/.

The guests at the baptism ceremony can each write a note to the child using the “Message to the Future” letters included. This is a perfect for a Godmother to give away as a gift, let alone a gift from the parents of the child. The baptism of a baby is a joyful celebration, as many family members gather around taking photos. Use the photos as the first sentimental mementos to save in your baby’s time capsule.

Make sure to include a souvenir or item representing something from the religious belief or church. Also make sure to include things like a newspaper from the day of the baptism or christening. This is a timeless gift, for such a memorable milestone moment in your child’s life. Preserve this part of your baby’s history in a time capsule. Then store the decorative Baby Time Capsule in the nursery, or somewhere private for his or her 18th or 21st birthday or any other birthday or special occasion.

When the time capsule is opened, it will be interesting to see what life was like the year you baby was born, how things have changed, and all the nostalgic keepsakes inside which will probably create a few laughs and tears.

Youth Pastors can Use a Time Capsule

Youth pastors can also use a time capsule for lesson about saving yourself for marriage. You could have the youth each write a letter to their future selves about who they want to marry. You could also do a lesson about treasuring their days of youth, and using this time in their life to journal about their changes, challenges, and choices they are going through at this milestone moment of being a teenager.

The youth could do a lesson about putting away their old self, as they are trying to lose weight, get off drugs, learn how to avoid negativity, or bad company they hang around, by writing these things down, then putting them in the time capsule. It would be interesting as an adult, to open the time capsule years later to see how much you have grown or changed for the better as a teenager in youth group. This may be a great activity for a few of us as adults too, now that I think about it.

What one thing do you wish you knew as a teenager, now that you are older? What do you wish your parent’s had warned you about, encouraged you to do, or shared with you as a teenager? Have the parents of the teenagers, write out “Message to the Future” letters to the youth about predictions of where they see their son or daughter in the future, giving advice, or sharing funny stories of hope, encouragement, and life as an adult.

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There are many versatile uses for the time capsule. Just because it says Baby Time Capsule, does not mean you cannot buy it and collect items for your teenager now. I know you have a few spare photos of your teenager when he or she was a baby. Include those baby photos, along with a few mementos from your teenager’s life currently in the Baby Time Capsule.

Your teenager does not need to know when you purchased the time capsule. “It is the thought that counts.” After all, no matter how old your teenager is, they will always be your “baby.”So preserve your teenager’s story today, so he or she can reminisce tomorrow or years into the future. What a great Graduation gift.

What would you put in your child’s time capsule? Comment below.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Marcie
www.timecapsule.com

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The ceremony is about to begin. This will be a special wedding day and none like you have ever seen before. This family has been planning on this, since the high-school sweethearts met. As the introductory music begins, you see them one by one come down the aisle in their flowing bridesmaids dresses.

It is a family affair. It is a milestone moment day, as the girls progress in age and height as each one comes down the aisle, starting with the flower girl (the bride’s niece). Next in this time capsule line of family, comes the bride’s faithful sisters, and then finally her mother carrying the decorative and heirloom Wedding Time Capsule to set up as the center piece at the end of the aisle. Get a decorative Wedding Time Capsule with special paperwork included from http://www.timecapsule.com/product/weddingtimecapsule/.

You see, this wedding time capsule has been passed down from generation to generation as each new son or daughter in the family gets married. There are tears of joy and excitement in the audience, as you can hear a pin drop, because everyone there knows what this wedding time capsule means to the family. The audience members do not know what is more exciting: the kiss at the end of the ceremony, or the filling of the wedding time capsule during the ceremony.

What to Put in the Wedding Time Capsule

During the ceremony, similar to the popular sand vases used, the couple will read their vows to each other, and then put them in the wedding time capsule. Next, they will each share tidbits from their “Message to the Future” letters to each other, and then put them in the wedding time capsule, to be completely read 5, 10, or 20 years from now. What a momentous day that will be. There is a hush over the crowd as you hear the famous wedding march song begin. The bride walks down the aisle glowing. Her eyes catch her fiancé first, and then the infamous wedding time capsule as it sits front and center on a podium where she will share her vows and treasure them for years.

Additional Meaningful Touches to Your Ceremony

Before the wedding starts, you could even have guests sign in, by filling out advice cards or predictions about where they see the couple in the future. You could even have some guests bring in a newspaper, or other items from the day of their marriage, which represent the world at this time. When the fun-filled wedding day is over, make sure to collect other important memorabilia like the decorations, all these guest sign-in cards, and a cd of the music played at their reception, and save it in the wedding time capsule. Then years later, on an anniversary of the couple’s choosing, they could open the wedding time capsule again and relive what life was like the year of their marriage. You could even have some guests bring in a newspaper from the day of their marriage.

What do you wish you would have saved from your wedding day? Comment below.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Marcie
www.timecapsule.com

Note:
Photo of Bridesmaid and two flower girls came from http://www.styleandthebride.co.uk/tag/beautiful-real-weddings/
Photo of Bride and Groom putting letters in the box time capsule taken from http://www.elizabethannedesigns.com/blog/2013/02/19/modern-los-angeles-garden-wedding/wedding-time-capsule-ideas/

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You know I have been married to my husband for 10 years now. Not a week goes by that I don’t discover something new about him or our marriage. When you have your own business, it can be very difficult to get away from your work. You cannot ‘clock out’ in a sense. As an entrepreneur, I really don’t want to ever ‘clock out’ though, because I can get so many inspirational ideas from so many different people and places I go or work.

Marriage takes Work – Date your Spouse

Whether you work from home, are an entrepreneur, or work for someone else, we all need to work on our marriages too. It is difficult to keep giving energy, ideas, and encouragement to others if you are not being given to yourself also. So, one day I was thinking about how to use our own Wedding Time Capsule in a more creative way to give back to each other as husband and wife. The time capsule is a unique gift in of itself, so what is a different way to use it after it has been opened and you have reminisced over the memorabilia you have saved in it for the first year of your marriage?

What to do with your Wedding Time Capsule, when Opened

You already opened you own Wedding Time Capsule filled with your sentimental mementos, from your first year of marriage, honeymoon, and a few items before you got married. What a special day it was as you laughed and cried over your nostalgic items as you pulled them out of the time capsule. So now what? You can display the items in a shadow box in your home, you can leave them in the time capsule, or you could pass on some of your heirloom items to your children. If you want you can completely empty the wedding time capsule, and start over again collecting your favorite items of this time, to open at your next milestone anniversary date.

365 Ways to Say ‘I Love You’ or Ways to Date your Spouse

You could also, have friends and family members write down several date ideas on slips of paper, fold up the papers, and then place them in the time capsule. You will need 365 slips of blank paper, so you have one date idea per day of a year. Start pulling one date idea out of your wedding time capsule, each day to give you a creative way to connect and bond closer as a couple daily.

To help get you started on ideas, visit http://www.familylife.com/articles/topics/marriage/staying-married/husbands/20-ideas-for-dating-your-wife#.U_UCHfldVbE. You could also put 365 reasons why you love each other on the pieces of paper to pull out and read to each other every day of the year. To give you ideas for this, visit http://everydayloveexo.tumblr.com/365reasonswhyiloveyou.

What is a great date night idea, you would put in the time capsule? Comment below.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Marcie
www.timecapsule.com

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We have been discussing in previous blogs about ideas of who can use a time capsule. If you are human, an organization, business, or pet, or basically anything of importance you can use a time capsule.

Help your hard-working boy or girl scouts review their accomplishments over the past year. Keep your projects or photos of your proud moments, or badges received, in your time capsule. What a special day it will be when you as an adult scout, open your own personal time capsule, to show your son or daughter what your own boy or girl scouts was like.

Yes, your parents are there to teach you lessons, teachers can make an impact on your life, and your youth leader or pastor can help guide you, but your boy or girl scouts can teach you special life hacks and other valuable skills. Hard work and determination help guide you through your journey of becoming a scout.

The Scout Effect

Boy or girl scouts can have a great effect on your life. When I think of a time capsule in general, it is interesting to see how scouting was different in the past compared to today. I never had the opportunity to be a girl scout, however I wish I would have because I am a very down to earth girl. I have talked with friends who were a part of the scouts. They talked about the learning how to start a fire with sticks and how much persistence that took, to receive their camping merit badge.

Why would you let your parent eventually throw that badge away after you grew up and moved out of your parent’s home? Save it in a time capsule. That was a milestone moment in your life. It effected you to be focused, finish what you start, and learn the rewards in life from not quitting. That is a great badge and lesson to pass on to your future children as an example.

For my other friends, the girl scouts have prepared them for their future careers. They were taught how to be confident and have a healthy self-esteem. What great lessons to pass on to their future daughters, using a time capsule.

When to Have Boy or Girl Scout Open the Time Capsule

The unique thing about a scout time capsule is that it can be filled with mementos and treasures that the boy or girl cannot open until they either earn their Eagle or Graduate High school. You pick. It is all up to you as the leader or the scout creating their time capsule. What a fun project for a scout troop to make together.

I know some companies look for great leadership and teamwork, so what better way to pass on these lessons you learned in boy or girl scouts, than with a Baby Time Capsule. Preserve your stories and badges in the time capsule, so when your child graduates high-school, he or she can open it and you can further instill the messages of what you learned in scouts as a way of encouraging the same behaviors and virtues in your grown child, in the real world environment now.

Have the scouts fill out an all about me worksheet, to save basic information about themselves in their time capsules, to read years later. Continue to read about this topic and 10 Things I learned from Boy Scouts at http://geoffreywebb.com/2010/08/03/10-things-i-learned-from-boy-scouts/. Also check out this article of girl scouts who opened a time capsule 16 years later at http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/local/junior-girl-scout-troops-open–year-old-time-capsule/article_81f8b670-42be-11e3-aee1-001a4bcf6878.html.

What would you put in a scout time capsule? Share your ideas below in the comments please.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Marcie
www.timecapsule.com

Note: Girl Scout Quote Photo taken from http://article.wn.com/view/2014/05/15/READER_SUBMITTED_Panelists_Announced_For_Girl_Scouts_Of_Conn/

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“Oh Look, It’s Me!” Now, this is a statement you want to hear your child say as he or she opens their alternative baby book. Their alternative is a decorative baby time capsule.

So many people have their own websites, or use the internet today and see other people’s websites. A baby time capsule is like your child’s “About me” page if their life was a website.

Of course you want to include all the memorabilia, nostalgic items (like baby’s first pacifier, or favorite toy) in the baby time capsule, but what else makes up who he or she is? As life gets busier, it is hard to have time to make a special scrapbook or keep track of all the details of your newborn child. Many people can barely keep up with the baby book of their first child, let alone their fourth or fifth. Comment below if you can relate.

Each child is special, and you do not want one child to feel more loves or special compared to the other, years later when one child has more photos or information kept, compared to their sister or brother. There is a lot of guilt and shame that can come with keeping up with your baby’s milestones, so that is why we do what we do and sell an alternative – introducing the baby time capsule.

The baby time capsule will leave you with no guilt and it is a special keepsake that will last and treasure memories forever.

Just toss your baby’s favorite and sentimental items in the decorative tin, and fill out sample questions like the following in your baby’s profile book included.

Live a live without Regrets – Take time to jot down a few sentences at the end of each day about your baby. Don’t wait until your child is now 20 and comes to ask you what he or she was like as a baby. Preserve these precious moments and little tidbits of the first year of their life, in a baby time capsule.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

www.timecapsule.com

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