What to Include in a Baby Time Capsule

Your baby is coming soon. Learn what to include in a Baby Time Capsule, especially the first month after your baby is born. There are many milestone moments you want to capture.

On the back of this decorative Baby Time Capsule it reads:

Once upon a time you were born…

…and this magical year –

long, long ago – was a time 

of excitement and great

change in the world.

The wonderful day 

of your birth and year

that followed is what this

Time Capsule celebrates.

Your family and friends have gathered a unique

collection of everyday items that will – with the passage

of time – most assuredly become priceless to you. They 

wanted the memorabilia in this Time Capsule to afford

you a small glimpse back in time – an opportunity to 

recapture s an adult the events, trends, and popular 

culture that would become part of your very being.

Your capsule has been sealed for many years…

waiting for that special day – that once-in-a-lifetime 

reunion with the beginning of it all. When you open it,

you will take part in one of the most personal history

lessons ever. You will have the unique opportunity to 

know what life was like the year you were born. 

What to Include as Keepsakes in your Baby Time Capsule:

When I was cleaning out my closet the other day, I saw items I thought I lost. It was a tragedy to see some mice had eaten some of the paper items. I almost felt like I was hurting my mother and father in some way, for not taking better care of these items.

I do not want this to happen to you, so I have made a list of items to keep in your Baby Time Capsule now before they are destroyed.

1. A local daily newspaper
2. A video of the local nightly news
3. A national newspaper (USA Today)
4. A television guide
5. A weekly news magazine (Time, Newsweek)
6. An entertainment magazine (People, US)
7. Special interest magazines (Sports Illustrated)
8. Baby’s and Mom’s I.D. bracelets from the hospital
9. Baby’s name card from the hospital
10. New baby cards and letters received from friends and family members
11. Baby’s first outfit
12. Baby’s first photo
13. Souvenir birth certificate
14. Newspaper front pages with major headlines throughout the year
15. Gas receipt (so your baby knows how much gas was when he or she was born)
16. A list of popular expressions (slang)
17. A popular toy, doll or fad item (Beanie Babies, Pet Rock, etc)
18. A sample of product packaging (empty Coke can, etc)
19. Your extended family tree
20. A roughly drawn floor plan of your home
21. A popular CD or recording of your favorite radio show or music.
22. A copy of a future-oriented magazine (I wonder if their predictions will be true 20 or 50 years from now, or whenever you have your baby open their own Time Capsule).
23. A menu from a favorite restaurant
24. Items from your job to show where you were working when your baby was first born. (business card, etc)
25. Drawings or messages from siblings (include a photo or video of how you announced to your children that they will be having a baby brother or sister soon.
26. A current postage stamp.
27. Coins or money from this year.
28. Year-in-Review issues of magazines or newspapers
29. Lock of hair from Mom and Dad (before it turns gray)
30. Message to the Future letters from Mom, Dad, Grandmas, Grandpas, Aunts, Uncles, and Friends.

Get your own decorative Baby Time Capsule today for 45+ other ideas of things to include in this unique tin.

What do you wish you would have saved or protected from your childhood? Comment below.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Marcie