Child Keepsake Memory Boxes/Books
If you have children, then you understand that each child collects a lot of papers from school, awards, report cards, artwork, photo's etc.
Some of these things I want to save for my boys' keepsake memory books that I will eventually finish as a graduation gift for each of them.
The keepsake memory books that I have started for each of my boys will take me years to finish. They're part scrapbook, part project life, part baby books, etc. (I hope to share the albums with you all someday. At the end of this post, I'll show you a little sneak peek of those albums.)
In the meantime, I have to have all of my boys' keepsake stuff organized. This is how I keep it all together:
I've created a large file box for each of my boys. You can find these boxes in my Amazon Store Here.
Inside each box, I have file folders organized by year/grade.
As the boys come home with a piece of art work, a report card, etc. I simply slip it into the correct file.
Setting this system up has made it so much easier to keep everything together.
Sweet little hand prints from 1st grade is definitely worth keeping and adding to their keepsake albums.
Diplomas, etc are worthy of keeping as well.
I even slip photo's from the year into these files too.
anything that I would like to add to their keepsake albums go into these files.
I store the boxes in my office/craft room closet on a bookshelf.
You may remember a while back I shared this post with you all:
Organizing Children's School Papers
Well since then I have changed my mind and decided that it'd be much easier to have EVERYTHING all together and in one place, including school papers, photo's, art, etc. So I no longer use this system. I use the file box system instead and it's been so much easier having it all in one place.
The keepsake memory books that I'm creating for each of my boys look like this:
Like I said earlier, it will take me years to finish these books.
Here is a little sneak peek at one of the inside pages.
I am creating my own full page 12x12 scrapbook layouts and I sell them in my Etsy Shop Here
You can find the Announcing You Page (shown above) in my shop HERE
If you want to create a little simpler keepsake book/album for your child, I do have these digital sets in my shop too:
Aqua Baby Keepsake Memory Book
...and some extra pages for the set here:
and I also sell the School Days Memory Books (in digital format) too:
Simply click the photo's above to be directed to the items in my shop.
.. and that is how I organize my children's keepsake items.
May you be a little inspired!
Until next time,
DaNita