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Make a Time Capsule To Preserve Family Memories

by: Patricia B. Jensen

A time capsule is a fun and educational activity for kids of all ages. Easy step by step guide shows how to preserve your precious family memories in a unique and fun way. A meaningful gift for the special child in your life.

Looking for an unusual and memorable gift? Why not preserve a precious snapshot of your family's history by creating a time capsule for your child? It's a great way to commemorate a special time in your child's life like a first birthday, graduation, or even a new year.

Think of your time capsule as a treasure box that preserves a piece of the past. Years from now you will open the time capsule and glimpse a frozen moment in the life and times of your child and family.

First, choose a proper container to hold your precious artifacts. It should be non-biodegradable and provide a cool and dry environment, like plastic, metal or heavy duty rubber. A kitchen food storage container or metal cookie or popcorn tins with sturdy well-sealed lids make good choices. Time capsules are also available online in a variety of styles.

The key to a meaningful time capsule is to make it personal and interesting. If you are centering around a specific event like your child's birthday, focus mainly on things happening on or around that date. Include both big and small events, from the main headlines of the day to your child's first words or favorite foods.

A small notebook with facts such as your child's height, weight, or number of teeth missing will provide interest in years to come. A keepsake album featuring pictures of your child, family members and friends will tell a thousand words too. Prescription bottles can hold baby's first tooth or a lock of hair.

Topics of interest such as fashion trends and fads, popular movies, books and toys can be cut from newspapers or magazines. Include a CD of favorite songs or a singing group. A video or audiotape of your child at their party is a great choice as well.

Objects of everyday life such as coins, postage stamps and a grocery receipt showing the price of milk or bread are popular items to include.

Much priceless material for your time capsule can be collected from special people in your child's life. At your child's party or event, provide colorful note cards for family members to pen their special thoughts about your child.

Encourage your older child to add his or her own special objects to the time capsule. Paraphernalia from favorite sports or hobbies, such as baseball cards and ribbons won in competitions are wonderful choices.

School papers, drawings, and outlines of hands and feet will make for exciting comparisons when the time capsule is opened.

Younger kids can make a list of "My Favorite Things" or "Things I'm Good At". Older kids will enjoy writing a "Letter to the Future" telling what life is like now, current family traditions, their hopes, dreams and ideas.

Before sealing your time capsule make a document detailing all the contents. Specify the unsealing date and who should be present when it is unsealed. Most importantly, write the exact location of the time capsule. Stow this document in a safe place.

Finally, find a good hiding place for your time capsule in your house. A little trafficked spot in the attic, basement, or garage is your best bet. This is preferable to burying the time capsule as families often move or forget where they buried it!

It is exciting to look forward to the opening of your time capsule. Wait as long as possible to make the effect more dramatic. Even a year will seem an eternity to children. Whatever you decide, set a date and stick to it.

Your personally designed time capsule preserves the history, culture, and ideas of the day, as well as your family's special memories, dreams and aspirations for the future. Your time capsule will be a truly unique and thoughtful gift that will be cherished for years to come.

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About the author:
Patricia B. Jensen is a mother of three and kids party enthusiast. She is the webmaster and owner of Kids-Party-Paradise.com - a complete resource for kids party ideas including invitations, cakes, decorations, games, costumes, favors, and food.

For all the latest party news, read her
Kids Party Blog.

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Baby Cold Symptoms and How to Give Care
by: Leroy Chan

Remember how miserable you felt when you last had a cold? Can you imagine what your baby must feel when he experiences a cold for the first time?

Viruses are responsible for causing colds. Infected people spread the viruses when they sneeze or cough nearby healthy people. The virus gets into the nose and throat where it multiplies.

What Are The Symptoms?

When your baby has a cold, there will be a number of symptoms. He will be sneezing and have a runny nose. He may have a sore throat and it may be difficult for him to swallow. His glands may become swollen.

He may not feel like eating much and he could become irritable. A cough may develop. He may get a slight fever or have a body temperature of 101 to 102 degrees Fahrenheit.

When to Seek Medical Advice

If your baby is three months old or less and has cold like symptoms, you should contact a pediatrician immediately. Cold like symptoms in a baby three months old or less are misleading and could lead to a serious ailment.

On the other hand, if your child is more than three months old you should contact a doctor if you notice that he is breathing loudly and his nostrils expand out with each breath. His nails or lips are becoming blue. His mucus is thick, runny and green. He has a cough that hasn�t gone a way for more than a week. His ears ache. His temperature is more than 102 degrees Fahrenheit. He has become more drowsy or grouchy.

How to Care For Your Baby

Medical experts tell us there is no cure for the common cold. However, there are ways to alleviate the miserable symptoms your baby undergoes.

Make sure he gets plenty of rest and extra fluids. If he has a fever, give him acetaminophen or if he�s older that six months he may take ibuprofen (but don�t give it to your baby if he is dehydrated or continuously vomiting).

If your child has a cough and is under three years old, don�t give him a cough suppressing medicine unless it was prescribed by a pediatrician. Coughing rids the lower respiratory tract of mucus.

If your baby has nasal congestion, you can use a rubber suction bulb to draw out the mucus from his nostrils. If the mucus is too thick, you can apply saline nose drops to soften the mucus before extracting with the bulb. A humidifier can also be used in the baby�s room to help liquefy the nasal secretions.

Concluding Thoughts

The best way for your baby to avoid a cold is to not have him near people who are infected. But if your baby gets a cold, the best thing you can do is make it comfortable for him. Soon his cold symptoms will disappear and he�ll be back to health, that is, until the next episode. But by now you�ll be ready for that, won�t you?

To learn more about newborns and what you can expect during your baby�s first year visit: http://www.firstyearbabyadvice.com

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