Kids Korner
Cookie Tin Time Capsule
Capture memories in a recycled cookie tin and have hours of fun doing it.
Materials:
• Cookie tin (or similar type); washed and dried
• Rag
• Sandpaper
• Spray paint
• “Painters” paint markers in assorted colors
• Memorabilia
How to make it:
1. Take lid off the tin.
2. Lightly sand the cookie tin (lid and bottom) all over on the outside to rough up the paint.
3. Wipe the cookie tin off with rag.
4. Spread out newspapers and place cookie tin on it.
5. Spray paint the cookie tin. Let dry.
6. Use paint markers to add a message. Some sample messages might be:
• Time Capsule: Don’t open until New Years Eve 2010
• Favorite things!
• Family members names could go around the exterior of the tin.
7. Let each member of the family place a few special items in the tin.
8. Some ideas to place in the tin could be:
• Pokemon cards
• Report cards
• Funny snapshots
• Favorite jokes
• A note about each family member.
• Baseball or other sports cards
• Anything that is important NOW!
9. Place the tin some place that it can still be found in 10 years! The time to open the tin can be in any year desired, maybe less maybe more.
