Memory Jar

I found this memory jar idea on Pinterest and loved it!  What a great way to remember and reflect on the past year.  I am hoping that we will keep up with it, so that we can enjoy the memories on New Years Eve.  If so, I am sure there will be plenty of things in the jar that we would normally have forgotten about.

I even wrote a little poem explaining the jar for guests who may want to participate as well.

A new year has come, 2012 is such a mystery.

But, before we know it the year will be history.

Unfortunately, the time passes us by way too fast

So we have found a way to help make the memories last.

On each piece of paper we’ll write things to remember

We will continue to do so from January to December.

Lists of adventures, stories that make us laugh or cry

Please don’t hesitate, just give it a try

In this little jar they will safely stay

Until it is time to enjoy and reminisce on the next New Years Day!

I made my jar way more complicated than it needed to be and it didn't come out as nicely as I would have liked.  But, it is what goes inside the jar that is more important than the outside!

Step 1: Found a glass jar & had Mike cut a hole in the lid.

Step 2: Created a small slit by hot glueing a piece of cardboard onto the inside of the lid.

Step 3: Cover the lid & patch up the slit with some fabric.

Ended up using a bigger piece (approx. 8x8)

Used pinking shears around the edges & hot glued to the lid

Step 4: Screw the lid back onto jar & secure with an elastic (or ribbon)

Step 5: Print title and poem on card stock & tape to the outside of the jar.

Now the jar is sitting on our mantle with scraps of paper ready for some memories!