Family Stories Treasure Box

The holidays are coming and this is the perfect time to build a FAMILY STORIES treasure-box!  Most people like to tell stories and update everyone on what is happening in their family during the holiday get-togethers.   As we all grow older the stories are forgotten or just pass away with our passing.  This is a great loss to the younger generation.  Wouldn't it be a wonderfull gift to pass along to the grand children some of the life experiences and funny stories from everyone in the family?  Many cultures have a story telling tradition such as native Indian tribes ... and ancient man before writing was invented.  It is also just great fun to collect these family stories.  Everyone gets a laugh out of them during our family gatherings.
I have hi-lited some of the items in the picture to give you some idea of the STORIES attached to each little "charm". 

Step 1 Construction of the Story-Box.

I almost used a simple CIGAR-BOX for my story-charm holder.  But i already had a box that looked like a BOOK.   All i had to do was get some little stickers from a SCRAPBOOK store.  I just applied them to the front of the book... and i was done.   You could also use a CIGARBOX and cover it with some cloth or paper.  Then finish it off with some stickers or fancy papers from the scrapbook section of the craft store.  The Box is not so important as the stories contained inside.   The charms are meaningless without some kind of ducumentation.  So a card file or small notebook are important.  That will be our next step, the cardfile.

Comments

[amandaggogo]

This is very cool! My family would absolutely adore this!

[Alex.Mason]

This is awesome! I am very impressed with the idea and your execution. What a fun idea!