How to Create an Infant Keepsake Box

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I recently went through our entire house, cleaning out and decluttering, and I got rid of loads and loads of stuff.  Clothes and toys were cleaned out and sold/donated, cabinets were purged and organized, and old school papers were recycled, only saving a few special pieces from each year to organize in one box for each person in the house. 

It felt great to simplify, but there were a few things that weren’t part of my decluttering journey for sentimental reasons.  One of those items were our kids’ newborn keepsake boxes.  I created a box for each child right after they were born and they hold some of the most precious items in our entire house.

Today I’m going to share a little peek into our boxes so you can make one for each of your own children if you’re so inclined.  You will need the following for each child:

A Keepsake Box
Tiny Hair and Teeth Keepsake Boxes
Ultrasound DVD Keepsake Case
Keepsakes 

The exact boxes we use were purchased on Amazon, but they have both been discontinued by the manufacturer.  I did, however, find a bunch of different options on Amazon and a couple are very similar to the ones we have.  The boy version is here and the girl version is here.  I also found this gender neutral box as well and I love how it has all of the different labeled compartments.  These would also make great baby shower gifts!

As you can see, our boxes have two spots on the outside for photos, handprints, or footprints.  I chose to put a picture from each child’s newborn photo shoot on the left and a footprint on the right.  Just look at those itty bitty baby feet!!   

Our box opens from the top.  Upon opening, there’s a wide shallow space for paperwork and that’s where I keep a few of the larger mementos:

1.      Ultrasound photos and DVDs from their pregnancies (DVDs are in those metal cases)

2.      A copy of the local newspaper from the day they were born

3.      The very first sheet where we recorded their eating, sleeping, and pooping from their first few days of life (y’all parents know what I’m talking about!)

4.      A copy of the book endowment that my father-in-law donated in each of their names when they were born

5.      The “report card” of their activity that came home with them on their first day of daycare when they were just a couple of months old

6.      Baptism mementos – baptismal bib, baptismal candle, cards from family (they were both baptized at just a few months old)

There is a divider that separates the top from the bottom, and when you pull that out it opens up to a few different compartments.  In those compartments on the lower level I labeled and saved the following for each child:

1.      Top left compartment – caps and shirts that the hospital dressed them in right after they were born

2.      Top middle compartment – a tiny box that holds a lock of hair from their first haircuts and a tiny box that holds their first tooth.  These boxes are very similar to the ones we have.  I also have their umbilical cord stumps in this compartment as well.  (Yes, I saved them… that is what connected my babies to me for nine months!!  Don’t judge – LOL)

3.      Bottom left compartment – their very first pacis as well as their very last pacis (the Paci Fairy took these, but shhhh)  And yes, our kids were both obsessed with their pacifiers.

4.      Bottom middle compartment – their coming home from the hospital outfits

5.      Big right compartment – shoes they wore when taking their first steps (some may choose to save their first pair of shoes ever, but I preferred to save these), their first brushes and combs, a few dried flowers that were delivered to our hospital rooms after they were born

And that’s it!  All of the extra special items from their pregnancies / births / infancies are right there in one place. If there is ever a house fire and I have time to grab a few material possessions, those will be one of the first things I grab!  Because who could ever let anything happen to these precious items?

In addition to these boxes, I do also have a baby book for each child as another memento from their births/infancy.  :o) 

If you like this post, you may also be interested in the following posts:

How to Organize All of YourChild’s School Papers in Just One Box

How to Organize All of YourChild’s Keepsake Papers in Just One Box

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