Personal Memento Museum

Materials:

• Photos
• drawings
• toys
• school projects and other possessions
• awards
• certificates and trophies
• art supplies
• cardboard or poster board

What does your child cherish the most? You'll find out when you visit his or her personal memento museum.

First, designate a room to be used as a museum. Then, ask your child to select some of his or her favorite possessions (photos, drawings, toys, school projects). An older child might want to include awards, certificates, and trophies that he or she has won. The "curator" can divide his or her museum into "exhibit sections," with each devoted to a different theme (school, hobbies, and so on).

Have your child make a placard for each display (with a title and a brief description) and then prepare a script for a guided tour. As a museum-goer, you can ask questions about the displays or swap stories with the tour guide.

Who knows, maybe you'll finally learn the significance of that gum wrapper your child has been saving all these years . . .

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© 2005 by Steve and Ruth Bennett. Excerpted from 365 Unplugged Family Fun Activities with permission of its publisher, Perseus Books Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

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