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There are some toddler crafts that are just meant for fun, learning and making a mess. But as a parent, you’d like to keep some of those treasured mementos and put them in a keepsake box for your child’s future. When your child was an infant, you may have made keepsakes such as plaster hand-prints, but once your little one’s old enough to create, it’s nice to keep some of his or her own artwork!

Preserving a toddler craft is easy depending on what medium of art supplies your child has used. A creation made of Moon Sand won’t hold up well, for example – but you can have your child mold a clay object and fire it in a kiln with a protective glaze to keep it forever.

Your child’s toddler craft keepsake will be a treasured item that gets passed down. Make sure you put your little one’s name, age and date on it. You may also want to include a picture of your child making the craft as well as a story about the experience.

Toddler craft keepsakes make great gifts, too! Grandparents will love a homemade present created out of love much more than a store-bought item. Give your child paints, paper, and various sized brushes and let him or her create a picture that you frame along with a picture of your child for one of your loved ones.

Dioramas make good keepsakes, too. You can have your child combine his or her artistic talents with some favorite childhood mementos and put it all in a frame together. This gives it a 3D effect and it will be treasured by your children when they grow up.

Another idea is to take pictures of some of your child’s art work and use a service like Kodak or Snapfish online to make a photoalbum of the special pictures.  This can be cherished for years.  It also takes up a lot less room!!

What kinds of things have you saved from your child?  Do you have any creative ways of preserving them?