Christmas Keepsake Crafts

Creating Christmas keepsake crafts is a thoughtful way to commemorate a special time, place or most importantly a loved one.

Creating Christmas keepsake crafts is a thoughtful way to commemorate a special time, place or most importantly a loved one. We hope you find this round up of 20+ keepsake crafts inspires you to make something this year.

Making Commemorative Gifts for Christmas

Whether you’re looking for the how to instructions for making a commemorative Christmas ornament, memory box or other keepsake pieces for the home, you’ll find plenty of ideas below. We’d love to hear which one of these creative ideas would you like to make?

Keepsake Ornaments

These DIY keepsake ornaments are a great way to commemorate important events and special occasions. From important dates, big life milestones to memories of family vacations there are so many ways to make the perfect ornament for each memory.

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How to Make Keepsake Memory Ornaments with Clothing

These keepsake ornaments made with a loved one's clothing are a sweet way to keep a little bit of them nearby. Make several of them to share with family and friends.
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Easy Keepsake Thumbprint Christmas Ornament
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Easy Keepsake Thumbprint Christmas Ornament

This simple ornament is something you’ll be happy to display year-after-year.
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First Trip to the Beach Ornament with a Floating Photo, Sand, & Shells!

First Trip to the Beach Ornament with a Floating Photo, Sand, & Shells!

You can also use clear ornaments to commemorate a first that happened during the year. We love this first trip to the beach photo idea!
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Angel Keepsake Ornament Craft

Use fabric from a cotton shirt to craft sweet angel ornaments for the tree.
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Our First Christmas as Mr. and Mrs. Ornament
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Our First Christmas as Mr. and Mrs. Ornament

Learn how to make this our first Christmas as Mr. and Mrs. ornament in this step-by-step tutorial.
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Classic Keepsake Handprint Ornament

A fun handprint craft that makes a wonderful grandparent gift!
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DIY Flannel Christmas Tree Ornaments

Sharing the tutorial for making a set of flannel christmas tree ornaments.
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Keepsake Christmas Ornament Made from Wedding Veil Scraps

Use scraps of silk and lace leftover from making a wedding veil to make an amazing keepsake ornament.
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Practical Keepsake Crafts

Although giving and receiving commemorative Christmas ornaments is special, we love the idea of making and gifting keepsake crafts that are useful and practical. Things like keychains, coasters and throw pillows can be used all year long.

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Looking for personalized gifts for him? This DIY vintage map keychain idea is just the thing.

Vintage Map Keychain

Make a personalized key chain using maps form your favorite places!
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Memory Christmas Tree Throw Pillow

Learn how to create a meaningful holiday heirloom with our DIY Christmas tree memory pillow tutorial.
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Resin Keychain with Gold Flakes

A sweet and thoughtful gift idea, make this personalized resin keychain with pretty gold flakes.
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Upcycled Throw Pillow

Create a beautiful keepsake farmhouse inspired throw pillow using your child’s old baby clothes.
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Map Coasters

Upcycle maps of places you’ve visited into useful coasters for your favorite drinks!
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DIY Spiral Betty Cushion

Use your Cricut machine to make a spiral photo that you can add to a canvas, wood or a cushion.
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Personalized Trinket Dishes

Personalized Trinket Dishes

Use pictures, names or special dates to make these personalized trinket dishes.
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Remembrance Planter

Make this unique memorial gift remembrance planter for a loved one.
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Laminated Placemat Souvenirs

Make these laminated placemats using souvenirs from your travels!
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Framed Art, Signs and Photo Displays

What better way to commemorate a favorite memory than with a photo, picture or found object. These timeless crafts can be put on display all year long.

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Pickle Jar Christmas Terrarium

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Rustic Wood Frame

This rustic wood frame is great for parents, grandparents, friends, or just about anyone that is looking to display their most precious moments.
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Personalized Photo Art

Learn how to make this unique photo art using the initials of your choice!
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DIY Silhouette Pictures

Who doesn’t love a silhouette keepsake of your children? Try this DIY silhouette picture and make your own!
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Birthday Chalkboard Photo Prop

This birthday chalkboard photo prob is great for kids birthdays! Use it as a photo prop and as a keepsake.
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Beachcomber’s Picture Frame with EasySculpt Epoxy

Put those found treasures on display with this upcycled keepsake picture frame idea.
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Rustic Farmhouse-Inspired Family Birthday Sign

Learn how to create a family birthday sign that includes all the birth dates of each of your family members!
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LED Pet Memorial Plaque

Remember your beloved pets with this unique LED pet memorial plaque.
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Dried Flower Shadow Box Art

Using preserved flowers, create a beautiful, colorful piece of shadow box art with a thoughtful phrase for someone special.
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Keepsake Jewelry

DIY jewelry is another classic way to celebrate and remember a time, place or person.

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How to Use XTool M1 for Laser Engraving Jewelry

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how to make resin jewelry with flowers

How to Make Resin Jewelry with Flowers

If you’ve ever wondered about how to make resin jewelry with flowers, this is likely the easiest project you can try! We’re sharing our step-by-step tutorial along with techniques for preserving flowers in resin.
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Making Meaningful Keepsake Boxes

No matter what the reason, there are things we want to keep safe and hold on to for years to come, whether it’s for ourselves or to pass down to other generations. Making a beautiful keepsake box for holding those special pieces is a really thoughtful gift giving idea.

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DIY Upcycled Cutlery Box Turned Keepsake Box

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Birthday Time Capsule

Make this birthday time capsule for your next kids party! This makes such a sweet keepsake, especially as a first birthday idea.
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Air Force Keepsake Box

Make an Air Force keepsake box for your adventurous pilot or military member.
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A wooden memento box with a resin poured cover in blues and whites

Resin-Poured Keepsake Memento Box

Gift this gorgeous resin poured book box to a special bride and groom to hold all their lovely wedding mementos in.
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DIY Memory Boxes

This easy to make memory box is perfect for all of your children’s memories, drawings & pictures.
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Simple Shoebox Craft Idea with Decoupage

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