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Christmas Keepsake Crafts

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.

DIY Flannel Christmas Tree Ornaments
Sharing the tutorial for making a set of flannel christmas tree ornaments.
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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 thro pillows can be used all year long.

Vintage Map Keychain
Make a personalized key chain using maps form your favorite places!
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Looking for personalized gifts for him? This DIY vintage map keychain idea is just the thing.
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
Use pictures, names or special dates to make these personalized trinket dishes.
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Personalized Trinket Dishes
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.

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.

Keepsake Necklace
Use clay to make a keepsake necklace to commemorate special occasions, such as this first Nutcracker ballet memory!
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Keepsake Necklace

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.

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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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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A wooden memento box with a resin poured cover in blues and whites
DIY Memory Boxes
This easy to make memory box is perfect for all of your children’s memories, drawings & pictures.
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