Crafts that speak to family legacy is the only way I enjoy crafting! Add beautiful photography to the equation and my heart is full. This holiday season, make this family legacy craft – the Christmas Photo Shadowbox.
Family Legacy Craft: Holiday Photo Shadowbox
Celebrating baby’s first Christmas is a milestone for most families, but in terms of family legacy, so is the very first holiday season for your children together as siblings. When we celebrated my son’s first Christmas, I remember feeling so blessed by him. He completed our family of four, made me a boy mom and also gave my girl a brother. So when I took this photo of them together on their first Christmas as siblings, I knew I wanted to do something special with it. Two years later, I decided to make a family legacy craft. Our babies experience love in many different ways. These precious moments with our little ones make every day special and worth remembering.
DIY Christmas Craft: Siblings Photo Memory Keepsake
To make this family legacy photo memory shadowbox, I looked to the queen of Latino crafts, specifically of shrines and altars, Crafty Chica. Her book was a great source of inspiration for this legacy craft. Definitely, check it out!
For my Sibling’s First Christmas Photo Memory Keepsake, I wanted to remember how little and innocent they were that year. I honed in on Crafty Chica’s style and love of glitter, keeping things fun and child-like, but also thinking of the red and gold color scheme of my Christmas decor.
I’m really happy with how this legacy craft turned out! I might add a few little things (my little boy was so upset the mini-tree didn’t have a star on top!), but for now, it’s a sweet reminder to cherish the very first Christmas my babies spent together as siblings.
I found all the crafting supplies for this project at Michael’s. Here’s what you’ll need to make your own Sibling’s First Christmas Photo Memory Keepsake…
– 12×12 shadowbox (this size makes it easy to pop in your favorite scrapbook paper!)
– 12×12 heavy scrapbook paper
– 5×7 laser-cut wooden frame
– Wood stain or paint (I used a golden oak color)
– Seasonal floral decor
– Seasonal bow
– Miniature decor to set up the Christmas morning scene: tree, presents, rocking horse, nutcracker
– Basic crafting supplies: wire cutters (if needed), hot glue gun, etc
And of course, your favorite picture of all your babies together on their first Christmas as siblings.
Easy Christmas Decor Craft Instructions
Start by painting or staining your shadow box and wooden frame. Make sure all surfaces are clean, dry and free of dust. Let all components dry completely before starting to design your craft.
Arrange the seasonal decor to figure out the best layout for your design. Crafty Chica’s book has lots of inspiration. I wanted to keep things simple, but still, add a glittery layer of decor on the outside of the box. Use wire cutters to remove unwanted stems or foliage. Affix the decor with hot glue.
Using more hot glue, pop it your 12×12 scrapbook paper. I used another layer of glitter and love how it looks against the natural wood tones. Also, glue or tape your image to your wooden frame (be careful not to ruin the image with this step! I made extra copies of my print, just in case.) Glue the frame to the paper.
Now you’re ready to set your Christmas scene! If your little ones have small-scale toys they’re willing to donate, that would be a fun addition to the scene. I wanted to keep things classic, yet whimsical, so I stayed with these vintage-inspired miniatures.
More Family Legacy Crafts!
This Siblings First Christmas Craft turned out so much cuter than I could hope. I can’t wait to see it hanging among all our other Christmas decor this holiday season! Check out the other Family Legacy Crafts for the holiday season that have been featured on DSM!
The First Thanksgiving: Who Are The Wampanoag?
Inspired Home Decor: JOY Ornament Craft for the Holidays
Toilet Paper Roll Craft: Celebrating Dia de los Reyes
Family Legacy Crafts: Christmas Cousins Scrapbook Journal Layout Design
21 Comments
Stephanie Chavez
November 19, 2014 at 12:17 pmI LOVE this Vanessa! I turned our beautiful. Now I’m really interested on the book!
Stephanie Chavez
November 19, 2014 at 12:17 pmI LOVE this Vanessa! It turned out beautiful. Now I’m really interested in the book!
Dariela
November 19, 2014 at 12:55 pmLove what you made! There are so many possibilities to keep or precious photos we take!!! Besitos amiga!
Lupita
November 19, 2014 at 9:20 pmWe take pictures and make photo books 🙂
Maria Beas De Bonilla
November 19, 2014 at 11:02 pmAll the moments that I spend with my children are lovely and unique therefore, I try to have my cell-phone with me all the time to take them pictures and video. I do this all the time everywhere we go. Then I save everything on my computer and then we print out some pictures to give to the family members for Christmas. Thanks for the chance to win such an amazing prize pack.
cheidy moya
November 20, 2014 at 9:20 ami take pictures and videos,but more important in my mind.
beth
November 20, 2014 at 11:20 amWe take tons of pics and try to put as many up around the house as we can.
Mary Happymommy
November 20, 2014 at 11:30 amI capture the moments with my camera. I like to make photo collages.
Kelly D
November 20, 2014 at 4:40 pmI take lots of photos and record these moments in their baby books.
Betsy
November 20, 2014 at 5:47 pmwith LOTS of pictures
Jessica Beard
November 20, 2014 at 8:58 pmI take lots of pictures and put them in scrapbooks.
Lilyana Cruz
November 20, 2014 at 11:47 pmYo capturo cada momento especial, llevo camara o desde mi telefono celular. En realidad los mejores momento son los momentos instantaneos, no los que se planean. Asi que la foto del recuerdo no puede faltar.
Jessica To
November 21, 2014 at 4:04 pmI try to take a lot of pictures and ask others to take pictures of us as a family.
Elle
November 21, 2014 at 4:34 pmI take a lot of pictures and videos and make fun scrapbooks.
HS
November 21, 2014 at 7:33 pmI use camera to capture favorite loving moments with my kids.
Harmony B
November 21, 2014 at 10:12 pmI always have my phone & I love getting pictures on the go
Kaitlin
November 22, 2014 at 9:06 pmI love taking photos with my camera and filming my kids too!
Dianne Hall
November 24, 2014 at 12:43 amTaking videos
Ellie Wright
November 24, 2014 at 7:56 pmI take lots of photos and videos of my grandchildren.
Paula C.
November 24, 2014 at 9:11 pmI love taking pictures with my camera and downloading the on dvd’s, so we may watch them on the television.
steve weber
November 24, 2014 at 9:26 pmWe take a ton of photos and video as well.