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Remembering · 10 min
Memory box
Keep your favourite memories of them safe.
What do you want to remember about them? Pick a starter, then write it down.
Add a memory
Maya's memory box
Something we did together
Feeding the ducks at the park on Sundays
Something funny they did
He pretended his biscuit was a phone
Ideas for a real box at home: a photo, something they wore, a recipe, a voice message, a card they wrote. Things that smell like them are special too.
Why this helps
Collecting memories and special objects keeps a healthy connection with the person who died and stops memories fading.
For ages 3 to 5, ages 6 to 8, ages 9 to 12, ages 13 to 17.
Adapted from Child Bereavement UK's activity ideas for grieving children.
Make it at home
You need: A shoebox, Paper, paint, stickers, Things that remind you of them
- 1Decorate the outside of the box however you like.
- 2Fill it with photos, cards, something they wore, a recipe, tickets from places you went.
- 3Add little notes about each memory.
- 4Keep it somewhere special and open it whenever you want.