Creating a Youth Time Capsule

For this activity you will need a mailing tube for each youth member.  You can get the tubes at any office supply store or at the Post Office.  This project will enable the members understand that they can learn from the past and see how they have grown and matured.

During one meeting give each student one of the mailing tubes.  Have them take the tube home and fill it with things that are meaning to them but that they will not need for the next year.  For example, a note from a friend, a photography, a seashell, or they can create something that expresses the way they feel such as a poem, picture, short story, audio tape or video tape.

When the kids return the next week, have them share some of the things that they have put in their time capsule with the group or you can break them up into small groups and have them share.  Once everyone has had a chance to share, have them seal up the tubes and write their names on the outside of them.  Then collect the tubes and place them in a closet or unused area of the church.  Then schedule a date a year from then to open the time capsules and have the kids remember the times and events that were put into the capsule.