Description
Time Capsule Activities and Ideas for Kids:
These time capsule activities are perfect for All About Me activities at the beginning or end of the year, or for New Year’s Eve, because they provide everything you need for a snapshot of your students’ lives!
This Time Capsule activity includes the following items:
- How to Use this Packet
- Covers- Time Capsule and All About Me
- The Basics
- Snapshot of the U.S.A.
- This is Me! (Boy and Girl Version)
- My Family
- Best and Worst Thing
- Things I Love
- My Future
- This is How I Feel
- A Typical Saturday
- Filling My Brain
- The Size of My Hand
- The Size of My Foot
- World News
- A Letter to Myself
- A Letter to a Loved One
- Newspaper Article
- Autobiography
- That’s Funny!
- Ten Adjectives
- Being a Kid
- Responsibilities
These are a few ideas that are included as part of the packet:
1. Use this packet as a beginning-of-the-year or end-of-the-year ALL ABOUT ME or TIME CAPSULE unit.
- Each student can make a book and use the ALL ABOUT ME or TIME CAPSULE cover.
- Pick and choose which pages to use at different times during the year.
- Use the worksheets at literacy stations as they fit into your lessons.
- Use the completed booklet as Mother’s Day or Father’s Day gifts from students.
2. Use this packet as a TIME CAPSULE activity.
- Each student can make a book and use the TIME CAPSULE cover.
- Pick and choose which pages to use for the time capsule as a long-term activity.
- Roll up the pages and place them in a canister (Pringles canisters covered in paper work well) for a time capsule container.
- Decide how long students should wait to reopen their time capsule.
NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL OPTION!
This product includes a digital option (as well as the no-prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.
This PDF file contains 36 pages + Google Slides.








Taylor W. –
I love everything about this product. It was a great activity for my students.
Sherry W. –
This was a great activity to do with my students at the end of the year.
Heather S. –
This was a great activity to do with my 5th graders. They enjoyed opening them up at the end of the year and it was an excellent way to assess beginning of the year skills.
Chelsy G. –
I am excited. My students are engaged. We are enjoying this activity. I hope to use this again.
Leah M. –
My students enjoyed these activities. It was great to find something to help celebrate this day! The parents enjoyed getting them too!
Meagan K. –
This is a really cute idea! I can’t wait to try it with my class!
Angie K. –
So fun! Kids liked. I used it at the end of the year
Jaclyn S. –
This resource was perfect for my students. Thank you!!
A plus resources by Avery –
did this at the begiinningof the year with my students i hope they openthem!
Jocelyn M. –
This is a great resource to do in the beginning of the year! My students had a lot of fun working on them.
Natalie C. –
I use these at the beginning of the year and then let them compare their work from the start of the year to the end! They love to see how much they have grown and improved.
Holly M –
My class of third graders absolutely loved this! Amazing!
Kathleen Rzeznik –
The perfect resource for our academic night. It tied into us learning about past present and future. Loved that the kids could create a primary resource.
Amber Wood –
I love this activity. We complete it at the beginning of the year and open our time capsule at the end of the year.
Nicole G. –
Great project for the end of the year. We enjoyed writing and talking about memories.
Kirsten Tulsian –
Thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful review of this product! I’m so happy to hear that it was so useful for you and your students!
Much gratitude,
Kirsten
Michelle M. –
My students loved this resource. Easy to use and implement.
Morgan H. –
Love this resource! My students didn’t even know they were learning!
Amanda D. –
This is such a cute end of the year project! My kids always love doing it and look back at all the memories from our school year!
Tommi R. –
Thank you for this resource. It is amazing and my students love this!
Ragusa Resources –
My students absolutely loved this times capsule activity. They cant wait to open it up when they graduate