Items to put in your time capsule
Here's a list of items that we've put together to get you started to put in your time capsule:
Advertisements - Current |
Diary |
News of the day |
Advertisements - for Antiques |
DNA analysis |
Newspaper Articles |
Audio Discs |
Essays |
Newspapers |
Autographs |
Family pictures |
Phone Book |
Badges |
Favourite Hat |
Photos |
Ballpoint Pen |
Genealogical tree |
Predictions about the future |
Bank Statement & Cheques |
Internet Information |
Recipes |
Bible & Prayer Book |
Interviews with local dignitaries |
Scientific magazines |
Biographies |
Invitations to Past & Current Events |
Slide Rule |
Blueprints |
IQ Test |
Stamps & Coins |
Building plans |
Legal Documents |
Supermarket product list |
Business cards |
Letterhead |
Ticket Stubs |
Calculator |
List of Corporate Executives |
TV Guide |
Calendars |
Magazines & Catalogues |
Weather statistics |
Car sales brochure |
Members, Parishioners, Students |
Cricket ball |
CDs or Memory sticks |
Menus |
Football |
College marks |
Movie Reviews |
Golf Ball & Tee |
Credit Card |
Music |
Sports Statistics & Scores |
Current Coins | Team Jerseys |
Remember to include some everyday small objects for the finders to discover:
Objects often carried on their person; such as a comb, a handkerchief, some coins, a wallet, a hair-grip, a pen, a lipstick or a piece of jewellery etc. Alternatively, you might include common items used for work, associated with a particular activity or in the home/school/workplace.
These will all be of great interest to the people who open your capsule and add to their understanding of life today. It is quite common to put in a current year’s coin so that any person uncovering the capsule in the future knows what year it was buried.