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Creating A Family Tree As A Craft Project

For centuries, crafts were created to become family heirlooms and part of the family history. The advent of the Internet has made researching family and creating a family tree easier for everyone. Why not consider creating a family tree as part of a craft project?

As A Guide

A family tree can act as a guide to a scrapbooking project. A scrapbook devoted to a portion of the family or to one specific relative can begin with by creating a family tree to serve as an indication of how everyone is related. With the help of computer drawing tools or even software devoted to the design of a family tree, the chart can be made in a style that will enhance the style of the scrapbook. Photographs, keepsakes, recipes, letters and the like can be displayed throughout the book to expand on the theme.

A more simplified version of a scrapbook is the photo album. Any family photo album can be improved by creating a family tree to include. Family members who appear in the album can be highlighted on the family tree. A simplified family tree could be used as a table of contents to show which pages contain pictures of which relative.

On Its Own

A family tree can be a craft on its own. Using your computer, you can design a chart in color with photos of family members, maps and flags of the countries they came from, pictures of old homes and more information than can be included in the traditional tree. You can have it printed as a large poster to display in your home. Such a treasure will quickly become a sought-after gift.

Once you have a family tree saved on your computer, the possibilities are endless. It can be a graphic for the background of your annual family newsletter. It can be printed out as an iron-on transfer for your children’s tee-shirts or for your knitting bag. A throw pillow with the family tree on it would be a great way to welcome a future son- or daughter-in-law into the fold. When creating a family tree, don’t forget to update it with new marriages and births.

Whether you use as a craft or to enhance a craft, creating a family tree is creating a family heirloom that will be part of the family history for generations.