Countdown to Christmas - Journalling Jar

Hi there everyone, today is the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the eleventh year and is my second project for Creative Craft World and I have made a journalling jar.  This is an perfect present for a grandparent or an "older" person and the idea is that you make a whole list of questions you'd like them to answer about themselves and their lives that you may not know about and each day or whenever they feel like it, they take a question out of the jar, stick it to the top of the page in the journalling book you will provide and then write the answer to your question.  They can include photos if they wish and any little bits of info that they can recall and then one day, you'll have this fabulous book of things you didn't know about your family member and they are written down forever.

I did two jars a couple of years ago for my parents in law.  Father in law is really enjoying doing his book and recalling all the funny little incidents of his past, but unfortunately, it was too late for mother in law as she's got alzheimer's.  This year I'm giving mine to my husband.

You will need a jar - I used a kilner jar but an empty coffee jar would be fine.
Some double sided papers not too patterned on one of the sides so you can print onto it
notebook
pen
glue stick

At the end of this post are some questions to give you a head start.  Print them out onto double sided paper, printing onto the least patterned side.  Make sure you leave a space between each question so you can cut the strips out then pop them in the jar as they are or roll them up like I have done.   Either looks good.

cut into strips and pop into your chosen jar.

Decorate the jar if you want but make sure you add some instructions on what to do either on the jar or on the inside page of the notebook.

Questions

Describe your favourite holiday since you’ve

been married.

Describe your son:- his personality, his traits

and what makes him special.

Describe daughter – her personality, her traits

and what makes her so special.

Describe your wife.

Where did you live as a child? Describe your

house.

What was the garden like where you lived as a

child? What did you like to play out here?

What old wives tales did you learn from your

family – cures for toothache, headache and

colds for example.

Who was your favourite uncle? Why?

Who was your favourite aunt? Why?

Write about your teenage social life. Where

did you go, what did you do and any old

girlfriends/boyfriends.

Describe your first home as a married couple.

Tell about any handed down talents.

What is your Mother’s best trait and her

worst? Do you share any of these?

What is your Dad’s best and worst trait? Do

you share any of these?

How do you feel about winning/losing?

What is the most exciting place you have ever

been to and why.

What is your worst/most embarrassing

moment?

How did your Dad support his family?

Where was your favourite place to go with

your family when you were a child?

Describe a favourite childhood friend and

what you did with him/her.

What’s the most wonderful thing that has

happened to you?

Describe a typical Sunday in your home as you

were growing up.

Have you met any famous people? Who, and

what did you think of them?

What frightens you and why?

Where did your grandparents live? What was

their home like? Did it have a certain smell or

look?

Did you have a close relationship with your

grandparents? Write about it.

Did you have a bicycle as a child? Describe it.

Do you or did you and your father share any

interests? What were they?

Describe a childhood Christmas.

What did you do as a child that got you into

the most trouble? How did your parents

react?

Describe your wedding day.

What are your favourite goods?

How did your mother spend her time

Were you responsible for any household

chores? If so, what were they and which did

you enjoy most and least?

Did you get a comic when you were a child? If

so what was it and what was it about?

What is your favourite TV programme at the

moment? Why?

What was your favourite holiday as a child?

If you weren’t a human being, what creature

would you like to be?

If you could do anything in the world and

money was no object, what would you do?

Who were your Grandparents? What were

their names. Do you know who their parents

were?

As a child, what games did you play indoors

with your friends and family?

Describe the birth of your children. How did

you feel?

How did you meet your husband/wife?

Describe your first date.

What was your favourite book as a child?

What is the most serious illness you have

had?

What are your 10 favourite songs of all time?

What makes you angry?

Write about some of the places your parents

too you to as a child.

What was your favourite meal when you were

a child?

What makes you angry?

What was your first car and how much did it

cost?

Describe Christmas in your home now.

What was your first job? How much did you

get paid?

Which is your favourite season and why?

If you could chose a different period to live in,

when would it be?

If you had to leave your home in an

emergency, what 5 things would you take

with you and why?

Name everything you have done that has

made you proud and why?

What would you like to be remembered for?

Try Googling journalling jar questions for some alternatives.

I hope you enjoy this crafty project and if you have a go, leave me a link so I can pop over to your blog or gallery and have a peep.

Another project tomorrow:)