Creative Family Tree Ideas

Genealogy is a fascinating study. It's kind of like a fairy tale isn't it? Tracing your family backwards and backwards. The max I could go in my genealogy was till my grandfather's father. And when I had so many names, I decided to represent this huge family in a creative manner. So I started thinking about some creative family tree ideas, and came up with a few. You can read them and use them for ideas for family tree projects yourself.

Ideas for Creative Family Tree

Representing a family can be quite challenging, especially if you don't have the complete data on your family history available with you. So, the first and foremost step to making a good family tree is to have the names of all the family members. If you're missing out on a few names, postpone the little arts and crafts project for a while and do a thorough family search. But make sure to get ALL the names. It will serve two purposes. It will avoid blank spaces in the tree and also avoid any sort of conflict within the family. (How could you forget Uncle Trevor? or My God! You didn't put in cousin Frannie's name! You get the idea, I'm sure!) So, first step done. Now let's get to some creative family tree designs. Read on…

Calendar: If you want to know how to make a family tree calendar, what you need to do is, make a list of all the family birthdays. I'm sure all 12 months will be easily covered. Next step, against each month write the names of the birthday people. Then make a fabulous calendar, highlighting each family member's birthday! Another option is make a year wise calendar. And beginning for the beginning, chronologically arrange the people.

Photographs: Personalize your family tree by clicking pictures of each family member. Then arrange them in order, in a beautiful handmade album. The album should contain exact number of pages as the photographs. Stick mirrors on alternate pages, so that there's a reflecting effect. You can also click 'then and now' pictures and stick them in the album. You can also use different occasions where the entire family was present and make an album using those pictures depicting the family fun time that you'll had!

Chart: This is one of the creative family tree ideas for kids. Give them the names of all the family members and ask them to draw a huge tree on a chart paper. Beginning from the top, supervise them, as they place each family member on their respective branches. Either color the tree with paints or paste green felt paper for leaves. Great kids' crafts idea, don't you agree?

Anecdotes: Make a list of all the family members. Display them in order on a grapevine. And for every member, write down an anecdote. It could be an incident, or something funny they said. It could also be their achievements. Just stick to a theme. If you're talking about achievements, then write about everyone's achievements only. Don't write one's achievements and another's funny quotes. It'll seem very haphazard and confusing!

Where to Keep Family Trees

Now that you have creative ideas for family trees, you may wonder about where you can keep them after making them. Well, here are some options that you can choose from.

    * Family trees are a great gift idea!
    * Hang one on the front wall of your living room.
    * If it's a model, then place it on your mantelpiece.
    * Pictures can be printed on magnets and placed (in order) on your refrigerator.
    * A photo album can be kept on display on special family occasions like Christmas, Thanksgiving, weddings, family reunions, etc.

These were some creative family tree ideas and places where you can display your family trees! Hope they helped. Now you can get started on your family tree immediately.