Cremation Services First, Then Memorial Ornaments

Donohue Funeral Home • March 27, 2022
When a loved one passes on, you might want things to remember them by and memorial ornaments that you create after their cremation services can be a nice fit for that desire.
cremation services in Wayne, PA

When you have to make decisions for a loved one who passed on, cremation services in Wayne, PA might feel like a good option for your family. Once you have the cremation done, you can have a memorial service for your loved one at any time. You can also remember them in a variety of other ways, one of which might be through making a memorial ornament. Ornaments might be an important part of your traditions when the holidays roll around and that time of the year can be especially hard after you have lost a loved one. Here are a few ornament ideas to consider after cremation services.


Urn Ornaments


You can actually use certain ornaments as a small urn and that can really help you to involve your loved one in the decorating process. Put some of their ashes in the urn and secure it closed so it won’t open and spill. You can keep that ornament out all year long as a decoration to honor them. During the holidays, it can go on the tree with the other special ornaments.


Memory Chains Put Together By Family


If you ever made a paper chain over the holidays to count down the days, you know what they look like. Instead of using blank paper, write a memory of your loved one on each chain. You can have your family come over, write their memories out, and make the chain together as a tribute for your loved one.


Photo Frames


One easy way to customize an ornament into a memorial is to get a photo frame ornament, or make an ornament out of a picture of your loved one in some way. Since these are simple to make, you might get many of them, put your loved one’s photo in it, and hand them out to others.


Use Old Clothes For Fabric Ornaments


You might not know what to do with the clothing your loved one left behind, but you might take a few special items and use the fabric from them to create ornaments. You can make enough of them to pass them out to family members and they can become real keepsakes and memorials around the holidays.


Create From Jewelry


Your loved one might have left jewelry behind as one of the items they couldn’t take along with them. You can distribute the most special items to family members and perhaps use some of the other items in a repurposed fashion. You might, for example, create ornaments from the jewelry so you can have something new to remember your loved one by through their old items.


After cremation services in Wayne, PA, creating things to remember your loved one by can make you feel cathartic and good at the same time. Ornaments, for example, are special items


that you can bring out at the holidays, or keep around all through the year as a memorial to your loved one. Contact the professionals at Donohue Funeral Home for more grief resources and ideas.

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