- 30pages
- 80original memory card prompts to choose from
- 4filled-in memory cards
- 11card layouts, signs and invitations to adapt
- 9tables and worksheets
- 23checkboxes
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- Primary sourcesThis guide is built from the guidance of Library of Congress.
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- DatedSources read on October 31, 2026; each page shows when it was last updated.
What you will be able to do
- Choose prompts that make people write, among 80, for a funeral, a celebration of life, coworkers or children.
- Print the cards at home in a size that fits US Letter paper and a photo album.
- Set up the memory table with a sign, enough cards and someone to look after it.
- Collect memories from far away by email, mail or a shared album.
- Read a few memories aloud with a short script.
- Turn the cards into a memory book and keep it safe for years.
Who it is for, and who it is not for
For you if you are organizing a service or a gathering and want guests to leave memories, or if you have a box of cards and want to make a book.
Not for you if you need a handful of prompts for tomorrow: our free page on memory cards for a funeral has prompts and wording for the table sign.
What makes it different
Many memory cards for sale are a nice design with one generic line. This kit gives you the prompts that bring out real stories, the practical details (how many cards, which size, which paper, who looks after the table) and what happens next: the reading, the book and keeping it safe.
The complete table of contents
The real table of contents of the guide, with its page numbers.
- What memory cards are forp. 5Where memory cards are used · How many cards you need
- Choosing the promptsp. 8Classic prompts · Funny and everyday prompts · Prompts about lessons and values · Prompts for children · Prompts for coworkers, teams and communities · Short prompts for a crowded celebration · Matching prompts to the gathering
- Card layouts and sizesp. 13Sizes that fit on US Letter paper · Printing at home, step by step
- The memory table and its signp. 15What to put on the table
- Collecting memories from people who cannot comep. 17Ways to collect, compared
- Children and memory cardsp. 19
- Turning the cards into a memory bookp. 20Step by step · Binding options · A page plan for the book
- Reading memories aloudp. 22Choosing which cards to read
- Keeping cards and photos safep. 23A few more habits
- Pages to printp. 24Memory card page: My favorite memory · Memory card page: Something they taught me · Children’s card · Memories sent from afar · Prompts chosen for our cards · The memory book: first page · Before the service · After the service
- Sourcesp. 30
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The printable kit for "share a memory" cards at a funeral, a memorial or a celebration of life: 80 original prompts (classic, funny, lessons, for children, for coworkers), card layouts with the sizes that fit on US Letter paper, wording for the memory table sign and the invitation to send memories from afar, reading memories aloud, and how to sort, assemble and store the cards and photos as a memory book, with the Library of Congress rules for keeping them.
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Common questions
Is this a printed product?
No. It is a PDF with card layouts and pages to print at home or at a copy shop, or to copy into your own design. TributePen sells no printed cards and recommends no printer or album maker.
What sizes are the cards?
The kit explains the sizes that fit on US Letter paper (quarter sheet, half sheet, 4 x 6, 3 x 5 and a one-line strip) and includes card pages ready to print, two half-sheet cards per page.
How do I collect memories from people who cannot come?
Chapter 5 gives an email, a line for the obituary and a text to ask for memories, and compares cards by mail, email, a shared album, a form and the funeral home's memory wall.
How do I keep the cards and photos safe?
Chapter 9 follows the Library of Congress guidance on caring for photographs: cool and relatively dry storage, photo-safe sleeves and boxes, no glue, tape, paper clips or "magnetic" albums, and labels instead of writing on photos.
Does it overlap with the celebration of life guide?
Planning a Celebration of Life has one chapter of memory cards among many other topics. This kit is entirely about them, with 80 prompts, card layouts, signs and the memory book.
Sources cited in the guide
- Library of Congress, "Care, Handling and Storage of Photographs" (Collections Care), read on October 31, 2026.
- Norton M. I., Gino F. (2014). Rituals alleviate grieving for loved ones, lovers, and lotteries. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143(1), 266-272.
- Mitima-Verloop H. B., Mooren T. T. M., Boelen P. A. (2021). Facilitating grief: An exploration of the function of funerals and rituals in relation to grief reactions. Death Studies, 45(9), 735-745.