Infant Urns

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Especially for Beloved Little Angels

Infant urns, because of their very nature, are probably the most important urns made and sold in the memorial industry. Much more than just miniature versions of standard-sized cremation urns, infant urns are specifically designed to be a particular comfort for family members who have lost an infant and, accordingly, suffered one of life’s most difficult tragedies. Infant urns are available in a huge variety of designs and styles, all of which aim to preserve an infant's lost childhood perpetually. Infant urns typically come in bright, innocent, happy, child-like themes designed to comfort any family. But these themes of childhood are also carefully mixed with more serious décor on infant urns in order to assure that the special infant is remember with dignity for generations to come.

Aside from their child-like nature, infant urns are carefully designed so that families can participate in all of the history of traditional urns, which have been used for centuries to memorialize the dead. Infant urns usually are based on traditional designs that are handed down from a number of ancient cultures. The Ancient Greeks, for example, made cremation urns from a special type of urn called a lekythos, which is the basic, timeless, design still followed for many infant urns.

Infant urns, like all urns, are fashioned to evoke the special memories and timeless emotions that have inspired a number of classic literary works over the centuries. John Keats's classic poem "Ode to a Grecian Urn," for example, is as relevant to infant urns as to the larger, traditional urns.

As with traditional urns, infant urns are often patterned to follow special religious or family themes that may be appropriate. These themes are usually centered on the innocence that childhood offers to the world. Cute, happy animals and other fun-loving characters are often at the center of the décor of infant urns. Designs of infant urns also typically feature bright, fun colors and lighthearted, innocent scenes.

As with all styles of urns, infant urns are available in a wide variety of materials. Infant urns can be made of bronze, metal, wood, marble, glass, or ceramic and infant urns, of course, because they can be personalized. The décor of infant urns is typically a timeless, beautiful reflection of the family that has been affected by the death. This, accordingly, helps assures that memories can stay alive for the ages.

For centuries, cultures have made distinctions between urns design for infants and those intended for adults. Infant urns have long had the special-but-complex role preserving childhood’s remarkable innocence while lifting the lost child's dignity into eternity.  Infant urns are, therefore, perhaps the most beautifully complex memorial products the world has known.