I thought of this one that my mom had my son make for me when he was 3- you can put the poem in the middle- the photo on top, and the (paint)handprints on the sides or bottom or however you like. Now that he's 18, it chokes me up completely to read it!
Sometimes you get discouraged
Because I am so small
And always leave my fingerprints
On furniture and walls
But every day I'm growing --
I'll be grown some day
And all those tiny handprints
Will surely fade away
So here's a little handprint
Just so you can recall
Exactly how my fingers looked
When I was very small
Put a date here
Love, put child's name here