Scrapbooking Ideas, Tips, and Resources

Scrapbooking Ideas

Scrapbooking is a wonderful way to preserve your memories! Scrapbooking can transform your photographs into a story that is as original as you and your family are.

People have been scrapbooking for decades, but its popularity has really taken off in the last decade or so.

Scrapbooking is a wonderful way to display anyone's creativity, including your kids. Kids can really get into this scrapbooking stuff! Scrapbooking is a great hobby for pre-teens and teens to pick up. However, you can get the little ones started, too.

Some Common Scrapbooking Themes

Birthdays
Holidays
School Friends
School Plays
Vacations
Outings
Childhood Days
First Day of School
Parties
School Trips
Projects
Talent Shows
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Summer Break
Spring Break
Cousins
Siblings
Seasons
Shopping
Family Gatherings
Reunions
Sports
Dance
Graduations
Weddings
Family Cookbooks

There are so many events that take place in a young person's life that will never come again, so I suggest to anyone with children to help your child get a scrapbook started!

Here You Will Find:

Scrapbooking Ideas That Are For Beginners!
Scrapbooking Ideas That Are For Kids!
Scrapbooking Ideas That Are For Everyone!
Scrapbooking Ideas That Are Fun!
Scrapbooking Ideas That Are Unique!
Scrapbooking Ideas That Are Affordable!
Scrapbooking Ideas That Are Helpful!
Scrapbooking Ideas That Are Great For Gift Giving!
Scrapbooking Ideas That Will Be Inspiring!!

Considering the Cost of Scrapbooking

Scrapbooking can get expensive. There's all kinds of paper, albums, scissors, stickers, film and photo processing that can really add up fast. However, if it keeps your kids occupied, then it may be well worth any amount of money.

Scrapbooking Supplies:

Shopping for scrapbooking supplies together makes a fun mother daughter outing. Just remember that your daughter is an individual and her selections should be her own, with your guidance, of course. A basic supply list for kids can include:

One album to start with. Others can be added later.
Alphabet stickers and cardstocks
Die-cuts and cut-outs that have to do with her theme
Fancy edge cutting scissors (such as Fiskars)
Assortment of embellishments, such as buttons, tags, adhesive tiles, etc.
Assortment of papers
Colored pencils
Other items you and your child find appropriate

Scrapbooking for Beginners

Scrapbooking for beginners should include simple page layouts. Here are step-by-step instructions for constructing an easy scrapbooking page layout.

· Select 1 or 2 pictures for your page.

· Pick out 2 or 3 colors of scrapbooking paper that match and accent each other and your photos.

· Plan your page by using elements that balance each other. · Add your “Title” or “Header” to your page.

· Now crop your photos, by removing unwanted backgrounds and unnecessary space.

· Create photo mats and choose your embellishments.

· Use your adhesive to glue your photos and accents on your page.

· Leave room for journaling.

· Finally do your journaling. Record your feelings and tell your story. Let your child be as creative as they want to be!

Kid Scrapbooking Projects

Make an Age Page
Cookbook Scrapbook

Scrapbooking Layouts

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Tips

Help Your Child Plan A Theme

Help her plan a theme or topic for a scrapbook. She may just want to do a simple scrapbook that involves many different family moments or activities with friends. That's great! If she truly enjoys scrapbooking, you can discuss individual albums for different themes later.

Materials of Their Own

Buy basic materials of your child's own. If she feels ownership of her materials, it may help keep her interest level going. Try a 6-page album before going to a bigger album. That way she will get those pages filled and feel a sense of accomplishment.

Giving Space

Give her room to create without watching over her shoulder too much. By all means, if she has questions, answer them. But, don't stop every move she makes with suggestions. She has her creativity, and you have yours.

Making Unique Backgrounds

If you are looking for a way to personalize your kids scrapbooking pages, have them draw the page background. The kids love it! This is a great idea for personalizing portraits and snapshots.

Making One of a Kind Decorations

Kids scrapbooking projects offer a unique opportunity to include your child in the memory making process. Your child's drawing is more valuable, beautiful and personalized than standard die cuts, stickers or other items you can buy.

Let your children's imagination run wild, and allow them to use your cardstock and pens on a regular basis. You may reap some wonderful, yet inexpensive page enhancements. You can just cut around the image and adhere it to their pages.

Scrapbooking Adhesive

White glue (Elmer's) is not recommended for a scrapbooking adhesive for a couple of reasons.

First, it tends to make the paper buckle or crease.

Next, it tends to get brittle with age.

Finally, it is messy and hard to work with.

There are so many kinds of scrapbooking adhesives available at your local scrapbook supply store that you don't have to spend a lot to get a great adhesive for your scrapbooking needs.

Involving the Whole Family

Scrapbooking is an activity the whole family should get inovolved in! Even if the rest of your family does not share the enthusiasm for this craft, it is still a good idea to ask the subjects of the photos their opinions.

If the photos revolve around an activity favored by another family member, then ask them to do the journaling. It will make the sharing of the kids scrapbooking albums all the more special if all the family has put their spin on it!

Organize Your Scrapbooking Ideas

Scrapbooking is fun and relaxing for most scrapbookers, young and old.

1. Keep a journal of all the creative and artistic ideas that come to you.

2. Write down all supplies you have on hand and make a list of all the supplies you will need.

3. Organize your pictures by year or by theme.

4. Organize your supplies before you scrapbook with friends so you make sure you take everything you will need.

Scrapbook organization is essential to a productive scrapbooking session. Make a list of the things you will need to complete the pages you want to work on. If you are well organized in your scrapbooking adventures, you will be able to relax and let your imagination go!

Photograph Suggestions for Scrapbook Pages

Scrapbook photos are used to tell a story. Your scrapbook page layouts tell your story. Photographs are a very important part of the storytelling process. Selecting the right photos for your pages is extremely important to your story.

“Candid” photo shots are much more inviting than posed photos. The pictures where the person is not expecting to be photographed tend to tell a more interesting story.

So use these unplanned photos along with the posed pictures to create a fabulous tale of your life. Don't forget to create a valid focal point so you portray the right story ideas.

Journaling On Your Photos

The point of scrapbook journaling is to help preserve memories. But what if one of the photos falls out of an album?

Brief journaling directly on the back of your photos ensures that even if a photo comes out of the album, it can still be identified.

Never write on the back of your photos with a ball point pen. It can seep through to the front of the photo and will probably emboss it as well. Instead, choose a very soft acid free pencil or an acid free, fast drying, felt tip pen.

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