How to Make a Vacation Scrapbook

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A vacation scrapbook will help you record the details and fun memories of your trip so you'll always hold on to them.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • Maps
  • Aleene's Tacky Glue
  • Acid-free Scrapbooks
  • Photo Corners
  • Scrapbooks
  • Acid-free Ink Pens
  • Acid-free Papers
  • Clip Art CD-ROMs
  • Stickers

Step1
Purchase an acid-free scrapbook to fill with vacation memories before you go on your trip.
Step2
Take photos that will help you remember the places you visited.
Step3
Collect items that will fit in the scrapbook. Postcards, brochures, ticket stubs, sections of maps, matchbook covers, souvenirs and receipts all can be included in a scrapbook.
Step4
Decide if you are going to organize your scrapbook chronologically, geographically or just any way that strikes you.
Step5
Plan out each page before attaching anything to the page.
Step6
Find some clip art or drawings, or create some printed descriptions to add to your scrapbook to make it more appealing to the eye.
Step7
Consider attaching a small section of a map as a background to each page to show where the pictures and other mementos are from.
Step8
Think about starting the scrapbook with a map on which you have traced your entire route.
Step9
Decorate the cover of your scrapbook so that it ties in with your trip. You might use a postcard of the city you visited or write the names of all the places you stopped across the cover. You could also use a photo collage of your trip.
Step10
Write some narrative to go with each section of the book. Describe where you went, what you did and any memorable things that happened. Include the typed words on the pages.
Step11
Include the whole family in creating the book if possible. You could have each family member write a short description of his or her favorite part of the trip.

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on 11/22/2005 When we go on a family vacation and are mailing out postcards, we always send ourselves one so that we can include it in our vacation scrapbook.

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on 11/22/2005 Regular 3-ring binders are great for scrapbooking. Clear fronts allow you to put in pictures on the cover. Just punch your holes and add colorful paper and clip art pages. Be creative.

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on 11/22/2005 One of the best things to do when going on vacation is to keep the little things that you might want to throw away. Even a straw rapper may have some significance later on when producing your scrapbook.

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on 11/22/2005 If your child is in any activity such as horseback riding, ballet or soccer, he or she can make a scrapbook to show the memories of the activity.

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on 11/22/2005 Use a regular 3-ring binder w/plastic covers. Using these covers protects your pages.

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