How to Make a Halloween Scrapbook Layout

Halloween is a time for pumpkin carving, costumes and Trick or Treat fun. It is easy to take dozens of photos of the activities your family takes part in year after year. Each photo is a once in a life time capture of the look and reaction of your precious child. Make a simple scrapbook layout of each event that your children experience around this grand season. Feature the photos of your little one carving that first pumpkin. Catch the excitement over the happy faced scarecrow that lights up. Get photos of victory after the Trick or Treating has been completed. Your kids will enjoy looking back at the layouts you make of the family. You can load your pages into a scrapbook album or frame the layout for a wall hanging.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Photos
• Scrapbook paper
• Card stock
• Archival glue stick or tape
• Stickers
• Scissors or paper cutter
• String of beads or ribbon trim

1. 

   Select a piece of scrapbook paper that goes well with your Halloween photos. A green paper with light orange swirls will pick up on the colors of the pumpkins as seen in the demonstration layout.

2. 

   Choose a color of card stock that compliments your photos and the main background paper. Cut the card stock in a rectangular shape 1/2 inch larger than the photo. Oranges, black and fall related colors go well with Halloween photos.

3. 

   Adhere photos to the card stock mats with glue stick or double sided archival tape.

4. String of beads runs across layout

   Glue the matted Halloween photos on to the scrapbook paper.

5. Add Halloween stickers. Glue cut outs on the paper. Glue string of beads or ribbon across the layout for a border. Fold around to the back side of the paper and tape in place for a much neater finish. Add a small journaling box in the shape of a pumpkin or other Halloween related item. Write about the pumpkin carving or trick or treating adventure of the year. Date the page.

Tips & Warnings

• You don't have to always use Halloween orange and black for a layout page. Use colors that you find in your photos.

• Protect your photos with acid free materials.