How to Make a Milestone Birthday Scrapbook
Do you know someone about to celebrate a milestone birthday? A scrapbook is a great way to capture memories and give the person of honor a lifelong gift. Read on for some simple tips on how make a milestone birthday scrapbook.
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Things You'll Need
- 6 x 6 album
- White cardstock
- 3 solid cardstock colors (5 pieces each)
- Coordinating patterned scrapbooking paper (3 pieces)
- Glue dots
- Paper cutter
Instructions
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Create background pages. Select two of the three colors (for example, chocolate and blue) and cut enough 6 x 6 squares so that you have about 1/4 of the birthday milestone number. Using a 40th milestone birthday as an example, cut 10 pieces of paper, five in one color and five in the other color.
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Using the third color of paper (tan, for example), cut 20 pieces (size 5.5 x 5.5) and adhere them with glue dots to each side of the background pages from Step 1.
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Write or type on the white cardstock fun or special facts about the person who will be receiving the milestone scrapbook -- number them for an added touch. In the example, you would write 40 things, starting with the birthday person's birth and carrying through to the present.
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Print black and white photos that represent some of the facts and memories from Step 3. Don't print too many pictures; keep it to about half or less of the milestone birthday number. In the example scrapbook, there would be 20 photos.
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Each page will have this layout: a piece or two of white cardstock with one or more facts, one or two photos, and a piece of the coordinating patterned scrapbooking paper. How you cut and arrange the elements is up to your creativity.
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Decorate the cover. Using the same coordinating paper colors, get creative with the cover. Give it a name: "40 Fun Facts and Things We Love About You."
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Tips & Warnings
Incorporate memories that are factual (where the person were born, etc.), fun (funny things they may have done) and heartwarming.
Ask other people to give you ideas: the birthday person's parents, siblings, children and spouse, as well as friends and co-workers.
References
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