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.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 6 x 6 album
• White cardstock
• 3 solid cardstock colors (5 pieces each)
• 1 coordinating patterned scrapbooking paper (3 pieces)
• Glue dots
• Paper cutter

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   Create background pages. Select two of the three colors (here they are chocolate and blue) and cut enough 6 x 6 squares so that you have about 1/4 of the milestone number. We are using a 40th milestone birthday as an example so we'd cut 10 pieces of paper, 5 in one color and 5 in the other color.

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   Using the third color of paper (tan), 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 - you can number them for an added touch. For our example, we would write 40 things. Think of things that start with their birth and carry through to where they currently are in their life.

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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 1/2 or less of the milestone birthday number. For this scrapbook, there are 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 own creativity.

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   Decorate the cover. Using the same coordinating paper colors, get creative with the cover. This album is titled '40 fun facts and things we love about you...'.

Tips & Warnings

• Try to incorporate memories that are factual (where they were born, etc.), fun (funny things they may have done) and heartwarming.
• Ask other people to give you ideas for the facts and memories. For this example, the birthday boy's parents, siblings, children, and wife all contributed a memory - and that made the scrapbook even more special.