Easy Scrapbooking Page Layout Ideas
Scrapbooking does not need to be reserved solely for special occasions. Capture everyday events and activities as well to ensure that, when you reminisce in far-off future years, the little details of daily life were appropriately represented. Whether you decide to create a book which focuses solely on one season, holiday, or event, or decide to capture a particular year such as "2010" and all it encompassed, various ideas and resources are available for unique personalization.
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Pregnancy Scrapbook Ideas
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Create an entire scrapbook capturing your pregnancy or designate only a few pages to this event. However you decide to go, journal entries and photos are an essential part of this idea. If going with a two-page design, make background colors blue or pink depending on the baby's sex. All blue or all pink or other neutral colors such as yellow and green are worthy considerations if unsure of the sex. Wallpaper samples and borders also create colorful, memorable designs for added detail and effect. If devoting only a few pages to this idea, use loose-leaf paper stapled together to make a booklet 6 by 4 inches for short entries highlighting significant moments. Ultrasound photos, pictures of mom with her positive pregnancy test, the baby shower, different trimesters, and mom's bulging belly are all ideas to include. In addition, a month-by-month progression regarding diet, exercise habits, likes and dislikes, moods and daily activities are all worthy inclusions to consider. Don't forget doctor's visits, going to the hospital on the big day and stages during giving birth as well. Arrange photos on a page one under the other with the bottom edge hanging out, so friends and family can easily flip through them.
Lazy Summer Days
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If you're the parent or caregiver of a school-age child, the summer months hold special meaning. From sleeping in to spending a whole day watching television, kids love the leisure of not having a school schedule dictating their daily activities. Whether your son loves to sit inside and play video games or venture outside and pick up a basketball game, various ideas and layouts are possible. For example, if you have a sports' lover, open your album to two pages and separate into sections, one for each sport your child loves--basketball, soccer and football or simply golf and baseball. Next, use colored construction paper to cover the background of each section in that sport's equipment color. A football is brown with white threading drawn across the center, a basketball is orange with black thread, and so on. Include photos of your child playing the sports he loves on these pages, in uniform if possible. Also, encourage kids to write or type a short paragraph describing their ideal day in relation to that sport. Draw a stadium or court reflective of that particular sport. Have your child include his favorite players' stats or their trading cards. If you have a daughter who loves video games, the background could be video game jackets or an illustration of Mario or a Pokemon. The most important aspect of these pages is to encourage your child to participate in their creation.
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Official Kid Day
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Encourage your son to designate one day in the year as "Official Kid Day!" Capture this day in a scrapbook page designed by him. Take a picture of the clock at whatever crazy time he gets out of bed. Allow him to wear whatever he wants all day and snap a photo of that. The food he chooses for his meals deserve a photo nod as well. Organize two pages opposite one another and divide into four sections--morning, afternoon, night and me. Be around all day (as much as he'll allow) to capture him at these times doing whatever he deems important. Collect candy and cookie wrappers, fruit stickers and frozen food labels as he consumes his days' diet. Display all items in their appropriate sections complete with a time stamp. For the "me" area, include a game booklet or movie jacket if he spent his whole day in front of the television. Most importantly, allow your child to dictate how you arrange the materials--even if it means everything gets glued into the book upside down and sideways.
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