Ideas for Scrapbook Pages: From Practical to Personal

Event-Driven Scrapbook Pages

• Scrapbook your favorite wedding memories
• Scrapbook pictures and events from anniversaries
• Baby’s first anything—tooth, step, you name it—is always scrapbook–worthy
• Scrapbook your feelings and your child’s feelings on the first day of school
• Use newspaper clippings, photos and stories to scrapbook a family member’s athletic events
• Scrapbook swimming, boating and other summer outings
• Family vacations have "scrapbook" written all over them
• Camping and fishing trips make fun scrapbook pages
• Sledding or snowmobiling pages can add a winter dimension to your scrapbook
• Graduation is a scrapbooking given
• Any holiday is prime scrapbook real estate
• Grandparents with grandchildren are the perfect scrapbook combination

Personality-Driven Scrapbook Pages

• Kids say the cutest things and are perfect for charming scrapbook pages that never go out of style
• A parent’s nickname for a child is not just a term of endearment, but a story waiting to be told on a scrapbook page
• Whether creating a page for parents, siblings, friends, children or one’s self, the Who Am I scrapbook concept is easy; list descriptive adjectives for personality then illustrate them
• Most people forget what was important to them as children; hang onto this with a scrapbook page documenting favorite color, favorite food, best friend and favorite bedtime story
• Sometimes the right picture gives you all the inspiration you need; when a photograph of a loved one grabs you, determine what it is about that person that the picture has captured and then design a scrapbook page around it

Heartwarming Scrapbook Pages

• Write a letter to your child that lists your hopes for them; add a close–up photo for a simple, tender scrapbook page
• Create a scrapbook page about your favorite childhood memories
• If you’re an American, add personal patriotism to your Fourth of July pictures with a scrapbook page explaining why you’re grateful for your freedoms
• Tell how you met and fell in love with your spouse, including pictures and mementos
• Scrapbook pages about loved ones who have passed away are poignant; including dates and places, personality traits and a favorite memory can help others learn about the relative

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