If the digital
scrapbook is for a young child, your scrapbook theme will
be that child’s life. Page themes might include: birth,
first step, first tooth, and other firsts. Include pages
showing the child with his or her family. Show my house,
my room, my favorite toys and stuffed animals, the books
I love to read and have read to me, and so on. You might
want to include the child’s favorite foods, favorite
games, and favorite places to visit, such as the park or
Grandma and Grandpa’s house. Remember to put the family
pet into the pictures, too.
A small child will enjoy a mini scrapbook
more than a large one, since each page will be simple and
easy to enjoy. A small child can handle mini scrapbooks
better, too. Laminated pages will remain clean, and the
book can be enjoyed everyday – even carried in the
car.
Mini scrapbooks make great yearbooks for
parting high school or college friends. Work together on
the original, and then have copies made and bound for each
member of the group. or a wedding, a mini scrapbook of your
wedding or that of your loved ones would make a lovely thank
you gift for family members and the wedding party. You will
want to plan it out before the wedding, so it was ready
for adding photos soon after your honeymoon or honeymoon
of the newlyweds. Elegance and simplicity make the job easier
and more beautiful.
You could make one scrapbook, and then
have pages color copied on cardstock. These could readily
be cut, collated, and spiral-bound at an office supply store.
For a vacation mini-scrapbook, adult and
children alike can make their own mini scrapbooks of a vacation
trip. A couple we knew had their children do this at age
5 and thoroughly enjoyed it. Again, the small size of the
pages allows them to maintain interest, and complete a book
without becoming discouraged or losing interest. Our children’s
books included such things as: tickets to amusement parks,
photos clipped from the hotel’s free brochures, photos
of their son riding a pony and so on, along with their memories
in the children’s own writing. You can also produce
your mini scrapbook on a computer. Design each page, leaving
a one half inch border at the top. Print on cardstock, punch
holes in the top border, and insert rings for a cute flipbook.
Or size your mini scrapbook pages to fit a flip desk frame.
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