Creating Scrapbooks is great for Family Fun and Commemorating History
July 28, 2010
More often than not, the person in a family in charge of compiling family photos and memories is mom. She snaps the pictures, develops or prints them, organizes them, and turns them into scrapbooks for the whole family. The house is cluttered with stickers and paper and it may, be a major investment of time and money, and turn an otherwise organized home into a mix of paper and glue sticks. In the end it is all worth it because each member of the family will have something to look back on and remember the past. Happy memories are posted between the pages of scrapbooks and they can be shared for years to come. Best of all, the tiny things left behind as families grow up are all frozen in time on the photos. The painting on the wall of grandma and grandpa’s house, the Bauhaus furniture or Modloft furniture you could barely remember the details of, or the outdated basement carpert will all be frozen in time in a book that can be browsed through at any time. Best of all, these books can be as simple or as elaborate as you choose.
If you creating a scrapbook with your child; start by sitting down with them and listing what they would like included in the book. You may be surprised at the crazy memories and details kids love. Listing things that stand out for them may give you a place to start. If there are items they mention that have no photos of them get them captured on film so they can be included. Remember all of those great family memories you remember that you share with loved ones now? Your kids will have photos to capture these memories so their kids’ will believe just how crazy things were “back in the day.”
Once memories are on paper and the photos have been taken, get to work building the books of memories. You can arrange things in order of time, events, by theme, any one of several options. Every member of the family could have a page, or you could create a book filled with events. Include journaling sections where the child describes the importance of the memory, how they feel about the relative, or what they did at the event. All of these things are precious memories to capture. If the child is too young, write down what they say in your own writing. If old enough, let them handle the journaling. Those who are more technologically savvy may enjoy creating their scrapbook on the computer and including audio and video. Creativity is endless in this form and you can save it all on a CD or flash drive. Kids will love seeing themselves in scrapbook movies!
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