Scrapbooking For Children

8 Reasons Why You Should Be Scrapbooking With Your Kids

 

So why not share that hobby with your children as well?  Scrapbooking for children can be just as fun and meaningful as it is for adults.

  Here are just a few reasons you should start enjoying scrapbooking with your kids today.

1.    The primary reason most people scrapbook is to preserve their family memories and photographs.

  While you create page layouts, you can relive your vacation to Disney World or the last time grandparents came to visit.

2.    Scrapbooking family photographs opens up discussion about family history.

  So much subtle education can come from those discussions.

3.     Providing your children with the materials and letting them enjoy the creative process helps foster their imagination and artistic expression.

  It should always be about experiencing the process, interacting with the materials and fostering their creativity.

4.    Scrapbooking for children is a chance for quality family time.

   Have them talk about the pages they are designing, and ask them what they remember about the photographs in the page layout.

  

5.     Through scrapbooking, you can teach older children about color theory, design principles and even basic photography techniques.

6.    As your children are creating scrapbooking pages, they are expressing and documenting their thoughts and feelings in their own words.

  Scrapbooking pages created by your children reflect their unique perspective and memories of family events.

 

7.    Spending time with your children and scrapbooking is a chance to

express family values.

  Take the time to discuss them with your children.

8.    One of your children may catch the scrapbook bug just like you have

  It can be educational as well as a creative outlet for both of you.

  Enjoy scrapbooking with your kids today.