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.

Tools and Equipment to Get You Started in Scrapbooking

Scrapbooking Ideas and Solutions

There are loads of specialised tools such as heating and embossing tools, or sticker makers and some of them will be worth the investment if your scrapbooking hobby becomes a long-term interest.

 

If you are hesitant to buy an expensive tool, rather join a scrapbooking class, and there you will usually get to try out the various tools in question, then you can make up your mind whether or not the specific piece of equipment will be a worthwhile buy.

 Whenever possible, purchase good quality tools and equipment, so that they will last you for years to come. 

 Note that cutting paper can dull a scissors blades, so keep a separate pair for cutting of fabric.

 These should have a narrow tip to enable you to get into those hard to reach places.

 Choose a soft B pencil so that the marks can be erased easily.

 

A decent craft knife with a supply of replacement blades is essential.

A bone folder is another great tool to keep on hand, as it helps you to score card stock for folding.

A selection of glues is also a must.

 A glue pen is great for all those hard to reach places.

 

Punches and eyelet setters are also useful tools to have.

 With an eyelet punch, you will be able to make a hole anywhere on your page. 

 In this way you can use the punch to make a hole for your eyelet as well as set the eyelets within the layout. 

 Another cheaper option is to use your setting mat and a hammer to punch holes with various the eyelet setters that you can purchase separately.

 

Double sided tape is another must have for all types of sticking jobs on different surfaces.

Adhesive dots are another great way to stick down all those small bits and pieces in a convenient and mess free way. 

 For one it protects your work surface, and they are available in loads of different sizes.

Photo albums are very common, but a baby scrapbook is new and trendy.

Every couple, one day or the other, wants to start a family.

The journey of a woman, from a daughter, to a wife, and finally a mother, is beautiful.

 The growth of your child, right from the birth, until he starts taking his first step, is a memorable experience.

 The scrapbooks are helpful, as every time you see them, all of your baby's memories will come alive.

 If you want more ideas on how to make your baby scrapbook, you can easily join any of the baby scrapbooking classes that are available. 

 You can start your baby scrapbook with your own pictures.

Capturing all of the moments of your baby is very memorable.

You can choose the color of your papers and sketch pens.

 You can select the color accordingly.

Keep a note on what happens on which day and how it is special.

 You can cut a small ringlet of your baby's hair and attach it to the scrapbook.

 If you feel that baby scrapbooking will take a lot of your time, then you can start early, from your pregnancy days, by starting to format the scrapbook. 

 These memories are very magnificent as they bring life to every moment that was once experienced by the parents.

 The child feels and understands what he/she did at that moment.

 These days can never come back, but they can be relieved through a baby scrapbook.