| If you want to help your child preserve his or her | | | | incorporate a theme or common element on each |
| memories from school, there is probably no better | | | | page. This ties all of the pages together. It may be the |
| way than with a school scrapbook album. You can | | | | school colors or the school mascot. For example, if the |
| save their mementos, photos and examples of their | | | | school colors were navy blue and white, you can use |
| school work in a beautiful and personal album. | | | | these as the major colors for each of your school |
| Consider these hints and tips on how to create some | | | | scrapbooking pages. Or maybe you can use the |
| stunning school scrapbooking pages. | | | | school mascot or animal that the teams were named |
| Be Selective With What You Preserve | | | | after as one type of embellishment on each page. For |
| There is no limit to what you can keep in a scrapbook, | | | | example, if the school team was the Lions, then you |
| but don't make the mistake of thinking that you should | | | | could have a lion of one type or another on each |
| keep everything either. Every report card, every good | | | | page. |
| test, all of these things can be exhaustive. So when | | | | Interview Your Child Each Year |
| assembling your school scrapbooking pages, be | | | | Your child's feelings and memories are an important |
| selective and choose the items that have the most | | | | part of a school album. You aren't likely to get much |
| importance to you and your child. | | | | information from your child about his or her memories |
| You may want remember your child's large pieces of | | | | of first grade unless you ask specific questions. Create |
| art work or science projects. One way to do this on | | | | a questionnaire for your child to note his best friend, |
| school scrapbooking pages is to take a photo of your | | | | favorite subject, best memory of first grade, favorite |
| child with the project. You also can scan large art | | | | lunch, most memorable field trip or any other questions |
| projects into your computer. Then use a software | | | | you want to put into the scrapbook album. Be sure to |
| program to size the picture and print out a copy for | | | | ask these questions every year while the memories |
| your school album. | | | | are fresh in your child's mind. |
| School Scrapbooking Pages Start With the Focal Point | | | | Get the Kids Involved |
| The focal point of any school scrapbooking page can | | | | Your kids may not be as enthused as you are about |
| be a photo or anything else that you consider a | | | | their school scrapbooking pages, but it is a good idea |
| memento or keepsake. For example, the sheet music | | | | to at least make them feel as if their feedback is |
| from your child's recital or the program from the play | | | | welcome. Have them pick and choose what items are |
| they were in can also be good focal points. Of course | | | | important to them and that they want included. They |
| it's a good idea to add photos from these events as | | | | may not spend their weekends with you actually |
| well, but sometimes photos can be used as accents or | | | | putting together those school scrapbooking pages, but |
| embellishments rather than only as the focal point. | | | | at least you know they have made themselves a part |
| Give the School Album a Unifying Theme | | | | of it in some way. |
| One good idea for school scrapbooking pages is to | | | | |