baby scrapbook
You will never run out of photos to scrapbook with your baby and toddler. This article will give you even more ideas for designs. Themes for designs are endless. Pay attention to your surroundings and pick up creative ideas from everything around you. Leave out that your toddler can’t stop looking: a page about their favorite cartoons and their interaction with the show, etc. . . It can be found. Below is a list I put together. May it inspire your muse and help you create those unforgettable pages!
Putting a pair of glasses on your baby can inspire many different designs, depending on the glasses. Sunglasses can inspire a glamorous photo shoot or “Ain’t I cool?” picture opportunity. Create a “glam look” page by adding metal quotes or written poetry to match your images. For the “Ain’t I cool?” LO: Wear cool colors that are relaxed or hippie-inspired. Make the page fun by adding quirky elements that you might think of using with older children. create a page full of fun.
For reading glasses pictures, make an educational page – include items in your LO that you would think of using for a teacher.
Why not make a page of you, your spouse, and your baby, all at the same age? If you have a book about babies, or are lucky enough to have close relatives who knew you at that age, write a journal block under each one that describes and compares each person at that particular age.
It’s time to sleep, ‘Sleepy Time’. Create a page with two or three pictures that tell the story of what you do to get your baby ready for bedtime. Be sure to write the details next to each image. If you need more space for journaling, make a pocket on the page to write a story with all the details.
Does your baby have a favorite toy? Make a page of your baby playing and sleeping with the toy. Find an ad to add to the page, so years later they can see how much the toy sold for. If it’s something you can easily duplicate, like blocks, teddy bears, etc., make your title blocks with the same characters. If it’s something like Elmo fever, cut out newspaper articles.
If you haven’t taken your newborn out on the town yet, be sure to bring your camera to document the image of the first person to stop you and say, “Awww… what a beautiful baby. Is it a boy or a girl?” ?” Even though you have a pink trim on it.
Create a same-sex generations page: include baby, dad, grandpa, great-grandpa, etc. Include special feelings about how each of them interacts with the baby. What things do they do to try to make the baby smile, etc.? . .
Use a corner filler to round the corners of the photo. Make everything on the page rounded or round.
Make a page that tells the story of a famous look. Does your little one make faces every time he plays? Capture the look that will make everyone who sees it smile for years to come.
Make long strips of ribbon in different designs, but combining colors. Wrap one end over the top of the page. Make bows to place on top of the ribbons and place them at various heights. Make the colors of the ribbons and bows match the color of the clothes your baby is wearing.
He creates a page with his first friend and the first time they meet. Be sure to take photos of them getting along at all stages. Hug, laugh, fight, cry.
Add a three-dimensional look by duplicating multiple images. Make the image large and the only image on the page. Take the duplicates and cut out several different parts. Place the cutouts in the same place on the main image with thin pop-up dots. The look is great and it’s sure to become one of your favorite pages!
Make pre-made journal blocks and give them out to different family members and friends. Ask them to write their comments on a favorite photo of the two of them together.
Find the perfect poem to accompany images of an outing, like a poem about the beach, the zoo, etc. . . Find great photos in other magazines to put on the page, as well as other things that have in common with where you went.
Get together with your scrapbooking friends and all be in charge of doing one thing for one page. Decide on your theme – like 1st birthday, one make title blocks for each person, one find and decorate a poem, one do math, etc. . .
As you take photos, be sure to get multiple perspectives on a subject. Ex: the baby chooses her favorite doll, plays with it, sleeps with it, drags it, etc. . .
Create a whole page of 3D embellishments that are not bulky at all, by layering paper.
Give volume to paper die-cuts, e-cuts and make them stand out by gluing them on a firm background; You can use anything from a piece of cardboard to poster board.
Make an LO tile – This is done by taking a ruler and drawing cross lines horizontally and vertically that cover the entire image. When you’re done, it will look like a bunch of little squares – cut them out and then glue them (like a puzzle) to your page. Scenes work best for this. The faces look a little weird together. Place it on top of a white matte, before placing it on your page, so it looks like grout between the squares. Be sure to leave some even space between each square, so that a bit of the white shows through.
Create a full page using stamping. Stamping is a great medium, which is often overlooked. Stamps come in such a variety that your page can really be unique by using them. Be sure to use highlighting powder, chalk, graphic artist pens, etc. . . to add to the look.
Make a coloring page. Take a photo and in your Photoshop program make a regular portrait with blue, red and green tint. Glue them side by side on your sheet and decorate them. You can also use a black and white photo, using photoshop, color certain areas of your photo with color.
Put away old greeting cards. They can be an endless supply of a very unique look.
Use a photo token that you receive when developing images as a border.
Make a favorite LO book, with your toddler reading the book, a book review with a picture, etc. . .
I hope these ideas have inspired you to scrap! I know you have me.