If you are like me and like to scrapbook and you have daughters then you may have the same situation I do. My 7 yr old daughter is wanting to scrapbook too and she creates her own pages all jumbled up by herself with my scraps. Don't get me wrong ....... she is very proud of what she made. But when she is done she has stuff hanging off the page and doesn't know what to do and it doesn't fit in her clear sleeve and she gets frustrated. So, I came up with a little idea for ages 5-10.
Make a ziplock scrapbook. Yes! A zip lock scrapbook for the kids to do all by themselves.
First pick what size of ziplock you would like to use. I use the size of a sandwich bag or so. Size 4x6 pictures will fit in them easily with minimal cropping.
I myself pick 6 ziplocks (of course you can use as many pages for baggies as you wish) and then I have the child pick a theme like their favorite winter pics or a birthday party,etc. You will need 11 pictures because they will make a cover page for the front.
Measure and make one piece of cardstock that will fit in each of the ziplocks (they will all be the same size so make 6 of them)
Then have the child crop their pictures and use glitter, scraps of scrapbook paper, stickers, die cut shapes, mini borders and such to decorate each little page of cardstock that you pre-measured for them. They can put the title of what they were doing on a page, their name, age, state, friends, etc......
Now have them make a cover page for their own book.
After the glue is dried on the pages have them insert them into the ziplock bags in any order that they want. If it is a younger child have them show you which one to put in next.
Press the air out and zip them shut tight. Now line them all up with the cover in the front and staple just above the zip closure 3 times along the edge but make sure all zip pages are in there.
Now you are ready to finish the staple edge with ribbon, yarn or scrap printed paper. Measure the zip edge and cut what you will use. Then to cover the staples run a bead of glue ( glue gun works best) along the the entire length over the staples. And press on your decorative binding edge.
Have fun! Now the kids will have their very own easy to make little photo scrapbook. They are great for gifts too!
Make a ziplock scrapbook. Yes! A zip lock scrapbook for the kids to do all by themselves.
First pick what size of ziplock you would like to use. I use the size of a sandwich bag or so. Size 4x6 pictures will fit in them easily with minimal cropping.
I myself pick 6 ziplocks (of course you can use as many pages for baggies as you wish) and then I have the child pick a theme like their favorite winter pics or a birthday party,etc. You will need 11 pictures because they will make a cover page for the front.
Measure and make one piece of cardstock that will fit in each of the ziplocks (they will all be the same size so make 6 of them)
Then have the child crop their pictures and use glitter, scraps of scrapbook paper, stickers, die cut shapes, mini borders and such to decorate each little page of cardstock that you pre-measured for them. They can put the title of what they were doing on a page, their name, age, state, friends, etc......
Now have them make a cover page for their own book.
After the glue is dried on the pages have them insert them into the ziplock bags in any order that they want. If it is a younger child have them show you which one to put in next.
Press the air out and zip them shut tight. Now line them all up with the cover in the front and staple just above the zip closure 3 times along the edge but make sure all zip pages are in there.
Now you are ready to finish the staple edge with ribbon, yarn or scrap printed paper. Measure the zip edge and cut what you will use. Then to cover the staples run a bead of glue ( glue gun works best) along the the entire length over the staples. And press on your decorative binding edge.
Have fun! Now the kids will have their very own easy to make little photo scrapbook. They are great for gifts too!
This and much more is in my very own created A-Z early school years craft kit. It will be available soon at gorage.com and possibly ebay.com.
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