Fun And Easy Ways To Make A Baby Scrapbook

Having a baby is an amazing experience for any family, so it is very natural to try to capture all the precious moments by taking lots of photos. Are all the photos just piling up or lost in your computer? If you take a little time to organize them, you can easily enjoy looking at them and remembering all the fun times.

One of the best and most enjoyable ways of organizing all those photos is by creating a scrapbook for the new baby.

Even if you haven’t done any crafting since kindergarden, you’ll enjoy creating a scrapbook for your new baby. You can make it as simple or as fancy as you like. You already know the basic skills — cutting out and pasting — and you can learn the rest as you go along.

The only important thing is to start and organize the photos in a meaningful form that people can enjoy. Then keep adding to the book as the baby grows up, so you have an illustrated narrative of his or her life.

Various types of pages, a scrapbook or album to hold the pages, glue, and scissors are really all you need to get started. Be careful about the pages. You need acid-free, archival pages for any precious or heirloom photographs. If you can’t find scrapbooking supplies in your local store, you can easily buy everything online.

Don’t get overwhelmed with choices here. There are lots of cute adornments and stuff for baby scrapbooks. But you can always buy them later after you see what you want for embellishments or something special.

I get started on a new scrapbook by going through all the photos and sorting them into piles by date. I’m relentless about eliminating the duplicates and really bad photos at this stage. Take the photos from the first pile and spread them out so you can see all of them. Select the best photos and arrange them on the page so that they tell a story. Leave room for a title of the occasion, the date, who, what, and anything else interesting. This information is very important to record now when it’s fresh in your mind.

Complete the story of your baby’s life by including other significant items. For a new baby, shower invitations, a copy of the birth certificate, birth announcement, thumb and foot prints are fun. When your child is older, add anything meaningful, especially records of accomplishments such as newspaper clippings, school athletic letters, ribbons and awards.

The most important thing to remember when making a scrapbook is to make it with love. As long as you do that, you will make perfect scrapbooks every time.

My mother started my scrapbook when I was born, and I have been hooked on scrapbooking every since. For more tips and ideas, visit my scrapbooking blog.