Scrapbook Ideas for Honoring a Principal

Of the many ways you can honor a principal at your school, one of the most heartwarming and meaningful is making him a scrapbook. A scrapbook is a book in which you can paste various images, drawings or other clippings. It is a personal gift that can contain artifacts and/or trinkets that honor the principal and stand as a keepsake for him to remember you by.

Design

One of the most important aspects of any scrapbook is the way it is designed. Consider how its components are arranged in the book, the size of the font, the type of paper and even the size of the book itself. While you can spend a good deal of time perfecting the design, it may also form itself naturally as you begin to arrange the items you place in the scrapbook. As long as the scrapbook’s items are clear and any message it purports to send is apparent, consider allowing the design to flow from the items you choose, and not limiting the items you choose based on your design goals. This way, the scrapbook will prioritize the meaning of the book as opposed to its design.

Images

Effective scrapbooks have a lot of images. Whether they are collages, photographs or drawings, images convey a personal touch to the scrapbook that mere text cannot. Consider overlapping photos to fit more on a single page or single out particularly meaningful photographs on a page of their own. Remember to label the images with detail regarding names and dates so the principal will remember his students years later.

Collaboration

Although it is wise to have a leader and focus point of the scrapbook project ro organize its construction and timeline, a collaborative scrapbook compiled by numerous people will convey a more meaningful message. It will show the principal you are honoring that many people respect her work and will allow different students to express their appreciation and respect for the principal in their own distinct ways. Consider giving students their own pages to design, or in a small scrapbook, having groups of students design pages.

Interactive

There are a number of computer programs on which you can make an interactive scrapbook, too. Although perhaps less personal than a handmade scrapbook, interactive ones can incorporate handmade items if you scan the handmade items into the computer. You can either make single pages on a program like Adobe Photoshop and print them out individually to collect together in a scrapbook or use specific scrapbooking software like My Memories Suite, Memories Mixer or Digital Scrapbook Artist.