Fun Scrapbooking Ideas for Your Whole Household

Scrapbooking has become a very popular family or personal hobby, and for good reason. Not only it can be a lot of fun, but it is also an artistic way to preserve and exhibit your photo collection with extractive layout. While looking at pictures by themselves is alright, they are much more fascinating and fun to view when they are arranged in a stylist scrapbook format. There are so many unique papers and embellishments to choose from that you can effectively customize a scrapbook page to properly accentuate and display your pictures. All of your family can have fun with it too, which is an extra benefit. You will find that the crafts listed below will really help you to get some excellent ideas for some fun to do with your loved ones or your family.

Framed Scrapbook Pages

Just because the majority of scrapbook pages are displayed in albums layout doesn't mean they can't be displayed in picture frames if desired. This method for displaying can be especially successful if you have a handful of pages that turn out especially nice. It is also an excellent way to provide a constantly changing display of pictures in your home. Simply display one page for some time, then return it to its scrapbook album and put up another. To make these pages as an activity for the family, provide everyone with a nice selection of photos. There are a number of cases, particularly when little kids are doing their own pages that you will want to use copies of the pictures instead of the originals. Of course, if you're using digital pictures or scan images, you can simply make additional prints as needed. Give everyone a piece of scrapbook paper to use as a base or background for the page. Offer a good selection of scrapbook paper, embellishments, stickers and adhesives. If the children are small, be sure to only use safety scissors. Some kids also really enjoy using scissors that are particularly designed to cut fun and wavy edges. It's normally a great idea to base your pages on a theme such as a favorite pet, a fun Christmas or Thanksgiving, or a vacation that the whole family loved. When finished, show your favorite pages in basic scrapbook picture frames.

Individualized Scrapbook Albums

If you discover that your family truly enjoys scrapbooking, you can make it a regular activity. Numerous families find that arranging a "family scrapbook day" every month or even weekly can be a lot of fun. Give each family member their own personal album which they can fill with the pages they decorate. Each person will have their own style and preferences, and those ought to be seen in the pages they create.

Do not forget, when it comes to decorating photos with papers and other decorations, there really is no right or wrong way. During every day of scrapbooking everybody can work on any number of pages, many or few. While some family members may want to finish multiple basic pages, others may spend an entire scrapbooking session creating one intricately designed page. You will most likely find that scrapbooking together as a family will help you develop a whole new understanding of the importance of getting plenty of family photos. You might even discover that those scrapbooking sessions you arrange every week or month could become your family's new favorite activity to do!

The last thing you should know is that unless you're having a great time, you're missing the point of "scrapping". So just have fun with your love one or family, relaxing and making the most of your quality time together with this great hobby.