| School scrapbooking albums usually include pictures of | | | | see themselves at the end of the year, and what they |
| a child's first day of school for each grade level, but | | | | are most looking forward to at this grade level. Maybe |
| there's so much more to our back-to-school memories. | | | | they are looking forward to learning how to read or |
| Why not create a few page layouts that document | | | | long division or maybe just making new friends. You |
| the feelings and memories of the back-to-school | | | | can scrapbook these thoughts in a page layout. It's |
| season? Get your camera and your scrapbooking | | | | even more personal if you use each child's own |
| supplies ready, and try these school scrapbooking | | | | handwriting. |
| ideas. | | | | First Day of School |
| Back-to-School Clothes Shopping | | | | So much is going on during the morning of the first day |
| This is a new school year ritual. We all take our | | | | of school. When you take a photograph of your |
| children shopping for new clothes to start the school | | | | children in their new clothes with new backpacks, pick |
| season. This year, take your camera along for the trip, | | | | the same place each year to take the photo. You will |
| and not only will you capture some fun pictures of | | | | get a better perspective of how they have changed in |
| your children shopping, but you'll record the current | | | | height if you pick the same location with the same |
| fashions trends of that year. Be sure to include the | | | | background. |
| good, the bad and the ugly of this year's fashions. | | | | Leaving on the School Bus |
| Even if you have a less than enthusiastic shopper, it's | | | | If your children take a bus to school, a fun moment to |
| a back-to-school tradition that should be part of any | | | | capture is leaving on the school bus on the first day of |
| school scrapbook. | | | | school. Take one photo of your children entering the |
| School Registration | | | | bus, and then try to take one of them waving from the |
| Standing in line to get your child's class schedule and | | | | windows. |
| new textbooks is another common back to school | | | | Reuniting with Friends |
| event. If your child is young or this is a new school for | | | | Part of the fun of the back-to-school season is |
| him, take some pictures of his first impressions of the | | | | reuniting with old school friends. Photograph these |
| new school year. Older children may not welcome | | | | moments at the school bus stop or in front of the |
| photos during school registration, but you can still | | | | school if you accompany your child to school. |
| scrapbook their class assignment schedule after they | | | | Remember to be sensitive to older children who many |
| no longer need it, or a picture of the stack of | | | | not want photos taken during this time. |
| textbooks may make a nice addition to a school page | | | | The back-to-school season is full of traditions and |
| layout. Registration is also a great time to snap a photo | | | | rituals. You'll definitely want to document them in a |
| of the school building for a school scrapbooking album. | | | | school scrapbook album. Whether you choose to |
| Hopes for the Coming School Year | | | | create one scrapbook that includes all of your children |
| Have your children write down what they hope to | | | | or an album for each child, these tips will give you lots |
| learn in the coming school year. Ask them how they | | | | of ideas to fill up those pages. |