Make a School Scrapbooking Border for Children’s Albums
Written by Post on November 27th, 2009 in Home & Family.
If you want to create a scrapbook album to commemorate a specific school year, you may be wondering what to use for a school scrapbooking border. Sure, most people use those block letters or school buses and these work just fine but if you want to be creative you can come up with so many other cheap scrapbooking supplies and things to use to help you celebrate the school year.
For instance think of the child himself or herself. What types of activities do they enjoy during school or what is their favorite subject? You aren’t limited with disney scrapbooking ideas. If they like science then use science-related objects as a school scrapbooking border. This might include beakers, burners, and atoms. You can even try equations. If they like to read or do creative writing then books with children’s titles might work well. If they are really good at music, then of use musical notes or die cuts of their favorite instrument as part of a school page border. Kids into sports might inspire you to use sports items as a school scrapbooking border. Bats, balls, racquets, and even sports shoes can make great items!
Another creative idea for a school scrapbooking border is to use different scrapbooking poems and phrases in different fonts and typestyles and use those as a border. There are many phrases and sayings you can use, but you many want to ask your children for ideas. Of course the phrases that kids like to use do change constantly so do not assume you know what is cool in kid lingo today- be sure to ask your children! Getting your children involved in designing a school scrapbooking border can also be a fun and challenging project for the both of you to do together.
Keep in mind that you do not have to use school-themed items for a school scrapbooking border. Sometimes just using a good color scheme such as primary colors for elementary aged kids or the school’s colors for older children can work just as well. If you carry this color scheme through to each page somehow you can really tie everything together and have a great finished product. You might also try making up small items to actually attach or adhere as a school scrapbooking border rather than just something you write or draw on. This could be mini books, apple shapes or small brick school houses that you decorate and then attach to the page as a border.
