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