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