Make your own senior scrapbook with a little planning, some creativity and patience.
Whether you are creating a senior scrapbook for your own enjoyment or as part of a high school assignment, it is often difficult to decide what to include. You also have to choose a design, buy supplies, find the photos and the time to put everything together - it is no wonder some seniors decide not to do it. But putting a senior scrapbook together can actually be lots of fun. It just requires a little planning, some creativity and patience.
Instructions
1. Decide if you want to make a traditional scrapbook or a digital version using a website online. Each requires different skills. Choose the type you will enjoy creating the most and the one that will showcase your best skills, not the version you think will be the easiest.
2. Browse other people's senior scrapbooks online. Look at websites like Scrapbook.com or Two Peas In a Bucket. Scrapbook websites like these have galleries where scrapbookers from all over the world upload their latest creations. Look at the styles of scrapbook other seniors are designing. Decide which ideas may work for your scrapbook and modify them to fit.
3. Choose a theme. The easiest senior scrapbooks to organize are often those with a theme running through the book. It can be as simple as a timeline of your life - from kindergarten to graduation - or a catalogue of your athletic career or cheerleading activities. Some seniors make a scrapbook using a time capsule theme, with each page about a different subject and the past, present and possible future of each.
4. Determine if the book will show all of your school years or just your senior year. Books including everything from kindergarten to senior year can be difficult to organize as you will have so much information to choose from. A scrapbook concentrating on just your senior year can be equally challenging.
5. Get organized. Find all the photographs, newspaper clippings, movie tickets, concert programs, song lyrics, and football game memorabilia you want to include. Sort through and organize into year categories if your scrapbook will cover many years, or subject categories if you are concentrating on senior year. Design individual pages by placing each item on a piece of craft board and moving them around until you find the best combination. Photograph the final result so you can remember put it back together for your final product.
6. Buy scrapbook supplies. You will need items such as a scrapbook kit, scrapbook papers, templates, card stock, embellishments and scrapbooking tools. Make a list of every item you will need for each scrapbook page and do not buy any more than that. If you are creating a digital scrapbook, buy the digital kits and fonts you need online. Look at free digital scrapbook sites, as you may find everything you need without having to spend a cent.
7. Put aside a day or two to work on your final scrapbook and get started. If you don't want to do it alone, consider throwing a scrapbooking party, and invite your family and friends to help you. You may enjoy the final product even more if it has been put together with the help of people who are important to you.
