How To Make A Scrapbook Album For A Baby Boy

How To Make A Scrapbook Album For A Baby BoyBy Christine Perry
You have just become the proud parent of a baby boy. Whetherthis is your first child or not, you’ll want to commemorate thisspecial event by creating a baby scrapbook. It’s easy and fun tofind creative ideas for scrapbooking your son.
The first thing that you need to think about when it come tomaking an album for your new baby boy is how detailed you wouldlike the scrapbook to be. There are a variety of different sizesyou can choose from when it comes to selecting albums, so makesure, if it is going to be detailed, that you consider a largersize, such as a 12 x 12 album.
Now, when you start organizing and planning all thescrapbooking ideas that you might have, you should really startfrom the very beginning – such as when you were pregnant. Now,some women go so far as to save every detail of their pregnancy,even the pregnancy stick that indicated they were going to havetheir child. Now, if you are the kind of person that has savedsuch a thing, start the scrapbook with a picture of the stick,rather than the actual stick.
Another interesting suggestion for a baby boy album that youcan include is a page documenting how your stomach grew month bymonth as you were pregnant. This can actually be split up intonine different pages, and on each page you can document how youwere feeling at that particular stage of your pregnancy, as wellas any food cravings that you had.
Of course, you have to have pages of the actual delivery. Whileactual pictures of the event might or might not be included,things such as baby and mother hospital bracelets, as well asany other papers from that day, should be included.
Once the baby has been born, the birth announcement isreleased. Be sure to include a copy of that, as well as anycards that family and friends sent congratulating you on thenews. This can also include cards that were sent along withflowers.
There are a variety of other ways that you can make pages for ababy boy scrapbook album. However, you need to define how longof a period the album should span. One idea is to have thescrapbook be about the baby’s first year, or if you are one totake a lot of pictures and collect a lot of mementos, you mightwant to make a shorter period of time, like 6 months.
To personalize the album with a boy’s personality, use blueshades of cardstock. Mat photos with varying shades of blue aswell. There are lots of stickers and embellishments availablewith a baby boy theme as well. Finally, include his name oftenin your page titles. Don’t forget to add a personal touch tothe outside of the album cover. You might add a ribbon from ababy shower package or have his name embossed on the cover.
For more information, be sure to search the internet, sincethere are many scrapbooking sites that can give you interestingideas for making a baby album. You can also consult friends andfamily who have done scrapbooks for their own children. Thereare lots of interesting and creative ideas for baby scrapbooks.
About the Author: Christine Perry is an avid scrapbooker andhas over 10 years of scrapbooking experience. Her favorite photography and scrapbooking subjects are her reluctantteenagers. She invites you to her website, http://www.intoscrapbooking.com for more scrapbooking ideas andtips.
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