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The Week Junior • October 8, 2021

Try scrapbooking

Items you may have in your home or yard can make great additions to your scrapbook.

Old magazines Cut out letters and words from old magazines and use them to explain what’s on the pages of your scrapbook.

Flowers and leaves Take a cue from nature

and dry out leaves and

fl owers inside the pages of a book, then paste them into your scrapbook.

Wrapping paper and ribbons Save the used wrapping paper from your next birthday or holiday, then cut out the images on it for your scrapbook. Bows and ribbons are also fun to add.

Sewing supplies If someone in your family sews, ask them if they have any

fabric scraps or extra buttons you can use to decorate your scrapbook pages.

Old jewelry If you have inexpensive jewelry that you don’t wear anymore, ask an adult if you can cut the beads or charms o� . Glue them in your scrapbook as decorations.

Scrapbooks are a great way to showcase your memories while also letting your creativity shine. A

scrapbook is like a photo album and a collage meshed into one. They’re typically made using a blank notebook or a binder fi lled with blank pages. From there, your scrapbook can be whatever you want it to be. Most people start with photos and then add words, artwork, memorabilia, and more. Here’s how to get started.

Gather supplies The fi rst thing you’ll need is the actual scrapbook. Craft stores sell scrapbooks that look like blank notebooks with thick, cardstock pages. Those work great, if you want to buy one, but you can also use something you already have. You can take a regular notebook or journal or sketchpad and just rip out any used pages or use a leftover binder from school and hole-punch construction paper pages to use inside. Once you have the book, you can gather the rest of your craft supplies. Tape, stickers, patterned paper, ribbons, glitter glue, and anything else you choose can help you bring your pages to life.

Consider a theme You can certainly do a scrapbook that’s fi lled with everything you love from all di� erent areas of your life. However, it’s sometimes easier to narrow down what

you’re going to showcase. For example, you could create a scrapbook all about what you did last summer, a travel book that you add to each time you take a trip, or one fi lled with soccer memories.

Add photos fi rst Photographs are an important part of a scrapbook. Once you’ve decided on a theme for your project, ask an adult to help you print the photos you would like to include. You can print them on a printer at home and then cut

them out, or else send them to a local pharmacy or other local store that prints photos. Once you

have them, go through the pages of your scrapbook and glue one or a few photos on each page.

Give it some pizzazzOnce you have your pictures in place,

it’s time to really make your pages shine. One thing that’s great to add along with

pictures is memorabilia like ticket stubs, brochures, school fl iers, and more. You can glue those onto the pages next to your photos. Scrapbooks usually also have “headlines” on each page to give an idea of what that page is about. You can write these out with markers or use letter stickers or stamps. Then have fun decorating the rest of the page with your own artwork and other craft supplies you gathered at the start of the project.

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This artistic hobby can help you document special times in your life.

Around-the-housescrapbook supplies

HISTORICHOBBY

People have been

making scrapbooks

since the 1800s.

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