Hi Everyone,
I am a firm believer that you should
teach children the art of crafting at a young age and continue to nurture them
as they grow. For me, there is nothing more exciting than throwing a bunch of
craft supplies onto a table and watching to see what a child decides to do with
them. But what is really fun to do with children is to scrapbook with them,
especially if they use pictures they took by themselves. Kids love that! And
instead of worrying about your kids dropping your good camera buy them their
own disposable one.
One of the great things about
scrapbooking is it is a project that can be worked on and put aside throughout
the year. Children from the age of eight and up can create an album on their
own. But children under the age of eight will need a little more help.
What do you need to get started? Well, first of all keep in mind that the album you are going
to be working on is something for your child, not you. Don’t worry if
everything is not perfect or totally acid-free. It’s their project, so let them
lead the way. When you’re ready to shop for materials, take them with you to
the store and let them pick out all the things they want to include in their
album. Your child can make an album without breaking your bank account. You can
purchase materials at your local discount store. The items you will need to get
started should be some card stock, colored pencils or some of those glitter gel
pens kids love to draw with, a few stickers and embellishments and a glue
stick. Of course if you are a rubber stamper like me, you’ll also want
your children to have a stamp (or two!) And a dye based ink pad probably in
black, so they can color the image. Once you have your materials together,
you’re ready to start the fun!
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©2012 Richelle Rojas Stampin’ Queen
Creations
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The scrapbook page I have included
was created by my daughter Richelle, when she was a little girl. She had
found the picture and letter she had made for the tooth fairy that I had saved
for her and decided she wanted to create a page using the items. Here’s how she
did it-She used decorative scissors around both items and layered them onto yellow
card stock. She cut out yellow stars and drew lines and dots around the edges.
Next, she glued blue ribbon, the stars and her pictures onto a 12″ x 12″ piece
of blue card stock.
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©2012 Richelle Rojas Stampin’ Queen
Creations
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I printed out the text for her on my
computer. She made stars from white card stock and glued them onto the yellow
stars. I had made her a small pouch from ribbon. She drew a small tooth, cut it
out and attached some string to it. She sewed a button on the pouch and
attached the small tooth. Then she adhered the pouch to a piece of dark blue
card stock, used decorative scissors around the edges and adhered it to her
page. The second page was made with pattern paper. She adhered the ribbon and stars like the first page, then we drew a picture of a tooth on white card stock which sh cut out and added her pictures to.
My little girl is now a beautiful grown woman who is now pregnant with her first child. We had so much fun creating this page together and my hope for her and her child is that they take the time to create a scrapbook page or two together. Of course with Nana being around, I see lots of different crafting going on in this child's life. I hope that you find that
same joy scrapbooking with your children. It really is a blast!
Thank you for joining me. Until next time...
Crafty hugs,
Lisa
Stampin' Queen Creations
Give The Queen A Call!!!
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