Baby Scrapbooks Tips

Fun Ways to Enhance Your Baby Scrapbook

Baby scrapbook albums are the best way to remember your baby's life. Whether you are making a baby boy scrapbook or baby girl scrapbook, you can create unique pages for your baby scrapbooking needs. There are a few ways to enhance your scrapbook layouts with some fun techniques.

Add dimension to your pages by using 3-D foam squares. Make certain pictures “pop off” the page by attaching the photo with 3-D squares. The photo will stand out and get noticed if it is popping out away from the page.

Another fun suggestion for a baby book page is to incorporate pop up windows. Hide a precious photo behind a pop up window so the child can lift the flap to see the picture. Seeing and feeling different elements on your baby scrapbook pages will make the book fun for children to look at. Choose fun creative embellishments that your child can touch.

You can improve your baby scrapbook layouts by including interactive pages, too.

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Baby Scrapbook ABC's

Baby scrapbooks are very important to most individuals, and especially mothers. You can make unique baby albums by picking an original theme.

Try an ABC baby scrapbook. Each page has something to do with the corresponding letter. For example:

A for appetite

B for bouncy boy

C for cousins

D for daddy

E for eyes

F for feet

G for growing

H for haircut

J for jumping

K for knees

L for lovable

M for mommy

And so on as you go through the entire alphabet. By the time you make a page layout for each letter you will have quite a book. Make the letter visible in a corner or in the middle of the page and put the matching word next to the letter. Your scrapbook pages can be embellished with baby items such as decorative buttons, safety pins, ribbons, etc.

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Pregnancy Scrapbook

A pregnancy scrapbook can be a fun keepsake for kids. This little scrapbook tells the story of your pregnancy. Just like baby scrapbooks, pregnancy scrapbooks are memorable albums for the entire family. A good place to start your pregnancy scrapbook is with a picture of you when you found out you were pregnant and record the date. As you go through your pregnancy, keep a journal of your doctor's appointments and how you felt throughout your pregnancy. You can include ultrasound pictures and other interesting information. Update your photos month by month so you can see how your body is changing. Be sure to get some side views in order to capture the “full effect” of the growing belly. Take photos of your doctor, the hospital where you delivered and even your hospital room.

At the end of your pregnancy scrapbook, write a letter to your child about how you felt during the delivery and what your feelings were when you saw them for the first time. A pregnancy scrapbook can be a treasured keepsake for you and your child to share.

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Baby Picture Tips

An important part of creating an adorable layout for your baby scrapbook is high-quality photos. Babies are so much fun to photograph, but often times the pictures turn out too dark or too blurry. In order to take better photographs of your baby there are few tips you can follow:

1. Stand directly over the baby when photographing him or her on their backs. This will ensure a clear direct shot of the child.

2. Use a high quality camera. Digital photos or automatic cameras work best. If you buy a disposable camera make sure it is a quality brand so your photos don't suffer.

3. Keep your camera handy so you can capture all ranges of emotions. Although we like happy faces, it is fun to see how our babies react and photograph their sour faces, sad faces, confused faces, etc.

4. Pick a certain time of the week or month to have “picture time.” Documenting your baby's growth and changes can be a great addition to your baby scrapbook. Bath time can be the perfect time to take pictures of how much you child has grown. A few fun shots in the tub are fun, but doing a “photo shoot” in a clean outfit right out of the tub is the ideal time to take some wonderful photographs.

Taking quality photos is not difficult if you pay attention to detail and follow a few simple tips like those listed above.

Scrapbook albums are the best way to preserve wonderful memories of your baby. You can adorn your pages with fun embellishments, delightful photos and even some baby scrapbook quotes and poems.

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Baby Scrapbook: "Book of Firsts"

One idea for a baby scrapbook theme is a "Book of Firsts". In this album you can record milestones for your infant/baby. Your page layouts can be created around a certain milestone. For example:

First Words

First Steps

First Tooth

First Haircut

First Foods

First Bath

First Birthday

First Christmas

First Easter

First Trip to the Zoo

This exclusive baby scrapbook will be unique for each child. Include sentimental items in your book such as "locks of hair" for your first haircut page, Christmas or birthday cards for the "firsts" in those categories and lots and lots of pictures for the "first steps" etc. Use journaling spaces on your pages to keep record of "first words" and funny phrases your child says when they begin to talk. Baby scrapbooks don't have to be traditional, you can come up with any type of theme you want for your scrapbook pages. Make the book fun and interesting to look at for future generations.

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Baby Scrapbooking Theme: First Year of Life

Why not make a baby scrapbook that is all about your child's “first year of life”?

Each page layout will represent a month in your child's life. You will start with one month old and go to 12 months old. This can be an important little book to share with your kids when they get older. With pictures on each page you will be able to see how much your baby changes and develops, as they grow older.

Start with a newborn section (one page layout or several if you want more pictures); include a picture of your newborn in the hospital. Next, move on to one month, in this section you could have pictures on the baby with mom, dad, siblings etc. Include pictures of bath time and feedings. Continue to go through the entire first year. When you hit a year old you will have fun pictures of their first birthday, eating cake, opening presents, etc. Baby scrapbooks are fun, be creative and make your baby scrapbooks something your children will cherish for a lifetime.

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Baby Scrapbook: Lullaby Theme

Baby scrapbook themes are endless. One unique theme idea is a lullaby album. Babies tend to sleep a lot when they are newborns and moms just can't resist snapping pictures of those innocent faces. As mother's we want to remember the peaceful times because they don't last for long.

Why not make a themed book of those sleeping photographs and include the words and lyrics of baby songs and lullabies. Be sure to include the songs you sing to your children and write about your thoughts and feelings. You can add pages to this book even as your child gets older. With older children you can include the songs they like to sing such as ABC's, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Pat-a-Cake, etc.

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Baby Scrapbook Colors

Color combinations can be tough to determine. What colors will look fabulous in your books? What colors are good for baby boys and which colors are better for baby girls? Questions about color combinations are prevalent among scrappers as they create their exclusive baby scrapbooks.

Here are some color suggestions for baby scrapbook pages:

Baby boy themed pages are traditionally done in blue, reds and greens. Baby blue, tan, and kiwi green are a great combination for baby boy pages. Try a medium shade of blue with a deep red color and brown to accent. Boy pages turn out well with yellow, too. Use yellow, green and turquoise colors for some fun scrapbook pages.

Moving on to baby girls, pink is a common color used for page layouts with "girly" themes. Yellow is a fabulous color for girls too. Combine it with a bubblegum pink and kiwi green and your have an adorable mix. Use dark purple with a vanilla cream color and medium pink for another choice. Try medium blue, plum and key lime green.

There are many possibilities when it comes to colors, and experimenting with different combinations is recommended. You don't have to stick with traditional colors like blue and pink. Expand your horizons and come up with various color combinations and accents to make your pages "stand out".

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