Making a school scrapbook is a wonderful idea and a hot subject for many scrapbooking fans. This is because most people's college years helped in defining them into the individual they are now through all the drama, events, friends, awards and punishments.
With college being such a basic part of what formed you to be the individual you are today, it's crucial that you capture those feelings in your album. On top of this, many colleges send parents many great scrapbooking materials, on a virtually regular basis.
Firstly, most schools have a newsletter that gets sent out on a consistent basis. If there is a important event that went on in class, it will be covered in the newsletter. New buildings, huge awards and sport teams winning will always be covered in newsletters. So be certain to cling to them for your school scrapbook.
School diaries are also another good source of material. In them you may find lists of homework, notices from teachers to parents, your ( or your child's ) doodles and scribbles and so on. Skipping through the pages will yield some things that you will definitely wish to put into your book.
At this point its vital to note that college is not unvaryingly high grades and success, at some particular point nearly everyone has gotten a bad grade (or heaven forbid, a lot of bad grades), detentions or notes home to elders. Don't leave these out! Some scrapbookers only want to remember the great times and have a look at their memories through rose colored glasses, but you'll only really capture the swings and roundabouts of your college years if you include the bad times with the good. It will add a fairly authenticity to your school scrapbook that's hard to capture.
Pictures are your next stop. Its around school age that people begin to get snap happy. Take your photo albums, blow the dust off and go through them. You will find some pics of you (or your youngsters) in a school uniform and heaps of ones with college mates in them. To mix it up a little , if you have pictures of them now, put them both in your book as a image of then vs now.
Last but not least, do not forget to add in any awards that you or you kids may have won. Whether its a sporting victory, maths competition, spelling bee, science award - or maybe just when you were given a gold star on your homework, add it into your school scrapbook. Make sure that you celebrate both the highpoints and lowpoints.
When your book is complete, it should be a colorful party of your great and not so great moments. A real testament of what made you the person you are today!
And as always, happy scrapping.
With college being such a basic part of what formed you to be the individual you are today, it's crucial that you capture those feelings in your album. On top of this, many colleges send parents many great scrapbooking materials, on a virtually regular basis.
Firstly, most schools have a newsletter that gets sent out on a consistent basis. If there is a important event that went on in class, it will be covered in the newsletter. New buildings, huge awards and sport teams winning will always be covered in newsletters. So be certain to cling to them for your school scrapbook.
School diaries are also another good source of material. In them you may find lists of homework, notices from teachers to parents, your ( or your child's ) doodles and scribbles and so on. Skipping through the pages will yield some things that you will definitely wish to put into your book.
At this point its vital to note that college is not unvaryingly high grades and success, at some particular point nearly everyone has gotten a bad grade (or heaven forbid, a lot of bad grades), detentions or notes home to elders. Don't leave these out! Some scrapbookers only want to remember the great times and have a look at their memories through rose colored glasses, but you'll only really capture the swings and roundabouts of your college years if you include the bad times with the good. It will add a fairly authenticity to your school scrapbook that's hard to capture.
Pictures are your next stop. Its around school age that people begin to get snap happy. Take your photo albums, blow the dust off and go through them. You will find some pics of you (or your youngsters) in a school uniform and heaps of ones with college mates in them. To mix it up a little , if you have pictures of them now, put them both in your book as a image of then vs now.
Last but not least, do not forget to add in any awards that you or you kids may have won. Whether its a sporting victory, maths competition, spelling bee, science award - or maybe just when you were given a gold star on your homework, add it into your school scrapbook. Make sure that you celebrate both the highpoints and lowpoints.
When your book is complete, it should be a colorful party of your great and not so great moments. A real testament of what made you the person you are today!
And as always, happy scrapping.
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