Graduation Scrapbook

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A graduation scrapbook is a great way to capture the memories of an important accomplishment. Parents and graduates will have fun creating an album of the events leading up to the big day.

Graduate holding diploma

Planning Your Scrapbook

Before you get started, you need to decide if you prefer a paper album or a digital album. Each one has its own advantages. A paper album allows you to draw, cut and glue all the design elements on the page by hand. A digital album provides a fast, convenient way to create professional looking pages. Whatever type of album you choose, you will have access to hundreds of graduation themed design elements.

You should also spend some time figuring out your goals for the graduation scrapbook. If you plan to chronicle the entire year leading up to graduation, you need to get all of your scrapbooking supplies early and keep a camera handy at all times. Other scrapbooks deal just with events centered around the graduation.

Do you plan on making the scrapbook as a gift for the graduate or as a personal keepsake? Some parents of graduates make one of each. The approach to each one is a little different. For example, a gift scrapbook may involve writing messages to the graduate and descriptions of pages throughout the album. A personal album may simply be a collection of souvenirs and photos from the event with or without written descriptions.

Types of Graduation Scrapbooks

There are many types of graduation scrapbooks. Common types include:

  • Traditional: A traditional scrapbook include photos and meaningful souvenirs centered around graduation.
  • Story: A story scrapbook tells the story of the graduate in some fashion. It can chronicle the entire year leading up to the graduation. Others may provide a snapshot of each stage of the graduate's life from birth to graduation.
  • Artistic: Artistic scrapbooks often showcase the photos and souvenirs in non-traditional layouts. These type of albums often incorporate mixed media.
  • Combination: Some albums combine all different types of scrapbook styles.

Graduation Theme Design Elements

Once you find your preferred style, you can start gathering supplies. There are endless ways to personalize a graduation scrapbook. Design elements include:

  • Stickers: Many stickers are available with graduation designs such as mortarboards and graduation gowns.
  • Cut outs: Colorful cut outs of design elements include silhouettes of graduates and school houses.
  • Stamps: Both rubber and digital stamps of design elements are available. Elements include messages such as "congratulations" and diploma symbols.
  • Frames: Graduation theme frames can decorate photos, poems and souvenirs. The frame designs often feature words, symbols or graphics in traditional or artistic formats.

Online Graduation Scrapbook Resources

The Internet provides hundreds of websites with helpful information and printable materials for creating a graduation scrapbook. Online resources include:

Graduation Scrapbooking Tips

Here are some tips to personalize your graduation scrapbook:

  • Make a montage of candid photos from graduation day for one of the pages.
  • Write a poem about graduation. If the scrapbook is a gift, write the poem to the graduate. If you are creating a personal album, write the poem as a reflection of your feelings about graduating.
  • Layer different types of decorative paper on a page in an artistic design. Glue special photos on the pages.

Graduation scrapbooks will provide memories of the special event for years to come. Take care in creating a scrapbook that you can treasure forever.

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