Scrapbook Halloween Projects

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From costumes and candy to the row of creatively carved pumpkins on your front porch, October 31 is filled with many memories worthy of scrapbook Halloween projects.

Scrapbooking Halloween Memories

Halloween is full of moments that deserve a place in your family scrapbook. Ideas for scrapbook Halloween projects can include:

  • Selecting pumpkins at the local pumpkin patch
  • Carving pumpkins
  • Visiting a haunted house
  • Decorating the yard for Halloween
  • Baking Halloween cupcakes or other special treats
  • Shopping for Halloween costumes
  • Going trick-or-treating
  • Passing out candy to trick-or-treaters
  • Watching scary movies
  • Getting ready for a Halloween party
  • Having a stomachache the next day from eating too much candy

When taking pictures for Halloween scrapbook layouts, keep in mind that low lighting is best for achieving a spooky mood. Flashlights make a great ghoulish light source, as does the glow coming from a line of jack-o-lanterns.

Many scrapbookers worry about what colors to choose for Halloween pages, especially if they have photos of multiple children wearing costumes that don't necessarily "match" each other. If you're photographing brightly colored costumes on a busy backdrop, print the picture in black and white to make it easier to choose a color scheme for your layout. Using image editing software such as Adobe Photoshop Elements to give your pictures a distressed feel will help to further add to the spooky mood of your Halloween layout.

Page Title Ideas for Halloween Layouts
Scrapbook your favorite Halloween memories.

While a page title isn't always necessary, it can be a good way to quickly convey the theme of your scrapbook layout. Here are some great page title ideas for Halloween layouts:

  • The Boo Crew
  • Happy Haunting
  • I Love My Mummy
  • Little Monsters
  • I Want Candy
  • Eat, Drink, and Be Scary
  • Monster Mash
  • Make No Bones About It
  • Chills and Thrills
  • Scaring Up Fun
  • Me and My Ghoul Friends
  • Fright Night Delight
  • Creatures of the Night
  • Creepy Creatures
  • Spooktacular Fun
  • Evil Twin
  • Good Witch
  • Little Devil

If you enjoy using quotes on your scrapbook layouts, you can find a variety of Halloween quotes by visiting the following helpful Web sites:

Design Ideas for Scrapbook Halloween Projects

You can find a variety of stickers, rub-ons, rubber stamps, charms, chipboard embellishments, and decorative patterned papers in Halloween themes wherever scrapbook supplies are sold. If you prefer to make your own page accents, however, here are a few ideas you can try:

  • Use a paper piecing pattern to make a custom pumpkin embellishment for your page. Add interest by cutting the pieces from scraps of your favorite orange patterned papers.
  • Add interest to a title by printing it in a gothic looking free Halloween font, such as one in which the letters seem to be dripping blood.
  • Use fuzzy white yarn wrapped around a series of silver brads to make a spider web background for your layout.
  • Give your page a spooky appearance by stamping "Boo!" or "Happy Halloween!" on a dark cardstock background using VersaMark watermark ink.
  • For a whimsical look on a child's Halloween page, use thought bubbles as places for journaling. Document your son's search for the perfect costume or your daughter's obsession with figuring out which houses have the best chocolate for trick-or-treaters.
  • Save memorabilia, such as candy wrappers or a feather from your child's costume to incorporate into your page.

Web sites offering digital scrapbook freebies can also be a good resource for embellishing scrapbook Halloween projects, even if you're not a digital scrapbooker. Simply print the papers or embellishments of your choice onto acid-free cardstock, cut them out, and use them as you would any traditional scrapbooking supplies.

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