Scrapbook Ideas for Baby’s First Year

Over the years scrapbooking has become more and more popular because it is a great way to present your memories. You can choose to do any theme, ranging from family vacations to summer filled days. As a mother I wanted to make a scrapbook of my baby’s first year. A baby’s first birthday is a momentous occasion and what better way can you show off their year, than creating a scrapbook.
Milestones
You can create many pages for your scrapbook by capturing your baby’s milestones. I personally used photos of my son when he was learning to sit up by himself, the first time he ate baby food, his first steps, and of course his first hair cut. For the first hair cut make sure you take a photo before and a photo after so you can really see the end result.
Holidays
The holidays can truly make the greatest scrapbook pages. Make sure to take plenty of photos during Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Fourth of July, and any other holiday you celebrate. The more photos that you have, the greater options you will be able to choose from. Many craft stores carry pre-packaged and ready-to-use kits with everything you need to create your scrapbook pages. They typically include sheets of decorative paper, stickers, and various embellishments.
Family Vacations
Although family vacations are not remembered by your baby, they will always be memories you will have. Displaying your family vacation photos in your baby’s scrapbook will show your child later in life what fun they had and also make great additions to your scrapbook. There is a wide range of available products that are travel themed for your pages. They offer stickers and pages that are beached themed and specific cities or countries, such as Paris or Mexico.
Professional Photographs
For my son I had professional photographs taken of him every month until he was a year old. I used those photos to separate the months in his scrapbook. In other words, I would use his one month professional photo at the beginning and then I would use the two month photo after all the one month photos were used. I did this as a separator and so that it was easier for someone to know his age at that point.
Everyday Moments
Photos doing ordinary and everyday things are my personal favorite. These are the photos that truly capture who they are. This is where the fun creating a scrapbook really comes in. You can create your pages however you like and use a wide variety of pages, stickers, and embellishments.
Remember that a scrapbook is your project and you can create it however you like. Be as creative as you can. When I was finished with my baby’s first year scrapbook I brought it to his birthday party and laid it out so everyone could see it. Everyone truly enjoyed being able to see him grow through the pages. After the party, make sure you create pages at the end of his first birthday party to conclude your scrapbook.