Scrapbooking with Teens 101

There are five things to remember when scrapbooking with teens. The first is to buy products that teens will like to use. The second is to make the most of the computer when printing out photos. The third is to encourage teen’s creativity. The fourth is to give them space. And the fifth thing to remember when scrapbooking with teens is, try to not put it all in the scrapbook.

So to begin with, get some teen geared products. Don’t stick to what you were using when they were little kids and you did most of the scrapbooking. There are a lot of products for scrapbooking that is made for teens.

There are scrapbooking supplies that are hip and fun. There are teen scrapbook supplies that will enhance the typical teen activity photos for your teens. These supplies can be bought at most scrapbook stores and online. There are papers that are made just for the teenager that is interested in sports. Buying what teens will like to use makes sense if you want the teens you are scrapbooking with to enjoy their scrapbooking pages.

Also don’t stop at the paper teens will use scrapbooking. There are many embellishments that will compliment the paper you buy. There are scrapbook manufacturing companies that have made paper, brads, stickers, and all sorts of embellishments to co-ordinate and go together to make some great looking scrapbook pages just for teens. Check out all you can.

Next thing to do is maximize your computers ability when it comes to printing photos. It is best to crop a photo before you are going to print it. If you are printing your photos yourself, work with your teens and crop the photos prior to printing them out for scrapbooking. This will save on printing paper, provided you put multiple photos on a page.

If you are taking your photos in to be “developed” then you should consider printing them yourself or uploading them to an Internet website that will send them to you. Going on the Internet makes sense with teens. You can choose what photos you want to print out and have them sent right to you for a fraction of the cost and time you would spend going into a store.

Third lesson in scrapbooking with teens is to encourage your teen’s creativity. Teens are very creative and many times have an idea of what they want in their scrapbook. Encourage them to show their personality through their scrapbook pages. A fun way to do this with your teens is to attend a scrapbook class. Also let them explore other people’s scrapbooks online. They can get their own ideas and make their own scrapbooks creative.

The next thing to do is to give your teens space. Teens will need some space to work in and stretch out all their working materials so they can focus on a scrapbook page. Give them the room they need. Also give siblings or others in the house some activity to do so they are not trying to see what is going on and risk ruining your teen’s work.

The last thing to remember what scrapbooking with teens is that you don’t have to get all of everything you can into the scrapbook. A scrapbook is to remember ones life. A teen will want to remember the good things and some of the bad thing in their life. Most likely though a teen will not want to remember everything, and they will not want some pictures in their scrapbook. This is just fine; every picture and ticket stub does not need to go in a scrapbook.

Scrapbooking with teens 101 will involve the knowledge of five important factors. First, buy teen related products. Second, use the computer wisely when printing out photos. Third, encourage your teen’s creativity. Then fourth give them space. And fifth remember that not every picture must go in your teen’s scrapbook.