Creating a scrapbook of a toddler is often very challenging. It is not easy to capture the attention of the small baby in order to get perfect pictures every time and even thinking about how to do it all is a problem in itself. When creating a regular scrapbook you basically know what you are doing but now you are dealing with something special. We are also talking about a time frame that is quite small but filled with so many events that could make our scrapbook quite big. Let us think about how to handle the creation of a toddler scrapbook; the basics you need to understand.

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

There are two ways that are usually utilized to create a toddler scrapbook. The first one stands in building it as events happen. This will require that you keep adding new pages every time something happens and there is a huge chance that you will not have enough pages in your album. This means that you need to be prepared and purchase many sheets of cardboard and paper up front so that you will not need to change everything at some point in time because you will not find the type of materials you used in the past. The second approach stands in gathering everything and creating the toddler scrapbook when your child is no longer a toddler. In both cases you will have to take as many pictures as possible. You should always have your camera around when you are near your child. This is because you never know when something funny and worth including in the scrapbook happens. For instance, the moment in which he walks for the first time is one that not only should not be missed but has to be immortalized with pictures as well. You should also put in many pictures that portray the toddler while playing with food, getting dirty, mimicking adult behavior and a whole lot more. Make as many pictures as possible in order to have what to choose from.

Organizing the Toddler Scrapbook

There are a lot of possible approaches in creating a toddler scrapbook. When it comes to organization, there are two that are very common among scrapbookers around the world. This does not mean that you can not be special and do your own organizing and choosing something else.

The first one is to create a chronological toddler scrapbook. You can do this by organizing everything based on when it happens. If you plan on building the scrapbook after the toddler period in your child’s life passed be sure to label each picture so that you can easily order everything chronologically. Do this on the back of the photo so that you might add extra writings on the front and not be forced to cut that out. When building the toddler scrapbook chronologically we need to recommend that you create it as the events happen. This way you will have no problem in highlighting every single important moment in your toddler’s life and growing up process.

The second organization approach stands in creating the toddler scrapbook based on a chapter sequence. This means you will end up grouping pictures by section instead of a chronological order. Examples of common chapter names are “Likes and Dislikes”, “Special Moments”, “Events”, “Firsts” and so on. No matter what approach you take, a proper organization of everything you are going to do is the key to making everything run smoother.

Elements Usually Included

There are a lot of elements you can put into your toddler scrapbook. Two of the most common are a measuring growth snapshot and the Likes and Dislikes section mentioned above. Toddlers tend to change a lot from day to day and you might end up with a surprise. Keeping a physical growth chart while recording different changes in height and weight is a great snapshot of the child’s progress. A good idea to do this is to take a picture every single month with the child in a given location. This way you will be able to visually track the changes as well and include them in your special toddler album.

The likes and dislikes session can also be a world of fun that should make it in the toddler scrapbook. As your child grows try and have conversations with them once a few months. You will notice that these likes and dislikes are changing from a favorite doll to some grown up topics like favorite stories or best friends. In most cases you will notice that there are elements that are always the same while others change dramatically. Tracking this likes and dislikes evolution is very fun and it is an element that will definitely spice up your toddler scrapbook.

Another highly common part of the toddler scrapbook stands in a special moments section that highlights some of the events that are either funny or important. Examples can be given in the first time the toddler walked a few steps, some objects that he broke while not realizing what he was doing or playing with food and getting all dirty. Such events need to be immortalized as they will add the spice needed to turn your toddler scrapbook into a funny and memorable album.

Stick to Basics

When creating toddler scrapbooks it is highly recommended that you do not start utilizing complex techniques. Keep everything as simple as possible in order to make your child stick out and appear in the centre of attention. There is actually a huge chance that all you will need stands in photos of your child and added comments. Keeping decorations to a minimum and relying on the joy of the baby is the best way to go at it with toddler scrapbooking. After all, the entire album is about him and not the drawings on the sides. You can and should add different elements like stickers and text but just do not overdue it.