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You already know all the reasons why scrapbooking is your favorite hobby and the benefits it brings to your family. So why not share that activity with your children as well?  Scrapbooking for kids can be just as fun and meaningful as it is for grown-up.  There are several reasons to begin scrapbooking with your kids.  Here are just some you should begin sharing scrapbooking with your children today.

1. The primary reason many people scrapbook is to document their family memories and photos.  Scrapbooking for children is an ideal time to remember favorite family memories.  While you design page layouts, you can remember your vacation to Europe or the last time grandparents came to visit.

2. Scrapbooking family photographs opens up discussion about family history.It’s a perfect time to discuss your ancestors and how they lived.Your children can learn so much from those conversations.  It’s a great opportunity to talk about family and friends that live far away too.

3. Scrapbooking with kids can be a creative outlet the same as it is for you.  Providing your children with the supplies and letting them enjoy the creative process helps foster their imagination and artistic expression.  Scrapbooking for children should not be about the final product or scrapbook layout.  It should always be about experiencing the process, interacting with the supplies and encouraging their creativity.

4. Scrapbooking for children is a chance for quality family time.  Whether you are scrapbooking with a kid one on one or with several kids, you have the chance to really listen to them.   Have them discuss the pages they are designing, and ask them what they remember about the photographs in the page layout.You might be surprised at their responses.

5. Scrapbooking page layouts can also be educational.   Through scrapbooking, you can teach older kids about basic photography techniques, color theory and even design principles.

6. As your kids are creating scrapbooking pages, they are expressing and documenting their feelings and thoughts in their own words.  They also are preserving their handwriting as they journal on their layouts.  Scrapbooking pages created by your children reflect their unique perspective and memories of family events.

7. Spending time with your kids and scrapbooking is a chance to express family values.  Just looking through your photos tells a lot about what your family values are.  Take the time to talk about them with your children.  Family time, friendships, and holidays all say something about what we value most in our lives.

8. While you share scrapbooking time with your kids, you may just be training the next photographer or historian in your family.  One of your kids may catch the scrapbooking bug just like you have.

Scrapbooking for children provides many opportunities to spend quality time with your kids and have fun together as a family.It can be a creative outlet and educational for both of you.  Round up your kids and gather some photos and scrapbooking supplies.  Enjoy scrapbooking with your kids today.