How to Make a Christmas ABC Scrapbook Memory Album

Since kids learn better and faster if they are doing something they enjoy, what better way to teach the ABC's than a personal
ABC Christmas Scrapbook Memory album - all about them and their family!. Something they can learn with this year, but bring out in years to come for fun and memories! So with the Christmas holidays approaching, start now and have your child's Christmas ABC Scrapbook Memory album ready so they have lots of time to enjoy it while they learn.

Some suggestions to get you started in your search for images, pictures and "things" to use in your scrapbook ABC Christmas scrapbook album is to look at your own photos of your family's past and try to use those in the album - For instance the B for "building a snowman" - do you have a photo of family members building a snowman in previous years? That'd be the perfect item for B! I did a page for P and used a Poem for Papa and it was accompanied with a photo of my grand daughter and her Papa. You can use a specific item or a phrase to display the letter. We live in Sourthern California so there is no snow on Christmas Day. So in my scrapbook album, on the S page I have "A Sunshine Christmas Day". When using a phrase, just make the letter a capital and the rest lower case - sUgar rUsh for the letter U - or the letter in RED and the rest green to set the letter out. You can do one letter item on each page or several to alot of letter items on each page - whatever you choose.

Check out the scrapbook sticker isle at the craft stores, (especially on 40% off week)!. Look at die cuts and 3-D scrapbook embellishments. You can use magazine pictures/cut outs or your child's own personal art work. Look at christmas cards you saved from last year. Gift tags you might purchase to use this year - check the design.. what letter can you use it for?! Images from christmas wrappng paper. Just look around! Keep your eyes open, and when all else fails, go back to the scrapbook sticker isle!

I would suggest using just white cardstock for each page - cut 26 "pages" of white cardstock the size you want. However, if you want to choose a beautiful pattern paper or colorful solid cardstock - do it! For this project, the only limit is in your own imagination!

For each letter, just buy a scrapbook sticker sheet of the letters in red and green. They come in a large assortment of styles and color. But red and green might be a good way to go to keep some organization within the scrapbook album once it is done. Also get a red and green acid free scrapbook marker pen or gel pen to do the writting. However, if you want to add more color - chose any color pen you'd like!

What kind of album do you get? You can buy nice post bound scrapbook album - most any size you want. I did an 4x6, but you can do a 8x10 or a 12x12! A spirl scrapbook album is nice, but it is sometimes hard to find page scrapbook page protectors to fit a spiral album, but don't fret...just be careful with it! Another thing you can teach your child the fun way. Be careful! You can use regular "office store" 8x10 page proctectors and a 3 ring notebook.

So here is a list of letter items to get you started thinking and creating the pages for your Christmas ABC Scrapbook album. Once you get going, you'll think of things that you can use that honor or specialize your own famliy's christmas holiday heritage and tradtiions. Even think about YOUR past christmas' when you were little and get an embellishment about that - now you are creating memories both for you and your child (most kids love to hear about when Mom and Dad were little - back in the "olden days"!).

A: Advent calendars, advent candles, angesl, anticipation, apple pie,
B: Baking, baby's first Christmas, building a snowman, bundled up to go, "better be good!", bye-bye
C: cutting the tree, chimney with care, Christmas cookies, candlelight, cards, hot Coco, christmas cheer
D: Decorating the tree or mantle, Daddy, dinner, new Dresses for the holidays, dreams, decorations
E: enjoying, Christmas Eve, eggnog, elves, Eating together, Everyone around the table, Everyone is here!
F: Fun with Family, family, friends, Fresh snowfall, fireplace, building a Fire in the Fireplace, Fresh holly
G: guests, gingerbread cookies (or houses). Grandpa, Grandma, Grand kids, Great fun, family Gathering, gifts
H: Home for the Holidays, Ganging the decorations, Gelping mom/grandma, Golly berrys, hope, happy, hugs
I: ice skating, Ice fishing, Icicles on the tree, Indoor fun, no room at the Inn, In line for Santa
J: Jolly old St. Nick, Joseph & Mary, Joy, Jesus birthday, Just the best day, Just having fun, Joking around
K: Kitchen capers, kisses, kids, the three Kings, Keeping the Christmas spirit, Kettle of cookies
L: Lights on the tree/house, Light in the neighborhood, Laughter, Lots of snow/fun/food, Laying down to sleep
M: Making Memories, Making crafts, christmas Morning, Mommy, mistletoe, Midnight Mass, Mr. Claus,
N: Nativity scene, nutcracker, nieces, nephews, Naughty or Nice, nuts, New toys, Night Before Christmas
O: ornaments, Opening gifts, Outdoor fun/decorations, "oh's and ah's", "Oh my goodness!", Off to sleep
P: presents, christmas program, popcorn to string, parents, pair of turtledoves, partridge in a pear tree
Q: Quilts to snuggle, questions ("Can I open it yet?") Quizzical looks, Quite a show!, Quiet and sleepy
R: relaxing, resting, relatives, Reading the Christmas story, Rambuncious kids, Ready to go to Grandmas
S: Snowball fights, snowfall, sliding, skiing, skating, Stockings were hung, special surprise, secret Santa
T: tree trimming, Time for_____, Taking it easy, a Trip to _____, traditions, "Take a cookie time out!", trust
U: Under the tree, unforgettable, unbelievable, Under the eaves, Unsuspecting eyes, sUgar cookies, sUgar rUsh
V: visits, holiday Visitors, Vacation time, Very ______(delicious, etc), Very special,
W: Wraping the gifts, Waiting for Santa, Watching for reindeer, winter wonderland, Wishing for ___,
X: x-tra special, x-traordinary, x-tra gifts, x-tra food, x-tra cookies, x-tra kisses and hugs
Y: Yearly chirstmas letter, Yule log, Year end memories, best time of the Year
Z: Zipping up to keep warm, catching some z-z-z-z-z's, zest, zealous, Zip the lips to keep the secret!

The list is endless, of course! Once you get started, you are sure to find your own ideas and things to use. Just try to look for unusual things, that are not so common. This will help the kids not only to learn the alphabet and new words, but learn that there are are other things about christmas besides just gifts, toys and cookies! And when they are older, they can have the Christmas ABC Scrapbook Album to hand down to their children!

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