For a creative kid, few things could be more fun than a scrapbooking birthday party. It gives her and her friends a chance to use their ideas, skills, and her imaginations to create something she’s not only proud of, but she can keep forever.
Most scrapbooking stores, even the smallest ones, offer some kind of birthday party package for kids of a certain age. Most shops start at about age 6, and tailor their programs and choices for kids up to age 16 or so. A skilled scrapbook shop owner can adjust her activities for each age group, and be assured that each child will have such a good time that they will return again and again for years to come. The kids themselves will learn the basics of scrapbooking, and be introduced to a means by which they can preserve their most precious memories for the rest of their life. And of course, everyone will have a great time.
A scrapbooking party can vary in cost depending on what materials the party plans to use and what the kids will be give to take home. A relatively inexpensive party could cost $5 per child, and the person in charge could show them how to make a single page or double page layout to take home with them to save or to insert in an existing scrapbook. Some shops also offer a board book, which is very much like a child’s thick-cardboard paged board book, except that the children get to decorate it and put in the pictures they want. These are ideal ways to create scrapbooks for each grade’s school pictures, and the cost for the party is usually about $10 per child.
Some more extravagant parties allow the children to take home a full scrapbook of varying sizes, and the party’s activities include creating the layouts for the first several pages of this scrapbook. This gives all the children precious memories of the day’s celebration, and a good beginning for any scrapbooks they want for their future.
