Scrapbooking with Scissors!

"Scrapbooking with Scissors"

An art activity that I would choose for children would be a scrapbooking activity. I love to scrapbook when I have free time on my hands. I have created tons of scrapbooks from past events such as trips, my first year at university, and of my best friends. I think that it's a great way to remember special times that you had with friends and family and to show how creative one can get. I think a scrapbooking activity that I would get older children (that can cut and paste and come up with creative ideas) to do would be to have them do a collage of something that they love. For example, children could collect items that remind them of their family, or even things that they collect such as pictures of birthday cakes. Putting their creative ideas onto a huge piece of paper gives them opportunity to expand their minds and come up with adventurous collages. I think that this will teach children about important things in their life and how special they really are to a person.

Scrapbooking not only shows how creative someone can be but also lets people know that we must cherish each moment in our life and remember all that we can. I think children will want to look back at a scrapbooking activity like this one and remember what they thought was important to them at the time and reflect on their art.