Mini Album Monday #36- Yearly School Album

It's almost time for school to start (enter cheers and/or groans here).

In honor of this time of year, I have a fun album to share with you this week:

a yearly school album.

 

 

The beauty of this album is that it documents seven years of school photos in one small album.

Let me show you how I made it. It's very simple if you'd like to make one.

 

The cover is made of chipboard measuring 5 1/4"x 8 1/4".

I used two pieces of school themed pattern paper to cover the front and back covers.

Then I added a title "School Days" printed on white cardstock and matted with red cardstock.

The book was bound with a Zutter Bind-It-All.

 

The title page simply says, "Kindergarten through sixth grade".

 

Each layout features that year's school photo,

a signature block to show how my son signed his name that year,

and a questionnaire.

 

 

This album has 8 pages and I used the fronts and backs of each page.

Each page is black cardstock trimmed to 5"x 8".

 

 

On the right side of the layout, is a vertical strip of pattern paper measuring 7 1/2" x 1 1/4".

Next to that is a questionnaire that got filled out every year.

The prompts include:

name

age

teacher

grade

school

favorite subject

least favorite subject

favorite lunch

best friend

most memorable day

favorite things to do at recess

field trips taken

notes

 

Each layout has a piece of colored cardstock measuring 2 1/2"x 4 1/4" in the lower left corner

with a grade level printed on it.

Above that, is a vertical strip of white cardstock measuring 5"x 1"

which provides room for a signature.

Next to that is space for a school photo.

 

 

Each photo measures 3 1/2" x 5".

  

 

Every layout is the same, but has a different colored block of cardstock

and a different type of school themed pattern strip on the right.

 

This is a great way to record a school year.

 

My son was looking at this album after I took photos of it and he said,

"Where's 7th and 8th grades?" which I took to mean he likes this album!

 

The back cover matches the front.

 

Seems do-able, doesn't it?

 

Thanks for stopping by and God bless.

 

Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face evermore!

1 Chron. 16:11

 

 

 This post is linked to Between Naps on the Porch, It's Overflowing, Today's Creative Blog,

and Natasha In Oz.