Create The Best Baseball Scrapbooks With These 7 Fresh Ideas
Create an all-star cover page
Create an all-star cover page. Hot spot for your athlete!
The first page of your scrapbook album is the most important page. After all, it makes a huge statement of what viewers will experience as they look through the album. Create a large star using one of the colors of your child's baseball uniform and adhere it to a solid back of the other uniform color. In the center of the star, adhere a photo of your child in his or her uniform. Add your child's name at the top.
It's a homerun! Snap the big moment.
Yes! Your son hit a homerun and you got some great shots! For a fun layout, use a baseball diamond as your background. Along the bottom of the page adhere a photo strip of your son getting ready to bat, batting and running the bases. Use a large photo of your son hitting the ball as the main focal point of the page. Journal about the big moment and title the page "Homerun!"
Documenting team players. Autograph please!
Years from now as your child looks back on his baseball days, chances are he won't be able to remember all of the names of his team players. Create a spread (two side-by-side pages)with the title "My Teammates". Using clipart, cut out however many baseballs to represent the team members. At some point, ask each teammate to autograph one of the baseballs and take his picture. If you offer lemonade and cookies after a game, the team members will be glad to cooperate! Using a circular template, crop each photo to show mainly the child's shoulders and head, and adhere to the corresponding baseball. This is a very simple layout, but one that will serve a lot of meaning as the years roll by.
Capture the emotional moments. Laughter, tears and smiles.
Do you have a Little League player in the family? As you have probably witnessed time and time again, when players are placed in a position that isn't their first choice, then emotions are obvious. The little girl who only wants to pitch, will probably appear bored if she's told to play outfield. Catch her in the act of tossing her baseball glove up and down, chasing her shadow or watching the kids over on the playground.
Did your son's baseball team win the championship? Be sure to catch the intense look as he pitches the winning pitch and as he realizes that the team just won the game. On the scrapbooking page include a 5x7 photo with a smaller close up of just his face.
Also try to get photos of the funny moments. Did your daughter slip and get covered with mud? Did your son dive for third base and barely reached it with his fingers? Was your tough rugged teenager caught sleeping on the bus curled with a good luck bear? These are pictures that your child will laugh about for many years.
Include newspaper items. Photos and articles.
As you put together your baseball scrapbook layout ideas, be sure to include any photos or articles from your local newspaper pertaining to the game. Document the date and location and embellish with baseball stickers. You never know who will go on and play pro-baseball. Could you imagine ten years from now realizing that your album holds information about a professional player--priceless!
In addition, if a program is sold or handed out at a game, include portions of the program in your album. For example, if all of the players are listed, make that the main focal point of one of your pages and include a couple of team pictures.
Customize a jersey. Got your number.
For a special background for one of your layouts, enlarge a clip art of a basic baseball jersey. Using scrapbook paper or markers, color the jersey to match your child's jersey. Be sure to include his number and name on it. Add a couple of close-up photos of your child wearing his jersey to the layout.
Create a common border for all the pages. Baseball stitching.
When you think about baseball, you can't help but think of the many red stitches on white. Create several borders of the baseball stitching. If you're handy with the sewing machine, you can precut white stock paper and run it through your machine using red thread. At most major craft stores you can find scrapbook paper that has baseball stitching on it. Cut the paper into border strips. For each spread, add two to four of the borders. You might use borders for the top and bottom of one spread, and then for just the outer side borders for the next spread. The borders will provide consistency throughout the album in a fun way.
Baseball scrapbooking ideas are endless! Be sure to check out the baseball themed supplies at your craft store for additional ideas. Enjoy embellishing your papers with tiny baseballs and bats or sports related word phrases. Your baseball player will certainly appreciate the love and time that you put into creating such a thoughtful album.
by: Anna Lyons
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