Winter scrapbooking doesn’t mean dull white pages. Winter time gives you amazing opportunities you otherwise don’t have.
Winter pictures are typically quite white, which doesn’t lead towards eye-catching colors and scrapbook pages.. however, with a little imagination and some extra supplies, you can quickly turn dull, boring white into entertaining pages!
Depending on the person and the location, the winter season is a much slower season. You tend to stay in more because of the cold and the daylight hours are much shorter. This gives you a great opportunity to catch up on your scrapbooking! All year long I take pictures and collect great little items for my scrapbooks however I can never find the time to put them together. Winter time offers you scrapbooking opportunities I otherwise wouldn’t have.
The winter season also offers some other opportunities. In my area there seems to be more sales at my local craft stores, which is great for stocking up on supplies for the rest of the year. There’s also a great opportunity for taking fun pictures with the kids in the snow. Snow angels (taken from the upstairs window so I could get a great shot), various snowmen, and tons of snowball fights make for some pretty amazing scrapbook layout ideas.
Speaking of snowmen, here’s an idea for you. I saw this a number of years ago and my family started doing this as well. For fun, the family puts their busy school and work schedules aside and spends a little time in the backyard putting together a series of snowmen. There are five of us which means there are five snowmen we need to make. The first few years the kids made snowmen that resembled themselves (as much as three large snowballs stacked on top of each other can) however the kids have started to explore their creative sides. Now the snowmen don’t necessarily represent what they look like but how they see themselves. It’s amazing to see what they come up with.
Great family winter fun!
