Communication, Arts & Leisure Sciences
4-H Scrapbooking Project
The Colorado 4-H Scrapbooking Project teaches youth how to preserve memories through creative albums filled with photos and memorabilia.
Participants learn to use archival-safe supplies, organize and protect photos, create layouts, crop and mat images, use embellishments, and tell stories through pictures and journaling.
The project encourages developing a personal style, practicing different techniques, and creating themed, coordinated albums for exhibition, while completing age-appropriate activities and record-keeping.
Project Overview
Scrapbooking
Designed for members 8-18 years old
This project is designed to teach 4-H members about Scrapbooking. The history of your life can be preserved for the next generation by creating a scrapbook filled with your collection of pictures and memorabilia. Memorabilia items to save include ticket stubs, business cards, greeting cards, awards, certificates, letters, postcards, recipes, receipts, and brochures.
Inspiring youth to:
- Learn about the importance of using archival-safe supplies
- Learn basic supplies
- Organize and protect your photographs
- Learn how to create a layout
- Learn how to crop and mat photographs
- Learn how to use embellishments to create your personal style
- Practice different techniques
- Tell a story using pictures and journaling
Official Project Materials
Materials & Curriculum
Member Resources
Find Your County
Counties play a crucial role in 4-H by providing a platform for young people to learn and grow.
Counties facilitate the delivery of 4-H programs that are of particular interest in their area and qualified, compassionate adult leaders run local clubs to support our youth 4-H members.
To find out if this project is supported locally, contact your local extension office.
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Quick Tips
- Each member should complete the minimum number of activities from the manual
- Junior: 1+
- Intermediate: 2+
- Senior: 3+
- Pages in the Scrapbooking album need to be numbered using small stickers in the lower right corner.
- Complete the minimum number of techniques on the Technique Reflection Page in the record book
- Junior: 4, Intermediate: 7, Senior: 10 for pages
- Junior: 5; Intermediate: 9, Senior: 15 for albums
- When creating your project, it should be coordinated and follow a theme.
Scrapbooking Tips
Albums
- The Scrapbooking album pages need to be numbered and can be labeled using small stickers in the lower right corner of each page so as to not cover up your work.
- Your album should be coordinated and follow a theme or should be in chronological order.
- Each page or two-page layout must contain a title. The title of each page should give character to the page and should tell something or be a clever statement about the topic of the page.
- Each page or two-page layout must contain journaling. Journaling is important, because it tells the story behind your photos. It can be done multiple ways, but at least one journal entry per album must be handwritten.
One and Two Page Layouts
- Only exhibit the single- or double-page layout to be judged. Do not bring other pages to the fair or include them in your submitted project.
- One- and two-page layouts shall be exhibited in a solid 3-ring binder or typical scrapbook album. Please do not submit pages without a cover.
- Tell us about your album theme and the techniques you learned in your story.
Cards and Tags
- Four cards or five tags must be exhibited on a 12″x12″ solid board, not scrapbook paper in a sleeve.
- Label and number the cards or tags on the back side of the exhibit.
- When making folding cards, make sure the theme is followed on the inside of the card.
- Tell us about your theme and your cards or tags in your story.
Careers
Education
Opportunity to teach others about art and assist them in building their skills
Craft Store Worker
Assisting people to get the supplies they need to be successful in their project creation
Graphic Design
Communicating through layout, photos, color, and typography
Art Museum Curator
Oversee the acquisition of new art, management of current artifacts, and interact with guests to provide education
Communications
Convey important product or service information and promote the industry
Marketing/Brand
Manager
Selling a particular product through the use of different mediums
Photography
Person who takes photos for a profession
Warehouse Associate
Person who picks, packs, and ships orders from online sales