To create an accurate scrapbook memory of your family trip, keep these tips and ideas in mind when traveling.
Probably the easiest thing to do, albeit not the most convenient, is to take some empty scrapbook pages on the road with you, creating the pages as you go day to day. However, for most traveling people, there is rarely a time when you can just sit back and relax and scrapbook. Also, it can be a bit of a hassle to pack a separate bag with all of your scrapbooking items (corner rounders, card stock, stickers, adhesives, scissors, pens, etc, etc).
One creative tip I learned from a friend was allowing each member of the family to snap their own version of events or people. She would allow her children to get their own disposable cameras and use them on the trip whenever they wished. She and her husband, meanwhile, shared their digital camera with each other and took turns snapping pictures. This allowed the family travel journal to be just that. Instead of her capturing her own version of the events, her whole family became involved.
Something you may want to do while traveling, especially if you have a little extra time, is to develop the pictures at a local one-hour developing studio and jot down a few notes on the back of each picture about what was captured and names of buildings or people. Jot down the date, as well. This will help later on when you're looking at a random picture of a building you "kind of remember." The same can be done for digital pictures. Instead of developing them, however, simply scan through them on the camera and take a few notes on the who, what, when and where of each picture on a notepad.
On every trip my husband and I take, when we arrive back at the hotel at night after our long day out, we grab a cup of coffee and tea and rehash the day and journal about it, both telling our own version of what happened throughout the day. We've also been known to keep a small notebook on hand throughout the day, where we scribble little notes to ourselves to remember later. You will be amazed later on when you sit down to actually start working on your travel scrapbook all of the different events that took place. By that time, you will have almost forgotten about them, so that's why it's wonderful to have a journal to remind you about them.
For all of those little mementos and keepsakes you capture along the way like airline tickets, stubs for museums, receipts, brochures and maps, bring along a small Zip-Loc or sturdy cotton bag to keep them all together.
