Mother’s Day Gift Idea for Students – A Scrapbook of You!

Hey Students!

As a mother, I know how EXTREMELY important it is for me to try and capture special things and moments of my children.  My kids are young now (oldest is 3.5 years old at the time of this article), so for me, I’m dealing with saving hospital tags from their birth, documenting “baby’s first ____________ ” (fill in the blank: step, word, tooth, haircut, etc…you understand), birthday party pictures, vacation pictures, and so on.

Anyway, here is my point. I bet your parents would LOVE to have a scrapbook of you during your “older” years.  Here is a great gift idea that is cost effective and carries an EXPLOSIVE impact on your mother, guardian, or whoever is filling the “motherly” role (even if it is your dad!) in your life.

Mother’s Day Gift – Scrapbook Your Favorite Moments with your Mom

1. Pick out some printed photos of you, your siblings, you AND your siblings, you AND your mom, etc. - try and chose photos that are special to you and/or her.  If you are like me and have the majority of your photos stored on your computer, upload your choices to Wallgreens, CVS, or whoever your local drug store is and print some out.  They can have them ready for you in an hour!  I just printed 16 photos personally and it only cost me $3.00!  Sweet!

2. Buy a small scrapbook album (you can find some for like $10.00 – $13.00 or so at Walmart and Target).

3. Buy some scrapbooking items to help you create your pages (stickers, paper, photo tape or glue sticks, etc.  Your cost is variable here – it all depends on what you want to create.  You can keep your cost under $15.00 though with enough supplies to create a few nice pages).

4. Ideas for Pages – you can create themes for your pages like, “Summer 2008, My Basketball Season, Christmas 2008, Mom’s Birthday, 16th Birthday, My 8th Grade Graduation, My Driver’s License/First Car, etc.  You get the idea.  Or, you don’t have to have a theme at all.  It can just be captions of special moments and memories.

5. Write/Journal some short descriptions down next to your pictures that let your mom know why that particular photo is special to you.

5. Leave some empty pages in your scrapbook that you can continue to fill in throughout the coming years.  This can be a gift that keeps on giving!  Creating a scrapbook page for special events in your mom’s life can become a tradition in your home.

Anyway, this may sound like a “geeky” gift to do for your mom, but listen – I’m a mom and let me tell ya that things like this go a LONG way for mothers.  It is something that takes thought and gives you an opportunity to express your heart to your mother, which is something that is sometimes hard for teenagers to do (especially if you are a young man). Us mothers sometimes get so busy with life that we don’t always slow down to capture some of the special moments we will never get back with our most precious gifts – our children.

If you try this gift idea, let us know how it goes on our facebook page or on our site!