Six Photo Book Projects Kids Can Make and Enjoy

Photo books are versatile and easy to create. With athings on their own. Let an older child help with the
little help or supervision, children can help create alayout and journaling of the online photo album, as
number of fun and memorable photo book projects.well. You may be surprised by the child's storytelling
Projects for kids are also easily assembled by anabilities!
adult, and can be used and shared as learning tools.4). Presents for Teachers: A small soft-cover photo
1). "A Day In The Life...." Photo Books: Children willbook makes a great year-end present for a school
enjoy finding objects and locations to feature in ateacher or an instructor of a specialized subject such
book that charts an entire day in the life of the childas a coach or a music teacher. You might feature
him or herself, a family member, or even an activephotographs highlighting events throughout the
family pet. Have the child sit with you as you writeyear-recitals, practices, or year-end games and
the accompanying story to add to the photo book.celebrations, for example. Also include images of a
The child can then add ideas to what you haveteacher's favourite things, as well as a photograph of
outlined, or you can simply record the story as thethe school, building, or outdoor area where the event
child tells it to you.is regularly held. In the photo book, you might also
2). Alphabet Books: Another creative photo book ideawant to include a few quotations or sayings related
for kids is to have kids create their own Alphabetto the instructor's profession or interests. This photo
Books. For this project, have an older child makebook project will be treasured by the recipient-it is a
signs for each letter of the alphabet, and help setthoughtful and unique thank-you gift for special
them in various locations. The child could also posepeople in a child's life!
with each letter him or herself. Younger children can5). Story Re-Telling: Photo books are also a great
help with props, or colour in store-bought signs, orway to highlight a child's interest in storytelling. Have a
signs that have been hand-lettered already by anchild write a fictional story, and then take photos of
adult. Next, find objects around the house that starttoys or costumed volunteers who will act out the
with each letter of the alphabet. You could alsostory itself. Younger children might enjoy re-telling a
organize a special outing-to the zoo, for example, orfairytale. You may want to plan the project ahead of
a local park-so that you can hunt for animals ortime by using a storyboard-sketching out your ideas
objects to coincide with each entry in the photoon paper and keeping track of which lines of the
album. Children may also help take photographs forstory will accompany particular images. At the end of
the photo book, but be ready for some interestingthe book, you might want to include photos of the
results! The end product? A unique alphabet photoprocess itself, since the children will likely have a lot
book that children and younger siblings can enjoy.of fun working on the project.
3). "A Book About Me": Children can also contribute6) Craft or Recipe Compendium: Keep all your
to a digital photo book devoted to all of theirfavourite craft ideas or kid-friendly recipes in one
favourite things. Consider featuring a range ofplace by writing out the instructions and taking
favourite things such as toys, objects of certainpictures of the finished crafts or baked goods, and
colours, places (indoor and out), adults in the child'sstoring these all in a photo albums. Kids will love
life, sports and hobbies, and foods. If children havelooking through the book for ideas, and they will love
their own digital cameras, they can photograph theseto see pictures of themselves creating!