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Friendship Albums
by
Rachel Paxton
The
memories it contains are priceless. When I last asked her where
her album was, she said a friend had borrowed it so she could
scan all the pictures for herself!
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My 12-year-old daughter was mad at me when I refused to pay $25
for a school yearbook last year. Who are they trying to kid?
In an attempt to appease my daughter, I suggested buying a little
notebook that her friends could write messages in for her. As it
turned out, we found a small turquoise spiral-bound notebook for
about $3 that she really liked. Her gel pens looked really great
on the turquoise paper. |
All
About Me : A Keepsake Journal for Kids
$11.65 |
I also agreed to let her take my camera to school on the last day
(it's a fairly inexpensive camera). She took a roll of film that
was all hers to take pictures of her friends. She had her friend
write little notes to her in her notebook, including phone
numbers, AOL Instant Messenger screen names, whatever information
they wanted to exchange.
After we got the film developed, my daughter cut the faces of
friends she wanted out of the photos and glued them into her
notebook. Next she added notes next to each photo, including the
person's name and something about that person. The neat thing about those photos was the fact that they were all so candid.
She got group photos of her friends, shots of all the boys she had crushes on
throughout the year--everything she wanted to
remember in years to come.
The total cost of her little friendship album was about $10. The
memories it contains are priceless. When I last asked her where
her album was, she said a friend had borrowed it so she could
scan all the pictures for herself!
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