Children under 10 should use safety scissors,
and an adult should help older children.
Choose
an album
Pick a scrapbook to use for your father’s day album. Find one with your dad’s favorite colors and a blank cover you can decorate later.
Go
to the archives
Collect photos and memorabilia associated with your father. Divide the items into themed categories to make a variety of unique pages.
Use color copies of photos if you’re
worried about ruining the originals.
Stock
up on stock
Buy cardstock to use as frames for your pictures. Pick up a few different styles, so they pop against the pages.
Accessorize
Find related accessories to add — craft stores carry a wide variety of stickers, stamps, and 3-D decorations, many with father’s day themes.
Make
the album
Assemble your pages by cutting, pasting, and matting your items. Use acid-free, waterproof, and fade-proof pens to write messages and add details for your father on each page of the memory album.
Use page protectors to preserve your scrapbook
over time.
Decorate
the cover
Write a title on the cover of your memory album and decorate it using a particularly meaningful or funny photo. Then tie a ribbon around the album, give it to your dad, and bask in his adoration.