Ultrasound Scrapbook

ultrasound scrapbook ideas

Use your ultrasound pictures to make a ultrasound scrapbook. This will be a way of putting together a journey of your little one as he grew and developed while you were waiting for his arrival. Instead of relegating the photos to a keepsake drawer, pull them out and use them. They will help you to create a great scrapbook that will amaze your child when he gets older.

Cropping and Pasting

If you want to save the actual ultrasounds and have them in with other keepsakes that is fine. Simply make copies and use the copies in your scrapbook. If you have a scanner/copier you can make your own but if not take them to a copy store and have colored copies made. This will preserve the originals and you can still make your ultrasound scrapbook.

By having several copies made, you can crop them to suit your ultrasound scrapbook layout and not worry about the originals. This will work really well for adding them as you go and using matting to place around the pictures. The mats can be decorative or patterns or whatever you want for your scrapbook. Place them before gluing so you will know what this page is going to look like and you can change it around if it is not quite right.

One thing you may want to remember is the ultrasound does not have as long a life as regular photos. So this is another good reason for making copies. Whether you make them yourself or have them made you may want to have both color and black and white made. This will allow you to decide later if you want to use the black and white for your scrapbook and add color enhancements or if you prefer to use the color copies.

There are many ways you can crop the ultrasound photos to enhance the look of your scrapbook. They can be cut into shapes and added to a photo of the mother. The photos can be placed between the mother and father and siblings that are awaiting the arrival as well. This is one thing that many people forget. They get so caught up in the new baby they forget to include the siblings. Putting them in the scrapbook along with mom and dad is essential. After all they are waiting too.

Enhancing the ultrasound scrapbooking with Information

With each ultrasound you have make sure to write down the date, the baby's heart rate, how much he has grown since the last ultrasound and any other information you would like to add to your scrapbook. The information you put together will make the scrapbook even more special. Of course, the ultrasound that you had when you found out what sex your baby was is a very momentous occasion. This will deserve a prominent page in your scrapbook.

Add the feelings you had when you knew that your new baby was going to be a boy or a girl. The excitement escalated and you had to run out as fast as you could to buy something pink for your expected baby girl. This is all great stuff to put in the ultrasound scrapbook page. You will be glad you did when your baby is grown.

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