Scrapbooking: Forget About Bored Games And Puzzles

Forget About Bored Games And Puzzles

by Dave, Monday, January 30, 2006

I know it is unusually mild in the northeast US and other places. Maybe the Superbowl is scheduled for this weekend and you're hosting or going to a party. But sooner or later the weather will keep you insides and football is almost gone. So what are you going to do then? We spend so little time together in a single family unti in this society, you simply must make the most of any family time you get. So, what do you do to engender your family's sense of togetherness? Well, here's a thought. The next time you ponder a family game night or something else to bring everyone closer, how about a scrapbooking night?

We always run into the different sensibilities between genders whenever we try to do something as a family. In terms of TV, boys want to watch football and girls want to watch American Idol. Besides, watching the tube together is more like doing anything apart than it is "family time." In terms of other activities, boys want to play certain kinds of video or board games and girls want to play others. There is some common ground but usually the thing breaks down because somebody is unusually good at this game and somebody else is unusually good at that one. Scrapbooking is different because it can be structured in a way where everyone wins and such that the boys and girls in your family can all have a great time. Girls will usually enjoy the crafty part of things. Maybe the boys don't want to do crafts but they can go through pictures and organize them or pick their favorites.

There is nothing which brings a family together as much as going through boxes of pictures. And there is nothing which drives home the strength of parents' love for their children as much as looking through baby or other pictures of the family together at some holiday or on a vacation. Scrapbooking need not only be about cropping and stamping. And the finished product need not be the only aspect of the craft which the boys enjoy. Try setting aside one two hour session on a Sunday night or the next time you get snowed in and make everyone participate. Use your head and make sure you have something for the boys to do like going through pictures to pick good ones. Spread out on the kitchen or dining room table and make a big project of it. In many ways, setting out all the pictures in a place where they don't immediately have to be put away will extend the pleasure. Think of this as a giant jigsaw puzzle, one which takes weeks to put together.

If you get resistance from one family member or another, maybe start things out not as a "scrapbooking night" but rather as a couple hours of going through pictures. Then sneak some of your scrapbooking supplies out and start to put something together. You'll be wanting some input from John as to what to write next to last year's baseball pictures. Slowly but surely you'll pull the entire family into the process of putting together some scrapbooks. You'll be glad you did this. But don;t be surprised if your husband or sons get mad that you can't do this every Sunday night.

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