Scrapbooking Resources
The new AY Honor Scrapbooking promises lots of memory-making fun for Pathfinders and Pathfinder staff. However, as in most honors, if we don't start out by learning how to do it well, it could become a frustrating and time-consuming process for everyone. We've collected some resources we believe we help you or your club earn the Basic Scrapbooking honor and get started on the Advanced honor.

Time Frame: 12-15 hours - This honor may be best if done partially with club time and partly at home, or at an honor weekend event.

Scrapbooking AY Honor Requirements - This PDF files lists all the things you need to learn in order to earn the Scrapbooking Honor!

Scrapbooking Unofficial Answer sheet - AdventSource is working on a definitive guide for this and other new AY Honors. In the meantime, we hope this quick guide helps you as a Pathfinder earn your Scrapbooking AY Honor.

Additional Resources:

Scrapbook.com Neighborhood -- This is an incredible world where hobbiests resource, trade ideas, and create a quality online community. The layout ideas are great, and the resources are spectacular for earning the AY Honor. I especially found the link in "Jills Place" helpful for learning about different types of albums
and the resources page has a special resource link for beginners.

Scrapbooking Resource Center - The "Newcomers Guide" tutorial is especially helpful for a beginner, and the free fonts that you can download if you wish to journal on your computer are two of the many sections of this website that are particularly helpful.

Scrapbooking Resource Center - Storing Scrapbooks Safely -- Treat this as the "Safety Guide" for keeping your scrapbook memories in good shape for years to come.

Scrapbooking 101 by the National Families Network -- This brief one page guide is a great "cheat sheet" for Pathfinder leaders who want to help their Pathfinders create positive Scrapbooks as well as positive memories of the scrapbooking event.

Free Scrapbooking Layouts from Better Homes and Gardens -- There are about 20 layouts here, primarily in the areas of Graduation, Family heritage, and pets.

Scrapbook.lifetips.com -- This website has some great tips on how to make great scrapbooks inexpensively and fun. I especially appreciate the "frugal tips" archive. This site is a moderated BBS, so there are tips from around the world from scrapbookers who are "Really doing it."

Craftfreebies.com -- They offer tons of links to free stuff that you can get for scrapbooking. Many of the free layouts and designs can be downloaded and printed from your computer.