A custom childrens' photo book --starring your own kids!-- is a really special and fun gift, whether it be for the kids themselves or for another family member. This is something that your child will want to flip through again and again-- even in his or her 30's.

Starting at infancy, a child loves to be read to. They love the sound of your voice and looking at the pictures as you turn every page. Imagine as they get older and can recognize themselves in the pictures and recognize the familiar stories about them and their family and friends.

Keeping Your Memories

There are so many things that my daughters don't remember about their early childhood. Funny, endearing stories about when they were very young. Their first step, their first birthday, the first time they sat on Santa's lap and pulled his beard, their first dance recital, and many more. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could keep those memories alive in a book complete with pictures and stories?

There's no reason you can't. With the digital software available today, you can make your own story photo book for your child that you'll want to keep forever.

These kids story photo books could encompass one year or the span of five years, of your child's life, all depending on the age of the child.

Creating a Kids Photo Memory Book

My suggestion would be to start keeping a journal of special dates and or events happening in your child's life, along with the story you'll want to share about that special time. These dates or events can always be matched up to your digital pictures later. Hopefully, you'll have them filed according to dates or events! For help with this, visit How to Organize Your Photos

Not a digital keeper of photos? Not a problem. Put the hard copy pictures in an envelope and mark it with the date, event and any special story you want to remember. If you choose to do a digital photo book later, the pictures can be scanned quite easily.

Ideas for Children's Photo Memory Books

Here are some more ideas of celebrations worth recording:

Baptism

Birthday

Music recital

School play

First Communion

Confirmation

Bar Mitzvah

Holidays

Sports

There are some excellent publishers that make doing this book a snap. Just be sure to choose one that has good text versatility. You'll want to be able to put text on just about any page.

Making Children's Story Books Easy

Of course, there are easier ways to go about creating a child's photo memory book. There are several photo book printers out there who have pre-designed layouts you can use. My favorite is probably Shutterfly, which offers both custom childrens photo books, and fun personalized children's story books.

Kids Story Photo Books at Shutterfly

Shutterfly has two really nice designs made especially for kids memory books. They are:

Like the idea of having your kid star in his or her own story? You'll also find lots more ideas for childrens photo books and memory books on my personalized childrens books page.

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