8 Christmas Scrapbook Ideas: Pages to Make with Printables
A Christmas scrapbook does not need a hundred pieces. It needs a background that says December at a glance, one thing worth keeping, and a place to write what happened.
Below are eight ideas for Christmas pages. Each one names the printables it is made from, so you can print the sheets at home and start the same evening.
Quick answer: for a Christmas scrapbook page, pick one patterned paper for the background, one larger piece for the middle, such as a photo, a letter or a big tag, and two or three small labels to write on. The eight ideas below show eight ways to combine them, from red gingham to quiet botanical watercolor.
Eight Christmas scrapbook page ideas
1. Merry and bright on red gingham
Red gingham reads as Christmas from across the room and leaves the middle of the page free. Glue one large gift tag in the centre, tuck a smaller tag behind it, and write your greeting on the tag. This is the page to start the album with.
2. A gingerbread bakery page in peach
Not every Christmas page has to be red and green. Peach gingham with gingerbread brown is softer and suits the baking pages: the recipe, the afternoon in the kitchen, the first tray out of the oven. Put the house in the middle and a garland along the top.
- Background: Hand-Drawn Gingham Seamless Pattern Set, the peach and cream check.
- Centre: Watercolor Gingerbread House Sublimation, one image to print and cut out.
- Around it: Retro Christmas Bakery Clipart Fussy Cut, cut-out pages of garlands, bells and cocoa.
3. A blue winter page for a snow-day story
If red and green is too loud for your photos, go blue. A page of snowy fir trees or pale snowflakes frames a winter walk better than a bright red check. Keep the photo in the middle, leave a border of blue around it and write the story underneath.
The blue set is upright, so it fits a half-letter or A5 page without cutting. The snowflake set adds navy and gold stripes and a chevron for a mat behind the photo.
4. A Christmas letter or menu on parchment
Some pages are for words: a letter from someone far away, the handwritten menu, a recipe in a relative’s writing. Aged parchment with holly in the corners is made for that, because the middle of each sheet is empty. Glue the original, or a copy of it, straight on top.
5. A page for the gift tags
Keep the tag from every gift and note what was inside and who it was from. Print a sheet of small tags, write the details on them and tuck them into a pocket on the page. You can also use them as real tags first and glue them in afterwards.
6. A Christmas page for the pets
Cats in wreaths, dachshunds by the tree, a baking kitchen, a snowy village: these patterns are little scenes, so a single sheet is enough for a page. Put the pet photo in the middle and let the pattern do the rest.
7. A quiet botanical Christmas
For a calmer page, choose watercolor bouquets on a white ground: red poinsettia, cotton bolls with pine, or eucalyptus with soft peach flowers. The muted greens and greys leave room for handwriting, and the three patterns mix on one spread.
8. A bold peppermint and lights page
The opposite of the quiet page: peppermint candies on blue, strings of lights on red and a bold “ho ho ho” on white. Every motif comes in a light and a bold version, so you can pair a busy sheet with a plain one on the same spread.
Plan a Christmas album in six pages
If you want a whole album, six pages are enough to tell the season. Use a different idea from the list above for each.
- The opening page. The date, the place and one photo. Start with the red gingham or the blue winter page.
- The countdown. Little notes from December: the first snow, the tree, the baking day. A pocket page works well here.
- The gifts. The page of tags with what was inside every box.
- The table. A menu or a recipe on parchment, with one photo of the dinner.
- The people. A group photo, or the pets, with names on small labels.
- The last page. A letter to next year, written after the tree comes down.
Printing notes for Christmas papers
- Most sets here are 12 × 12 inches. On a Letter or A4 printer choose “Fit to page” for the whole sheet at about 8 × 8 inches, or 100% for a full-scale piece of the pattern.
- Papers with decoration in the corners, like the parchment set, need “Fit to page” so the corners are not cut off.
- Tags and labels last longer on light cardstock; background pages work on ordinary paper.
- Home inkjet prints can smudge when wet, so use a glue stick or double-sided tape.
- Print one test sheet before you print a whole set.
Questions about Christmas scrapbook ideas
What do I need to start a Christmas scrapbook?
A few sheets of background paper, a handful of tags or labels to write on, glue and scissors. Photos and keepsakes come later, during the month.
When should I print the papers?
In November, so the pages are ready on the first of December. Then you fill them while the season happens.
Can I use the same papers for cards and gift tags?
Yes. The designers list scrapbooking, cards and paper crafts for these sets, so a spare sheet can become a card front or a gift wrap for a small box.
What if I have no photos?
Use a written page instead: a letter, a recipe or a list of what you ate. The parchment and tag pages need no photo at all.
More for the season
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