Choosing a children's photo album

Now, when flash drives and disks have become the main storage media, it may seem that an album for photos is not needed. However, the incomparable process of looking at children's photographs posted on beautiful pages refutes this statement.

Today, the concept of a children's photo album is more capacious. It can even accommodate digital media containing memorable audio and video recordings. The album can be different: it is a factory printed product, and hand-made from a master, and a beautiful book, made by hand. There are different ways of attaching photos, additional decor, colors, the number of photos to be posted. You can make a selection for a short time period or a longer period, which will include only the most iconic and most successful pictures (for example, for the preschool period).

The peculiarities of a children's album must be taken into account immediately, focusing on your own idea, its focus or utility. Considering purchased products or intending to engage in independent creativity, you need to focus on the following characteristics:

• the intended format of the photo or a universal mounting method that allows you to easily place pictures of different sizes;
• the quality of the paper - cheap, of an incomprehensible color will spoil the impression of the most successful photograph;
• additional attributes - a place for a commemorative inscription, date or comment, separately issued;
• breakdown of pages by significant dates and memorable events is a great option for an infant up to one year old, during this period the baby goes through especially many important milestones;
• the design of each page - sometimes the designer places so many drawn images on them that the photo itself is lost (but an empty background also leaves a feeling of incompleteness);
• cover - polymer, wood will serve for a long time, cardboard and fabric may wear out over time;
• way of attaching pages - sheets strung on wire rings are considered the most durable option, however, they also become unusable if you give the album to a child for constant viewing.

As a rule, one photo album is clearly not enough, even if it is designed for 500 shots.

If the child goes in for sports or dancing, a separate album can be devoted to this part of his life.

Hence, there is such a variety of proposals from manufacturers - the market economy immediately responds to consumer demand and puts forward a whole series of proposals in response.

• Large, with many pages - at first glance, a good solution. But it is better to leave it for general family topics, since the child has more events to focus on, successful pictures will be lost in the general mass.

• "My first year", "Our baby" - specially designed albums, where there is certainly a pocket for the first cut curl, photos per month and six months, with parents, blank lines for the signature. It is especially good if it is personalized, with a blue or pink cover.

• Handmade scrapbook made by master or mom, - an interesting, but not always practical option. In the first case, it will not be cheap, in the second, it can turn out beautiful, but short-lived due to lack of experience in this area.

• You can buy an album for a girl "I was born". It should definitely be pink or red, with pages for parental notes, or a similar look for a boy — with an appropriate inscription on the cover, with page breaks by month and commemorative.

• There are albums with picture corners or plastic wrap, under which it is easy to fold pictures, with slots for photos, with casts, painted sheets, drawn frames.

• Gift option with original inscription, paper in it is coated or glossy, there is a tape for rearranging pages, corners for easy flipping, pages are signed or numbered.

• Notepad format is also suitable for storing photos of a later period.in which the sheets are attached to a wire holder.

Cover - one of the main components of the produced impression, but often not very rich content is hidden under it. Laminated - the best option, it is bright, durable and solid. This means that even daily viewing of the album with the child will not render it unusable in a few months.

The color scheme in such creations is limited - it is easy to find blue and pink options. This is the traditional and ingrained distinction between boys and girls. But the departure from stereotypes is always more pleasant, the main thing is to pay attention to the reliability of the cover. It is a guarantee of durability. Therefore, you can purchase an album with a cover made of leather, plush or polyvinyl chloride that has come into fashion again..

Original handmade albums are also a newfangled trend, and very expensive... It's easier to spend a few days and make your own original design, guided by numerous videos and master classes on the Web.

But there are no special tips here either - the background can be light or dark, depending on the subject of the photos. You can make a beautiful background in a solid album with your own hands, picking up fabric, colored paper, and decorating it in the form of a collage. Do not pay attention to ridiculing trivial options with a bear or a bunny. The children's album is designed by parents for their child, and if they like a club-footed bear or a sly fox with a bow, this is their choice.

It is usually not accepted to give any insistent recommendations in choosing a children's album for photographs. Some parents like embossed leather on the cover, others like cardboard with cartoon characters, bears, flowers or dolls. Someone likes the appliqué and a bow on every page, while others consider it a sign of bad taste.

If the album is in pink and red, it is not customary to buy it for a boy, and girls are usually not given blue and blue. Green, brown and yellow colors are suitable for a child of any gender. Cars and airplanes are a man's attribute, dolls, flowers and bows are for a girl. Fans of touching bears can buy a book with a picture of a cute bear for both a girl and a boy, but at the same time they look at different little things, for example, the color of the bow tied around the neck.

For a newly born baby, they buy an album from birth. But if it is purchased as a gift, and the baby is already more than a month old, it is better to buy something else, because the parents have probably already purchased such an album for photographs so that they can fill it with new pictures as the baby develops.

Often in the most decorated albums for children, there are not even 12 pages. Therefore, it is not enough for up to a year, while its main volume is made up of sequins, pockets and volumetric appliqués.