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I recently read an awesome article in the Clickin’ Moms e-magazine Click. One of the photographers talked about spending a rainy day indoors with your kids and a camera.  Give a point and shoot to your child.  Come up with a theme to help spark their creativity.  After you have taken all the photos, upload them, put them on a page with the letter or number they represent.  You can either print the pages off on your computer or send them to a printing company like Blurb.

This would be a great idea to do indoors or outside.  It would also be a great tradition to do it each year summer or spring.  

A few other ideas for photography with your kids and creating a book:

  • ABC’s – photograph something that starts or looks like a letter
  • Numbers – find toys grouped in number sets
  • Colors – photograph items full of different colors – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet and so on
  • Child’s Name – similar to the ABC’s just use the letter’s in the child’s name
  • Favorite things – toys, food, colors, games, pets, and family members

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the e-magazine while you are there!! It’s full of some great tips!

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6 Comments
  • June 22, 2011 at 9:23 AM

    These are fantastic! My daughter loves taking pictures, I think we’ll try ABC’s and Colours =D Thanks for the tip!

  • June 22, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    I so have to get a camera for my son! He’s been asking for a while and pretends with a toy one, but the toddler camera’s are about the same price as a cheaper adult camera, so I’m trying to hold out till he can look after a real camera.

  • Emily
    June 22, 2011 at 1:39 PM

    This is a great idea. I’ll have K try it out.

  • February 21, 2012 at 2:45 PM

    I love these ideas! Going to put together a ‘project’ for my son based on this. Thanks :)

    • Courtney
      February 23, 2012 at 6:35 PM

      Oh good!! Let me know how it goes!!

  • Christine
    August 1, 2012 at 7:48 PM

    These are great ideas. My daughter loves using a old digital point and shoot. She’s 5 but she handles it pretty well. I think it might be fun for her to have a “project”….maybe A,B,C’s….

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