Try These 6 Tips When Digitally Scrapbooking Recipes for College-Age Kids:
Tip 1: Keep the recipe background plain and white. In regular digital scrapbooking, we tend to use very colorful backgrounds
and layouts, but for digital scrapbooking recipes- that will probably be printed out on a home computer (and maybe on a limited ink budget) keeping them on a white background will keep printing costs down. It will also help them print the recipe faster, which might also increase the odds of young adults actually printing and using the recipes!
Tip 2: Use pictures. Like regular digital scrapbooking, use photos to emphasize. I often include photos of the preparations if I think that might help my child understand some of the cooking techniques. Some young adults need to see the steps as well as the final product. I remember one time I sent a digital scrapbooking recipe to my daughter and it called for a pork loin roast, so I even took a picture of the pre-cooked meat, that way she could know what to look for when shopping for a pork loin roast on her own.
Tip 3: Keep it simple and keep it cost effective. Money is tight, and now is not the time for prime rib, or recipes filled with expensive ingredients. Keep the cost down and make the recipe look tasty but affordable. Not to mention, many young people are quite busy with first jobs, heavy college loads, and are incredibly busy with new challenges. Kids need to have meals that are simple and can be prepared quickly, so try to choose recipes that are good but easy to make.
Tip 4: Add journaling, comments, and event tags. It is great to add other snippets and comments to your digital recipes, like, “First tried on Christmas 2008” or, “This recipe comes from Grandma and she always made it every Thanksgiving.” Using comments, event tags, or journaling inserts can your recipes a part of passing your family history to your kids.
Tip 5: Give them a binder and a paper hole-punch. Make it easy for them to keep their recipes organized by giving them a hole puncher and binder to keep all their digital scrapbooking recipes neat and tidy.
Tip 6: Encourage them to send you some of their recipes along with their own photos. If they don’t have time to digital scrapbook the recipes, have them email you the recipes and digital photos. From there, it is easy to cut and paste the text and add the photos into a pre-made digital scrapbooking recipe page! There’s really no need to redesign a new digital scrapbooking recipe page. Create a recipe template or layout once and reuse use it, only replacing the recipe info and photos!
Stay Connected and Share Digital Scrapbooking with your Children!
Digital scrapbooking recipes is a way to stay connected with young adult children, sharing ideas and recipes along with preserving your own family history. Getting college kids involved in digital scrapbooking recipes creates a two-way activity that helps to keep open communication, while at the same time, discovering great recipes that you both can enjoy!
Try sending a digitally scrapped recipe to your children today!
Happy Scrapping,
Cheri
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Have Kids, But Not In College Yet? Take a Look at these Digital Scrapbooking Articles:
If you liked this blog article about college kids and digital scrapbooking, then you might also want to check into these other articles about helping young children and teens get into digital scrapbooking too!
Blog Article 1: Helping Kids Start Digital Scrapbooking ~ Part 1
Blog Article 2: Helping Kids Start Digital Scrapbooking ~ Part 2
Blog Article 3: Help Teens Find a Passion: Try Digital Scrapbooking and Photo Editing
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