baby - Baby Dedication Scrapbook Page Ideas

A baby dedication is an important part of many families' faith. It is a time to remember the calling upon parents to raise children in the Christian faith. Baby dedications make wonderful occasions to be preserved in scrapbooks with Scripture verses that commemorate this special event. They are both joyful and solemn occasions. Some churches ask parents to read or include a special verse for their child for the ceremony, while others have slideshows in front of the congregation with photos of the children. Creating a srapbook page with these photos and verses will preserve this blessed occasion for years to come. If you did not have a special verse for your child's baby dedication, but want to include one for the scrapbook page, here are some ideas you might like: Proverbs 3:1-4 My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart, for they will give you a long and satisfying life. Never let loyalty and kindness get away from you! Wear them like a necklace; write them deep within your heart. Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will gain a good reputation. 1 Samuel 1:27 I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. Psalm 127:3-5 Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him.Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. When you are ready to do your layouts, you can create a pocket to hold the program or bulletin from the ceremony. If you get a certificate, make one page just for that! The most important thing to remember with any baby dedication scrapbook page is to stay focused on the event. These probably aren't the types of pages you will want to try out a new technique on. Stick with what you know how to do well so the page is simple and beautiful. Susan Whitehead has been scrapbooking her children's lives for over 7 years, but began scrapbooking in her college years. She owns a Scrapbook Ideas website and her Scrapbook Barefoot blog features a "Question of the Week" where readers can submit their own ideas and scrapbooking tips! Article Source:http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Susan_Whitehead baby - Have Fun Signing With Your Baby As I'm sure you have found out, babies just love to be sung to and with. After learning the basic first sign language signs such as food, milk, etc. you will want to move on to some fun signs too. Sing & Sign Try learning some signs for animals. Although that may not seems like fun signs to you, your little one will sure enjoy it. It doesn't have to be a huge slew of animal signs just a few farm animals will do such as cow, pig or duck. I know you know "Old MacDonald Had a Farm". To a sign a song you don't need to sign all the words, just some of the keywords, in this case, sign just the animal signs as you sing. You can start out with just 2 or 3 animal signs depending on the attention span of your baby, then add more animal signs and make the song longer as your baby's attention span grows. He may even start signing right along with you. Come on, I dare you to try this and not have fun doing it. Need some other song ideas? You might want to give these a try: One Potato, Two Potato, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Six Little Ducks. I'm sure you can come up with several more. Make Story Time Come Alive! Story time is a most loved time and wonderful bonding time too. I enjoy it with my kids. Want to really hold their attention though, give this a try, animate the story. Animating a story will hold your child's attention better than just reading out of a book most times. What a great opportunity this is to continue or teach your baby sign language. Try short little stories or nursery rhymes to start out with. Personally I try to see what stories my kids enjoy me reading to them then we incorporate the signs into the stories. We read and sign for such stories as The Three Little Pigs, The ABC song (which not only helps them learn the alphabet signs but also helps them learn their alphabet by hearing the song and each letter). Nursery Rhymes are great fun too. Pick out a few and give it a try. I'm sure both you and baby will enjoy story time a lot more with a little action going on. Have fun signing!