You might want to preserve every memory by creating a mini album and making page layouts for each individual activity. Since Boy Scouts do all types of activities from earning badges to helping with the community, an individual album for all of your memories would be perfect. GA_googleFillSlot( fam_scrapbooking_content_top )
Dedicate a page of the scrapbook to your son's Cub Scout Family Tree, by pasting pictures of the troop leaders and Cubs on a drawing of a tree. Just like regular family trees, you can make a scrapbook tree with your son's pack leader, assistant leaders (Boy Scouts who served as Cubs in the troop) and other Cub Scout members. Capture photos at the next family event, then use a graphics program to shrink images to fit the scrapbook tree page. Start gluing photos at the top of the page, beginning with the pack leader. Work your way down to the cubs on the bottom branches of the tree. Add each person's name and time with the troop in a glitter marker or fine black pen.
One of the most rewarding things Cub Scouts do in their time in the troop is work toward patches, or badges, which are detailed, embroidered designs showing their successful completion of specific tasks. From the very first badge earned, the Bobcat Badge, to an endless supply of other badges going through the Boy Scout level, getting a patch is a cause for celebration and can be highlighted with a scrapbook page. For the page, print a picture of the patch from the US Scouting Service Project website and add details about how your Cub earned the badge, the date and place awarded. Let him write a small journal entry about what earning the patch meant to him. Be sure to add a photo of him receiving the patch or sporting it on his uniform after it has been ironed on.
Whether you want to chronicle your child's Boy Scout adventures or need to create a visual record of your troop's activities, a scrapbook is a great way to capture the hard work, friendship and learning experiences of being a scout. Prevent the scrapbook from fading or turning brittle by heeding Library of Congress recommendations to create layouts with archival supplies and store albums in a dry spot out of direct sunlight.
