Back-to-school season is packed with little moments that deserve to be remembered — new classrooms, fresh stationery, nervous smiles on the first day, and the quiet pride that comes with growing up another year. These everyday school memories often pass by quickly, but they tell such an important story when captured on a scrapbook page.
These back-to-school scrapbook layout ideas are designed to help you document school life in a way that feels timeless and personal, without relying on overly themed supplies. Whether you’re scrapbooking preschool, primary school, high school, or even college memories, these layouts offer flexible inspiration you can adapt year after year to capture milestones, routines, and all the changes in between.
Erika added lots of dimension to this first and last days of school layout with chipboard elements like a ruler, letters and heart along with popped up pencils, rope and gems. And hand written journaling makes note of these important days. Learn more at the Bella Blvd. blog.
Sadly Summer is over and it’s now time for the kids to head Back to School. Be sure to take loads of cute photos to scrap of them in their outfits on the first day, getting on the bus and meeting their new teachers and journal about what subjects and activities they are looking forward too this new school year. Today let’s take a look at some School Scrapbook Layout ideas to get you inspired to start working on your own.
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Stamping adds sentiments and images like scissors and apples to this sweet tall Traveler’s Notebook style double page layout. Two photos on one side are stacked with all the details on the other side. See how Kelly put it together on the Studio Calico Instagram page.
This darling Kindergarten layout from Brenda uses lots of school supplies like notebook papers, paper clips, pencils, crayons, file folders and more. Notice how all three photo are on clipboards, so fun! Take a closer look at the My Paper Crafting Life blog.
This large cool Back to School die cut fills in most of the page with words and images of a chalkboard, backpack, apple, globe, pencils and more. Morag backed them with pattern papers adding other fun embellishments along with a splash of watercolor on the background. You can find this digital die at Bramble Fox.
This darling pre-school layout has room for 4 photos, a cute wavy apple border, large die cut apples and a fun spiral phrase. The phrase was made with sticker letters using a spiral template as a guide for easy placement. Find directions on the Creative Memories blog.
Show how much your child is a star at school with this awesome layout. Paige die cut and stitched nesting stars from a rainbow of pattern papers for the focus of this design. There’s 2 photos, lots of chipboard elements and sticker letter title as well. Take a closer look at the Paige Taylor Evans blog.
Let your kids know they’ve got this school thing down with a fun mixed media layout. Sue used a wash of watercolor with Distress Oxide ink, tiny star stamp, torn pattern paper and cheese cloth for the background. There’s also a fabric heart, button, doily, more stamping, hand written journaling for amazing texture. Find all the details on the Cocoa Vanilla blog.
As you can tell by now stars are a popular image for school as well as primary colors like Ashley used on her Smarty Pants page. There’s a large die cut title backed with primary colored pattern papers along with clusters of embellishments around the title and tucked behind the photos. Learn more at The Cherry on Top blog.
This bold design has lots of stripes, borders and clusters of fun school themed icons with three photos and some journaling. It captures so much of the fun of heading Back to School! I spotted this idea on the Echo Park Paper Instagram page.
This layout is a great way to use up lots of left over strips of pattern paper to create a unique background. Notice how most of the photos are in black and white so they don’t get over shadowed by the busy patterns. The glitter gold letters in the title add a nice bit of sparkle too. Find directions on the Laura’s Crafty Life blog.
Kimberly used products for Harry Potter and repurposed them for Back to School using stacks and rows of books, stary paper and magical sentiments above and below the photo. It’s great out of the box thinking using up product you might already have but for a different type of layout! I spotted this on her Kimberly Scraps gallery at Scrapbook.com.
And finally Phil used a large backpack die bursting with supplies for the focus of his layout. Each section is backed with different pattern papers for a bright and colorful design. There’s also sticker letters for custom words and title with layers of more papers behind. Find all the details on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog.
I hope all your children have a wonderful school year and you have fun scrapping all those wonderful memories!
-Heather
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