Ideas for Scrapbook Pages for Boy Scouts – Part 3

Page ideas for scrapbooking boy scouts and their activities were discussed in Parts 1 and 2 of this article. We discussed how to create page ideas for scrapbooking boy scouts by following the Boy Scouts of America’s objectives. We considered:

• page ideas for scrapbooking boy scouts’ character development
• page ideas for scrapbooking boy scouts’ development of citizenship
• page ideas for scrapbooking boy scouts’ personal fitness

We described specific page ideas for scrapbooking boy scouts developing character. The same ideas are useful for scrapbooking boy scouts’ development of citizenship.

Personal Fitness

In this final article on the subject, we look at page ideas for scrapbooking boy scouts’ personal fitness efforts. What goes into physical fitness? Seven components are included in the BSA Physical Fitness Award’s core requirements.

1. Posture: A perfect background for this page would be 12″ x 12″ paper wearing clipart of a wooden artist’s mannequin. Use any complementary color of paper. Arrange 3 or 4 photos showing improvement in posture. Add a note from the scout master.

2. Accuracy: Page ideas for scrapbooking boy scouts’ personal fitness efforts should include a page showing mastery of this fitness activity. Background paper can be covered with circular targets. Use circular frames for photos, placing the scout in the bull’s eye.

3. Strength: Boy scouts work on physical strength, too. For a page celebrating progress, choose background paper that shows strength. It might be elephants, barbells, or a group of scouts exercising. Be sure the background pictures are faded so they will not distract.

4. Agility: Boy scouts measure agility by sidestepping alternately left and right between two lines 8 feet apart. Use lined paper for your background – even something as simple as yellow lined legal paper. Be sure the paper is acid-free so it does not harm your photos. Tear darker paper into jagged backgrounds for the photos. Each should be just a little larger than the photo it will frame. Write a note on the lines.

5. Speed: Any page ideas for scrapbooking boy scouts’ personal fitness should have a page that records improvement in speed. Use background paper that suggests speed: a running cheetah, or a flying comet. Frames should have a feathered, comet’s tail look.

6. Balance: Balance beam and balance scale patterns are great page ideas for scrapbooking boy scouts’ improvement in balance. A balance beam is not difficult to sketch, and you can readily place several sketchy beams on any color paper for a background. Use oval frames around your scout’s squat stand photos.

7. Endurance: The final physical fitness component can be improved by taking long bike rides or hikes. Background papers with long roads running into the distance are a good choice here. The background may even have a faded picture of hikers or bikers. A clever trick is to enlarge a photo of the scout engaged in an endurance activity. Make a faded copy on acid-free paper, and use it as background for the real photo.

These free page ideas for scrapbooking boy scouts will get you started. Take time to think through each page. Consider what you want to commemorate. Focus on a single idea per page, and you will have a great scrapbook album.