Scrapbooking for Twins

Hi everyone! I am a new Mommy to twins and love to scrapbook. I like scrapbooking everything for myself. But now I'm wanting to scrapbook for my babies. Should I make 2 of everything so they can each have a book one day or just make 1 that I keep? Your opinion would help!! TIA

two of everything would get boring really soon, and besides they really are two different people. i don't have twins but my tow kiddos do lots of stuff together, i usually do similar pages, for them. the same supplies are out but there are different pictures and what not.

baby hippo By Outsidechic
more hippos By Outsidechic

each of them has there own books, and i slip family stuff in them. it works for me ... i want to finish a project life book, but seem to only get so far.

• jandkhtree Said:

Mom of twins here! welcome to the world of multiples!

I do 1 book for all events, and pages just for a specific child. When they get older, they can have copies of the pages they want, be it Christmas with all of them or their own page of their sport or adventure. you're welcome to look thru my gallery for examples. Here's individual examples and a 'together' page...


For DD:

In My Daughter's Eyes By AppleBottomVenter

For DS:

Adventure Boy By AppleBottomVenter

Them together:

My Favorite Things By AppleBottomVenter

All kids:

Family By AppleBottomVenter

You have to do what you think is best. I find this to be more productive and ultimately cheaper by not creating dual pages.

Have fun!

congrats on the little ones!! You could scan the pages you make for the big family book into the computer and this way you could just reprint them later if the kids wanted their own copy.

I think .. for me .. their first year would each have their own books .. after that, probably would do like Teresa .. (uhm applebottom that is)

Thanks for the advice! I have a boy & girl too so I know they'll be into different things for sure.

Stephanie Howell has twins. She does separate pages for them. She has 4 kids ages 5 and under. Her blog is http://www.stephaniehowell.com

I can't imagine doing two of everything!!!!! I would NEVER be caught up. I have three boys and although none are twins, I make group books. If they all want a copy later, I can scan them into their own books.

congrats on your twins!!!! I was having a similar dilemma... I'm the auntie of twins now! Also, the crafty one of the family and was trying to decide how to approach this as well! So far I'm going to do a chipboard album for their first year, lots of photos of them together... but I was thinking in the long run it would be better for them to have separate, because like you said (for your boy & girl) they would have different interests... I will probably wind up going with various projects, but that's an easier answer for me since I'm the aunt and not the mom! hehe

I have done just a few projects so far. Including this simple one I did for their grandpa (my FIL) for father's day this year....

Beary Awesome! By Scrappyjackson

and the one I did for my MIL for mother's day...

Grandma's Boys By Scrappyjackson

Since my SIL had 2 at a time I figure that puts me off the hook for a little longer right??? haha

I have two boys - close together but not twins. I do one for each. Picture with both of them are in both books, individual pictures are in their indivisual books.

Scrapbooking has come a long way in over 30 years so I'm doing my oldest one's all over again - 36 years worth and then will start my youngests books.

I did their original books separately and gave them to them but they are outdated and in horrible shape so I scanned all the pictures and are reprinted for their new books. The pictures together will be in both.

However, will cheat and use a lot of the sleeves that take a lot of photos - I think 6 of the 4 x 6's on each side.

I will nicely scrap a page or two - throw a few of those in, scrap a few, throw a few of those in. That will make it go faster.

I'm just starting a scrapbook for my first grandchild and it will be just her. As more grandkids come along, there will be a set of books for each of them.

• scrappyjackson Said:

Yes, I think you're off the hook for a good 6 months!!! Heehee

• Henri Jean Said:

WOW!! If you can do all that, surely I can handle 2 books!!

• jandkhtree Said:

it's amazing what some of these ladies can complete!

6 months though??? I was thinking at least a year or two! haha

Hi and congrats of your twins! Mother of 25 year old twins here.

I made seperate albums for each child. Mine were small before the advent of digital so I always ordered double prints and I also made sure to take individual photos of them at each event along with the twins photos. I didn't exactly make the same LOs twice. I used the same photos but made the LOs to suit each personality. With double prints each child got photos of themselves, their twin, and together.

I can say at this point in their lives that I am VERY happy with how I did it as they (boy and girl) are very differnt and both want their own events, photos, and albums. The boy is just as happy to have his own set of albums as the girl.

I also made sure to get some photos for the "Family" albums which belong to hubby and I. I suspect when we leave this world our oldest daughter will get those even though she has her own albums hers do not have many of the twins (she is 9 years older than they are).

Good luck and enjoy those sweet babies!

hi. i'm 1 of 4 and 2 of those were twins. i sorted all my mom's pics (30 years worth ) and put them in books. there is a set of general family stuff and then each kid has their own book that focus' on them. everyone likes having their own book and my mom doesn't have all the holiday, trip and other group shots all separated.

i now have 2 boys close in age and i'm doing the same thing. they are great to have out on b-days or other holidays.

• rockmom Said:

Thank you so much! It's nice to hear from someone that's been there, done that! I've done a few pages, and the LOs are similar, but not the same. I also used different paper & quotes. I journaled the same thing on their ultrasound pics tho!

• scrappyjackson Said:

You might could squeeze a year out of it!!

I always like the suggestion that a mom should a do a scrapbook for herself copy and print of duplicate pages for the children/family.

Until children are old enough to create their own books.

With twins there is so much more Information.

I can see a basic first vaccination layout turning into two pages anyway.

I would probably create one book but throw in quite a few special pages which highlight each child's personality.

• Obi Said:

That's my basic plan of attack for my nephews and pages I do for their family.

I have 4 boys including a set of twins. They all have their own books. Am I caught up? Nope and don't plan to be. Do they all have hundreds of layouts each? Yep.

I now do digital layouts, which is IDEAL for twins - just swap out photos and print again. But as time goes on, each kid will have their own activities and you won't feel like you need to do duplicate layouts.

Congrats - twins are SO MUCH FUN!!

Hi, I just joined this MB a couple months ago and was mostly a lurker, but being a mom of twin boys I wanted to share my experience. At first I wasn't going to do individual books for them (besides first year books), but I am always talking about how they are individuals and need to be treated as such. So I took my own advice and started doing their own books each, with their own pictures. I mainly just do summaries fr each year...like one layout for fall and the pictures that fell into that time period, same for the other seasons. Then I have a holiday summary page, and then school stuff. I also include any other important things that they do and is important to them...like their favorite stuffed animal. Anyway, they LOVE having their own books. They feel that it is something special for just them and it's finally something they don't have to share. People group them together all the time and I remember when my one son realized that the scrapbook he was looking at was just for him. he actually said to me, "This one is just mine?" with this excited look on his face. So with all this babbling, I know it makes more work for myself, but a lot of the things I keep the same layout design, just swap pictures and paper and it's really not that bad. And their reaction to it makes it totally worth it!! Congrats on your twins and good luck!

welcome cacs! what a great way to put it. I have little brothers that are twins (as well as baby nephews now) and I agree, too often are they treated as "the boys", "the twins"... what a great way for you to help them gain confidence in their identity as individuals!

• cacs Said:

Hi and welcome. That is exactly the way I see it.

• MaryinAZ Said:

I probably will never be caught up either!