People have collected newspaper clippings over the years and stuck them onto their scrapbooks. My dad cuts out a newspaper clipping, of say, a book review, and keeps it inside the book in question.
My dad tells me an anecdote of the time he was a student in IIT and one of the boys he met during an inter-university student leader’s conference had a huge collection of newspaper clippings on Kamaraj. The boy had collected news clippings of every news item pertaining to the Tamil political leader and arranged them chronologically in his scrapbook. Others collect pictures of strange UFO sightings, criminal cases covered in the media, favourite cooking recipes, pictures of touristy places and music festivals.
I’ve not been in the habit of collecting newspaper clippings, and now with print editions rapidly folding up, it doesn’t seem like a good time to start. I just add sites I want to go through later to my Bookmarks.
These days, people do online scrapbooking. I’m planning to start digital scrapbooking soon. Here’s a site that discusses some online tools you can use for digital scrapbooking. I’ve not tried any of them yet. Have you? Do let me know in the comments section.
I’ve, however, made collages a couple of times with pictures cut out from magazines I owned. Wellness specialists also suggest making vision boards to manifest what we want in our lives by sticking pictures of all that we want in one place.
The hobby teaches one about order and method and building up a large number of smaller items into a coherent whole. It’s a great hobby to introduce to your kids if you have any. It gives children a sense of achievement and purpose. If there are parents reading this blog, do share pictures of your child’s scrapbook in the comments section.
Sounds quite interesting and so much fun. I remember collecting newspaper clippings when in school. Your article has refreshed those fond memories and I am motivated to start doing it all over again. And of course the digital scrapbooking is cool.
ReplyDeleteGreat! I'm so happy to hear my post inspired you to start it again:)
DeleteI used to have scrap books too when I was young. My dad used to religious cut out the 'Know your English'column from the newspapers. Somehow both us don't do that anymore. Maybe I should start a digital scrapbook soon
DeleteYes, you absolutely must!
DeleteI had this habit of collecting articles from newspapers and magazines about Bollywood stars. I had three huge practical notebooks filled with their pics and news articles. Your post brought back such fond memories.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! How interesting - Bollywood stars! Glad to have spread some cheer:)
DeleteMy dad has this habit . He cuts out pictures of kids and stories from newspapers. It's an interesting activity.
ReplyDeleteDo you a have a picture of the scrapbook you could share?
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