A keepsake journal "triples" as travel entertainment, art preservation, and a grandparent gift

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A keepsake journal "triples" as travel entertainment, art preservation, and a grandparent gift

Jennifer's smart, simple idea for capturing some of her daughter's spontaneous art:

My four year-old loves to draw and color. I found one way to preserve her art -- by giving her a journal book full of blank pages. We take her book and crayons everywhere: restaurants, traveling, even shopping. It's portable and a great keepsake once she fills it up. Then I date it and store it or send it to the grandparents as a gift.

I'm a regular user of Moleskine notebooks -- the paper is lovely and smooth and they take a serious beating. They'd be great for this sort of thing.

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Comments

Love this idea! I'm huge into journals myself, why not get my daughter started?! :) Thanks!

Posted by: Kelly | Apr 15, 2008 7:51:57 AM

Love, love this idea. And what's crazy? I work for a company that makes journals, so I have access readily available! Why didn't I think of this?! Thanks for the great tip!

Posted by: Kaye | Apr 15, 2008 7:55:42 AM

Before my children were old enough to write, they journal our vacations with pictures. At the end of the day, they draw the day's events. I write in the caption and label particular scenes in case we don't recognize what the it depicts!

Posted by: Katy | Apr 15, 2008 8:16:00 AM

this is a great idea. *and* i just saw a bunch of these on sale at b&n...good for stocking up!

Posted by: phyllis | Apr 15, 2008 12:33:11 PM

That's a great idea! We already have our son draw in his own art book but we will buy some nice journals for him to make gift books. :D

Posted by: Mephala | Apr 15, 2008 1:20:36 PM

As fast as kids go through paper though, I'd suggest something cheaper than a moleskin.

Posted by: Meagan | Apr 15, 2008 6:29:39 PM

Great idea! My grandaughter, Kaitlyn, does this and I have Volume 1.

Posted by: K & A | Apr 16, 2008 10:27:28 AM

Great idea! My grandaughter, Kaitlyn, does this and I have Volume 1.

Posted by: K & A | Apr 16, 2008 10:28:49 AM

Meagan: True -- I'm just thinking for archival purposes if one wants these notebooks to last for a long time.