Halloween Season Scrapbooks

From haunts to hayrides, pumpkin patches to decorated neighborhoods, we do so many fun things each spooky season. Halloween season scrapbooks are a great way to save those memories and show off the pictures and paper ephemera we collect. I have created quite a few Halloween season scrapbooks over the years. Let’s take a look at some of my favorites!

Traditional Scrapbooks

Traditional scrapbooks use 12″ x 12″ paper and combine photos, papers, stickers, and other embellishments. You can design your layouts as either single pages that can be arranged in pretty much any order, or 2-page spreads that are meant to be seen together at once.

If you are new to this craft, it can be a little daunting to stare at your pile of photos and mountains of paper and stickers. Don’t worry, as we look at some of these examples, I will share my tips for unleashing your spooky creativity!

When starting this Knott’s Scary Farm spread, I gathered some of the paper and small mementos I saved from my trip. The room key, our pre-scare boo-fet sticker, and the hotel receipt all helped to decorate the pages.
I looked at the colors and backgrounds in my photos to choose papers that complimented them. Even though some of these pages are busy patterns, the colors tie them together.
Journalling is very important in scrapbooking. Adding notes helps to preserve your memories and add fun context to your photos.

Photos don’t have to be square! To reduce a boring background and squeeze more images of friends onto the page, I cut out my photos.
This 2-page spread uses a repeating pattern along the top and the same background paper to tie both sides together.

This is one of my go-to layouts for theme park pages. I love to split the map between the two pages and add notes on it. If you know you are going to be scrapbooking your adventure, be sure to pick up some paper ephemera along the way. They are unique touches to your pages.
To get creative with my journalling aspects, I cut out the haunt maze names and used numbers to create my “Haunted House Ranking” list.

Binder Scrapbooks

Don’t have 12″ x 12″ paper or the scrapbook albums? No problem. Sometimes I enjoy using up some of my office supplies and 8″ x 11″ paper to create some binder scrapbooks. I find these pretty easy to make – and they are great gifts to make for friends. Once you set up one page, it is easy to use the same layouts, techniques, and journal elements to make copies for your entire group.

All you need to get started with these is a binder, clear page protectors, and 8″ x 11″ paper.

When you have a lot of photos, sometimes a grid can look nice. I try to pair it with a page with more text and dynamic layout to make it pop.

Pictures are great, but sometimes you just want to make notes. These two pages were for ranking all the haunts, shows, and scare zones that year.
Be careful with glue – although it dries “clear”, residue still remains. The page to the right was marred by a little excess glue. Now I use glue tape so it never spills out when I press down the paper.

Get creative with your journalling. Instead of using pre-made paper, I made the Halloween shapes my tracing with cookie cutters. Then I used colored pencils to lightly color and design each shape. Finally, I took a ruler and ink pen to create the lines.
For this page I had each of my friends write down their favorite memory of the evening on one of the note cards. I copied their responses by hand for each of their books, but I kept their handwritten notes in my scrapbook binder copy.
For the page title, “Macabre Memories”, I downloaded a spooky font and printed it out from my computer. This can be a life-saver if you have poor handwriting or want a very specific type of lettering for your page.

There is no right or wrong way to approach papercrafts. It is all about being creative and saving your memories in a way that makes you smile. Don’t be afraid to experiment. I always make a couple extra copies of photos I really love in case I make a mistake (which happens more often than I’d like to admit). Keep trying and you will see your pieces improve over time. You’ll also see your style evolve! It is fun to look back on my early scrapbooks versus what I make now.

I’d love to see what you make! Show me your creations on Facebook & Instagram.

Halloween Season Scrapbooks

Traditional Scrapbooks

Binder Scrapbooks