Describe your favorite show moments
Create a short illustrated scrapbook describing your favorite show moments, writing summaries and drawing scenes to practice observation, sequencing, and storytelling skills.
Step-by-step guide to create a short illustrated scrapbook of your favorite show moments
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Step 1
Pick your favorite TV show or cartoon to make a scrapbook about.
Step 2
Choose 3 to 5 moments from that show that you love the most.
Step 3
Gather all your materials on a clear workspace so everything is ready.
Step 4
Decide the order you want the moments to appear in your scrapbook.
Step 5
On a sheet of paper write a short title for the first moment at the top.
Step 6
Draw the main scene from that moment in the middle of the page.
Step 7
Write a one or two sentence summary under your drawing saying what happened and why you liked it.
Step 8
Add a speech bubble or caption to one character to show what they said or felt.
Step 9
Decorate the page with colors stickers or a fun border.
Step 10
Repeat Steps 5 to 9 for each of the other moments you chose.
Step 11
Make a cover page with the show’s name and your name as the creator.
Step 12
Put the pages in order and staple or tape them together to make a scrapbook.
Step 13
Flip through your scrapbook and practice telling the moments out loud in order.
Step 14
Share your finished scrapbook on DIY.org
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!
Help!?
What can we use if we don't have stickers, colored paper, or special scrapbook supplies?
Cut pictures from magazines or print screenshots and use colored pencils, markers, or fabric/tape scraps to decorate pages and make borders (Step 7 and cover page).
My child is nervous about drawing the main scene—what should we do?
If drawing the main scene on the sheet of paper (Step 6) is hard, have them trace a printed screenshot, glue in a photo, or draw simple stick figures and focus on the one- or two-sentence summary under the drawing (Step 8).
How can I adapt this scrapbook activity for different ages?
For preschoolers, limit to 3 moments with pre-cut images and one-word titles (Steps 1–5,7), while older kids can pick 4–5 moments, write longer summaries, add detailed speech bubbles, and create a fancier cover (Steps 2,5,8–9,10).
How can we make the scrapbook more special or longer-lasting?
Personalize and preserve it by gluing printed screenshots into the drawing area (Step 6), laminating the cover, binding with ribbon instead of staples (Step 11), and recording the child practicing the moments to upload when sharing (Step 12 and DIY.org).
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Facts about storytelling, observation, and sequencing skills
✍️ Simple drawings (even stick figures) help readers imagine scenes—you don’t need to be an expert illustrator to tell a great story.
📅 Many TV episodes follow a beginning-middle-end arc, which makes them perfect to break into scrapbook pages.
🧠 Retelling your favorite moments helps your memory and sequencing skills—kids who narrate remember more details!
🎬 Storyboards were popularized at Walt Disney in the 1930s to plan scenes before animating or filming them.
🖼️ Victorians kept memory albums centuries ago—scrapbooking has been a way to save stories and pictures for a long time!
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