Back to School Memory Book with the Cricut

Remember your child’s first day of school with this back to school memory book, made with your Cricut! Get the free files to make this adorable memory book, then capture this moment and time and remember it forever!

A hand holding a back-to-school memory book with an image of a school bus cut out of paper and a picture of two adorable little boys holding a sign that says, \"First Day of Pre-School Prep\"

Can you believe we’re already almost the new school season? This is a big year for us—our twin boys start preschool! They’ve been attending daycare at the preschool since April, but soon they’ll officially be in school. I can hardly believe it. If someone has the secret for slowing down time, please let me know in the comments!

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This year I’m making my boys commemorative mini scrapbooks for the new school year. One of my favorite things to do in Cricut Design Space is taking one of the Make It Now projects and customizing it for something else. This time, I’ve used the Love Mini Album and reworked it for Back to School! Grab the Design Space project here.

A hand holding a back-to-school memory book

Table of Contents

Back to School Memory Book Supplies

White cardstock
Gray cardstock
Pink cardstock
Yellow cardstock
Green cardstock
Teal cardstock
Light blue cardstock
Cricut pen
Cricut scoring stylus or scoring wheel
Spray glue, glue tape, or Xyron Creative Station
Photos from the first day of school

Back to School Memory Book Directions

1: Cut Out Your Pieces

Open the Cricut Design Space file and customize the text layers (for the front, I left the name blank —feel free to add your kiddo’s name like I did!), change the colors, or add or remove elements from the book.

Then you can cut! I used my Cricut Maker, which uses the Scoring Wheel (I love that thing!). You can also use the Scoring Stylus. Make sure to follow the instructions for each color of paper—there are layers that also need the pen and the scoring wheel or stylus. Cricut Design Space will prompt you to insert the tools when needed.

Screenshot of design in Cricut Design Space

2: Create Your Mini Album Base

To create your mini scrapbook, fold the teal cardstock so that it forms a little square book. Then fold the light blue pieces as shown, and glue together using the tabs.

Glue the interior pages of the mini album.

Then glue the interior pages to the exterior book as shown.

3. Decorate Your Mini Album

Like any scrapbooking page, you’re going to end up with a lot of cut pieces. How you attach them to your mini book is up to you. I really like using my Xyron sticker machine—it basically turns any flat piece of paper into a sticker! Perfect for projects like this. You can also use spray glue or glue tape (the kind that comes in a little dispense. Glue dots will probably work too!

Use a Xyron or spray glue to add adhesive to the back of your decoration pieces.

Following the design in Cricut Design Space, adhere all of your different pieces together to your book, making sure the scored pieces line up with the folds of the book.