White House Scrapbook Page - Washington, DC

Our first stop on our DC trip was to walk from our hotel down to the White House and have the kids get their first look at the White House! On the way we walked through Lafayette Square and approached the White House directly from the front for the best view!

After viewing the White House from the front, we walked around to the back side to see the back lawn and also the Ellipse, where we saw the National Christmas Tree. The Ellipse was blocked off with barriers due to the 4th of July, so we were unable to walk through but could still see across.

Since we were unable to get a White House tour, we did the next best thing and went to the White House Visitor Center. This very impressive visitor center had tons of history on the White House, a great interactive model with a virtual tour, and lots of artifacts from the presidents who lived in the White House. We all really enjoyed this visitor center and I would definitely recommend it.

The visitor center offers a Junior Ranger badge, so the boys both got busy on working on their booklets, and after completing a few pages, watching a short movie, and talking to the Ranger, they received their badges.

The supplies that I used for these pages were a combination of several different kits and paper collections that I had been collecting and discussed here. The color scheme for the entire DC album was based off of grey, white, tan, and black, with different accent colors mixed in on various pages. The only memorabilia included on these pages is the White House brochure and the Passport Stamps we picked up at the Visitor Center. I also included a photo of the Junior Ranger Badge.

Here are the final four layouts:

Thanks for looking! Our next stop iss the Washington Monument.

National Grasslands Visitor Center Scrapbook Page

While in Wall, South Dakota, we stopped in at the National Grasslands Visitor Center. When driving through South Dakota, you will often see signs that you are driving through a National Grassland. This visitor center is dedicated to the history, habitat, and animals of the grassland. It was a fun stop and a the visitor center was very nicely done.

We really enjoyed the animal exhibits, and one of the reasons we stopped in was because they are one of the only visitor centers in the National Park Service that offers a Junior Ranger badge just for visiting the center. My son got to work on his booklet and earned another badge!

For this layout, I had picked up a postcard while we were there and I really liked the bright colors in it, so decided to use those to build this layout. I only had a few photos, a brochure and copies of our passport stamps, so one layout was all I needed.

If you are ever in Wall, SD, stop in for a short visit. It's on the same road as Wall Drug so you can't miss it!