For those who don't know, I have been a Hospice RN for the last 13 years. I actually started scrapping as a form of relaxation and stress relief. I would always joke with my Social Worker colleague that I wanted to attend her Children's Bereavement Group just to do the crafts! The children in the groups 
have all lost a loved one - mother, father, friend, sister, brother, grandparents, etc.
I brought in a few of the CJ's I am working on and it gave Sheila (CSW) the idea to do a small scrapbook with each child (age 5-9) as a group activity....We plan on making 'books' by cutting 6X6 squares, using a punch and tying 4 pages with ribbon...she especially liked the 'tags' from the CJ's as she now does an activity that uses index cards - and this can easily translate to 'bookmark' tags,,,,so we will be doing a pocket page as well as picture and journal pages. For this age group, I think a glue stick would be the easiest for them to handle.
She is buying supplies but then I though of you .......
Would anyone like to donate a few items that would fit in an envelope?
My thoughts were 'punched' shapes - hearts, circles, fall leaves, squares....or shapes from those fancy machines you all have that might look nice in a Memory book?
Also, scraps of paper to accent the pages - or light color shapes to journal on?
Colored papers to mount photos on.....
Extra Stickers.....alphabet or others.
Tags - all sizes and shapes......
Any other suggestions welcomed
The beauty of this project is that if the child attends the next session of the group...they can add to their book without a problem...
Thanks in Advance for your generousity
...... 
The project will start the first week in November ...
PM me for mailing info......
have all lost a loved one - mother, father, friend, sister, brother, grandparents, etc.I brought in a few of the CJ's I am working on and it gave Sheila (CSW) the idea to do a small scrapbook with each child (age 5-9) as a group activity....We plan on making 'books' by cutting 6X6 squares, using a punch and tying 4 pages with ribbon...she especially liked the 'tags' from the CJ's as she now does an activity that uses index cards - and this can easily translate to 'bookmark' tags,,,,so we will be doing a pocket page as well as picture and journal pages. For this age group, I think a glue stick would be the easiest for them to handle.
She is buying supplies but then I though of you .......
Would anyone like to donate a few items that would fit in an envelope?
My thoughts were 'punched' shapes - hearts, circles, fall leaves, squares....or shapes from those fancy machines you all have that might look nice in a Memory book?
Also, scraps of paper to accent the pages - or light color shapes to journal on?
Colored papers to mount photos on.....
Extra Stickers.....alphabet or others.
Tags - all sizes and shapes......
Any other suggestions welcomed
The beauty of this project is that if the child attends the next session of the group...they can add to their book without a problem...
Thanks in Advance for your generousity
...... The project will start the first week in November ...
PM me for mailing info......
