text: Creative ways to capture their first day at school - Families Online
  12 ways to capture their first day
  Each year the first day of school is a great celebration that you'll want to mark with something special. Whether it's their first ever day or the start of a new school year here are twelve creative ways you can capture these precious memories year after year.
  It all whizzes by so fast, especially the morning of your little one heading to school for the first time. Slow down and take lots of pictures of their morning routine for a first-day collage, those tiny moments are the ones you'll treasure forever.
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  The first day of school usually includes a very messy uniform by the end of it. Before the day begins lay your little one's uniform or outfit on a surface, plus take a picture of your child wearing the uniform at the end of the school day. Put these together for a gorgeous before and after collage.
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  Build up an amazing first-day collage, take pictures of your children in the same place at the beginning and end of every year. Soon you'll have a super collection of photo's showing how much your children have changed over the months and years.
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  Use a chalkboard to record your child's name, their school year and the date. Ask your little one to hold it up and capture the moment, save this chalkboard and take the same picture each year with the updated details. The collage of pictures will be an amazing one to treasure as your children grow.
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  Does your child love books? Why not, take a picture of them and their favourite books from the time of starting school. It'll be such a cute one to look back on with your children and see how their tastes may or may not have changed!
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  The fun doesn't have to end as your children grow. You could take a picture of them holding a picture of their first day at school from the previous year. Do this each year with the picture from the year before to build a wonderful tradition and amazing photo.
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  If it's been a long summer and you're feeling a little joyous about the children heading back to school, capture the moment with a silly picture of your own.
  Rather than the usual smile for the camera photos, why not capture the special times of the day for a collage. Perfect picture moments could include the walk to school, meeting friends in the playground, a goodbye hug before you go or meeting the teacher for the first time.