Picaboo Gifts Idea Center

Parents often devote decades of their lives to teaching, training, and encouraging their children. Take time to thank them for this investment with a custom photo book. You can be sure your photo book will be one of the most touching presents they will ever receive. The best thing about using a photo book to share this special message is that it allows you to combine personal messages with touching photos.

To create a Thank You book for one or both of your parents, start by gathering photos from your entire life and making a list of a variety of life lessons your parent has taught you. You will likely get more ideas for specific life lessons as you look through the photos you have collected.

If you don't have digital copies of your childhood photos, you can take a selection of prints to your local photo center and ask them to convert the prints into digital photos. Many will happily do this at a very reasonable price. You can then add the photos directly from the disk they have provided you with to your Picaboo Thank You book.

Life lessons can take many forms from something as simple as Sharing Your Toys to Looking For the Best in Everyone. Try to include a wide range, from the silly and simple to the serious ones that are difficult to master.

When you have collected your pictures and text, decide which photos you would like to use to illustrate each life lesson. This will make it easier to organize your book within Picaboo. When you are ready, create a new book in Picaboo and add your selected images to it. Look for page layouts that accommodate text as well as the number of photos you would like to include on each page. Then, use custom backgrounds, fonts, and corners to finish each page.

When you are finished you can rest assured that you have created a wonderful gift your parent will treasure for years to come.

Honor Your Parent's Hobbies.

Create a Hobbies book for your parent that highlights their favorite activities and hobbies. Include pictures of important events, special projects, and awards.

Include information about how your parent became interested in their favorite hobby and how participating in it has changed their life.

Say It With Poetry.

If you have trouble coming up with the perfect words to tell your parent how much they have meant to you, try finding a special poem.

Write a few phrases from the poem on each page of your photo book and illustrate it with pictures of you and your parents.

Letters of Appreciation.

Work together with your siblings to create a one of a kind gift for your parents. Ask a variety of friends and relatives to send you a brief note about the role your parent has played in their life along with a picture of themselves.

Add these pictures and notes to a new book in Picaboo and be sure to select custom backgrounds, fonts, and corners that reflect the personalities of each person who has contributed to the book.

Create a Biography Book.

Honor your parent's big accomplishments with a Biography Book. Start by collecting pictures, news clippings, and important documents from their entire life.

Combine high resolution scanned images of these special documents with notes from their friends and family.

Your First Days as a Dad.

Take your parents back to one of the happiest days of their life, the days you and your siblings were born.

Combine pictures of the first few days after each child was born with all the reasons why your mother or father has been an excellent parent.

Custom Desk Calendar.

If your parent uses desk calendars to help keep themselves organized, a custom desk calendar filled with pictures of their favorite family members is the perfect gift.

Use the free calendar backgrounds for one side of the page and add pictures of special family gatherings that took place in each month to the other page. Your parent will love flipping through their custom desk calendar.