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Should I make a yearly splash pad photo album?
Quick answer
Yes — printed photo books are one of the best ways to preserve summer memories. Services like Chatbooks, Mixbook, Shutterfly, and Artifact Uprising autocompile from your phone. Aim for a 30-60 page yearly book. Kids love flipping through their own histories.
Cloud photos pile up and get forgotten; printed photo books get pulled off the shelf and re-read. Splash pad summers are perfect content for an annual photo album. Chatbooks ($15-30) automatically compiles your most-liked Instagram or phone photos into a quarterly book. Mixbook and Shutterfly offer fully customized layouts at $30-100 for a 60-page book. Artifact Uprising and Mpix handle premium hardcovers. Aim for 30-60 pages covering June-August: family beach trips, splash pad highlights, backyard sprinkler days, ice cream stops. Add captions with kid quotes — they're hilarious in retrospect. Some families do one big yearly book, others do summer-only mini-books. Kids love flipping through their own histories, and grandparents value receiving copies. Set a recurring calendar reminder to compile in early September while memories are fresh.