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I was sooooo excited 5 years ago at the thought of having a scrapbook of the different field trips we would take in South Louisiana. So rich in history. The thought of notebooks filled with pictures, narrations, tickets was charming.
To date, I have, let's see let me count...zero. 
Best intentions never fullfilled. We have had the pleasure of visiting a number of Plantations deep in the South with no pictures to show for it (just happy to have shown up!) 
We are going to Baton Rouge tonight, staying over for one day. My dh has a business meeting he will be attending and my kids and I usually make these day trips into adventures. I would like to do what I always said I would...make a CM scrapbook.
I have books on the how to. I just didn't purchase the follow it through edition.  Can anyone throw me a bone of ideas to add to the basics?
Thanks everyone and Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!
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What about having your kids make their own postcards on acid-free card stock...let them draw something on the front that they saw on the trip, then write a note about it on the back (or a separate one if you need to put it in the scrapbook). I want to start doing these from our field trips and filing them in one of those photo albums where the sleeves lie over the top of one another and you just slide the photo (or postcard) in and then flip to look through.
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The postcard art is a great idea, Colleen. I'll have to remember that for our next "educational tour".
As for a lapbook of LA sites---maybe you should consider doing a notebook instead of a lapbook---you'd get more "instant gratification" from that since your kids could work on it after each visit, rather than have to wait until you have a whole bunch of stuff from various visits ready to organize into a lapbook. OR you could shoot for doing a simple lapbook on ONE site you visit...
As you travel, collect brochures (cheaper than postcards and often just as eye-catching), save your ticket stubs, take pics, jot down ideas for "rabbit trails". With all these Lapbook Queens in our midst, I hesitate to try and be creative (I'm still a lapbook "trainee"  ) but when we worked on our Florida notebooks following a trip to Lake Okeechobee, we did things like:
researched Lake Okeechobee and wrote about it;
read books about the Everglades;
learned about alligators;
drew alligators
listened to the folk song about the flood of Okeechobee which killed so many people-and visited the memorial;
copy the lyrics of the folk song;
make a list of animals seen in the area;
learned about migrant workers and agribusiness;
learned the names of the main crops harvested in the area...in English AND Spanish
went to a green house to see orchids
drew orchids
read/discussed (cleaned up portions of)the "Orchid Thief"
talked about dam construction and the history of the Okeechobee dam;
made a list of words that we could get out of "Okeechobee";
wrote a haiku about the area;
took lots of pictures for the notebook!
For Louisiana, altho there are loads of cool things to learn about, the main thing my dc obsess over is ALWAYS Jean Lafitte! Seems like every time we drive thru LA, we go on a pirate binge.
Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but just my 2cents worth
 Kelly in FL
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I am copying a post I added to Family Vacations, it's an update on our field trip.
We just got back from visiting one on Lousiana's great Plantation homes. If anyone is close enough, don't forget to put these on your schedule. Each on one of my kids (6) absolutely loved it. They all had a great time. We had a great day today. Our tour guide was awesome. We were the only ones in our group. At one point she was telling us how the slaves would communicate to each other through what was only considered spiritual songs to others while working in the fields for example. She said in fact they were communicating plans of escape as one example. She broke out in some of the spiritual songs they sung. My kids and I were in tears literally. Her voice, the words, the meaning...transcended us. Magnificant.
I just want to add thank you for your ideas. Each of my kids had disposable cameras. They used every single picture. They are sooooo excited about doing a notebook on this trip. It was wonderful. I am going to incorporate your ideas into their notebooks!
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Linda, which plantation did you visit?
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Houmas House, the Sugar Palace. It took grand to another level. We've been to the Oak Ally and Nottoway Plantations. Depending on where you are in Florida Kelly, it's worth the drive. 
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(My husband and I got engaged after we had dinner at Nottoway. Thanks for bringing up such a pleasant memory! )
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