- Nursery Corners
- Everyday Baby Moments
- Celebration Pages
- Background Papers
- Lined Writing Pages
- Frequently Asked Questions
A baby junk journal gives every soft nursery moment a page of its own, from a lace-canopied bassinet to a shower table heaped with peonies and cupcakes. This kit holds 22 scene pages, 5 seamless background papers and 5 lined writing pages, enough to build a full keepsake book or a one-of-a-kind shower gift without hunting for extra printables.
Print the set on smooth white or cream cardstock heavy enough to hold glue without buckling, and let your printer’s best photo setting carry the pastel colour. Trim the edges once printed, square for a tidy journal or slightly uneven if you like a handmade look, and the whole kit is ready to assemble.
Using these images: free for personal projects such as printing, coloring, cards, journals and gifts. Handmade items that include them may be sold up to 30 pieces per design. More than that is commercial use and is not permitted, and neither is selling or sharing the images themselves or passing them off as your own. Please ask before any other use.
Nursery Corners
A wicker bassinet holds the page’s quiet centre, its lace canopy drawn back to show a teddy bear tucked under a knitted blanket beside it.
Leave a little room along the lower edge for a strip of real lace or ribbon, glued flat so the page still closes cleanly inside the journal.
Laid flat on a quilted nursery chair, a cardigan, a pair of booties and a bonnet sit ready for a note about who knitted them or when they were bought, written right beside the pile.
Pair this page with the gingham pattern later in the set, trimming a strip of the pattern to line a small pocket glued to the corner of this scene.
The pocket can hold a folded note, a swatch of nursery fabric or a tiny photo, so the page does double duty as both picture and keepsake holder.
A shower table carries a cake, a row of cupcakes, pale balloons and a loose bunch of peonies, the whole spread ready for a guest list or menu jotted alongside it.
The usual mistake with a cradle page is leaving it too plain, so a bare rectangle sits lost on the sheet.
Here the cradle holds a patchwork blanket, a rattle and a plush lamb tucked at the foot, enough small detail to carry the page on its own.
Everyday Baby Moments
This page suits a page for the parent who loves bath time best, a spot to write the first splash or the towel that always gets soaked through.
Fold the top third of this page forward before gluing it in, so the blossom branches open like a small cover over the pram beneath.
It gives the page a little lift off the flat paper and makes a nice surprise turn in a journal otherwise full of flat scenes.
A sunny garden clothesline strings up onesies, socks and bibs in a row, small enough details to fill the page without crowding it.
Keep this page for the christening gown, the silver spoon and the first pair of shoes, the things usually kept in a drawer rather than a journal.
Writing the date of the christening or naming day right on the page turns the picture into a record as well as a memory.
Stacked plain wooden blocks sit with a pull toy duck and a folded blanket on a rug, a page suited to a first-toy page in a baby shower book.
A stork carries its bundle high over a village of rooftops and chimneys, clouds drifting past, a fitting page for an announcement or a birth date entry.
Five minutes is enough for this page: colour the folded cloth diapers, the sponge and the ducky towel, then move on to a busier scene elsewhere in the journal.
It works well as a breather page between two more detailed spreads, something quick to glance at rather than read closely.
A row of plush animals lines a nursery shelf beside a small lamp and a potted fern, the kind of corner worth a note about who gave which toy.
Pair this page with the lamb and cloud background further on in the set, using it as the facing page so the two sit together as a spread.
The quiet hands-and-feet image reads well next to a soft pattern rather than another busy scene, giving the eye somewhere to rest.
An old baby carriage sits filled with flowers outside a cottage door, more decoration than transport, a pretty stand-in for a welcome or congratulations page.
A question works well here: ask who is still knitting the half-made blanket in the basket, and leave room to answer it beside the needles and pastel yarn.
Celebration Pages
This scene suits a child old enough to help glue it in, since a teddy bear picnic on a nursery rug reads as playful rather than purely sentimental.
Tiny teacups and wooden blocks scattered around the bears give an older sibling something familiar to point at on the page.
A diaper cake tied with ribbons sits beside a gift basket and a cluster of balloons, best used for the guest who is still deciding what to bring to the shower.
A crib sits under a star mobile with a quilt folded at the foot and lace curtains at the window behind it, a calm page for a bedtime note.
Tear the edge of this page roughly before gluing it in, letting the nest sit half torn away from the paper like a scrap found tucked in a drawer.
Pale blue eggs beside a pair of baby booties and a ribbon give the torn edge a gentle, storybook feel rather than a careless one.
A vintage high chair holds a bib and a bowl of oatmeal with a silver spoon resting against the rim, a small everyday scene worth a line about mealtime messes.
A rocking horse stands in a sunlit nursery beside a toy chest and a line of bunting, closing the scene pages on a bright, hopeful note for the first page a child might remember.
Background Papers
Scattered booties and small hearts repeat edge to edge in blush pink and cream, ready to line a pocket page, sit behind a photo or wrap a journal cover.
Pale ducklings drift among small bubbles across the whole sheet, a soft fit behind a bath time photo or as the lining for a gift box pocket.
Baby rattles and tiny safety pins toss across the page in a loose repeating scatter, a good match for the journal cover or the inside of a keepsake envelope.
Little lambs drift among soft clouds in a quiet repeating pattern, well suited to a nursery-themed cover or as backing behind a sonogram photo.
Pastel gingham checks carry tiny bows at their crossings, a pattern steady enough to use as a pocket lining or the base of a shower invitation page.
Lined Writing Pages
A spray of booties sits in one corner of this lined page, ready for a gift list, a shower guest tally or a note of thanks written across the ruled lines.
A mobile hangs across the top of this page like a small banner, leaving the ruled lines below free for a lullaby, a wish for the baby or a packing list for the hospital bag.
A stork and its bundle trail along one side of the page in a narrow border, leaving room for a birth announcement draft or a letter to the baby written on the lines.
Rattles tied with ribbon frame the full edge of this page, well suited to a menu for the shower, a list of games played or a note about who won which prize.
A tiny clothesline of onesies strings along the bottom edge of this page, leaving the ruled lines above free for a letter to next year or a note about the baby’s first week home.
What to Do Next
Print the pages, trim them to match and start laying out spreads around the moments that matter most, whether that is the shower table or the first night in the crib. For more pastel nursery pages to mix in, the Winnie the Pooh set and the Velveteen Rabbit kit pair easily with this one.
Frequently Asked Questions
What paper works best for a baby junk journal?
Smooth white or cream cardstock around 65 to 80lb holds the pastel colour well and takes glue without buckling. Lighter paper works too if you plan to tea-stain or fold pages, since it softens more easily under handling.
What printer settings give the best colour?
Use the best or photo quality setting on a home printer, with plain cardstock selected as the paper type if your printer offers it. This keeps the pastel washes looking soft rather than streaky or faded.
What size should the pages print at?
Standard US letter or A4 suits most journals and keeps every page the same size for easy binding. Trim smaller for a pocket-sized keepsake book, or leave full size for a shower guest book that lies flat.
What do I use to colour or finish these pages?
Nothing extra is required since every page prints in full colour and edge to edge. A fine tip pen for journaling and a little tea-staining or distressing along the edges are the only optional extras worth adding.
What glue is safest for assembling the pages?
An acid free glue stick keeps pages flat without wrinkling the cardstock or yellowing over time. Avoid wet glue on thinner paper, since it can cause the page to curl once it dries.