When you were my age – family journal: printable design preview

Journals · A4

When you were my age – family journal

An intergenerational interview sheet with six child-friendly questions and a shared photograph. It invites a grandparent or older relative to talk about everyday childhood memories.

Edit it right here in your browser, with nothing to install, then download your files.

  • grandparent interview
  • child
  • family history
  • keepsake journal
  • A4
  • sage
  • Quiet chapters collection
  • editable
  • printable
  • portrait

What you can personalise

  • Every word: 9 editable text boxes for names, dates, places and anything else you want to say
  • 1 photo frame for your own photo, which you can move and zoom to fit
  • Fonts and colours: it uses Montserrat, Cormorant Garamond, with a matching colour palette to choose from
  • Move, resize or delete anything, and add your own text, photos and decorations

What you get

  • A print-ready A4 PDF to print at home at actual size
  • An image (PNG) to share by WhatsApp, text or email
  • A watermarked proof to check before you print

Sample wording

This is the example wording on the design. Change any of it to your own details.

QUIET CHAPTERS

When you were my age

Interviewed by: … Talking with: …

WHERE DID YOU LIVE AS A CHILD?

WHAT DID YOU LIKE TO PLAY?

WHAT WAS SCHOOL LIKE?

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE TREAT?

WHO MADE YOU LAUGH?

WHAT WOULD YOU TELL YOUR YOUNGER SELF?

How it works

  1. Personalise Change the wording, fonts and colours and add your photos. Your changes save as you go.
  2. Check your proof Download a watermarked proof to check every detail before you print.
  3. Download and print Print at home or send the PDF to a print shop or online printer. We don’t print or post anything.
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