Best summer diary/journal for children

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I am looking for a lovely summer journal for my daughter to write in, draw pictures and stick in her findings like postcards, dried flowers, photos etc. She is only 5 so ideally it would have some blank pages for drawings and lined pages (wide lines) for writing. Reasonably sturdy so it can be carried around with us.

I guess it could be a blank journal and I buy lined paper to stick in or vice versa.

Last holidays she got an exercise book version from school, but I can't even find those on line. I was hoping for something prettier but just want something at this point!

I have found a few on US web sites but none suitable in the uk so far. Thought you experts might know what to get!

What about something like this -

www.bureaudirect.co.uk/age-bag-a5-travel-book/p354

There's also an a4 one; or lots of other types

this has a really good journal with it - 2 pages per day's activity, 3 lines to writew, plenty of blank space, plus stickers.

I've got an alternative suggestion. We usually keep a ring binder for each child and just make up our own pages to add to it when we get home. We use those A4 transparent pockets that clip into a ring binder and slot A4 pages into them. That way we can collect tickets, postcards etc and stick them all in in the evening once we get home from a trip and just add all the pages in their pockets when we are ready. Um hope that makes sense. We've been keeping them for years and the kids love looking back on pages from long long ago (like last year!). We also add to it when they achieve something, like a page for when they get a new swimming badge or have a birthday party.

Thank you several lovely ideas there. I like the age book best I think. The plastic pocket idea is good but I had something a bit more journal-like in mind. I might do plastic pockets for my 3 year old as always meaning to stick in bus tickets, theatre tickets etc but keep forgetting.

More ideas welcome!

Whatever you choose, it is a lovely idea. We've been doing it for a couple of years and mine are now 7 and 5. Maybe I should add that they do write on the pages and stuff, we don't just use the pockets to hold our collections. Maybe you'd got that idea anyway.