Youtube video for this blog post
So if you are asking yourself, "what the heck is a QR code?" Here you go
Now, how do you create them and add them to your pages? It's simple. First you need to upload your videos to youtube. Then google "QR code generator". There are a lot of online sites that will create QR codes for free. I have been using this site http://www.qr-code-generator.com/#info_dynamisch ... you can pay for the site but I'm just using the free part. Open your video in youtube, copy the web address and then enter it into the QR generator. Then click "download" (circled to the right - choose JPG). Your QR code will download down at the bottom of your screen.
Click on the downloaded file at the bottom left of your screen and when it opens look at the top of your screen for the "extract files" button. Click it and extract all files. Then choose where you want to save your QR code. I have made a file in my pictures labeled "QR codes" and then I rename the code so I know what it links to.
To print your QR codes - I open word and choose my 4x6 document so that I can print my QR codes on photo paper. You can print on regular paper or cardstock. Now you have to insert the QR code just like you would a picture. Since I printed a few I labeled which QR code linked to what video. I edited each code to be 1in x 1in. You can make them any size you want.
Now you just have to print, cut and add to your layouts. The layout below is of my son's 2nd birthday. It is 1 of a 2 page layout. The QR code links to the video I took of me walking into his room that morning and singing happy birthday to him.
This was a layout I had done months ago and remembered I took a video of him playing in the mirror. I just added the QR code right up in the corner.
Now... you might be asking yourself "well how do I make the QR code work?" All you need to do is download a free QR code reader app to your phone. There are a lot so read the reviews to find a good one. As I was uploading the video I did for this blog I saw that I had a video of my son going down the water slide at Great Wolf Lodge. I am so excited to add that to his GWL page.