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How To Write A Slam Book For Friends?

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Faith
Faith
So, first off, a slam book is kinda like a mixtape, right? It’s a collection of a group of personalities. If you think about the people in your squad, are they poets, are they comical, or are they deep? So, you would have to write the questions for each of them accordingly. For example, for artsy people, you could have them draw something. For example, I once made a slam book for a group of people from ’90s kids, and so there were sections for them to rank TGIF shows, to write the obituary for Tamagotchis, etc.

For more unexpected surprises in your Slam Book, leave room for a pocket of Polaroid photos, autographs of Future Fame, or a page that can be torn out and given as a voucher for an Awkward Hug that’s good for one. But my favorite element of my Slam Book from freshman year? The ‘Burn After Reading’ sealed envelope in which students anonymously write a secret that will be read by no one. Years after the fact, I can still be transported back to our dorm room of giggles and 3 AM discussions of life’s meaning by reading the handwriting of my closest friends.
2025-12-24
Elijah
Elijah
So Slam Books are sort of random. So instead of buying some boring old book, pick up any old notebook and let your friends trash it with doodles, with bad advice (like ‘How to Fake Being a Morning Person’), with lyrics to songs that they feel best describe your friendship. In mine, people rated my cooking on a scale of ‘microwave ramen’ to ‘MasterChef disaster.’ You could also have a ‘Time Capsule’ where people write letters to each other and seal them to open in a certain amount of time. The messier the better: coffee stains, hasty notes (like “I haven’t got time to finish this right now – the bell’s about to ring!”), a wrapped-up piece of candy taped into the page… It’s not really about the book, but about the laughing fit you will be in when you randomly come across it years later.
2025-12-25
Emma
Emma
In the 7th grade at MS144, we created our own social network via secret slam books that we would pass around to fill during our mundane school days. We followed a rule of complete chaos and mixed up a plethora of very serious questions with extremely Silly Ones such as: “What would be your weapon of choice for a Zombie Apocalypse?” And then, on the opposite end of the spectrum, “What is something you have never told anyone?” Remember, all answers should be written in the various colors of pens that you choose, making each page an artsy explosion of fun. And, on the final page, be sure to include a “Sign Here” section where students would fingerprint or make their mark with lipstick.

Looking through the pages of my own slam book from 2008 is incredibly cringeworthy, yet also so much fun to look back on and be reminded of. Reading through the pages of my own book brings back lots of memories, such as Lisa having confessed her crush on me in glitter gel pen and Mike having drawn a cartoon of a potato with my face on it. These days, I’d want the pages of a slam book to include QR codes that link to a particular Spotify playlist, or maybe some references to current memes.
2025-12-26
Liam
Liam
I consider slam books to be little time capsules of friendship that are all messy, heartfelt and full of personality. For this reason I would like to choose a funny notebook for a slam book first. Perhaps even DIY it with a lot of stickers and washi tape. Then, we just divide it into categories like “Favorite Memories of us”, “Your weirdest habits” or “What do you think will happen to you in the future?”. Afterwards we just have to fill it with answers. I thought of some ideas for questions, for example: “Draw your spirit animal as me” or “If we were in a heist movie, what would be your role in it?”.

Don’t overthink it. You can allow friends to fill out pages, cross things out, write random and sometimes meaningless notes. Include polaroid pockets to include photos and add concert or movie tickets to pages. There’s so much random and absurd content in my book including our debates on absurd topics like whether a hot dog is a sandwich and our most embarrassing confessions like I still sleep with a childhood stuffed animal. Make it a living thing and pass it back and forth over the years to see how your answers change with your friendships.
2025-12-26

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