Just how BIG are character autographs?

[alleghator]

Instead of taking (or making in advance) a traditional autograph book, I'm cutting plain white cardstock and taking a small clipboard ... for collecting character autographs.

But, I'm not sure what size to cut the cardstock. I don't want giant 8-1/2x11 autographs, but I want to leave enough room for some character creativity, if possible. Is 5x7" OK? 4x6"?

What size should I trim the cardstock to?

--Heidi

[piratesmate]

DD got an autograph book in the park & the characters pretty much filled each page. The pages in the book are about 4.25 x 5.75 give or take. I'd go with 4x6 cards myself.

[mantaz]

I would do 5x7. That leaves some room for them to draw something if they want or right a message. If there is room, I would put the child's name on the clipboard so it is visible to the character. Sometimes they like to personalize the message.

I bought a spiral acid free book at walmart so I could get autographs. Then at home I just take them out and trim down the excess white. Then they go on the two page layout. DD with character on one page and autograph on the other page.

Angela

[PIRATEGIRL007]

I did 4.5 x 6.5 for my book last year. I figured I can trip the extra .5 inches off and use reg 4x6 format as long as the charector doesn't right all the way to the edges.

[bskts4bj]

I used 4x6 cardstock and carried a small plastic case photo holder/binder (bought at Michaels) to store them in -- that way they didn't get all mucked up in travel. Worked great!

Have a great time!!