Anyone ever made homemade Epcot passports?

[zulaya]

I am thinking about doing this. What it will entail, I have no clue. Room for each country, space for character signing, the kids names in a different language.

My creativity is already on vacation. If anyone has ideas or something they have already done so I don't have to reinvent the wheel, I'd be grateful.

 

[GOODoldPAL]

We did this in 2000 for my DD, then 7 yr old.
~ First make list of all countries represented in WSC.

~Google "country flag" : there was an internet site with small graphic of each country flag (like 2x3 inch). Try flags.net
Copy & paste to one page & print on cardstock for neater gluing.

~Then google "passport image" and get a graphic of an offical looking passport with place for name, photo etc. (many education or scout sites)
Print cover on cardstock, folding to official size (think it was like 4x6)
Think official cover is black but my DD requested blue.
Then seperately print identity page on reg paper filling in info and glue appropriate size school photo.

~Go to babblefish.com where you can translate words in different languages.
Print "hello" in each language, perhaps in different fonts, on one page.

~ Then just cut to size enough blank pages to fit in passport: one for each country and if you want, leave room to later add photo? Staple blank pages (at fold) to cover.
We put the cut out flag & "hello" at top of each page, leaving room for the stamp they use at each Epcot country.

It was a bit of work to save like $10 off the WDW version but DD & I enjoyed doing it together since she was already adept at web search, copy & paste on computer @ 7 yrs old!
Plus many notcied her handiwork and she reaped the ego-boost.

Hope this works for you.

 

[HLDisney]

I started making a passport for my DD but have run out of time (we're leaving on Wednesday) Anyway, I included each country's flag and its location on a world map (you can get that from Wikipedia.com) I also included pictures of buildings and landmarks that were in the different country pavilions so that my DD could try to locate them when we were actually there. I was also planning to include a few interesting facts on each country.

I did everything on the computer so it was just a matter of finding websites that had the images and photos I wanted and then just saving the images on my hard drive and pulling them back up into my program.

I kind of wish I had been able to finish this for my DD but she's only 4 now so I think she'll be fine with just doing the Kidcot mask and I'll work on finishing the passport for our next Disney trip.

HLDisney

 

[zulaya]

WOW! Thank you so much! My kids are 10 and 11 so this is right up our alley! If anyone else has any other ideas, please keep them coming!