Autograph Book Ideas

[NemoMOm]

Hello Everyone,

We leave in a week and half:cool1
I have a question about autograph books. I have 3 boys, one is not yet 3 and cannot read, another is 5 and just barely reading. I would love to have to autograph books with photos. However they are 17 a piece! Which is about 50 bucks in autograph books. I thought about buying the 8 book and putting the pictures next to the autograph, but I'm worried about the picture getting ruined.

Any suggestions?

TIA

 

[djmeredith]

Go the Creative DISigns forum in the Just For Fun Section. There are lots of autograph pages you can print yourself and make your own autograph/photo book.

 

[poohfriend77]

Or just get some cardstock (Michaels/Hobby Lobby) and cut it down to 4X6 inch pieces. I coordinated the color paper to the character (orange for Tigger, light blue for Cinderella, green for Peter Pan, etc...) because I'm a bit obsessive. Plain white works too.

We put a piece of cardstock on a small clipboard for the characters to sign, then we just slipped them into an inexpensive photo album with the pics.

You could let the kids decorate the pages with Disney stickers, or turn it into a fancier scrapbook, but those options can add $$$ quickly. You could do two very basic autograph albums (if you want one for each kid) for under $10 pretty easily.

 

[NemoMOm]

Awesome ideas! Thank you!

 

[albarellic]

I'm going to second poohfriend77 and add that I get the photomats from Michael's instead of card stock. They are 4.5 by 6.5. (I also match the color to the character) I cut each mat in half for the actual autograph and use another full one that matches to mount the picture to. The ones I buy have 100 mats in 5 colors in each pack- primary or pastels for around $5.

I carry a small plastic photo album I bought from the buck spot at target to store the signed cards, extra cut mats and pens in a quart size bag to hold it all when in the parks.

 

[Mickey1Fan]

I ditto the card stock pages and choose the sharpie colour marker I want the character to sign with.

You could also make small scrapbooks for each of the children incorporating the autographs and photographs along with the things they collect along the way. Park maps with all the rides they rode marked so they'll 'remember' the trip.

You could also make a memory box for each of the boys, they can pull out the items and touch and feel and talk about them.

I have an autograph book sitting on a shelf and it is never looked at. My scrapbooks and memory boxes are looked at and enjoyed quite often.

 

[SandrA9810]

Bring clickable sharpies for ease of signing. Please only hand one marker to the character, don't have each kid with the marker. Trust me, this will save lots of shirts by the end of your vacation.

I would suggest one photo album, one autograph. Personally I think it's easier to have all the children go up at the same time for signing and hugs. Most kids like to enjoy the moment together, rather than being annoyed they have to wait even longer for one sibling to go first. If you do want the work of three albums, make sure the character signs all at the same time.

If one boy really loves Tigger (or whichever character) then have him pose at the end alone. And don't keep having the kid look at you. It gets a bit funny when the kid stares at the camera, and the character is trying to have an interaction like a hug or a high five.

Most character spots have a photopass photographer present, and just follow their lead. They'll get the kids to turn around and pose when it's time. In the mean time, take as many candid shots as you want. Character attendants and photopass photographers will gladly take a picture with your camera as well. Just ask.

The interactions should go: hug, autograph, pose, goodbye.

If any of the kids are afraid, don't put them directly next to the character. Do family shots, with the child on the far outside. So character, parent, kid, kid, parent, upset child. Kids look to the parent to protect them, and it freaks them out even more when you place them next to the character they don't trust. Plus they're more likely to smile and look at the camera when they are spaced apart from the character.

 

[tinatark]

My kids had the blue autograph books - I skipped a page between each autograph - took pictures as the books were signed. Cut the photos out after the trip and added them to their respective pages.