Creative Autograph Collecting Ideas?

[Desade]

Hi everyone! New member here.

I will be going to DisneyWorld after a 7 year hiatus at the end of March!

I want to collect character autographs, but I don't want to use a book. My first idea was using a hat, and embroidering it myself with Disney stuff (I have a Disney themed sewing machine).

What are some other interesting and creative ideas you guys might have?

 

[TillyDe]

I saw someone using a pillow case once.

 

[jrichardson504]

I took a few photo mats and had the characters sign it and put a picture from our trip in it. I love it and makes a cute way to display too!

 

[brownhaired_girl]

I'm hoping to make a signature quilt for the little girl who are coming on our next trip. I will have characters sign some squares and have some pictures printed on other squares

 

[NEDisneyFans]

I'm hoping to make a signature quilt for the little girl who are coming on our next trip. I will have characters sign some squares and have some pictures printed on other squares

This sounds lovely!

 

[Desade]

Thanks everyone!

I think I have finally decided!

I am going to create watercolor drawings for my favorite characters to sign! I'll have blank pages and a signable hat for backup.

SO EXCITED!!!

 

[NEDisneyFans]

Please post photo(s) after!

 

[RoyalMom]

We brought a Disney autograph ball on our last trip for my son. Something like this works out very nicely, as long as there is someone who doesn't mind carrying it.

We forgot to bring the girls' autograph books, so we bought a spiral bound deck of perforated index cards in Wal-Mart while we were down there (the characters autographed the unlined side) which we will be mounting in the books using photo corners and fun stickers.

 

[mguilford1]

Someone had posted that they took an apron had it signed and then embroidered the signatures! They use it all the time. I want to try this!

 

[Desade]

Please post photo(s) after!

I'll try to remember to!

 

[jkdelgado7475]

Just wondered if anyone had any luck getting signatures on clear plastic, like photo pages. Thinking that they could be scanned and then duplicated onto a scrapbook page with her photo of the character after the trip?

 

[Bazinga]

Not super creative, but I have been having the characters sign 4x6 blank index cards with different color sharpies. My plan is to create a scrapbook album with just character photos/autographs from parks all over the world.

 

[teffy]

My sister had characters sign an apron since she's a chef! That was really cute. But word of advice if you take a pillow case or shirt or apron, something like that. Make sure to bring a clipboard so there is a flat surface for the characters to write on. It's too hard to write on material without something hard under it.

 

[smores]

I found white canvas string backpacks at the craft store. Gonna use them so kids will carry their own junk...

 

[MarieMouse]

-T-Shirt
-Canvas Shopper Bag
-Luggage Tags
-Birthday Cards
-Mobile/Cell phone cases
-Park Tickets
-DVDs/Books
-Photograph of themselves (to scrapbook with later)
-Baseball Cap
-A photo album/ scrapbook from a previous year

 

[disney is my life]

We went in November for dd's sweet 16 and she got all the characters to sign a backpack.

 

[lovesdumbo]

Love that backpack!

My sister had characters sign an apron since she's a chef! That was really cute. But word of advice if you take a pillow case or shirt or apron, something like that. Make sure to bring a clipboard so there is a flat surface for the characters to write on. It's too hard to write on material without something hard under it.

I've done pillowcases and tshirts. The first time I tried using an embroidery hoop. It worked but was a bit of a pain especially if you saw multiple characters at one time. Mary Poppins taught us how to just pull it tight and I found that worked just as well as the hoop but so much easier to do and less to carry.

 

[Agraba Insider]

I don't know if anyone else has suggested this but I haven't seen it so far. I purchased an artist's sketch pad 8X11. Get something with at least 70-80lb paper and a ring binder so you can fold the cover all the way over. I've used stickers, cut up photographs, and cut outs of Disney characters to decorate this. I'm making my own travel journal / autograph book for the kids (and me). I've written down a list of the best questions I picked out of the mouseforless website to put in there. Now the kids can be involved creating this, they can draw pictures, & we can customize it as we go. The best part is it should get us the best autographs (with space to eventually paste a picture of my kids with the character next to the autograph).

I used to be a Disney character and the secret is that they actually love to sign autographs but only when it seems valuable to the guest. You see so many Disney bought autograph books in a day and you figure this autograph of yours is just another item to check off a list for the guest you are in front of. I could sign 50-100 autographs a set and close to a thousand on a full day. You get into auto pilot mode with them. But when you see a home made autograph book, you know the guest really cares about your autograph and you put a lot more effort into it. You know that this guest will show it off often and not just toss it in a box like most Disney mass produced autograph books end up. Plus, if you have a quality piece of sketch paper, an artist's pen or at least a sharpie in good shape, (and wonder of wonders) the extra space beyond the typical small 4X6 space you find in the Disney autograph book; then you really want to go to town and see how nice and elaborate you can make your autograph for once. When I was doing this for a living, if I ever got something like I just described, the I would take some extra time and personalize it, write down a movie quote, or even draw a cartoon or character related picture on the autograph. It snapped me out of my autograph routine and made me really pay attention to what I was doing.

Try it out.

 

[hoguefamily4]

Great ideas! Thanks for sharing!

 

[omegsmom]

We went in November for dd's sweet 16 and she got all the characters to sign a backpack.

Did you carry this bag filled with your stuff or have it empty with you just for signatures? Did you use a hoop or clip board to help with the signatures? I think this is a great idea and looking for tips! Thanks!