Help Disneyland Scrapbookers

[fhtpdw20]

I am beginning to think about next scrapbook for upcoming October trip. What suggestions do you have for free/inexpensive (under $10) for embellishments? I usually take a sheet of hotel stationary to scrap room pics. DL does not have passports so that is out. Any thing unique to CA that I should look out for? What is the best place to find scrapping material?

 

[srauchbauer]

I am beginning to think about next scrapbook for upcoming October trip. What suggestions do you have for free/inexpensive (under $10) for embellishments? I usually take a sheet of hotel stationary to scrap room pics. DL does not have passports so that is out. Any thing unique to CA that I should look out for? What is the best place to find scrapping material?

i usually grap a map this year I am going to grap a couple so I can retrace each day. I take a lot of misc. pictures and use them to make buttons and other embellishments. I also ask for a small gift bag to use on pages. Can't think of anything else. Oh yes don't forgot the penny presses.

 

[Dizneydaz]

Yes on the maps. My motto is you can never have too many!

There are some additional scrappable (sp?) things you can pick up for free as well.

Buttons-you can get these from City Hall in DLR or Guest Services at DCA. If you are celebrating anything at all-they have a button for it! First visit, birthday, anniversary, volunteering, wedding, etc. If you aren't celebrating any thing specific you can get an "Honorary Citizen" button. All you need to do to get a button is ask.

Drawings-in the Animation Academy they have classes where you'll learn to (quickly) draw a popular character in under 20 mins. You'll get to keep the drawings you do. You can attend as many classes as you want. The first class of the day is always Mickey (so we were told). The first class is either 30 or 60 mins. after DCA first opens. Classes are every 1/2 hour. You can ask the CM at the entrance to the drawing studio which characters they are doing and come back to do the ones you want. Each day they do an artist's choice and most of the time it's Jack Skellington. I think this is around 2-2:30??? I read one TR where the artist had the character who she drew sign her drawing. I believe it was Goofy. She said Goofy really loved signing it. Some of the ones we have done are: Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Grumpy, Jack, and Pluto. During class the artist will usually give out his or her drawing to someone in the crowd. Makes a great souvenir.

Certificates-After you (your child) participates in the Jedi training show they will be awarded a certificate at the end. You just have to fill in their name, etc. This would be a good background for a Jedi page(s). Also, if you are lucky enough to ride in the Pilot's wheelhouse on the Mark Twain, you will be given a certificate for that as well.

Also, if you get any boxes, etc. with meals or snacks, look at them and see if they are worth saving for scrapping. Kid's meals come in boxes at counter service locations and the popcorn boxes are pretty nice.

You could also use napkins or shopping bags (as PP mentioned).

And of course, autographs. A few times I have cut down some of my cardstock papers into 4 x 6 or 5 x 7 cards and had the characters sign those instead of autograph books. I tried to color coordinate the cards to the characters. Pink, or other pastels, for princesses, bright green or yellow for Buzz, red for Mickey and Minnie, yellow for Rabbit, green or blue for Lilo and Stitch, and green for Peter Pan. The possibilities are pretty endless on this. If you take a little time to rough plan some of your pages you can have the right colors with you. I have a small clipboard (a little bigger than 5 x 7) and I put the cards on that. Made it easier for the characters to sign.

Photos- Besides the ones you take. After you ride Buzz Lightyear you have the chance to send your photo(s) from the ride to your email, for free. When you get home you can print it and use it in your scrapbook.

Also, regarding photos, if you will be at DLR for more than a few days, you could have pictures you take with your own camera with characters made into prints (at Walmart, Target, Sams Club etc. if you'll have a car, use 1 hour) and then go back into the parks to have the characters sign their own photos. I've done this several times at WDW with prints from previous trips. The characters make a big deal about it.

Hope this helps.

 

[fhtpdw20]

Thanks for the advice. I was planning on a first visit button but I did not know about the honorary citizen one. Disney sent a monorail folder with the park cd. It has the small maps in the planning materials which I am going to use. I have the tink envelope the Halloween party tickets came in. Usually use the napkins and stir sticks. There will also be halloween pins (thanks for the photos funball). I cut the backs off and use them. I will have to schedule the Animation Academy into one of the days. How big is the paper? Small enough for 12x12 page? Does DL have photos taken on the rides? We have only bought one because the look on DS face was priceless. I thinks I am going to stick with fall colors and incorporate a strip of emerald green paper with the mickey heads punched out on each page. Emerald is the traditional "gift" for year 55 anniversaries. Does DL have an area where you are photographed on green screen and then the photo comes out with the background you pick?

 

[All American]

If they use the wristband system for the Halloween party, save those for your pages. And a fun picture to go along with the wristbands would be of everyone in your group holding them up or a closeup of everyone's fists in a circle (like a "go team" type of thing players do before a basketball game) showing the wristbands. Does that make sense?

ETA: Someone mentioned the Jedi Training Academy. Archiver's (and elsewhere I am sure) has some really fun Star Wars papers and embellishments.

 

[Mugglemama]

We ended up with several unused Fast Passes from this trip, and I held onto them strictly for scrapbooking. Each ride has a unique Fast Pass, which I had never noticed before, but they will look great in a Disneyland layout.

I also kept our parking passes, and our actual tickets. You can also save a cup and cut out the Disneyland logo for a page (you might have to press it between some encyclopedias for a few days to flatten it!). I think the napkins have the Disneyland logo as well? Receipts are good, too. You can also buy small bags of Disneyland candy and save the wrapper. Or use paper bags from Pooh Corner.

It would be fun to create really fantastic embellishments that hardly cost anything, but they'll be time consuming. At some point (when my kids are grown and I actually have time for SB'ing, lol) I'm going to make some 3 dimensional embellishments that look like tiki torches, palm trees, bamboo, etc., using different colors and textures of cardstock, for an Adventureland layout. Also, I have plans for embellishments that look like things/buildings/rides in FantasyLand and other places around the park. I've purchased some of the "official" ones, but I think making them would be fun, plus you'd have embellishments for any ride or land you wanted, whereas the licensed ones for sale in stores are pretty limited, design-wise.

 

[raftislander]

Since you are going in October, there will be alot that has halloween themed graphics including the Park maps and the Photopass card! At least they were last year. If you go to the party, you will get a candy bag. Last year's was around 8x10 inches so certainly could be scrapbooked in a 12x12. It had different pictures on each side. The Animation studio paper is a large rectangle. I am doing this estimate from memory but I would guess around a 18X24 in piece of paper. There are also special halloween desserts and some have hard "sugar" adornments (not edible) I think most are probably too 3 dimensional for scrapbooking, but I was choosing for the look of the edible part not the part you couldn't eat!
Have a great time!

 

[lozzypop]

I confess to having retained my hotel keycard the first time we went and stayed at a DL hotel (the Paradise Pier). The card had a Mickey photo on it and the cardboard holder also lent itself to being trimmed and used on a page. I also used a postcard that was with the hotel stationary.

One tip if you don't want to weigh your page down with buttons is to colour copy the button, cut the circle out and use foam tape to adhere the circle and give it a raised effect.

 

[Disney Fool]

After the 3 and 6 pm parade, the floats shoot out Mickey confetti which is in several colors and about 1 and a half inches. We picked them up for scrapbooking; I packed the nightlime cards that were left on the bed at DLH; I took home menus from the restaurants (of course I asked if I could) napkins, the cover from the Fantasmic dessert --I'll cut out the name "Fantasmic"; and we took pictures of all our food!!!! Happy scrapping!

 

[lyv4him]

Does anyone have actual photos of their scrapbooks? (if you care to share)
I have never done this before and would like to start for our next trip.

 

[Dizneydaz]

Thanks for the advice. I was planning on a first visit button but I did not know about the honorary citizen one. Disney sent a monorail folder with the park cd. It has the small maps in the planning materials which I am going to use. I have the tink envelope the Halloween party tickets came in. Usually use the napkins and stir sticks. There will also be halloween pins (thanks for the photos funball). I cut the backs off and use them. I will have to schedule the Animation Academy into one of the days. How big is the paper? Small enough for 12x12 page? Does DL have photos taken on the rides? We have only bought one because the look on DS face was priceless. I thinks I am going to stick with fall colors and incorporate a strip of emerald green paper with the mickey heads punched out on each page. Emerald is the traditional "gift" for year 55 anniversaries. Does DL have an area where you are photographed on green screen and then the photo comes out with the background you pick?

The Animation paper is bigger than 12" x 12" but you could cut it down. You will lose the border. But you could save it and reuse it. Here are a few we've done-

My DD did both of these when she was 9 and/or 10. I forgot to mention Tigger on the list of ones you can do.

If I have a chance I'll measure one of my sheets. I have a lot of these!

Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, Screamin', and Tower of Terror all have photos taken on the rides you can purchase. And of course, as I mentioned, the free one on Buzz you can send to yourself.

I forgot about the confetti from the parade. My Nephew is in it and we've seen it many times. We have a lot of that confetti. It comes in purple, orange, and green. BTW the parade is at 3:30 and 6:30 for the summer. It may only be showing once in October. It's at 7 if only once a day. I just looked at the caledar and once Labor Day is over the parade is showing at 7 M-Th and 3:30 and 6:30 on F, S, & S. October's entertainment schedule isn't up yet but it'll probably be about the same (except on those days when DL closes at 6 and 7)

No, DLR doesn't have a green screen set up. Sorry.

I've never posted any of my pages but I know there is a thread here of scrappers pages and tips.

 

[disneyfaninaz]

DL also sells specific DL scrapbook paper and embellishments. Some are under $10.

 

[jernysgirl]

I have been known to save everything!

In addition to what has already been mentioned (tickets, fastpasses, maps, napkins, bags, buttons, certificates, drawings, confetti, pressed pennies, autographs, etc.).... Your receipts bundled together make a cute shopping page about your souvin-EARS.

Last year the Big Thunder Ranch had cute coloring pages out at Halloween. The MTOTP had little masks that you could color as well. Save some candy wrappers to scrap if you go, and make a page about trick-or-treating.

I have saved out wrappers from our Mickey Ice Cream bars to scrap with pics of us eating them, as well as the small popcorn boxes. I also save the kid's menus from the nicer places that we eat.

I have used the confetti from the parade and from Playhouse Disney in DCA.

If you didn't mind the bulk, you could through in a mardi gras necklace on a NOS or Princess & the Frog page, if they happen to be throwing them out.

If you can ride on the Lilly Belle, they give you a ticket for that.

Right now, for the 55th, they have a really cute notepad that is fairly inexpensive (under $7 I think), that looks like a vintage ticket book. You could always pick that up and use a few "tickets" on your pages.

I suppose, if you really wanted to, you could even nab a flower and try to press it to include on a page if you wanted too.

Save the candles from the desserts you get (if it happens to be someone's birthday), and balloons as well.

Postcards are great to scrap, as they are cheap and provide you with great shots if your pics don't turn out.

Just be creative! HTH!

 

[grumpy's fan]

We went to WDW for halloween one year and I saved the trick or treat bag which had a pumpkin head mickey centered on it. I used the bag for the main part of the scrapbook page and cut around 3/4 of the pumpkin head mickey so that it would lift up and away from the page. I then put a photo of DD in her costume in front of the castle under the mickey head - she loves that page!

 

[fhtpdw20]

WOW!! Great ideas. I will definitely be scraplifting some. Has anyone done the crafts at the Halloween party. I was thinking of seeing what I could scrounge up from that source. I did not know about the Lilly Belle. I have read about the jungle cruise maps and the Indy Jones decoders. Does Autotopia have a driver license? Does the monorail and ships have pilot licenses as they do in WDW?

lyv4him: Dis has a scrapbooking board which you will find helpful. The is a sticky at the top which shows what others have done.

 

[jernysgirl]

Has anyone done the crafts at the Halloween party. I was thinking of seeing what I could scrounge up from that source. I did not know about the Lilly Belle. I have read about the jungle cruise maps and the Indy Jones decoders. Does Autotopia have a driver license? Does the monorail and ships have pilot licenses as they do in WDW?

The crafts at the party last year pretty much just involved masks that could be colored in. They were cute Mickey pumpkin heads, but that was it.

I always forget to ask about the JC maps, but from what I have heard that is hit or miss. Indy doesn't have decoders that you get there any more but I know you can find it online and print it out. Autopia does have the driver's licenses, and I believe there are three different versions (same on the front w/ a different car design on the back. Going down the exit ramp, you can stop and take your pic at a small photo booth and it prints out your pics in the perfect size to put on your license (if it is working). We have never done it, so I don't know the price. I don't think you get a pilot's license on the monorail, and the pilot's license on the Mark Twain is a certificate size.

 

[MulanFan]

We saved the kids menu from restaurants.

Pressed pennies are pretty cost effective - only 51 cents each!

The Autopia drivers license booths were broken out of order when we were there early Aug

I also cut letter size cardstock in quarters and put them on a small clipboard (about 5x7) for autographs. I brought envelopes with me and stored them at the end of each day.

We got the Disney autograph book when we were there - they had a sig page on one side, and a plastic pocket on the other for a photo. That will make a quick book.

A bit off-topic, but here's the info in case you didn't know (I didn't and I am glad someone clued me in). Disney photopass is great, but not cheap. You can get electronic copies of all the photos that were taken by the Disney photographers, AND any photo packages you buy at BBB, AG and GK (others may have it too). There is a code on the large photo that you enter as if it were another photopass card (starts with EVNT). I purchased the CD at the park, which has a code to redeem for a CD copy of the photos (with copyright release so you can print as many as you want). The advantage is, that you can put borders on the photos. But, as I said, it's not cheap.

 

[fhtpdw20]

I went searching for a pressed penny list for DL. Here is what I found and it was last updated 8/15/2010.
http://www.parkpennies.com/disneypennypress.pdf

happy hunting.

 

[alyssa810]

What great tips! I always keep the room keys and extra napkins, but I never think to add them into the album!
I've bought several different scrapbooking kits from WDW; I do like the stuff you can get at AC Moore & Michael's too, but it's often generic disney as opposed to Disneyland or WDW. The stuff sold in the park is nice in that it's park specific.
I have put in fastpasses and old tickets too, and in some cases, even receipts, and the stickers they hand out to kids- the mickeys and the DVC ones. free stuff is always great to add!

 

[raftislander]

A bit off-topic, but here's the info in case you didn't know (I didn't and I am glad someone clued me in). Disney photopass is great, but not cheap. You can get electronic copies of all the photos that were taken by the Disney photographers, AND any photo packages you buy at BBB, AG and GK (others may have it too). There is a code on the large photo that you enter as if it were another photopass card (starts with EVNT). I purchased the CD at the park, which has a code to redeem for a CD copy of the photos (with copyright release so you can print as many as you want). The advantage is, that you can put borders on the photos. But, as I said, it's not cheap.

I agree that Photopass picutures (or the CD) are expensive to buy, but it costs nothing to get a photopass card and the photographer will also take a picture with your own camera. So you can get the card for free - the one I got last October was themed for Halloween. Also if you have a Disney Visa, you can have your picuture taken at DCA at a special meet and greet location and that will give you one 5x7 free( can do this once per day) and you do not have to choose the picture taken at the meet and greet.