Need some help with Autograph books

[bigsis1970]

Hi Ladies - I've been MIA for a while but have a trip coming soon and really need some help..

My DD's HS softball team is heading to Disney 4/7-14/2012 and one of the things they like to do on the bus and plane is color Disney stuff.. I was thinking I'd like to make them Autograph books with Disney characters to color in on the way there - they can personalize them however they like .. I thought I'd purchase MYO boardbooks size 8x8 from Oriental Trading Co. each book has a total of 6 usable pages and 1 front cover and 1 back cover (3 for 5.99 and I need 15) then somehow find coloring pages of 5 -10 characters per book (and a blank page just for extra signatures)I could shrink down and print out then paste on the 8x8 pages (of course each page will have a piece of 8x8 paper to which i'd glue the character on leaving room for a signature) I just am having a hard time wraping my head around how to get this done easily and quickly for 15 girls.. oh and the thing is I do not have a computer at home - so I have to sneak on from work but I sit right by the printer..

I am guessing if I pick a total of like 24 characters and mix and match 8 per book that would be good and not everyone would get the same ones so they would be more unique and leave a blank page for extra signatures and a journal page for them to document the trip. I do plan on putting each girls name on the front covers with the dates of the trip.

am I making this more complicated then I need to?? any advise or helpful suggestions are welcome..

Thanks Michelle

 

[Reddy]

Hi Ladies - I've been MIA for a while but have a trip coming soon and really need some help..

My DD's HS softball team is heading to Disney 4/7-14/2012 and one of the things they like to do on the bus and plane is color Disney stuff.. I was thinking I'd like to make them Autograph books with Disney characters to color in on the way there - they can personalize them however they like .. I thought I'd purchase MYO boardbooks size 8x8 from Oriental Trading Co. each book has a total of 6 usable pages and 1 front cover and 1 back cover (3 for 5.99 and I need 15) then somehow find coloring pages of 5 -10 characters per book (and a blank page just for extra signatures)I could shrink down and print out then paste on the 8x8 pages (of course each page will have a piece of 8x8 paper to which i'd glue the character on leaving room for a signature) I just am having a hard time wraping my head around how to get this done easily and quickly for 15 girls.. oh and the thing is I do not have a computer at home - so I have to sneak on from work but I sit right by the printer..

I am guessing if I pick a total of like 24 characters and mix and match 8 per book that would be good and not everyone would get the same ones so they would be more unique and leave a blank page for extra signatures and a journal page for them to document the trip. I do plan on putting each girls name on the front covers with the dates of the trip.

am I making this more complicated then I need to?? any advise or helpful suggestions are welcome..

Thanks Michelle

I would make sure Everyone got Mickey & Minnie in their books (maybe different poses)

google free Disney coloring book pages - their are several sites

which parks are they going too?? any character meals?? you would want to use ones that they can find in the parks easy

 

[Sharli]

An option that might be easier for you would be to use 8.5"x11" white cardstock. Print out 2 pictures on each page. Cut page in middle and take the bunch to Kinkos to have them bound. They can give you a hard cover if you want (which will protect the books). If you don't get the hard cover (or even if you do), you can send kids with a small clipboard to make it sturdier when they are coloring the pages & when the characters sign them. If you have the timel a nice gift bag would be a the book, an altered clipboard (examples on this board & google under images), and colored pencils/ markers.

 

[bigsis1970]

Well I ended up with 4x6 photo albums that hold 24 pictures -- I figure I'll put the autograph card with the character on the top and a matching photo mat on the bottom pages and they will just have to slide them in and out of the photo sleeve to have them signed with a sharpie. then when they get home they can add the photos they took on the trip - I am also going to leave a few pages for journalling (i'll mat some lined creative memory paper for them) Thanks for your advise. Michelle

 

[Sharli]

Yeah! Glad you figured out your plan. It took me FOREVER to figure out HOW we were going to do ours (6 books with appx 60 characters plus a few blanks). THEN I had to make our passports & of course none of them could be the same either.

We did the photo album, too (100 pics) for 3 of our books. To make it easier for the characters to sign & not drop the photo, we had a paperclip (sturdier black kind for more papers) attached to one side of the book and we would slip the autograph card on top of the book & under the paperclip.

 

[bigsis1970]

Yeah! Glad you figured out your plan. It took me FOREVER to figure out HOW we were going to do ours (6 books with appx 60 characters plus a few blanks). THEN I had to make our passports & of course none of them could be the same either.

We did the photo album, too (100 pics) for 3 of our books. To make it easier for the characters to sign & not drop the photo, we had a paperclip (sturdier black kind for more papers) attached to one side of the book and we would slip the autograph card on top of the book & under the paperclip.

OH wow great idea - I have those black clip things at work, I'll grab a bunch and attach one to each book!
do you have any pictures to share of the ones you made?

 

[Sharli]

I don't have any pictures of the books themselves, but I will try to take some to post on here.

 

[bigsis1970]

thanks very much i'd appreciate it

 

[rescuetink2]

Well I ended up with 4x6 photo albums that hold 24 pictures -- I figure I'll put the autograph card with the character on the top and a matching photo mat on the bottom pages and they will just have to slide them in and out of the photo sleeve to have them signed with a sharpie. then when they get home they can add the photos they took on the trip - I am also going to leave a few pages for journalling (i'll mat some lined creative memory paper for them) Thanks for your advise. Michelle

You might even consider a having the character sign with the sharpie directly on the page protector of that 4x6 album --- then the pics they get of the characters can go directly behind the autograph.