What age start wanting to get autographs?

[Lalalyn]

At what age did your kids start wanting to get autographs?

I was expecting our five year old to want them but not our two year old twins. Now, I'm wondering if they might see her getting them and want them as well. One I'm pretty sure will be terrified of the characters but the other one probably not.

 

[dwbrewster]

For us our four year old DD started out being the only one but after our two year old DS learned what was going on he wanted to collect autographs as well. We were able to keep the peace with one handing over the pen and one handing over the autograph book.

Hope this helps!

 

[Lalalyn]

Hmm, with three kids one handing the book and another the pen probably won't work.

Will characters sign for more than one kid?

 

[dwbrewster]

I saw many families with an autograph book for each kid. I think you would be fine getting a book for your 5 yo and maybe sharing a book for the twins or even letting them each have their own. I never felt overly rushed by the characters handlers, I felt they recognized kids really are excited to see the character and get their autographs.

 

[canadiandisneymommy]

2 and 3. They each wanted their own autograph books.

 

[Disney Khaleesi]

There are pictures of me being three and having an autograph book, and I asked my dad and he said I enjoyed getting autographs, so I don't think it's unheard of.

 

[puffkin]

Neither of my kids (DS8 and DS2) have shown the slightest interest in getting autographs. I asked every trip with DS8 (we go 2x a year, so fairly frequently) and he never was interested. DS2 is old enough now that I can ask him for our next trip, so I guess we'll see.

 

[lan3]

We have triplets and we did not do autographs when they were 3 turning 4. We did it when they were 6 & 7. They shared one autograph book and had no issues. I find the character interactions better with less to sign. We also take one picture with all three kids. The only issue we had was we split up a few times because my daughter doesn't like thrill rides. We had to make sure she had the autograph book if the boys were going on a long line and she saw a character.

 

[amyren]

DD did autograph books starting at 4. She's now nearly 7. This year I bought The Encyclopedia of Animated Characters for her to SHARE with 2 yo DS. DS was not the slightest bit interested in the book but DD had fun with it! I plan to take it back on future trips.

 

[RoosMama]

Before our last trip, DD never asked about getting them (turned 3 right after our trip), but I made her a book anyway. When we got there it ended up being great because she had something to sort of start off the character interaction, especially with the furry characters. She is not shy about meeting them, but she is kind of shy about talking to them, so it was a good way to break the ice.

 

[dwbrewster]

Before our last trip, DD never asked about getting them (turned 3 right after our trip), but I made her a book anyway. When we got there it ended up being great because she had something to sort of start off the character interaction, especially with the furry characters. She is not shy about meeting them, but she is kind of shy about talking to them, so it was a good way to break the ice.

I agree. My 2 yo DS had some characters he was nervous about meeting but he was determined to get the autograph to them so it gave him something to focus on to start the interaction (and get at least 1 picture in!)

 

[cuteduck223]

our DD started asking at 3, and we used it as a motivator--and told her once she could read the signatures, she could get one. She got one a few months before her 5th birthday.

 

[Feberin]

My daughter wasn't even two and she LOVED getting autographs. I think the only age I wouldn't bother with is an actual baby. Like 18 months and up I'd definitely bring an autograph book especially if they're going to see siblings getting autographs. Some kids may not get into it but I would rather have the book and they don't really care then not have the book and they get upset.

I made this autograph book that they wore with a lanyard around their necks when going up to see the characters. It also made it really easy for me to carry them either on my shoulder or on the stroller. We would add and take out pages each night so they were never super heavy.

For us it was a huge ice breaker. I don't think my daughter would have approached characters without it. Like at all. She was very nervous especially at first but loved the idea of getting autographs. A few (Goofy in particular) she wouldn't have gone anywhere near him if she wasn't seeking out his autograph.

No characters complained about signing two books for two kids. I think it would be very unfair if they did limit it to one autograph per family. All the kids going up waited in line. Anna and Elsa actually signed two autographs each just for my daughter. My son hadn't wanted to see them when I made FP+ reservations but later changed his mind when it was too late. So I asked if they could do an extra autograph for him. They did it without any complaint and it took only a moment.

 

[lizard1]

I wouldn't worry about having too many thing for the characters to sign, after all, everyone is waiting their turn (or paying at a meal to see them). It may be different if one person brings 10 things for a character to sign, but I think it is plenty fair for each person to have one thing signed.

I would at least bring something for the characters to sign, just in case the kids want it. That way, you aren't stuck at the front of a character line with a child who doesn't understand why everyone else in the line has an autograph book. If you plan for it in advance, you will also have more choices versus needing to buy the atuograph books that are sold in the parks.

 

[Disfor3]

I made my own autograph "book" for DD when she was 3... I put a picture of all the characters on individual cards so she could find their picture to get signed and then would know whose signature it was until she can read herself! She loved loved loved getting the signatures and the characters always commented on their picture and loved the unique autograph idea. On our next trip we will only take the blank cards we weren't able to get signed last trip. It worked out awesome!

 

[Disfor3]

Double post sorry

 

[Maggie at the Fort]

When my daughter was 3 she loved having one. It broke the ice when she was getting use to meeting characters. My son was almost 1 and of course didn't have one. Our trip this month she is 4 and a half and he is close to 2 and a half. He is in a "me too" phase so he will have his own. I asked nicely over on the Creative DISigns thread and got personalized designs for them. I printed them and laminated them. I stack them with a stack of 4 by 6 index cards. My husband adds holes with the drill press then I tie them up tightly with ribbon. It is a very inexpensive option since I didn't have to buy anything I didn't already have.

 

[Crystal824]

We let my daughter get an autograph book at 3. When she was 2, toward the end of the trip she started asking about an autograph book. We didn't let her get one that trip, but she had got a coloring book so we let a few characters sign that for her. The next trip we got her two actually. She filled the first one. For my daughter, Disney is all about the characters. She would be perfectly happy to go to Disney World, ride Small World, the Barnstormer, and meet characters.