I want to make Disney World Autograph books for my kids. Any suggestions on how to do this?

Question

I was thinking more of a scrapbook type autograph book. Cork board front and back and card stock inside.

Answer 1

I made my daughter 2 of her own books for under $5 last august and they turned out so good Chip and Dale tried to take it from her, lol.

All i did was buy the autograph books (spiral bound) from the dollar store and covered them with disney fabric, then i embellished parts of the cover (like the bubbles on the ariel one) with things like gems and glitter.

To finish i took multi-colored soft knitting yarn, the ones with the fringe and tied tons of them on the binding.

and it turned out so well that all her friends want one now.

Answer 2

I would go buy a small notebook with big ring binding (I've seen them at dollar stores even) because when you go to Disney they are going to be doing a lot of page turning when they get the autographs.
Then just redecorate the front of the book with something Disney. Stickers would be easy but if you are looking for a way to go cheaper I don't know because everything Disney is more $$.
I am not sure how you would bind the one you are talking about unless you could get holes punched the same throughout the whole thing then tie ribbons through them. Then with that use Disney ribbons.
Just remember they are going to be doing a lot of the opening and closing during autographs. Hope that helps a little.

Answer 3

get a creative memories 7 x 7 album and at least 1 set of extra refills to take with you in-case you have more than 15 autographs (1 on each side of the pages that come with). use the white pages for the autographs. get autographs on the front and back of each page (make sure you use your acid free markers) for the signatures.It's easy for the characters to lean on and it's very sturdy. Take a picture of your child with the character and when you get home you will be able to add the pictures on a clean white page with your personal decorations right next to the autograph. One suggestion I have and learned by accident is keep your autograph book, refills and pens, no matter what type you use in a sealed plastic bag (ziploc) , it rains everyday in Disney for a few minutes and if it gets wet, it's ruined. It rained so hard everything in my backpack got SOAKED, everything except my autograph book because I kept it in the ziploc bag.

Have fun with this.

Answer 4

I suggest just using acid-free stationary and then cutting and pasting and adding pictures afterwards that way you can place the pages in sheet protectors.

I like your idea for the cork board outsides. I suggest buying 6X6 or 9X9 sheet protectors for post bound albums and then buy posts. You can try Close To My Heart protectors (they saved my scrapbook pages from the soot of a house fire!) and they sell the posts seperately as well. Their 6X6 protectors have two holes and their 9X9 have three holes; I prefer the 9X9 size it is big enough to add pictures, journaling, accents, (autographs) and still easy enough for my 3 and 5 year olds to hold and look at.

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Answer 5

I am making one right now! I bought a Bo Bunny 3 ring binder. It has a hard cover and hard pages to make it easy for the characters to sign. I am giving the bigger characters (Mickey, Minnie, Pooh, etc) each 2 pages. I decorated them with paper and embellishments putting a white piece down for the characters to sign. My goal is to put a small picture of my son with the character after our vacation. If you would like let me know and I can send you some pictures of the few pages I have done. Because this is a heavier duty book it will be a great keepsake, too.

Answer 6

I just saw this Disney autograph book that someone made - http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=711326

Even if you don't have a Cricut you could buy the die-cuts or use Disney themed stickers to get the same effect. Have fun on your trip!

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Answer 8

With my daughter when she was like 6 years old, I made her a book with a bunch of pictures of Disney characters and forged all their autographs on them. My then-wife noticed that Goofy and Mickey Mouse had the same handwriting and interrogated me about it...turns out that sorta thing is frowned upon! She ended up telling our daughter right on her birthday and then left me! LOL My daughter was just never the same after that towards me....she still won't return my calls, she's 25 now. Boy oh boy. Anyway, the moral of the story is: Forging autographs=bad...but it's a good way to get rid of nagging wives. :o) Good luck fella!

Answer 9

If you have any old paper Disney movie cases you could use those for the
covers

Answer 10

Here are some ideas http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/shows_scb/episode/0,2046,DIY_14332_33309,00.html

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