Update – June 2014: The latest edition of the Junior Encyclopedia of Animated Characters was just released on June 3, 2014! It is now hardcover, which could make the conversion process into an Autograph book a little more pricey. Pictured below is the 2010 edition, which can still be purchased in paperback… I must say, […]
Great news, here is a brand-new and original concept for your Disney autograph books. This is the second design that has pages where the characters can sign on. There is even a story attached to it…
Are you looking for a unique souvenir? Are you running out of room for all of the autograph books from previous Disney trips? Having characters sign these alternatives to autograph books is guaranteed to put a smile on your face long after your trip is over.
Update – June 2014: The latest edition of the Junior Encyclopedia of Animated Characters was just released on June 3, 2014! It is now hardcover, which could make the conversion process into an Autograph book a little more pricey. Pictured below is the 2010 edition, which can still be purchased in paperback… I must say, […]
Are you looking for a unique souvenir? Are you running out of room for all of the autograph books from previous Disney trips? Having characters sign these alternatives to autograph books is guaranteed to put a smile on your face long after your trip is over.
Guests of all ages - both young and old - really get a kick out of snagging autographs from the characters at Walt Disney World. Character autographs are also one of the least expensive souvenirs you can bring back home with you. Here are our favorite ideas for collecting Disney character autographs, plus some of our
If you're headed to Disneyland or Disney World, you'll want to learn how to save some money by making your own DIY Disney autograph book. There are 3 different methods to making your own awesome autograph book that all the characters will love to sign. Best of all, these autograph pages are free to download!
Take a look at these 11 ways to showcase your Disney character signatures! These are perfect for people who love to meet the characters!
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Hey Everyone!! Ken here with Ken's Kreations! I am so excited to show today's project. Why?? Well about a month ago I went to Nikki who is the owner of PPBN Designs and asked her if she could make some Mickey heads in the theme of the major Disney characters. The great thing about PPBN Designs is she takes requests and does everything in her power to make those requests into SVG's. She has done this for me on numerous occasions! Well she did it again and made these amazing Mickey Heads in all the major characters so I could make a customer autograph book for a kiddo to get all of his/her favorite characters autographs. Here is the completed project all put together. I used both my CRICUT EXPLORE and SILHOUETTE CAMEO for this project. Another big player in this project was the The Cinch Binding Machine. I started with the cover. I used my SILHOUETTE CAMEO and the studio software for this Mickey head. I used the amazing print and cut feature for the cover. The cover features an EXCLUSIVE MEMBER SVG file. This MICKEY & MINNIE file was an exclusive release ONLY for the new PPBN Membership Program. CLICK HERE for information on this exclusive program. Using the Mickey Head files I filled the color in with white and placed the PNC file format into the middle of the Mickey Head. The I took the fireworks from the SVG file and made two burst for each ear. Then For the sentiment "My Disney Autograph Book", I downloaded the Waltograph Font from dafont.com. I finished the cover off by using stickles glitter glue in the appropriate colors. Below you will find all of the Mickey Heads that you can get for FREE with the PPBN Membership Program. I cut all of these at 5.5" with my CRICUT EXPLORE. I made sure to make a duplicate copy of the base of the Mickey head and mirrored it in white paper. This is adhered to the back of the Mickey head so when you flip the page over it is a place for the character to autograph. (SEE BELOW) After I cut out all the Mickey Heads, I used my We R Memory Makers Cinch Binding Machine to pierce holes into the ears and cinch together two wire systems to hold the book together. On the left you will see the Mickey Head and on the right you will see the binder version with the mirrored white base where the character has their autograph. It is important to mirror these white base sheets so the line up with the character when you adhere them (THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR PLUTO, DONALD and GOOFY) M Here is the We R Memory Makers Cinch Binding Machine I used to bind the book together and a close up on the ears of what it will look like. I used the 2 and 9 spots to pierce the hole. Thanks for taking a look at this magical memory you can make for anyone visiting a Disney park. Make sure to come back soon to see what other Kreations I come up with. Ken Below you find all the supplies you will need to make this amazing project. Just click the underlined link to be taken to Amazon to find out more information on the product and to purchase it. SUPPLY LIST MACHINES: Silhouette Cameo, Cricut Explore BINDING MACHINE: We R Memory Keepers Cinch System PAPER: Candyshop, Southwest, Antiquity INK: Dewdrop Ink, Ink Daubers SVG'S: PPBN Membership Program
As promised, here is a tutorial and all the images we found to use in our custom Disneyland autograph books! I did all the hard work for you (you're welcome!) and tracked down more than 70 characters, since you never know who you're going to see in the park. I found this darling idea on Dara's Not in Jersey blog to make custom pages for each Disney character to sign, and then to organize them into a 4x6 photo album. Then when you get home, print a picture of your child meeting that character, and put it into the sleeve next to their signature page. It is such a cute idea and it not only saves you money on an autograph book, but it also makes a great souvenir that you and your kids will cherish as much as any souvenir you buy at the park. Since it was my first trip to Disneyland, I didn't know which characters would be in the park so I printed out 2 copies of each page to make 2 autograph books, and it ended up costing me a ton in paper and printer ink. So in order to save you some dough, this is how I recommend you make your album... 1. Purchase a cheap photo album. This will be used as your autograph book, and make sure to buy one that has enough sleeves for at least 20 characters, plus sleeves to add a picture of your child with that character that you will add after you get home. I would recommend getting one that will fit 40-50 pictures. We purchased ours for .98 cents at Walmart, and it worked great. It wasn't too bulky or heavy so it was easy to carry around. Dara's blog recommended a 4x6 album, but we decided to do a 5x7 album because I wanted our pictures and character pages to be bigger. However, keep in mind that if you choose a 5x7 album, it costs more to have them printed than the smaller 4x6 size. 2. Find out which characters will be in the park when you visit. I printed out 70 pages of colored cardstock...yikes it was expensive...so call ahead and print them cheap! Call the Disneyland hotline a few days before your trip to the park, and ask the representative to give you a detailed list of which characters will be in the park that day. This way you won't have to print off all 70 character pages like I did...yikes it was a lot of cutting... If you have read my Disneyland for Dummies post, you will probably already be calling ahead so you can make a detailed plan for your day. Once you have a list of all the characters that will be available on the day you are visiting, save their corresponding signature cards (at the bottom of this post), and upload them to Walmart Photo, Costco photo, or Walgreen photo. They all offer 1 hour photo processing, and have pretty competitive pricing for prints. Have each character card printed in matte format so that it's fingerprint resistant. UPDATE!!! Disney had created a fabulous new app for your smart phone that will allow you to see which characters will be in the park that day, where you can find them, and at exactly what times they will be available. The only down side of this new system is that you can't look up this info ahead of time. So here's what I suggest...I have noticed that their schedule is pretty consistent from week to week. So if you check the app one week in advance, you can get a pretty good idea of what characters will be in the park. I wouldn't check the app any earlier than a week because depending on the season, a lot can change from one month to the next. For example, early May will be less slow and have less characters, shows. parades, activities, etc than the busy season at the end of May and beginning of June. But checking a few days in advance and up to a week before hand will give you the best guess of who you can find in the park that day. If you have a color printer at home and want to do them yourself, then print the character pages you want on white card stock and cut them out. But to be honest, I image that the pricing is about the same when you calculate how much ink you use. And when you print them at a photo center, you don't have to do any of the cutting, so you may want to go that route in order to save precious preparation time. 3. Organize each character card into alphabetical order. This will make it easy for you to find a character card while waiting in line to meet them. 4. Make if fun with colored pens or markers. We purchased some cheap off brand colored permanent markers, stored them in a ziploc bag, and stowed them with the autograph book in the kids' backpacks. This made waiting in line so much more fun for the kids, because as we got close to the character, my kids could help me pick which color marker they should use to sign their page. 5. Print your favorite images, and add them to your album. After your character has signed their character page, put it back into the sleeve of your album and make sure to snap a picture of your child with the character. Then when you get back home, order a print for each character they met, and add it to your album and it makes the cutest souvenir and memory album for your little ones. My kids absolutely love their albums! And whenever anyone asks about our Disneyland trip, my daughter runs to grab her autograph book to show them all the characters she got to meet. I also created this cute cover for each album and added my kid's names to the top in order to keep them organized. If you'd like to have me make a cover for your child, leave a comment below with your child's name, and I will add it to this post so you can have a custom cover too! I added a few blank signature cards in case you run into a character that you didn't have printed ahead of time. Also, for characters that don't give out signature (such as Sully, Lighting McQueen, Mater) ask the cast member who is working with them if they would mind signing the page instead. They won't always do it, but it never hurts to ask right!? Thanks for reading, and I hope your albums turn out cute for your little ones! UPDATE!!!! Here are some additional pages for the recent additions to the Disney character family, thank you for requesting them and keeping my page up to date!
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Heading on a Disney trip soon? One tip is: don’t forget the autograph books! Over the years, my boys have LOVED filling their books with autographs from some of their favorite characters! The parks sell them of course, but they are SO easy to make yourself (as a way to personalize them how you’d like […]
As promised, here is a tutorial and all the images we found to use in our custom Disneyland autograph books! I did all the hard work for you (you're welcome!) and tracked down more than 70 characters, since you never know who you're going to see in the park. I found this darling idea on Dara's Not in Jersey blog to make custom pages for each Disney character to sign, and then to organize them into a 4x6 photo album. Then when you get home, print a picture of your child meeting that character, and put it into the sleeve next to their signature page. It is such a cute idea and it not only saves you money on an autograph book, but it also makes a great souvenir that you and your kids will cherish as much as any souvenir you buy at the park. Since it was my first trip to Disneyland, I didn't know which characters would be in the park so I printed out 2 copies of each page to make 2 autograph books, and it ended up costing me a ton in paper and printer ink. So in order to save you some dough, this is how I recommend you make your album... 1. Purchase a cheap photo album. This will be used as your autograph book, and make sure to buy one that has enough sleeves for at least 20 characters, plus sleeves to add a picture of your child with that character that you will add after you get home. I would recommend getting one that will fit 40-50 pictures. We purchased ours for .98 cents at Walmart, and it worked great. It wasn't too bulky or heavy so it was easy to carry around. Dara's blog recommended a 4x6 album, but we decided to do a 5x7 album because I wanted our pictures and character pages to be bigger. However, keep in mind that if you choose a 5x7 album, it costs more to have them printed than the smaller 4x6 size. 2. Find out which characters will be in the park when you visit. I printed out 70 pages of colored cardstock...yikes it was expensive...so call ahead and print them cheap! Call the Disneyland hotline a few days before your trip to the park, and ask the representative to give you a detailed list of which characters will be in the park that day. This way you won't have to print off all 70 character pages like I did...yikes it was a lot of cutting... If you have read my Disneyland for Dummies post, you will probably already be calling ahead so you can make a detailed plan for your day. Once you have a list of all the characters that will be available on the day you are visiting, save their corresponding signature cards (at the bottom of this post), and upload them to Walmart Photo, Costco photo, or Walgreen photo. They all offer 1 hour photo processing, and have pretty competitive pricing for prints. Have each character card printed in matte format so that it's fingerprint resistant. UPDATE!!! Disney had created a fabulous new app for your smart phone that will allow you to see which characters will be in the park that day, where you can find them, and at exactly what times they will be available. The only down side of this new system is that you can't look up this info ahead of time. So here's what I suggest...I have noticed that their schedule is pretty consistent from week to week. So if you check the app one week in advance, you can get a pretty good idea of what characters will be in the park. I wouldn't check the app any earlier than a week because depending on the season, a lot can change from one month to the next. For example, early May will be less slow and have less characters, shows. parades, activities, etc than the busy season at the end of May and beginning of June. But checking a few days in advance and up to a week before hand will give you the best guess of who you can find in the park that day. If you have a color printer at home and want to do them yourself, then print the character pages you want on white card stock and cut them out. But to be honest, I image that the pricing is about the same when you calculate how much ink you use. And when you print them at a photo center, you don't have to do any of the cutting, so you may want to go that route in order to save precious preparation time. 3. Organize each character card into alphabetical order. This will make it easy for you to find a character card while waiting in line to meet them. 4. Make if fun with colored pens or markers. We purchased some cheap off brand colored permanent markers, stored them in a ziploc bag, and stowed them with the autograph book in the kids' backpacks. This made waiting in line so much more fun for the kids, because as we got close to the character, my kids could help me pick which color marker they should use to sign their page. 5. Print your favorite images, and add them to your album. After your character has signed their character page, put it back into the sleeve of your album and make sure to snap a picture of your child with the character. Then when you get back home, order a print for each character they met, and add it to your album and it makes the cutest souvenir and memory album for your little ones. My kids absolutely love their albums! And whenever anyone asks about our Disneyland trip, my daughter runs to grab her autograph book to show them all the characters she got to meet. I also created this cute cover for each album and added my kid's names to the top in order to keep them organized. If you'd like to have me make a cover for your child, leave a comment below with your child's name, and I will add it to this post so you can have a custom cover too! I added a few blank signature cards in case you run into a character that you didn't have printed ahead of time. Also, for characters that don't give out signature (such as Sully, Lighting McQueen, Mater) ask the cast member who is working with them if they would mind signing the page instead. They won't always do it, but it never hurts to ask right!? Thanks for reading, and I hope your albums turn out cute for your little ones! UPDATE!!!! Here are some additional pages for the recent additions to the Disney character family, thank you for requesting them and keeping my page up to date!
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Today we have a special treat. Guest blogger Becca, from Love Our Disney, is sharing step-by-step instructions on how to make your own Character Autograph books! These books are super cute, small enough to fit in your park bag, and will be a wonderful memory-maker! Be sure to let us know if you create one […]
Here I am, the very night before we leave for the cities and the airport, making my Disney prints for our Disney World Autograph Books! I won't even believe you if you try and tell me you are surprised. I wanted to make these autograph cards so the kids can get signatures and we can put them with pictures when we get back home. I have two sizes, half sheet or quarter sheet. My plan is to print these guys up, then have the characters sign them on a clipboard. We have had the issue before of making an autograph book, then not ever seeing some of the characters we had made pages for or needing to move things around. This time I am just going to keep the autographs on separate cards and deal with them when we get back from vacation :0) Now to pack ;0) If you want these printables you can find them HERE. Have a great weekend!
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As promised, here is a tutorial and all the images we found to use in our custom Disneyland autograph books! I did all the hard work for you (you're welcome!) and tracked down more than 70 characters, since you never know who you're going to see in the park. I found this darling idea on Dara's Not in Jersey blog to make custom pages for each Disney character to sign, and then to organize them into a 4x6 photo album. Then when you get home, print a picture of your child meeting that character, and put it into the sleeve next to their signature page. It is such a cute idea and it not only saves you money on an autograph book, but it also makes a great souvenir that you and your kids will cherish as much as any souvenir you buy at the park. Since it was my first trip to Disneyland, I didn't know which characters would be in the park so I printed out 2 copies of each page to make 2 autograph books, and it ended up costing me a ton in paper and printer ink. So in order to save you some dough, this is how I recommend you make your album... 1. Purchase a cheap photo album. This will be used as your autograph book, and make sure to buy one that has enough sleeves for at least 20 characters, plus sleeves to add a picture of your child with that character that you will add after you get home. I would recommend getting one that will fit 40-50 pictures. We purchased ours for .98 cents at Walmart, and it worked great. It wasn't too bulky or heavy so it was easy to carry around. Dara's blog recommended a 4x6 album, but we decided to do a 5x7 album because I wanted our pictures and character pages to be bigger. However, keep in mind that if you choose a 5x7 album, it costs more to have them printed than the smaller 4x6 size. 2. Find out which characters will be in the park when you visit. I printed out 70 pages of colored cardstock...yikes it was expensive...so call ahead and print them cheap! Call the Disneyland hotline a few days before your trip to the park, and ask the representative to give you a detailed list of which characters will be in the park that day. This way you won't have to print off all 70 character pages like I did...yikes it was a lot of cutting... If you have read my Disneyland for Dummies post, you will probably already be calling ahead so you can make a detailed plan for your day. Once you have a list of all the characters that will be available on the day you are visiting, save their corresponding signature cards (at the bottom of this post), and upload them to Walmart Photo, Costco photo, or Walgreen photo. They all offer 1 hour photo processing, and have pretty competitive pricing for prints. Have each character card printed in matte format so that it's fingerprint resistant. UPDATE!!! Disney had created a fabulous new app for your smart phone that will allow you to see which characters will be in the park that day, where you can find them, and at exactly what times they will be available. The only down side of this new system is that you can't look up this info ahead of time. So here's what I suggest...I have noticed that their schedule is pretty consistent from week to week. So if you check the app one week in advance, you can get a pretty good idea of what characters will be in the park. I wouldn't check the app any earlier than a week because depending on the season, a lot can change from one month to the next. For example, early May will be less slow and have less characters, shows. parades, activities, etc than the busy season at the end of May and beginning of June. But checking a few days in advance and up to a week before hand will give you the best guess of who you can find in the park that day. If you have a color printer at home and want to do them yourself, then print the character pages you want on white card stock and cut them out. But to be honest, I image that the pricing is about the same when you calculate how much ink you use. And when you print them at a photo center, you don't have to do any of the cutting, so you may want to go that route in order to save precious preparation time. 3. Organize each character card into alphabetical order. This will make it easy for you to find a character card while waiting in line to meet them. 4. Make if fun with colored pens or markers. We purchased some cheap off brand colored permanent markers, stored them in a ziploc bag, and stowed them with the autograph book in the kids' backpacks. This made waiting in line so much more fun for the kids, because as we got close to the character, my kids could help me pick which color marker they should use to sign their page. 5. Print your favorite images, and add them to your album. After your character has signed their character page, put it back into the sleeve of your album and make sure to snap a picture of your child with the character. Then when you get back home, order a print for each character they met, and add it to your album and it makes the cutest souvenir and memory album for your little ones. My kids absolutely love their albums! And whenever anyone asks about our Disneyland trip, my daughter runs to grab her autograph book to show them all the characters she got to meet. I also created this cute cover for each album and added my kid's names to the top in order to keep them organized. If you'd like to have me make a cover for your child, leave a comment below with your child's name, and I will add it to this post so you can have a custom cover too! I added a few blank signature cards in case you run into a character that you didn't have printed ahead of time. Also, for characters that don't give out signature (such as Sully, Lighting McQueen, Mater) ask the cast member who is working with them if they would mind signing the page instead. They won't always do it, but it never hurts to ask right!? Thanks for reading, and I hope your albums turn out cute for your little ones! UPDATE!!!! Here are some additional pages for the recent additions to the Disney character family, thank you for requesting them and keeping my page up to date!
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We're gearing up for our family's first trip to Disney World and I wanted to find little autograph books the kids could use to collect the signatures of the Disney characters we meet. (This is something I remember doing as a kid!) I've been told the official autograph books at Disney are pricey, but a
Disneyland DIY Autograph Books
We are headed to Disney later this year so the crazy crafting has started. Back of easy tie blanket. BLANKET Today my toddler found some Mickey and Pooh fleece he just loved - so we grabbed a yard of each and threw together some tie blankets. He has been super excited about learning to use scissors so I let him cut a few of the strips too. We had fun and now have two small (read perfect for travel) Mickey/Pooh blankets. SHIRT Before we head to Disneyworld the Toddler is headed to Disney on Ice, with one of his best buds for his birthday. I saw some cute t-shirts made with dots from an eraser so I thought I would give it a try with a Mickey silhouette. I have not taken the wax paper stencil off yet because I'm too scared. I'm going to let it dry overnight to prevent any leakage. AUTOGRAPH BOOK I found some blank spiral bound books at Hobby Lobby. I painted them red and then with some painters tape painted the rest of them black. (I used Martha Stuart craft paint.) I had some white buttons laying around that I glued onto the book. Then I coated the whole thing in some modge podge. I used some sticker letters to put the kiddos names on the back. I have no idea how these will hold up, but my kids are toddlers so I think the chance of getting autographs is about the same as these being used for their drawings or stickers while they ride around in the stroller. WALKING STRAP I've seen these straps you attach to your stroller all over Pinterest and Etsy. They loop over your stroller handle and give your toddler a handle to hold when they don't feel like riding. Its a nice alternative to my kiddo holding my hand while I try to push the stroller and (typically) hold the baby. I know, I know.. why have a stroller? To hold my stuff of course :) I made a different type of handle for a friend who is currently at Disney. She wanted something a little shorter so I used elastic for the part that hooks to her stroller. Again, there are a ton of patterns on Pinterst - they even have long ones that hook to your purse. Could have used one of those today when I took both kids to Old Navy on my own... what was I thinking! More crafts to come...
One of the best souvenirs that you can get from Walt Disney World - particularly for a child, is an autograph book. I have autograph books for my five-year-old daughter Ava, as well as my eleven-month old twins, Ella and Rose, to make sure that they
