• Travel & Vacation: DIY Disney World Autograph and Passport Book

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    Kids Autograph & Passport Books!

    Before going to Walt Disney World we put together these two autograph and passport books for the kids to use while at the parks.  If they met a character or wanted to get Epcot’s World Showcase stamps from around the world they could put it all in their autograph and passport books.  They turned out really well!  It is super easy, lightweight, and they worked really well!  At the end of their trip they had a neat autograph and passport book full of neat memories.  If we go back again we can just grab the book and fill in more of the pages!

    Make Your Own Disney World Autograph & Passport Book

    Passport Size Moleskin Books with Blank Pages:  We picked up at set of two passport size Moleskin Notebooks with blank pages for their autograph and passport books.  One was orange and the other one was a bright yellow.  You can purchase them in several locations Amazon or Moleskin’s Website or Barnes & Noble!

    Decorative Disney Tape:  We picked up decorative Disney craft tape at our local Hobby Lobby (any craft store or even Walmart should have some options).  We kept the autograph and passport books simple with just one piece of tape on the top and another on the bottom to make nice borders.

    Disney Stickers:  We picked up a pack of Disney stickers and had the girls pick out which stickers they wanted to put on their autograph and passport books.  They picked one sticker for the front and a different one for the back.

    Alphabet Stickers for Personalization:  We found alphabet stickers at home and put the kids names on the autograph and passport books.  When we first put the stickers on we thought that they may fall off during our explorations.  The kids pulled them in and out of their back packs several times every day and the stickers stayed on perfectly.  Although it is a good idea to make sure you get quality stickers just in case.

    You can put an index card between the pages I you want.  We did it, but it wasn’t necessary since none of the ink bled through the pages (and we used permanent markers).  The kids kept a some click-able permanent markers in their back packs so they could pull them out whenever they ran into a character.  We have included a few of the autographs and the some of the World Showcase Stamps (they visited all the countries) that they gathered on our last trip to Disney!  They loved meeting several characters and getting stamps as well as messages from all the World Showcase Countries at Epcot!

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    Daisy Duck

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    Happy Birthday from Canada!

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    They were really excited about the books!

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    Chip and Dale.  Probably their favorite Disney Characters they met while at the parks.

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    Morocco – it says “Karlie”

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    The back of the orange one and front of the yellow book.

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    Rafiki’s signature!

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    These make great souvenirs for the kids!

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    Mexico – the kids liked that all the countries in the World Showcase at Epcot wrote different messages in their passports in their own languages.  Fun and educational for the kids.  It means – “Hello my friend!  Welcome to Mexico!”

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    The backs of the autograph and passport books

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    Norway’s message – “Welcome to Norway! Happy Birthday!”

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    Karlie’s autograph book and passport

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    Happy Birthday message from China!

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    Brina Bee

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    Germany’s message – “Welcome to the kingdom of Rapunzel and Snow White!”

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    Ready to fill out the next page in the book

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    Welcome to Italy!

  • Travel & Vacation: Visiting Disney’s Epcot (Orlando, FL)

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    My sweet princess!

    We saved Epcot to explore last since it was one that Jake wanted to go with us.  It was so much fun riding all the rides, exploring the various countries, watching the shows and so much more.  We had a blast, so much fun in fact that we decided that on our last day we wanted to go back to Epcot for one more day.  Thankful for a great time packed full of wonderful memories with my family.

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    Feeding the manatees some lettuce

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    Ready for a bright and sunny day at Epcot

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    You can see this Epcot ball from our hotel

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    Our picture from the Spaceship Earth adventure together

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    Playing an energy game, pretty cool

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    Brina racing her car

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    We’re ready for the show!

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    The Space section was a hit especially with Karlie!

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    Our first Mission Space ride.  They generously chose to do the “green” (aka easy level) first since I get sick on some rides.  Thankfully we all survived!

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    Delicious snack at one of the bakeries!  We split this heart shaped waffle with tasty jam inside.

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    Stopping for a minute to rest while we check out the map for the next place we want to go.

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    We’re ready and thankful for a moment to relax!

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    The kids did amazing with their camel backs.  Not once they complain or get dehydrated or hungry (although we did have more potty breaks).

    Epcot, Dolphin Resort, Swan and Dolphin, Lights, Family, Disney, Walt Disney,

    Biotechnology Lab at Epcot.  It looks really neat and you see all kinds of cool produce being grown that will be used in various Disney restaurants.  The only odd about this ride is the second time we road it there were animal (dog shape) paw prints in the sand (not sure where those came from).

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    Turtle Talk with Crush – super cute and very interactive with the audience!

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    Living Seas Hydrolators and Seacab Ride

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    Looks like the shark at a couple kids!

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    Karlie is loving her time at Epcot