• 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: Disney Epcot’s Countries Around the World (Orlando, FL)

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    Hanging out together at Epcot

    The kids loved learning about the various countries in Epcot’s World Showcase.  We got to see many shows, talk with a lot of people, learn about the countries, visit the Kid’s Epcot sections and more.  We were not able to get a lot of pictures from the actual shows because several of them do not allow photography during the presentation.

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    At the China World Showcase we got to watch the Dragon Legend Acrobats!  It was fascinating.  They did some awesome jumps and tricks over basically a thin carpet pad and cement.

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    She flipped up into this chair which is being held by one of the guys on their team.

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    Neat formation

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    The flying jumps were awesome, even if they made me a little nervous

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    A stunning performance!

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    The girls loved talking with all the people at the Kidcot stations at every country.  They had their passports stamped and signed in all the different languages around the showcase.

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    Hanging out with Daddy

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    Beautiful tower lit up at the Morocco World Showcase

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    Hanging out in Morocco

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    On our way to visit Canada

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    Beautiful gardens in the Canada World Showcase

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    Canadian Lumberjack Show takes place on the Mill Stage.  It was a neat competition including axe throwing, log rolling, sawing, and more.

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    The red and blue team competing on a log in the water.

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    Giving the kids in the crowd “high fives”!

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    Those on the front row did get a little wet from this competition, but the girls thought it was awesome

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    It was a neat show to watch.  The kids were able to get up front and see everything which was cool.