How to Help Your Child Make an Autograph Book

Autograph books will preserve your child's memories for years to come.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Paper Cutters
• Stencils
• Colored Crayons
• Colored Ink Pens
• Colored Paper
• Markers
• Tagboards
• Stickers

1. Purchase some colored paper.

2. Decide on the size you want the book to be. Cut the paper to that size using a paper cutter.

3. Use at least 30 pages.

4. Help your child decorate the pages with borders, stencils, stickers and designs.

5. Design a special cover for the book from tagboard. Use paint, markers, crayons or decoupage to personalize the cover.

6. Create a back cover as well.

7. Have the covers laminated at an office-supply or copy store.

8. Ask to have the book bound, using a spiral or flat binding.

9. Select some special colored pens to keep with the autograph book.

10. Have your child's friends write messages in the book and sign their names.

Tips & Warnings

• The size of most autograph books is between 5 3/4 and 6 1/4 inches long and 4 1/4 to 4 1/2 inches high.

• Write the year somewhere in the book.

• Autograph books were popular in the 19th century. Some libraries have collections of these old autograph books.