End of the Year Autograph Books

Hey y’all!

Can you say….T-E-N DAYS!!  Woop! Woop! I have really grown to love my kidlets this year (but don’t we always?).  Yet….who can resist the thoughts of sleeping late, sitting poolside, reading, puttering around the house, and drinking that second cup of coffee at HOME and not at school!?!?  Not this girl1

As I start to wind things down and prioritize what I have time left to do, I usually do some sort of “Memory Book”.  They are a great way to reflect over the year, get out the markers and scissors.  I began thinking though that what my kids really NEED is an autograph book to get signatures from their friends.

Why the thought?  
Well, we do have yearbooks the kids can purchase and THOSE kids always get friends to sign it at recess.  What about the OTHER kids?  It always made me feel kind of bad for them.  And I was that mom in elementary school who would rather buy the class picture than the yearbook. 

So, my idea was born!  And sharing it for my:

I really love all of the great paper bag booklets out there are TPT.  All you need is paper and lunch bags from Target!  

I started thinking that lots of the teachers at my school might want an Autograph booklet for our kids who don't order yearbooks.  So….my quick little four page, quickie, Saturday project turned into this big thing!  Might as well share it, right?

Step 1:

Distribute the pages & 2 lunch bags

Step 2:

Fold the two bags in half.  Staple. (Pretend you see a staple in this picture.  SOMEONE has hidden the at-home stapler.  Grrr)

Step 3:

Cut & Glue the cover pages to the outer parts. 

Step 4:

Cut & Glue the inside pages in any order.

Step 5:

Decorate and Grab those AUTOGRAPHS!

Granted….four pieces of copy paper per kid might be a lot.  In the end, I think it is worth for ALL of my kids to hop around getting signatures from their friends and teachers. 

 I’ve included 4 different sets of inside papers to choose from, since I’ve gone to the effort to think about what OTHER people might want.

Set 1: 

6 bordered pages with no title and no extra graphics

Set 2: 

6 bordered pages with titled “My Classmates”

Set 3: 

6 bordered pages with no title and a cute graphic on each page

Set 4: 

6 bordered pages with a spunky title and the same cute graphic

I’ve included covers and titles ranging from Pre-K to 5^th grade, too!

UPDATE: May 2016
I've added a great option to this resource so that teachers can have their own PERSONAL autograph book that can build from year to year!
Includes:

• Ready-to-Go Cover Pages
• Editable Options
• Full page spread to add a class photo
• You can build from year-to-year!