How "fat" of a pen for char. autographs?

[CrzyforPiglet]

This is sort of an off-shoot of my question on the restaurant board - how "fat" of a pen/marker should you bring for the characters to sign. I'm making an autograph book for my niece that is made up of cardstock and I saw some neat "artistic" markers at the craft store that were "fatter" than regular pens but not real big. Would a regular Crayola marker do? and is it customary to use markers or pens or does it not matter?

Thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[disneyag]

We use Sharpie pens and they seem to work well. I would think anything that thick is fine.

 

[Dr. Happy]

For a ball point pen, I've used the Doctor's Grip and/or the PhD (made by name brand pen makers). They are both "fatter" than average pens and have a comfy contour grip, good for use with big, gloved hands...

Wal-Mart carries both pens...

 

[BethC]

I think they can sign with just about anything, I've seen them use crayons on occassion!! BUT, I think they do prefer the slightly bigger pens as it's easier to get their hands wrapped around them. The pens we use are usually the size of a regular crayola marker so you should be fine.

Have fun!

 

[mousemaniac]

The last time we went, we used the big fat pencils (1 took 2) that kids in preschool generally use. They are big enough that you can drill a hole at the top and them put a string or ribbon through to attach it to the autograph book.

We had one of our best moments with The Mad Hatter who did a whole bit with the pencil swinging from the autograph book and him acting like he couldn't catch it.

Cris