Homemade FE gifts - Part 2

[wickedpixie13]

My local Home Depot stopped carrying the Mickey head paint chips months ago.

Ditto for ours. The paint lady said they are no longer partnering with Disney because Disney wanted too much money. But if you've painted your house with a Disney color and you know the name of it, they can still look up the formula and make more paint for you.

 

[jill808702]

That's what they told me also, I felt bad saying I just wanted the free paint heads for a craft project, so I let her go through the whole spiel.

 

[hotchpot]

I'm sailing 12/21 on the Magic out of Galveston. How does one sign up for the FE exchange?

 

[ElenaRN]

I'm sailing 12/21 on the Magic out of Galveston. How does one sign up for the FE exchange?

Go to the cruise meet forum and find the date of the cruise you're sailing on.
Read through and see if anyone has started one yet.

 

[kimwhitt93]

I'm sailing 12/21 on the Magic out of Galveston. How does one sign up for the FE exchange?

Go to Cruise Meets forum and then look for

A Little Texas Christmas Magic 12/21/2012

We have a facebook page going as well. You can find all the info in this thread. There will also be an ornament exchange that you can sign up for as well.

Welcome to the group!

 

[mrp4352]

Just a quick bump! I love the ideas - and sometimes turn them into Christmas gifts, too!

 

[shadowryter]

Thanks for the bump. I've been meaning to do this.
Disney Fantasy 7 night Western Caribbean - Oct 13th~20th....
Coloring books

Honorary Pirate Scroll

Jack Sparrow's Guide to Being a Pirate

Inside pages

Back Page

I noticed that a lot of people made cook books so I decided to try my hand at recipe cards. They worked out pretty good

Packed up and ready to go

Magnets from Vistaprint

Mini Clipboards

Packed and ready

Teenage girls recieved a princess pendant while boys got a key chain

I saved myself a ton of time by investing in a $20 laminator. It worked out great. Then I added celebration magnets as well as candy, stickers, tattoos...you know the drill. We had a great time delivering these and recieved some great gifts in return. This is a must for our cruises.

 

[morgansmom2000]

Your stuff came out great!

 

[Hollywood Glitter]

Thanks for the bump. I've been meaning to do this.
Disney Fantasy 7 night Western Caribbean - Oct 13th~20th....
Coloring books

Honorary Pirate Scroll

Jack Sparrow's Guide to Being a Pirate

Inside pages

Back Page

I noticed that a lot of people made cook books so I decided to try my hand at recipe cards. They worked out pretty good

Packed up and ready to go

Magnets from Vistaprint

Mini Clipboards

Packed and ready

Teenage girls recieved a princess pendant while boys got a key chain

I saved myself a ton of time by investing in a $20 laminator. It worked out great. Then I added celebration magnets as well as candy, stickers, tattoos...you know the drill. We had a great time delivering these and recieved some great gifts in return. This is a must for our cruises.

I love all these great gifts!

 

[jmarsh]

I requested an add! I'm going on my 1st DCL in May 2013 and would LOVE to do FE but had no idea about this door thing to hang! I even started my cruise thread last night. May 9, 2013 Dream 3 night Bahamian!

I just requested an add too. I am so excited to start my gifts but have no idea how many to make since my cruise is 5 months away.

 

[jmarsh]

Well, won't testify to the "not crazy" part - just kidding, and sorry, could not resist a little teasing.....

You want to check with DCL about what they'll accept as shipment. The Aleve might be an issue, so if you call them they can tell you if you would be able to send those with the Aleve already in them. If not, you could carry on the Aleve and send the rest and quickly put them in the boxes before delivery.

When you say send what do you mean by that. Can you send your FE Gifts to the ship so you don't have to pack them? I'm going on my first cruise May 2, 2013 and I am just trying to get all the information I can.

 

[jmarsh]

I don't have pictures but for an upcoming cruise I have made Mickey Mouse soap. I took the Mickey icon ice cube tray we got from WDW and used melt and pour soap, poured into the ice cube trays and voola little Mickey Mouse soap.

What cruise are you on? I am thinking about doing the same thing for one of my gifts. I am on the May 2, 2013 Dream

 

[Minnie321]

I am so super excited - my cruise is just a short 75 days away and when I first posted in the meet thread for the cruise no one responded for months - I even stopped checking it everyday and just started checking once in a while and well now we have several people in our group and several doing the FE. I am so super excited about what I made and want to post pictures sooooo bad, but I don't want to ruin the surprise for those in my group that may be looking in here! So I have been taking pictures as I finish one thing (I think I am making about seven things per person for a six night cruise - oh well I am an over achiever I guess). So I have decided that the night before I leave I am going to go ahead and post them - I figure no one from my cruise would be looking at the FE thread then - they would be too busy of course!!!

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

I am so super excited - my cruise is just a short 75 days away and when I first posted in the meet thread for the cruise no one responded for months - I even stopped checking it everyday and just started checking once in a while and well now we have several people in our group and several doing the FE. I am so super excited about what I made and want to post pictures sooooo bad, but I don't want to ruin the surprise for those in my group that may be looking in here! So I have been taking pictures as I finish one thing (I think I am making about seven things per person for a six night cruise - oh well I am an over achiever I guess). So I have decided that the night before I leave I am going to go ahead and post them - I figure no one from my cruise would be looking at the FE thread then - they would be too busy of course!!!

I wouldn't be so sure I love when people make things so I promise I will be in Houston that night and flying so I won't look. We won't land till 11pm so I am going straight to bed. I will post on the DIS most likely before leaving port but I promise not to look here!!

 

[abbyar]

We have 77 Cabins Participating in the FE on the East-Bound Panama Canal cruise!! Thankfully I ordered a few extras of what we're gifting as there were some late comers. I won't post what we made until after the trip - I just need to remember to keep a photo b/c we didn't order enough to keep some for ourselves!!

 

[Ccann]

Now tht my two latest cruises are over, I can post what I made. Bewteen the 2 cruises, I had about 50 cabins to deliver to. My original inspiration was the fact that Hawaii was going to be a 15 night cruise and I thoght maybe some poeple could use some games if they had down time in their rooms!

I hand pianted (not so well on some) mickey heads on the side of the dice with 1 dot, decorated the dice holder and then included some games along with balnk paper that could be played with the dice. I also made pens to match.

I love this idea... I first thought of this and Yahtzee came to mind...... I have over a year to come up with something creative... But I have already seen so many neat and creative ideas....

 

[mrsamador321]

These are really great. I need to join a group. Sailing away march 1 on magic.

 

[Ccann]

For the teen boys in my group (over 14) I got foldable water bottles, like this http://vapur.us/?gclid=CKfv3fHc1LECFUcbQgodUyUAqA
from the 99 Cent Store. I struggled to figure out something for that age.

I would think the Key Chains are a great gift for the boys over 14. Water bottles, and maybe nerf football or something.

 

[Blanche_Neige]

Love it!!
Thanks to all for the great ideas. Can't wait to see more.

 

[violetmonarch]

I have been wracking my brain trying to get an idea of what to do for the FE for my cruise in 5 weeks, and now that I see these nice ideas and gifts you artsy people made...well...I think my ideas are very inadequate now

Has me thinking that this might be an expense I cannot afford