Disney "money"

[JeremyGNJ]

I just started something in our home. We dont go to Disney for another 2.5 months and there's some behaviors we want to try to correct with DD 5.

So, I found some download-able play-money (1's, 5's, 10's) here:
http://freestuff4kids.net/2007/02/12/printable-play-money/

Then I painted out the person in the center and replaced them with disney/pixar characters. Told DD that in addition to saving her allowance (she gets a quarter every Wednesday for setting the table, hehehe), that she can earn these Disney dollars.

I printed 20x $1, 3x $5, and 1x $10. I put her favorites like Cinderella and Tinkerbell on the $5's....i put the castle on the $10. I explained to her that to earn the $5's and $10 she's gonna have to do some really impressive stuff...but then she can spend that money on ANYTHING she wants when we go.

She earned her first $1 on Friday by trying Sushi, which we've been trying to get her to do for a couple months. She now LOVES salmon sashimi, and is $1 Disney dollar richer.

 

[SharpMomOfTwo]

You got your kid to eat sushi?! I can't even get DH to eat it! DD3 has been very... fresh and terrible3's lately - eventhough we don't go to Disney till December, maybe I'll try something like that just to get a little sanity in this house!
Thanks for posting the links!

 

[JeremyGNJ]

Yea! Tell DH that he has to try sushi in order to earn spending money!!!! (though you might have better luck with "other" types of currency, ehehe)

 

[1stluvispooh]

I did this with my DS, now 9, when he was 5 before we went to Disney. I called them Mickey dollars. The real funny thing is we were in the store yesterday and he wouldn't stop touching everything. Finally I had him put his hands in his pocket and if he could get out of the store without touching anything else he got a dollar. Wish I truly had our next trip planned instead of just tentatively.!

 

[JeremyGNJ]

Oh i also printed them on photo-paper so that they feel more like something substantial, and not just a piece of paper that gets crumpled up easily.

 

[tzolkin]

we're doing something similar with my two older ones. (9 & almost 4). they made the "dollars" themselves with disney stickers and stamps. we have a calendar and they get stars for morning and afternoon. at the end of the week they get a certain number of dollars depending on how many stars they have. they each have a cute wallet i bought to keep them in. before our trip i plan to let them trade them in for real "disney dollars" that they can have for spending money.

it has actually been working rather well. they havent had a week yet that they havent received the full amount. good luck!