Dressing children in matching clothes at the parks

[IMALOVNDISNEY]

I try to match the whole family. That way, if the worst happens and I panick, I just have to point to my own shirt, and that is what my kids have on. Sometimes we wear matching Disney shirts, but my favorite is a solid bright colored t-shirt (orange, red, .... )

I do the same thing, and have for years. My DD is now 11 and she looks forward to picking out our shirts.
On one trip we went with BIL and his family (3 DN's). For the first 2 or 3 days he made fun of us for doing this. He said there would be NO WAY he would loose one of his kids and not know what they have on ...Well I was fresh and had one of his girls hide around the corner on him(everyone was in on the joke, but him)....when I asked where she was, he had no idea. The first thing my DH asked was what did she have on. Guess who didn't remember. I didn't make him suffer, we let him in on the joke. That same night we made a trip to Walmart to pick out 5 matching shirts for the rest of their trip. Plus, the bonus is pictures always look nicer when everyone matches.
We are planning our next trip for 2006, this time with a 3yr. old with us. You can bet everyone will match whatever he is wearing. I have also made ID bracellets, and a hanging name badges for him to wear. Can't be to safe......I like the post that said to take a picture each morning of them...We'll be adding that to our list.

 

[DisneyFanatik]

We are planning our next trip for 2006, this time with a 3yr. old with us. You can bet everyone will match whatever he is wearing. I have also made ID bracellets, and a hanging name badges for him to wear. Can't be to safe......I like the post that said to take a picture each morning of them...We'll be adding that to our list.

I like that picture idea too. I used to carry a currnet picture of my kids around with me, but now with digital cameras it is a great idea to have a picture of EXACTLY what they look like that day. Another hint is to have the kids carry around a picture of the whole family. This way security can know who they are looking for (parents) and in the case of a very young child no one else can "claim" him/her.

 

[dismom9761]

I used matching colors for my four and it really helped.

 

[CastMemberDWA]

I see families do this all the time. The only trouble with using disney shirts as your match is that you will find others in the same shirt.

I worked at DAK the other day and a family had all the kids in matching navy blue shirts which had white horizontal striping. Good looking, and easy to spot that they were together. They stood out amongst the rest well. So I would just find what you can at a local Target or Walmart at home then pack those.

 

[Bugfella]

Our entire family wears matching T-Shirts when we visit the Disney Parks (Mom, Dad, son, daughter and our guests too). One year our daughter wandered off. The main reason we found her so quickly was that some folks noticed our shirts and told us a little girl with the same shirt was wandering up the walkway. My daughter even talks about how the "green" shirt saved her.

We like to buy the Hanna Andersson boxy Ts. They have vibrant colors with stripes and you can get everyone in the family the same shirt from infants to adults. Plus when then go on sale they cost only 12 to 14 dollars each.

We considered buying matching Disney T-Shirts, but everyone buys them. Remember - not only do you want to see your kids, but they need to see you too.

We buy our kids shirts a size up for 2 -3 years of use and add a new color each year. Now we have 3 days of matching shirts.

Another added benefit is that we have seen less folks cutting through our party as we are walking around the park because they see us as a group.

Good luck with your decision!

 

[krcit]

We went last year with another family and dressed all 6 kids alike. There were 3 girls and 3 boys so they didn't always match exactly-but always had the same color. The brighter the better-one day they all had orange on and those pics are gorgeous!!! All the girls are tomboys so that helped, lol-they liked wearing Gap T-shirts and denim shorts every day.

 

[lilmary914]

Disney Store has some bright yellow long sleeve shirts with a cute disney insignia on them and they are only 7.99. I got the same one but in red.
Good Luck,
Mary

 

[paigevz]

Yes, I put them in the same colors and in Disney.........not necessarily the same Disney theme, but usually the same color.......I did have my older son in a gray Grumpy while the little on had a white Thumper.......both white and gray, just transposed. I'm so anal about it that I pack another shirt of the same color for the little one in case he needs a change. It makes for adorable pictures.

Zazzle.com..........you can make disney themed shirts (or nearly any other theme) in any colors you want..........add sayings too! Made my little ds a lime green with Peter Pan, his name in red, and in red on the back it says "Second star to the left and straight on 'til morning" too cute.

Made matching brother shirts for the boys with Brother Bear characters in natural with brown writing........"I'm the big brother" and "Raging ball of wild fur"

They've even got a ton of villains I can't find anywhere else.....including the Big Bad Wolf from the three little pigs (but not the pigs, or I'd make a shirt for the little on with the pigs and the big one with the wolf).