Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[Canadian Disney Mom]

Thanks! I have a funny feeling its going to be too small - she used a hand towel as the back.

 

[KarlaG4Kids]

That FE is SO DARN CUTE! I LOVE it. I especially like the MM hands. What a neat idea. Great job mom! The gifts we gave in May were fairly large, so I had each one in a gallon ziploc and I took cable ties to attach it to the FE's since I was sure they wouldn't fit into the pockets. Just a thought for anyone with larger items.

 

[BealsRwe]

Hi everyone. I wanted to post this one earlier, but didn't want any of my cruisemates seeing it prior to our Dream Cruise. I made each cabin (51) a hidden Mickey ornament with Halloween colors. I used a Shrinky Dink for the tag that I attached. All in all, I made 60 of these. They are shatterproof ornaments.

 

[morgansmom2000]

Cute ornaments!

 

[RobbW]

So, figured I post pics of the FE gift I made for participants on our cruise now that we've been back for over a week. I'm a bit of an astronomy geek. So, I incorporated that into the FE gifts. I based the design on a USA Passport with a healthy dose of artistic license. I used each participant's first name, cabin number, birthday (month/day only), and favorite Disney character to fill in the identification section of the passport.

I used a two-page spread for each day of the cruise. I included the ship's itinerary, approximate location, and theme. I also listed the rise and set times for the sun, moon, and planets that would be visible each night. I chose a celestial object of the day and provided a sky chart showing its position in the sky along with some info about it.

After the days of the cruise, I included a section for recipients to record contact info for any new friends they make on the cruise. The last 10 pages were left blank to be used for character autographs.

The covers of the passports were made from 65lb card stock with light blue for men and boys, light purple for women, and light pink for all the little princesses. The pages were 32lb ivory parchment paper. Below are some pics:

 

[mbbarron]

RobbW

WOW!!! Amazing work! Hope I get something half as good as that on my upcoming FE.

 

[Susiesark]

RobbW, Wow! So much thought and work you put into them. How many did you have to do?

 

[jmjousley]

RobbW-
you are making me regret that we didn't participate in the FE this cruise. I sent you a PM asking a favor.

 

[htimothy]

We missed the dead line for FE on our Cruise in about 3½ weeks. However, there are a few that want to add us in. Thanks for such cute ideas!!

 

[mom3girls2000]

O. M. G., RobbW, are you sure you don't want to go on the 2/11/2012 7-Night Eastern Carribean??? Those are amazing!

 

[morgansmom2000]

RobbW, that's an incredible idea! Love it.

 

[ppiew]

Wow! Absolutely amazing! Sure wish I had one of those!!!!

 

[BealsRwe]

RobbW...love those...amazing! I would have loved to have had a star guide while cruising. I took Astronomy in high school, but in so many years I have forgotten everything. We sat on the verandah every night during our cruise and just starred at the stars. Very creative and educational! We took DD out of school for our Dream Halloween cruise, and did homework. I wish we had sailed with you to add that to her journal and pile of work...well done!

 

[adnil530]

Robbw...what a wonderful idea and FE gift. My future sail dates are below. Please join one of our FE lists

Linda

 

[Roxy217]

So, figured I post pics of the FE gift I made for participants on our cruise now that we've been back for over a week. I'm a bit of an astronomy geek. So, I incorporated that into the FE gifts. I based the design on a USA Passport with a healthy dose of artistic license. I used each participant's first name, cabin number, birthday (month/day only), and favorite Disney character to fill in the identification section of the passport.

I used a two-page spread for each day of the cruise. I included the ship's itinerary, approximate location, and theme. I also listed the rise and set times for the sun, moon, and planets that would be visible each night. I chose a celestial object of the day and provided a sky chart showing its position in the sky along with some info about it.

After the days of the cruise, I included a section for recipients to record contact info for any new friends they make on the cruise. The last 10 pages were left blank to be used for character autographs.

The covers of the passports were made from 65lb card stock with light blue for men and boys, light purple for women, and light pink for all the little princesses. The pages were 32lb ivory parchment paper. Below are some pics:

That is amazing!! I wish you were on my cruise!! I love incorporating learning with fun & you nailed it!! We are taking our children out of school to go on the cruise & I really don't do that. However it is a special occasion - my husband's parents are celebrating their 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!!! That is an achievement in it self - oh that's right, you don't know my in-laws LoL - JK But seriously - GREAT JOB!

 

[RobbW]

Thanks for all the nice comments, everyone! It was our first DCL cruise and our first FE exchange. It was fun to make, but definitely took a lot of time and patience to get everything right. The hard part was trying to estimate approximately where the ship would be at 8pm each night of the cruise (Lat/Long coordinates). And then taking those coordinates and the dates/times and figuring out what would be visible in the night sky. Oh, trying to figure out the page print order in MS Publisher to make a double-sided, side-fold, quarter page booklet was very trying, as well.

In the end, I was pretty pleased with the passports. I hope most of the recipients enjoyed them, too. My daughter used hers for character autographs and got tons of positive comments from the characters (well, the ones who talk anyway). Lots of them asked where we got the passport because they have signed several of them on the ship.

 

[RobbW]

BTW, I'd be happy to sail on any fully-paid cruise that anyone offers to take me on. I will do the FEs for everyone!!!

 

[jenandjuice]

BTW, I'd be happy to sail on any fully-paid cruise that anyone offers to take me on. I will do the FEs for everyone!!!

Soooo tempted....

Seriously one of the most creative/useful FE gifts I've seen!

 

[Cruella 66]

You all are so impressive! I am in awe and you all scared little ole' craft-challenged me so much I backed out of the FE for our cruise. I bow to you all!!! You won.

Oh, and what is the name of the 'Disney' writing? Where do you find it???

Thank you!!!

 

[NYAna]

Pictures of the things I made for my Magic cruise this past week (October 29, 2011 to November 5, 2011).