Couple of tips -
BBB - bring cans of hairspray glitter, color or anything else fancy and do BBB in your room. It will make it fun when everyone comments on her 1 of a kind hair and it costs you $3 for supplies all week. (Think Dollar Tree)
Dresses - These are everywhere for cheap. Ie. Wal Mart, Target, etc. I find them all the time at Thrift stores. Maybe even borrow some for the trip.
Shirts - I went to
Disney store and they always have $5 shirts there it seems. Buy one for each day and give them as a surprise each day. I actually went to Goodwill and shopped all year for them and so came out spending next to nothing! I also made some cool clothes for the kids - ripped my sons pants and then sewed animal print behind it so it looked like he was really a tiger. DD made her a mini mouse pair of pants, princess pants, etc with paint. She loved it!
Snacks - Krogers and others have disney themed snacks - Chip and Dale trail mix, Hannah Montana craisins, Cars fruit snacks. Pack a small "purse" for her each day of the trip with a Disney Pez, some small bubbles (for lines) and a few snacks. She will be over the moon.
Autograph book - I made one. Printed it off and our office supply store did the binding for $2 I think. There are some on these forums I think. I don't have mine on this computer so I can't share right now.
Souvies - I bought up stuff at Dollar General, Dollar Tree, etc. Even bought stuffed animals beforehand at a clean garage sale. Surprised them with the fun stuff each morning in the room so they always had new stuff.
Lighted things - Again at Dollar stores they sell the bracelets, necklaces, etc so you have tons for use at night. Some people have even found those Disney character spinny things for cheap beforehand - $15 - $25 at Disney.
Money for stuff - Our kids were given $10 - $15 per day in their bags of Disney Dollars. On the first day they saw Legos and a castle that they wanted so they just saved their money each day for that. In the end they said it was worth it!
All of this would work great for a 3 year old. Even the money would be okay if it was less maybe.
Good luck! You will have a blast, but remember there are always ways to spend a fortune at Disney!
