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I thought it might be fun to share some of my ideas on how I am making my DDs (4yo) first trip to Disney extra magical plus a few money saving tips of fun activities that will help get your little one excited about the upcoming trip. And see if anyone has some they would like to share with the rest of us to help make Disney More Magical.
1. We have a story that we kept telling her on how magical Mickey Mouse is. He knows almost as much as Santa does about her and the only time Mickey ever gets in trouble is when he is working in his tomato/pumpkin patch and sometimes tracks dirty footprints on Minnie Mouses carpet. With this story, weve laid the ground work for some of the magic.
2. I went to our local scrap booking store and bought one sheet of Parchment paper and one sheet of Mickeys cottage paper which I had them cut it down to 8 x 11.5 to fit in my printer. On the cottage paper, write a personal letter to your child from Mickey himself. In ours he talked about his tomatoes and pumpkins, hearing she was coming down to see everyone, talked a little about Donald and Goofy. Then Mickey asked her to do certain things that only he knew. In ours it was about wearing her favorite shoe for him to see and how cute he thinks she looks with her hair braided. Last but not least, an invite to his cottage to see how much his garden has grown. I placed the letter in a decorated Disney envelope with a Disney stamp addressed to her, then mailed it to Disney so they could mail it back to our DD.
3. I made a cute tee-shirt (Wal-Mart $3.00) that says Ive waited my whole life to meet my special friends and put all of her favorite Disney Characters on it for her to wear on the plane and at Disney.
4. When we arrive at Disney, Im sneaking up to the room and placing pixy dust here and there. On the floor, I have cut out light brown footstep(Mickeys garden dirt) to lay on the floor leading to Pal Mickey with a note attached from Mickey inviting her to come sample his cooking at Chef Mickeys.
5. Each night, there is something different on her bed when we return from the parks. The Fairy Godmothers wand, (1.00 at Dollar General and decorated with shiny ribbon and glitter)on loan for our DD to make the next day more magical or a stuffed Donald Duck with a note attached($2.50 Wal-Mart) inviting her to breakfast, a wee little note from Tink telling her how proud she is of our DD if she did something special that day (not whining, sharing, etc) with pixy dust in the wee little envelope and a glow in the dark bracelet/necklace to wear the next night. A white parasol (garage sale 1.00) which I added red ribbon bows and painted carousal horses on it from Mary Poppins with a note inviting her to Breakfast. The last night we are there when we return to our room there will be a scroll tied with a ribbon on the parchment paper with a Royal Invitation from all the Princesses to have breakfast with them at the royal table. In a white box, tied with a big bow, are her Cinderella dress, crown, gloves and glass slippers which she has been asking for since last Halloween.
6. Plus I have picked up trinkets to hide for her to find (with her name on them and wrapped) while we are in the Parks. Like Mickey Mouse Ears, different colored glow stick necklaces, princess sports bottle, anything Disney and cheap.
7. When she starts to get a little fussy or to just add to the magic, we have small (old medicine) bottles filled with Pixy dust. When she isnt looking, Im planning on sprinkling pixy dust in her stroller, on our shoes, carefully on her lunch tray, or anywhere else we might need a Tinkerbell sighting. Ya know, Tink tells Mickey and Peter Pan everything she sees and you wouldnt want to get those two upset with you.
For the Money saving ideas
1. Weve made our own luggage tags using pictures off the net and do it yourself laminating luggage tags at Wal-Mart for 75 cents. She got to pick out each persons character for the tags.
2. Weve made Thank you cards with little tootsie pop suckers taped on them to make a Cast Member know how special they have made our day/trip.
3. Pick up Cheap Disney stickers and left our DD decorate her Zip-lock baggies of clothes.
4. Bought a cheap autograph book 2/$1, and left her decorate the front. Then we put her hand prints on the inside of the book with a picture, address and room information incase it gets lost while we are there.
5. Got Hospital IDs, left her decorate of the fronts of all of them. Then we typed all the information on the opposite side, placed it in back in the ID and covered the inside with felt to make it softer for her to wear. These are free from hospital and great incase your child gets lost.
Lucky for us, our DD still uses her stroller with a HUGE basket underneath not only to hide things but to haul things when she needs a bit of extra magic at Disney.
Anyone else have some fun and cheap ideas to help make Disney more magical??
1. We have a story that we kept telling her on how magical Mickey Mouse is. He knows almost as much as Santa does about her and the only time Mickey ever gets in trouble is when he is working in his tomato/pumpkin patch and sometimes tracks dirty footprints on Minnie Mouses carpet. With this story, weve laid the ground work for some of the magic.
2. I went to our local scrap booking store and bought one sheet of Parchment paper and one sheet of Mickeys cottage paper which I had them cut it down to 8 x 11.5 to fit in my printer. On the cottage paper, write a personal letter to your child from Mickey himself. In ours he talked about his tomatoes and pumpkins, hearing she was coming down to see everyone, talked a little about Donald and Goofy. Then Mickey asked her to do certain things that only he knew. In ours it was about wearing her favorite shoe for him to see and how cute he thinks she looks with her hair braided. Last but not least, an invite to his cottage to see how much his garden has grown. I placed the letter in a decorated Disney envelope with a Disney stamp addressed to her, then mailed it to Disney so they could mail it back to our DD.
3. I made a cute tee-shirt (Wal-Mart $3.00) that says Ive waited my whole life to meet my special friends and put all of her favorite Disney Characters on it for her to wear on the plane and at Disney.
4. When we arrive at Disney, Im sneaking up to the room and placing pixy dust here and there. On the floor, I have cut out light brown footstep(Mickeys garden dirt) to lay on the floor leading to Pal Mickey with a note attached from Mickey inviting her to come sample his cooking at Chef Mickeys.
5. Each night, there is something different on her bed when we return from the parks. The Fairy Godmothers wand, (1.00 at Dollar General and decorated with shiny ribbon and glitter)on loan for our DD to make the next day more magical or a stuffed Donald Duck with a note attached($2.50 Wal-Mart) inviting her to breakfast, a wee little note from Tink telling her how proud she is of our DD if she did something special that day (not whining, sharing, etc) with pixy dust in the wee little envelope and a glow in the dark bracelet/necklace to wear the next night. A white parasol (garage sale 1.00) which I added red ribbon bows and painted carousal horses on it from Mary Poppins with a note inviting her to Breakfast. The last night we are there when we return to our room there will be a scroll tied with a ribbon on the parchment paper with a Royal Invitation from all the Princesses to have breakfast with them at the royal table. In a white box, tied with a big bow, are her Cinderella dress, crown, gloves and glass slippers which she has been asking for since last Halloween.
6. Plus I have picked up trinkets to hide for her to find (with her name on them and wrapped) while we are in the Parks. Like Mickey Mouse Ears, different colored glow stick necklaces, princess sports bottle, anything Disney and cheap.
7. When she starts to get a little fussy or to just add to the magic, we have small (old medicine) bottles filled with Pixy dust. When she isnt looking, Im planning on sprinkling pixy dust in her stroller, on our shoes, carefully on her lunch tray, or anywhere else we might need a Tinkerbell sighting. Ya know, Tink tells Mickey and Peter Pan everything she sees and you wouldnt want to get those two upset with you.
For the Money saving ideas
1. Weve made our own luggage tags using pictures off the net and do it yourself laminating luggage tags at Wal-Mart for 75 cents. She got to pick out each persons character for the tags.
2. Weve made Thank you cards with little tootsie pop suckers taped on them to make a Cast Member know how special they have made our day/trip.
3. Pick up Cheap Disney stickers and left our DD decorate her Zip-lock baggies of clothes.
4. Bought a cheap autograph book 2/$1, and left her decorate the front. Then we put her hand prints on the inside of the book with a picture, address and room information incase it gets lost while we are there.
5. Got Hospital IDs, left her decorate of the fronts of all of them. Then we typed all the information on the opposite side, placed it in back in the ID and covered the inside with felt to make it softer for her to wear. These are free from hospital and great incase your child gets lost.
Lucky for us, our DD still uses her stroller with a HUGE basket underneath not only to hide things but to haul things when she needs a bit of extra magic at Disney.
Anyone else have some fun and cheap ideas to help make Disney more magical??
