Need Your Help - creative thinking!

[Jeccaboos]

OK, so we haven't told the children that we are going to DLP in the New Year and they will find out on Christmas day (wasn't going to tell DH but he saw it on the CC bill )

So what we plan to do is a little countdown to them getting told as they really will have no idea. There will be 10 sleeps from Christmas Day so we plan to do a bit like the 12 days of Christmas (only for 10, if you know what I mean), and we need to buy 8 lots of really cheap things which can be wrapped up and are DLP related but not obviously.

ie:

10 Chocolate Euros
9 Mini Rolls (Minnie)
8 Star Wars Stickers
etc

When we get to number 2 it is going to be '2 Lucky Children' and the next present they open will be the invites that hubby has mocked up with the dates that we will be there.

So yes, I need ideas, please, clever people!

 

[Li-sa]

What a lovely idea

How about...
Plastic bath ducks (Donald)
Pumpkins (Cinderella)
Fairy winds/wands (Tinkerbell and co)...i think i have seen packs of mini wands in Asda or Tesco in the party bag section
Mini pots of honey (pooh bear)
Anything spotty (101 dalmations)
Pirate eye patches (POTC)
Toy cars (cars)

 

[tinks_1989]

oh i love this idea i havent got any ideas at the moment but i will deffintly think x

 

[Jeccaboos]

What a lovely idea

How about...
Plastic bath ducks (Donald)
Pumpkins (Cinderella)
Fairy winds/wands (Tinkerbell and co)...i think i have seen packs of mini wands in Asda or Tesco in the party bag section
Mini pots of honey (pooh bear)
Anything spotty (101 dalmations)
Pirate eye patches (POTC)
Toy cars (cars)

Oh you are sooooo good! Thank you - they are fab

 

[janjanmary]

For your final one, you could maybe use the idea we used when we told our kids on Christmas Day - we bought a mickey mouse christmas helium balloon, with a Mickey Mouse shaped postcard and a bell on the end of a ribbon. We wrapped it in a huge box with a ribbon. When they opened the box, Mickey floated out, and the postcard said "Can you guess where we are going?"

When my daughter was writing about it at school she wrote "I didn't think you could get a holiday in a box".

 

[tinks_1989]

For your final one, you could maybe use the idea we used when we told our kids on Christmas Day - we bought a mickey mouse christmas helium balloon, with a Mickey Mouse shaped postcard and a bell on the end of a ribbon. We wrapped it in a huge box with a ribbon. When they opened the box, Mickey floated out, and the postcard said "Can you guess where we are going?"

When my daughter was writing about it at school she wrote "I didn't think you could get a holiday in a box".

oh my god that is so beautiful it actually brought a tear to my eye that is so sweet i love this idea can i just ask where did you get a mickey helium balloon from xx

 

[Jeccaboos]

For your final one, you could maybe use the idea we used when we told our kids on Christmas Day - we bought a mickey mouse christmas helium balloon, with a Mickey Mouse shaped postcard and a bell on the end of a ribbon. We wrapped it in a huge box with a ribbon. When they opened the box, Mickey floated out, and the postcard said "Can you guess where we are going?"

When my daughter was writing about it at school she wrote "I didn't think you could get a holiday in a box".

That is lovely. I could tie the invites to the balloons at the bottom.

Thank you so much for that

 

[Li-sa]

Just thought of another one...tins of ratatouille!

 

[janjanmary]

oh my god that is so beautiful it actually brought a tear to my eye that is so sweet i love this idea can i just ask where did you get a mickey helium balloon from xx

Actually our local small balloon shop found one in the very bottom of her disney box of balloons.

I will post some photos later in this thread.

 

[hollymattbenmilo]

hahaha, thats a good idea.. make rataouille for dinner... how many of you are there? you could do 4 plates of ratouille.. hahaha, i like that one

 

[janjanmary]

oh my god that is so beautiful it actually brought a tear to my eye that is so sweet i love this idea can i just ask where did you get a mickey helium balloon from xx

Here is the balloon we used

 

[~Pixie Lady~]

What a nice idea - I especially love the balloon idea

Maybe you could use little pots of glitter for fairy dust?

 

[Jeccaboos]

What a nice idea - I especially love the balloon idea

Maybe you could use little pots of glitter for fairy dust?

Ooh, loving that one as well! Thanks

 

[Ware Bears]

Ooh, I love reading threads like this.

 

[gcmcmsa]

oh my god that is so beautiful it actually brought a tear to my eye that is so sweet i love this idea can i just ask where did you get a mickey helium balloon from xx

Me too, i'm an auld softie.

Wish I had thought of something like this, she never would guess. Too late now as going next week. Maybe for next time

 

[tinks_1989]

ah thank you for showing me i have bought a buzz light year balloon and have helium at home from my sisters birthday and i have found a picture of buzz and woody at xmas time and going to tie on the balloon as well i love this idea you and your husband are very creative

also in my box i am hopefully also going to have disney park maps and sequioa lodge drink matts and the disney broucher its so exciting x x x

 

[janjanmary]

For your final one, you could maybe use the idea we used when we told our kids on Christmas Day - we bought a mickey mouse christmas helium balloon, with a Mickey Mouse shaped postcard and a bell on the end of a ribbon. We wrapped it in a huge box with a ribbon. When they opened the box, Mickey floated out, and the postcard said "Can you guess where we are going?"

When my daughter was writing about it at school she wrote "I didn't think you could get a holiday in a box".

Just to let you know I blogged about the Christmas morning we told the kids about Disney using the balloon.

You can read the post here

http://welcometomyworldjanmary.blogspot.com/2008/12/on-22nd-day-of-decembera-memorable.html

We are telling them about our DLRP trip in a similar way, the week after Christmas.

 

[joolz1910]

Just to let you know I blogged about the Christmas morning we told the kids about Disney using the balloon.

You can read the post here

http://welcometomyworldjanmary.blogspot.com/2008/12/on-22nd-day-of-decembera-memorable.html

We are telling them about our DLRP trip in a similar way, the week after Christmas.

I'm doing this in 2 days! I hope it creates the same look on my children's faces! Thank you for the lovely idea.

 

[Ware Bears]

You can read the post here

Awww ~ that made lovely reading.

Here's some to help you all keep your secrets for just one more day!