Post family Disney-theme night ideas HERE!

[JJ in wonderland]

Dsnycrzy amazing!!!!! I'm borrowing some ideas for upcoming nights

 

[dsnycrzy]

Dsnycrzy amazing!!!!! I'm borrowing some ideas for upcoming nights

That's fine, enjoy

 

[oopsiDAISY]

WELCOME BACK Dsnycrzy!!!!!

Our most recent movie night was Cars. Not as elaborate as some of yours, but we still had fun.

Invitation:



Decorations:







Food:







A few rounds of Red Light/ Green Light:







Making Traffic Light Treats:



And Dessert:

 

[PookieB]

Soooo wonderful I love them all!!!!

 

[Deffenm]

We moved our trip from Dec to end of Oct so I figured what better way to celebrate Cingo De Mayo then to have a Disney night. This was thrown together over the weekend. Hopefully I will have more time for the next movie night and be more creative.

Movie: Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3

Activity:
Brown Paper Bag Pinata - made a pull string pinata from brown paper bag that DD decorated.
Activity sheets when the movie was released (find the difference and maze)

Food:
Quesadillas
nachos and chips
Watermelon
lemondae

 

[Mommaof3]

Please keep the ideas coming!
Melissa

 

[oopsiDAISY]

For May we did the Three Caballeros....this movie was not at all what we expected. We may or may not have kept each other entertained by making fun of it...

Invitation:



Decorations:







Pinata fun:









Mexican Hat Dance:









Food was delicious!

Fiesta Cucumber Salad:



Pollo Loco with Mexican Rice and Homemade Pintos and Cheese:



Homemade Churros with Chocolate Ganache Dipping Sauce:



Our next movie night is sure to be a crowd pleaser:

 

[My2Qtz0205]

We watched Three Caballeros for Cinco de Mayo. Yeah, it didn't keep my kiddos' attention, either.

 

[Sorsha]

We watched Three Caballeros for Cinco de Mayo. Yeah, it didn't keep my kiddos' attention, either.

Too funny.

I LOVE Three Caballeros, and Saludos Amigos too.

Since I love them so much, they have been in the regular rotation of Disney VHS/DVD movies I would put on as background noise in the house when I was cooking and cleaning. As a result, my kids grew up with them since a very young age, and love them too.

 

[nycdisneygal]

Oh Dsnycrzy was wondering where you had gone off too!! Love your new movie nights. Well, i love ALL of your movie nights.

 

[MommaScoggs]

We recently started movie nights, just because. One resource where I've found lots of cute snack ideas is the book Silly Snacks: Family Fun in the Kitchen. There are a lot of easy recipes that go with the movies.

 

[Gracefulskinny]

Oh wow is this thread a fun find! There are some good ideas here!

As for those that have been watching song of the south... Where are you finding it on DVD? I wasn't aware it existed on DVD!?! DH and I have never seen it and have been curious about it.

And for those that have watched that Tower of Terror movie... how is it? DH is rather reluctant to give it a try. At just the mention of its existence he seems to be convinced that it is cheesy.

We did our first movie night this past weekend. It was very spur of the moment so no pictures and nothing big. We watched Monsters U. We ended up doing College Corn dogs and "Monster Fingers" Mozzarella sticks with "Monster slime" (Mint Chocolate Chip milkshakes) for desert. And because DD is only a toddler we skipped activities and went straight for snuggling down in our pjs and watching the movie. She actually watched quiet a bit of it. We are looking forward to doing another one soon.

 

[army08love]

As for those that have been watching song of the south... Where are you finding it on DVD? I wasn't aware it existed on DVD!?! DH and I have never seen it and have been curious about it.

I'm with ya!! Where oh where can you find Song of the South in the USA? I desperately want to watch it. I remember seeing it on the Disney Channel as a child - love Splash Mtn and the Brer Rabbit storyline. You figure they have a whole ride about it at WDW, you should be able to see the movie about it!

 

[ddpaints]

Netflix has Song of the South if you have a subscription. Maybe the reason it's not available anymore could have to do with this.

Controversial for its dated treatment of slavery, Disney's classic film blends live action with animation to tell the story of Johnny, who's been sent to live on his grandmother's plantation. The film won an Oscar for best song ("Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"), and James Baskett received an honorary award for his performance as Johnny's kindly Uncle Remus, who regales him with fables about trickster Br'er Rabbit.

This is what Netflix wrote in it's comments about what it is about.
I'll be putting it on our list at some point. No need to not watch it because it may portray slavery. It's always good to use such things as teaching tools as to what not to do. History is a way to help us learn from our mistakes.
JMHO.

 

[verleniahall]

...

And for those that have watched that Tower of Terror movie... how is it? DH is rather reluctant to give it a try. At just the mention of its existence he seems to be convinced that it is cheesy.

...

I LOVE Tower of Terror! I watched it when it first came out on VHS; it IS slighty cheesey; BUT it only becomes cheesey after the first few times that you watch it; it has a good line, but then hits a point, and then goes straight ot the end.

Target has the movie for $10.00, and you can watch it on youtube for free:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yT4fPBdzAY

Again, I LOVE this movie I hope you love it as well

 

[amiemac78]

Netflix has Song of the South if you have a subscription. Maybe the reason it's not available anymore could have to do with this.

Controversial for its dated treatment of slavery, Disney's classic film blends live action with animation to tell the story of Johnny, who's been sent to live on his grandmother's plantation. The film won an Oscar for best song ("Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"), and James Baskett received an honorary award for his performance as Johnny's kindly Uncle Remus, who regales him with fables about trickster Br'er Rabbit.

This is what Netflix wrote in it's comments about what it is about.
I'll be putting it on our list at some point. No need to not watch it because it may portray slavery. It's always good to use such things as teaching tools as to what not to do. History is a way to help us learn from our mistakes.
JMHO.

It is listed on their site and you can add it to your queue but it says availability date unknown.

 

[army08love]

Hey all! New to the boards, but I got so much inspiration from everyone here that I just had to join so I could share our first Disney family movie night! It'll be pretty much a weekly event for us. Our trip for this year got cancelled due to DH's fluctuating Army schedule (would have been our first DVC trip, my parents just bought earlier this year!). So to keep the Disney magic alive until our next trip (maybe Christmas 2015? TBD really...) I thought Disney movie nights would be perfect! Thankfully DH was totally onboard (so blessed DH now loves Disney as much as I do!) so off we went...

Originally our first night was to be Pocahontas, but when DH found Hawaiian pork at our local farmer's market, we switched it up to...
Lilo & Stitch!

Menu:
Hawaiian Pork & Shrimp
Maui Cabbage
Coconut Rice
Tropical Fruit Salad
"Ohana" Bread
Honey Butter & Pineapple Jam
Hawaiian Dump Cake
"Jumba Juice"

Crafts:
Lilo & Stitch coloring pages
Big leaves to decorate & color
Make Hawaiian flowers

And without further ado, here's a few photos....

Menu! Clipart from clipartbest.com and clker.com

Utensils, menu, and "Ohana" bread (just regular gluten-free bread from a local bakery, but had to have a fun name!). Decorations were just green felt "table runner," lime green tulle, and flowers from a deconstructed lei. The character cutouts were from Disney's Lilo & Stitch Print Center online.

The food buffet! Leaves were made with my Cricut Expression using the Accent Essentials cartridge.

Honey butter & Pineapple Jam! The tikibar cutout was made with my Cricut Expression using the Nifty Fifties cartridge.

Tropical Fruit Salad (kiwi, pineapple, strawberries) and the Hawaiian Pork, Shrimp & Maui Cabbage (that's all DH- I'm vegetarian!)

Coconut Rice and "Jumba Juice" (guava juice and POM coconut & pineapple blends)

Hawaiian Dump Cake- cherry & peach, should have used pineapple & cherry! (aptly named because you literally dump in two cans of fruit, a boxed cake mix, and a stick and a half of sliced butter, in the oven for 1 hr at 350 and it's ridiculously delicious! I'm not usually one to use boxed mixes, but GF cake is something I just haven't mastered yet and Betty Crocker has! hehe)

Our arts & crafts table- decorated with some scrapbooking paper & more lei flowers. There were coloring pages (also from Disney's Lilo & Stitch Print Center online), cut out some more leaves for DD to decorate with stickers, and since the wee one is too small to make the flowers herself, I assembled them for her (cut out flowers, poke 2 holes in the center, thread a pipe cleaner up through one hole and the button then back down through the other hole and twist the pipe cleaner together, done!)

 

[verleniahall]

I love hte idea of decorating the big leaves! I will be using that when we do our Lilo and stitch night

 

[army08love]

I love hte idea of decorating the big leaves! I will be using that when we do our Lilo and stitch night

Awesome!! I figure I'll be reusing them too for future movies... Jungle Book, Lion King, Swiss Family Robinson...

 

[verleniahall]

Thats a great idea! I need to get that cartridge apparently!!!!