Post family Disney-theme night ideas HERE!

[PrincessTigerLily]

nettii, that sounds great! Would you be opposed to sharing those recipes?

 

[nettii]

Hi Princess Tigerlilly,
Id love to share! We fell in LOVE with the food in the Bahamas and the scale could tell when we returned from our last vacation!LOL The Mac & cheese is full of FAT! but once in a while what the heck right!
Bahamian Macaroni
16 oz box of macaroni
2 cans evaporated milk
6 eggs beaten
1lb cheddar cheese, grated
1 green pepper, chopped
1 onion chopped
1/4 lb of butter
2 tbs of Worcestershire sauce
hot sauce to taste and S&P to taste

boil the macaroni with the onion and green pepper. strain. mix eggs, milk seasonings and 3/4 of the cheese. Add the macaroni and stir well. pour into greased baking dish. Sprinkel grated cheese on top. bake at 350 about 1 hour.

Cole slaw,
gratted cabbage and carrots,(I use the pre grated bag)
1 fresh roma tomatoe diced
1 lime cut in 1/2
a couple spoons of mayo (sorry I dont measure)

Mix cabbage and tomatoes and mayo
squeeze lime over and lightly mix again add s&P to taste.

Conch Salad
Fresh conch or if you live in the north like me faux crab the texture is similar. 1 pk
one small onion diced
tomato diced
green pepper diced
mango diced
lots of salt & pepper
and 3-5 limes and a lemon
mix every thing togther and squeez at least 3 limes and 1 lemon over mixture
eat and enjoy! I could sure go for some of that right now.

The under the sea tea was just kool-aid fancied up in nice glasses.

we have done other them nights, I will post more later. This thread is awesome every one is so creative! When we start our dinners for our up coming trip I'm going to start to take pictures so I can share with everyone too.

One fun thing the kids love is when we have tons of ketchup bottles on the table! (for some reason we always have several open ketchups in the fridge, i think because we camp, and bbq's with the kids teams ect.) They love to yell who has the ketchup its always a good laugh!
Nettii

 

[disdrmg]

Klinepartyof5 you asked about food for HSM 3 - you could do a graduation themed party. Roll flour tortillas, with your choice of filling, to look like diplomas and tie them with a ribbon. And you could do cucakes to look like mortar boards (grad. caps). Frost top with choc. icing then add a small reese cup and place a choc. covered graham cracker cookie on top. Then add a red hot and red icing to look like the tassle. You could also serve your food on stryofoam trays to look like a school cafeteria. Just a few suggestions, hope this helps!

 

[Klinepartyof5]

didrmg. Thanks for the ideas.

 

[merfsko]

We did a WDW Park themed night and had a blast!
We are not planning another trip, and our last one was August 2008, but we were missing Disney

Food:
Mickeroni (brough home from the parks)
'Minnie' dogs (normal hot dogs)
Chicken Fingers (we ate these practically every day on our last trip)
Fries (same as chicken fingers)
Mickey Ear pancakes
Popcorn in WDW popcorn buckets
Mickey Ice Cream

Decorations:
The table in Mickey colours (red and yellow) with Disney cups/mugs
Each table/shelf had a ride theme: PotC, Toy Story Mania/Space Ranger Spin, Winnie the Pooh, Figment etc.
Disney Theme Parks CD playing in the background
Decorated our front door and windor (like when we stayed at POP)
Framed pictures from our past trips around the room
Laptop on a slideshow of Disney pictures

Activites:
We ended up only doing board games:
Disney Scene It
Disney Trivial Pursuit
Magic Kingdom Board Game

We had a lot of fun, and it was a great way to get out of the winter blues. Ironically, while we were having a Florida-time inside, it snowed a couple of inches outside.

Thanks for all of the suggestions (as I got a lot ideas from reading this thread); we had a great time together!

 

[merfsko]

We did a WDW Park themed night and had a blast!
We are not planning another trip, and our last one was August 2008, but we were missing Disney

Food:
Mickeroni (brough home from the parks)
'Minnie' dogs (normal hot dogs)
Chicken Fingers (we ate these practically every day on our last trip)
Fries (same as chicken fingers)
Mickey Ear pancakes
Popcorn in WDW popcorn buckets

Decorations:
The table in Mickey colours (red and yellow) with Disney cups/mugs
Each table/shelf had a ride theme: PotC, Toy Story Mania/Space Ranger Spin, Winnie the Pooh, Figment etc.
Disney Theme Parks CD playing in the background
Decorated our front door and window (like when we stayed at POP)
Framed pictures from our past trips around the room
Laptop on a slideshow of Disney pictures

Activites:
We ended up only doing board games:
Disney Scene It
Disney Trivial Pursuit
Magic Kingdom Board Game

We had a lot of fun, and it was a great way to get out of the winter blues. Ironically, while we were having a Florida-time inside, it snowed a couple of inches outside.

Thanks for all of the suggestions (as I got a lot ideas from reading this thread); we had a great time together!

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

Movie - American Legends

Menu - Breakfast for Dinner!
Paul Bunyan's Flapjacks
Johnny Appleseed's Apple Turnovers
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=50273
John Henry's Steelcut Oatmeal (provide mix-ins:raisins, dried cranberries, brown sugar, chopped nuts, etc.)
Casey Jr.'s Bacon Tracks (bacon strips arranged to resemble train tracks)

Activities - Read Johnny Appleseed's story
http://www.appleseed.net/About_Johnny.htm
Tin can train craft
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=11009
Create your own tall tale! Don't forget to add how something came to be (Paul and Babe playing created the Grand Tetons).

 

[disdrmg]

Any ideas for Bambi?

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

I'm guessing venison is out...any food suggestions??

 

[nettii]

I'm guessing venison is out...any food suggestions??

OMG!

 

[homeschoolmomof4]

I'm guessing venison is out...any food suggestions??

What about Thumper's carrot muffins? I think I saw a recipe for them in a Disney cookbook I borrowed from the library. Maybe a carrot cake?

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

Great idea for the carrot muffins! I will post a preliminary Bambi night next, if anyone has any more food or activity ideas I would love to add them in!

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

Movie - Bambi

Food - Faline's Forest Flatbread Sandwiches
http://www.chopstirmix.com/2009/01/veggie-flatbread-sandwich-w-hummus.html
Bambi's Bagel Chips
http://www.ehow.com/how_2058682_make-bagel-chips.html
Thumper's Carrot Cupcakes
http://kitchen-parade-veggieventure.blogspot.com/2008/03/carrot-cake-cupcakes.html

Activities - Get twitterpated! Create cards for the ones you love with the Bambi characters. You can also color and cut out some coloring page pictures to use on your cards:
http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/coloring_page.php?id=13
Learn about forest fires!
http://www.smokeybear.com/

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

We did our first Disney Theme family night on Friday and LOVED it!!!
I just found this thread last weekend (why did it take so long). My DDs and I got so excited we wanted to do one right away.
DD10 and I chose Mulan to do a mixed Chinese New Year/Mulan theme.
We made eggrolls from a recipe from Family Fun (http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=50572) and shrimp stir fry from a recipe in last month's "All You" magazine. We also made chicken chow mein from a can. We bought some fortune cookies from the local Chinese restaurant as well as chop sticks. Finally we made chocolate chinese noodle cookies for dessert.

We has so much fun this week planning and making decorations. We used red butcher paper and drew large Chinese characters on it and put it inside the china cabinet. We lit it from inside so it would glow. We made some ribbon dragons and red and yellow garland. We used instructions from Family Fun (http://searcha.familyfun.go.com/?q=chinese+new+year&x=34&y=12).
We also asked one of our DISigners to make Mulan name tags to use as placemarkers on the table (thanks everydaymathchick ).

We did a craft together as a family. We made the goldfish decorations from Family Fun (same page as the others). We also played a little game. DD10 made chinese firecrackers from empty toilet paper rolls. She painted them red and decorated them with gold glitter paint. I hid them around the house and DDs raced to see who could find the most.

One little glitch- Mulan was out at the video store so we had to rent Kung Fu Panda instead. I know it's not even Disney, but it seemed to do in a pinch.

Like I said- we had a great night. There are so many times that I am busy with work and cleaning and I don't spend the time I want to with my kids. On Friday night I felt like an AWESOME mom. I haven't felt that way in a long time. Thank you PrincessTigerLily for this board and for all your ideas. Now DD8 and I are planning a Lady and the Tramp theme night for Valentine's Day. We can't wait!

I would love to post pictures but I'm not sure how. I'm going to try to put picts in a separate post.

I'm so glad you had a great Mulan night! You found some awesome new crafts, and I really like the Chinese firecrackers! Our family is currently obsessed with Kung Fu Panda, we so cannot get enough of it! "Legend tells of a legendary warrior, whose skills were the stuff made of legends..." Love it!
We do our family fun nights on Mondays...partly because DH is always off on Mondays for sure, and also it chases away the Monday blues! We did Mulan this past Monday, and since I was lazy I made frozen potstickers (from Trader Joe's, oh so yummy!), frozen shrimp fried rice, though I did make lemon chicken using sauce packets from the grocery store. It must have been good, because DS3 thinks meat is abominable, and he ate almost all of it by himself!
I would love to hear how your Lady and the Tramp night turns out! We will be doing Beauty and the Beast for next week. For anyone who is interested, Disney Family website has a super cute rose bookmark craft that would compliment the night well! I would post a link, but they seem to be upgrading their site right now. I think you can find it under princess crafts.

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

Movie - Tarzan

Food - Jane's English Cottage Pie (from Rose & Crown Dining Room)
http://allears.net/din/rec_cot.htm
Turk's Baked Bananas
http://www.recipetips.com/recipe-cards/t--2099/baked-bananas.asp

Activities - Make a jungle mural! Using paper on a roll (butcher paper, easel paper, etc.) cover a wall in your home. Using your imagination or the internet as your guide, create a mural with jungle foliage and creatures (maybe even Tarzan swinging on a vine!)
Have a Tarzan yell contest! Everyone gets a try, and the best Tarzan yell wins!
Make Tarzan's Swinging Vines! You will need rope licorice and some fruit roll-ups. Cut leaf shapes with skinny long stems out of the fruit roll-ups and tie them around the licorice rope for a vine.
Make jungle safari binoculars!
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf67681609.tip.html

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

Movie - Rescuers Down Under

Food - Chicken and Shrimp on the Barbie! Skewer meat and veggies and grill till done.
Outback Bloomin' Onion
http://www.recipezaar.com/Outback-Steakhouse-Bloomin-Onion-12624
Aussie Lime Pie (LOVE this recipe!)
http://web1.lifetimetv.com/lrw/shows/operationstyle/ep1_25.html

Activities - Make Aboriginal Clap Sticks
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=11765
Learn some Australian slang!
http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html

 

[kencrane]

Any ideas for Oliver and Company??

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

Menu - Fagin's Pick-Pocket Sandwiches (fill pita pockets with your favorites: egg salad, tuna salad, chicken salad, cold cuts, veggies & hummus, etc.)
-or-
Dodger's "Streetwise" Sausages (italian or polish sausage on rolls)
Big Apple Apple Bars
http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/325/AppleBars64246.shtml

Activities - Help homeless pets! Think of how your family could help the animals of your local shelter: volunteer to walk dogs, clean cat cages, make phone calls, collect items in need, use allowance to buy and donate needed items...just call and ask, there is something for everyone to do!

Make Georgette! Follow the link to print the pieces to make a 3D poodle. Don't forget to add fussy prissy bows just like Georgette!
http://www.papermodelz.info/2008/12/27/cute-poodle-dog-paper-craft/

Play animal shelter! Round up all the stuffed animals, use cardboard boxes stacked up for "cages", and start your own shelter. Don't forget to make paper collars and adoption certificates for when they are newly "adopted"!

Check out this link for fun facts about the movie (for example, "Ratigan" from the Great Mouse Detective has his picture hanging in Georgette's room!): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095776/trivia

 

[disdrmg]

Still looking for Fox and the Hound and the orginial Rescuers?

Love all the ideas!! Thanks everyone!!!

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

Movie - The Fox and the Hound

Menu - Copper's Henhouse Oven Fried Chicken
http://www.dianaskitchen.com/page/recipes03/0824_friedchicken.htm
Todd's Tater Salad
Widow Tweed's Country Strawberry Pie
What You'll Need:
2 c. all-purpose flour
2 T. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 c. butter, chilled and unsalted
4 T. shortening, chilled
5 T. water, chilled
9" pie pan
1 1/4 c. sugar
1/3 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
4 c. fresh strawberries
2 T. butter or margarine
Cookie cutter (optional)
1 egg (optional)
Sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
1. Combine first measures of flour and sugar, plus salt. Cut in shortening and butter until pea-size balls form. Mix in vanilla.
2. Add just enough water to form a ball. Dough should not be sticky. Remove and divide dough in half.
3. Roll out first half of dough and press into pie pan. Roll out second half and set aside. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
4. Mix together second measures of sugar and flour, plus cinnamon. Add to berries and mix lightly. Pour into pan, and dot fruit with butter or margarine. Top with set-aside crust, and cut slits in top. Pinch to seal edges, and flute.
Tip: For added flair, roll out excess dough and use cookie cutter to make decorative toppings. Top with egg coating — 1 egg, beaten — coat with sprinkles and place on top of pie before baking.
5. Bake 35-45 minutes, or until crust is slightly browned.

Activities - Hound's Nose: A hound must have a super sniffer, try out yours! Using a bandana, smell different spices, foods, familiar perfumes or scents from your home and try to guess what they are.

The best part of "The Fox and the Hound" is Tod and Copper's unlikely friendship. Make friendship bracelets or pins to share with family and friends. To make bracelets use string and make knots (search on the internet for instructions). To make pins, string seed beads and decorative beads on extra large safety pins and exchange.