Post family Disney-theme night ideas HERE!

[disdrmg]

I was hoping you would post your Monters Inc. pictures!!! I look forward to seeing them and getting ideas from you! What are you doing next week??

 

[jngwright]

Oh dear-I can't find my planning notebook...I think we are doing the Incredibles?? But we are doing it on Monday (the 16th) instead of Sunday! I will post pics I swear-I am more excited by all this than the kids!! lol
I can't believe I got them to eat green mashed potatoes...but they didn't bat an eye! An EYE!! hahahahaha

PrincessTigerLady, oh guru of all things Disney themed.... Do you have any ideas for a fruit/side dish for Incredibles??

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

jngwright: first of all, you bring everything to life with these fabulous photos! Would you mind posting instructions for your awesome "one-eye" cookies and Mike plate craft? They are just perfect for the M-Eye theme! Pretty please keep the photos coming!!!

DisneyNic: great ideas for HSM! I will update the index to include these! Please keep posting any and all ideas you have! We love to hear them.

Incredibles Night... how about "Syndrome's Spaghetti Salad"? If you are making hero sub sandwiches that would be a good compliment. Ooh, you could get really fancy and swoop the spaghetti strands into an "S" shape on everyone's plate - ha ha! Here is one recipe:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1943,154188-243205,00.html
Or, how about Violet's Disappearing Fruit Salad? Try this one:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1619,154188-229200,00.html

We recently did "Dinosaur" night. We subbed in dino-shaped chicken nuggets because DD doesn't like chili. Also, use the link I provided for the major volcano, and on that page you will find instructions for a much more simplified (and good enough in my opinion) volcano with a paper plate, small bathroom paper rinse cup, and tin foil. Also, we made the recommended "Dino nests with dino eggs" on that page with melted chocolate chips, chow mein noodles, and jellybeans.

 

[jngwright]

Oh Princess! I knew I could count on you! I am making both sides for Incredibles Your creative brain amazes me

I edited my Monsters Inc picture post with the directions for the cookies and craft.

 

[My3DisneyBoys]

Does anyone have any ideas for Splash Mountain/ Song of the South?

I have heard that the movie is a bit racially charged, but my kids keep asking about the story of brer rabbit. I have never seen it and don't really know the story. I figured it would be a good way to open up conversations.

Anyways, I am borrowing the movie from my FIL, ?what to eat for our meal? Maybe chocolate rabbits for dessert (it is close to easter).

Any ideas for crafts or activites?

Thanks in advance!

 

[my2disneyboys]

This week we will do Pinocchio!

Dinner: Stromboli
Activity: We will watch the movie and after, make puppets and put on a puppet show.

If anyone has any other food/dessert ideas- i would love to hear them!

 

[PrincessMom4]

Tonight is Snow White night and tommorow we are using the "Twas the night before Disney..." theme someone suggested...for me that means NO DISHES...


Have fun y'all.

 

[jngwright]

Does anyone have any ideas for Splash Mountain/ Song of the South?

I have heard that the movie is a bit racially charged, but my kids keep asking about the story of brer rabbit. I have never seen it and don't really know the story. I figured it would be a good way to open up conversations.

Anyways, I am borrowing the movie from my FIL, ?what to eat for our meal? Maybe chocolate rabbits for dessert (it is close to easter).

Any ideas for crafts or activites?

Thanks in advance!

What about a southern themed meal. Fried Chicken, greens, biscuits, cobbler??

When we won a dream at MK, it was at Splash Mountain. They had the boys fish in a barrell (sp? that looks weird) Maybe you could do some sort of a fishing game? Make Brer Rabbit puppets out of lunch sacks?

 

[jngwright]

This week we will do Pinocchio!

Dinner: Stromboli
Activity: We will watch the movie and after, make puppets and put on a puppet show.

If anyone has any other food/dessert ideas- i would love to hear them!

German Chocolate cake?

 

[my2disneyboys]

German Chocolate cake?

Great idea! Thank you

 

[SalandJeff]

We had my daughter's 4rth birthday party today - she loves Wendy from Peter Pan so of course that was the theme. So we are having Peter Pan night tonight (a whole day and night of Peter Pan). Everyone came to the party dressed up or we had "costumes" for them - Tiger Lilly, pirates, tinkerbell, Capt. Hook, Peter Pan and my daughter was Wendy ( I had someone make her a replica Wendy Darling dress).

We had Peter Pan's shadow behind the blinds in the window drawn on black bulletin board paper. We shot Peter, Wendy, John and Michael in the clouds with pirate guns ( blue poster board with cotten batting to look like clouds and a clip art pic. in the middle of Peter, Wendy, John and Michael on a cloud). Then each child painted a small wooden treasure chest (bought a Michaels) with black paint and decorated with gems and glitter glue. Then we filled them with plastic gold coins. Then we played pass tic toc. I have a 6" tic toc and I downloaded the tic toc music from itunes and we passed tic toc (like hot potato). Then we had a savenger hunt/treausre hunt. We hid clues all over the house on brown, paper to look like pirates maps. Each clue led them to a new clue until the last spot and they found their goody bags which were treasure chest for each child filled with ring pops, choc. gold coins, pirates hooks, telascopes, money, eye patch, tinkerbell crayons, maps, etc.

The cake turned out cute too - I had someone make it and it had the small Peter Pan character figurines on it. Sprinkled pixie dust (gold glitter) on the tables with green table cloths. Oh, one more thing - I had a silver star balloon on the mailbox and on the front door I had a sign that said Welcome to Neverland, Second Star to the Right with another silver star on the door.

I will quit rambling. But it was a really fun day and like I said we are carrying it over tonight for our Peter Pan Disney night. Just thought I would pass on a few more ideas.

Keep the ideas and pictures coming!!!! Really enjoying this thread!

Your dd's party sounds like it was really fun. Very creative ideas!

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

Song of the South: how about making shadow puppets for telling the Brer Rabbit stories? Click on the link for instructions. Story telling is what the whole movie is about!
http://www.ehow.com/how_2054377_make-shadow-puppets.html

I concur with the Southern-themed meal, how about:
Uncle Remus' Real Southern Cornbread
http://www.recipezaar.com/Real-Southern-Cornbread-51550
Lil Johnny's Favorite Pecan Pie
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1737,148187-240203,00.html
Sally's Southern Chicken and Dumplings
http://southernfood.about.com/od/chickendumpling/r/blbb702.htm
A nice big pitcher of ice cold lemonade with floating lemon slices!

 

[jngwright]

On the menu:
Super Heroes
Violet's Disappearing fruit salad (used all "violet" fruits)
Syndrome's twisted pasta
Frozone's Frozen Sundaes

We made superhero capes and watched the movie. As always-thanks for the fabulous thread, PrincessTigerLily!!

 

[disdrmg]

As always jngwright I love seeing your pictures and ideas and look forward to them each week! They inspire me and bring the ideas to life!! Am already looking forward to next week - can you let us know what it will be???

My family did Alice in Wonderland night this weekend and it was a lot of fun as always. Next week is Tarzan!

 

[jngwright]

I just LOVE this thread! We are doing Bug's Life on Sunday

What did you do for Alice in Wonderland??

 

[disdrmg]

I know, I love it too!

For Alice in Wonderland I used a lot of the ideas posted earlier - we made mushrooms using nilla wafers and marshmellows, cantalope slices for the chesire cat smile, made catepillars out of stryofoam balls and made a house of cards. But we also ate mini grilled cheese sandwhiches and alphabet soup, playing on the catepillar saying, Whoooo Are You?, with all of the letters coming out of his mouth in smoke. I made signs that said eat me and drink me and we drank tea out of tea cups of course. We also made red roses out of white coffee filters (painting the roses red) and my little girl wore her Alice in Wonderland dress. Another idea is to set up an indoor crochet course, because the queen played crochet.

We always listen to our Disney Greatest Hits CD while we are eating dinner and doing our craft. And I get out our pictures from DW that have to do with our theme - this week had our pictures from 1900 Park Fare breakfast with Alice and the Mad Hatter, and the pictures from the tea cup ride.

 

[Mommytink]

I am looking for some more Beauty and the Beast ideas? Anyone have some to share? We plan on making crowns, strawberry rose desserts, fancy dinner. I would like a game or something to go with the theme.

 

[disdrmg]

Try going to this website - it is Disney's family site. It is

http://family.go.com/entertainment/pkg-princess-crafts-and-recipes/

It has a ton of really cute Beauty and the Beast ideas as well as all of the other princesses.

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

Mommytink: Since Belle loves books so much here is an idea: Pick one of your child's favorite books (with lots of pictures!) and make a "book scavenger hunt" within the pages. Make a list of items to find withing the pages of the book (find the rabbit, mushroom, etc.) and have them search through the pages till they find each item you have listed. This activity can be adjusted to age and skill level, readers and non-readers! I will try to think of more games...

jngwright...as usual, awesome pictures and cute-as-a-button kids! Please keep them coming, I look forward to them every week!

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

Also, check the link from disdrmg and find "Belle's Bookmarks". They look super cute and easy! You could whip up a few with minimal supplies (scrapbook or construction paper, glue dots, pipe cleaner, and thin ribbon) and easy enough for the smallest fry to help!