Post family Disney-theme night ideas HERE!

[floridascgirl]

Tomorrow night we will be having our 4th Disney movie night. I've been having a hard time pulling this one together, but I think I've got it. I've never posted photos before, but I'll try to make the big leap this time (I printed out instructions on how to do it).

We're going to watch Swiss Family Robinson. I'm working on designing a menu and gathering table setting stuff now, so I'll post next week with the details.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this thread!

 

[susiesk]

Floridascgirl-There is a good sticky that has a video on it showing how its done too. It is under the "Welcome to the Dis" on the main Forum page.

Also..Hopefully no one minds that I posted pictures of a non-disney movie night on a previous post

Someone should start a Universal Theme park "theme nights" thread in the Universal forum

PrincessTigerLilly???

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

Sounds like a great idea!! Should we start them there or just add them on here? Ooooh, then we can do a Harry Potter night at last! mwahahahaha!

 

[susiesk]

May as well just do them here. A Harry Potter theme would be sooo awesome My DD(14) and I are huge fans and can't wait to go to WWoHP!

Other possibilities are Jurassic Park and Popeye

Lets put our thinking caps on

 

[belle231]

Okay so we have never seen the movie UP so i went by what the little boy was wearing on the cover of the movie. It was a last minute idea so i just threw it together but we had a wonderful time. We made cheeseburgers and ff and I got out my picnic basket kit and set it up in front of the tv. I had about a dozen pillows laying around for us to get comfortable and tons of blankets. I brought all the (fake) trees in my house into the living room to make it feel like the woods and we watched the movie and ate dinner. Afterwards instead of an activity we got on the computer and researched alot of disney stuff together as a family to decide what resturants and rides we definatly wanted to hit. We had a blast and we are looking forward to next week.

 

[pixeemom]

i just discovered this thread and i am so impressed with everyones ideas, i have to sit down one day and try and go through every post for ideas and pics, i love that people post pics to, i need visuals sometimes, lol
thanks for starting this thread!!!!!!!!

 

[disdrmg]

One of my kids favorite movies from our Disney nights was Parent Trap.

I would love to see some more movie night ideas from some of the classics/or movies that aren't aninimated such as Bedknobs and Broomsticks, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Freaky Friday (the new one), Herbie the Love Bug (I like the newer version better), Flubber, The Shaggy Dog.....
And ideas anyone?? Princess Tiger Lilly???

 

[DisneyTiger]

We just did our first movie night last night and it was a HUGE hit We did Peter Pan and had an absolute blast. I have DS who's almost 3 and DD who is 4 and they both really got into it. Here's what we did...

-First, we folded paper pirate hats out of newspapers. Then the kids colored cardboard swords and sails for their pirate ship pizzas. We made fruit swords and played follow the leader. I had the soundtrack playing in the background and when "We can fly" came on, DD insisted on dad flying her around the room! Then we made our pizzas, ate and had a wonderful treasure hunt. I left our first clue at our backdoor and rang the doorbell. There was a treasure map inside as well as two telescopes to help with the hunt. I hid picture clues all around the house, showing them where to go for the next clue. At the end, they found their treasure in the linen closet! After all of that excitement, we settled down to watch the movie and eat ice cream cannon balls (ie: ice cream rolled in crushed up oreos). It really was a blast and I cannot wait until next week for Cinderella! Thanks so much for these wonderful ideas and wonderful memories

Here are some pics from our night!

Decorating sails...

Fruit swords...

Following the leader...

We can fly!

Dinner!

Centerpiece and treasure map...

The booty!

Ok, I could post more but I'll resist. Hope this isn't too many!

 

[pixeemom]

We just did our first movie night last night and it was a HUGE hit We did Peter Pan and had an absolute blast. I have DS who's almost 3 and DD who is 4 and they both really got into it. Here's what we did...

-First, we folded paper pirate hats out of newspapers. Then the kids colored cardboard swords and sails for their pirate ship pizzas. We made fruit swords and played follow the leader. I had the soundtrack playing in the background and when "We can fly" came on, DD insisted on dad flying her around the room! Then we made our pizzas, ate and had a wonderful treasure hunt. I left our first clue at our backdoor and rang the doorbell. There was a treasure map inside as well as two telescopes to help with the hunt. I hid picture clues all around the house, showing them where to go for the next clue. At the end, they found their treasure in the linen closet! After all of that excitement, we settled down to watch the movie and eat ice cream cannon balls (ie: ice cream rolled in crushed up oreos). It really was a blast and I cannot wait until next week for Cinderella! Thanks so much for these wonderful ideas and wonderful memories

Here are some pics from our night!

Decorating sails...

Fruit swords...

Following the leader...

We can fly!

Dinner!

Centerpiece and treasure map...

The booty!

Ok, I could post more but I'll resist. Hope this isn't too many!

awesome!
and thanks for sharing the pics!

 

[floridascgirl]

Looks like it was a fun night...thanks for sharing your pictures! I promise I'm going to share some photos from our nights soon. Our pictures are on my son's camera and I need to transer them to my computer. Then I need to set up a Photobucket account so that I can post! I'm just being lazy about it.

 

[Peter Pan Fan 22]

Susiesk – Those Dr. Seuss hats are adorable! What are they made of? Is it just icing or marshmallows too?

DisneyTiger – Cute pics! I love the ice cream cannon balls idea! Oh, and I saw the fleur-de-lis salt and pepper holder and I knew you were a fellow Louisianian!

You guys mentioned a Harry Potter party and my family and I are also among the many who are so excited about The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opening soon! We had originally planned on adding a few days at Islands of Adventure during our trip to Disney in April, but since it is unknown when exactly the Harry Potter section is opening up we decided we’d just wait.
We did have a Harry Potter themed party back on Halloween night 2007. I had done a good bit of research on foods and drinks they mention in the books (most served at Honeydukes and Three Broomsticks). I thought I’d share some pictures in case anyone was interested.

I put this Hogwarts Express sign on our front porch for the guests to see when they came in.

I put Moaning Myrtle’s photo in the bathroom.

Acid Pops (I dipped little dum dum suckers in pop rocks)

Harry Potter Cockroach Clusters (bought at Toys-R-Us)

Herbology Experiment (pasta salad)

Blueberry Cream Cheese Treacle Tarts (I don’t remember the recipe, sorry)

Leaky Cauldron Cakes (chocolate cupcakes, chocolate icing and candy rope)

Witch’s Hats (sugar cone covered in chocolate and placed on top a cookie with candy rop tied around)

Honeydukes Wizard Wands (pretzel sticks dipped in chocolate and then dipped in assorted goodies –m&m’s, peanuts and chocolate sprinkles-)

As decoration I filled jars with random things (candy corn, m&m’s) and then to make it look like one of the potions classes I poured jello inside one of the jars then put plastic eye balls inside and let it get hard.

We also had Butterbeer (cream soda I think) and Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans (from Toys-R-Us).

 

[susiesk]

Peter Pan Fan, I cut marshmallows into threes and frosted every other one with red frosting.

I am for sure going to copy some of your Harry Potter themed party. The picture of moaning myrtle on the toilet was such a funny and great touch! I am getting so worried that WWoHP won't be open yet when we go in June
I've already pushed back our trip from Jan to April and finally June. I guess I will just hope for the best

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

I love these ideas!!! You have all inspired me. We are going to try and do a Disney themed family night at least once a week, I think we have about 28 weeks til our trip.
So I am planning our 1st for Friday, would like to do Lady and the Tramp, being that it is so close to Valentine's day, but DD wants the 3 caballeros (her favorite ride in Disney).
I will post pics, hopefully we won't get snowed in like we did this week. They are predicting another storm for tuesday/wed.

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

Well, I just couldn't wait til next week to do our first family night so I decided to just go for it and do it tonight. So here's the basics...
we are 195 days away from our next Disney vacation. It will be me, fiance, and DD who is 5 going on our next trip. We will also be going with my aunt, uncle, and their 3 boys who will be 8, 6, and 2. We are staying at CBR, and they will be staying at POR. But anyways....tonight it was just me and DD because it's Superbowl Sunday and there was no way fiance was missing out on that one. So tonight's theme was DD's FAVORITE ride in all of Disney....Gran Fiesta Tour. So we did a 3 Caballero's Night.

The menu consisted of Jose Carioca's Taco Bar (thanks to a previous poster who mentioned this), Panchito's Tosito's and Salsa, and Pablo's Artic Freeze Ice Cream.

While I made dinner and set the table, DD worked on her craft....she made her own pinata out of a paper bag. She colored in a picture of Daisy in salsa attire and glued it on. After we ate at our fiesta I filled her pinata up with skittles, little maracas, and rings, and stamps. I tied it to a broom handle and after a few hits she knocked it off using a rolled up newspaper.

DD with her beautiful homemade pinata

and her maracas!



After the pinata, we played "Donde Esta Donald?" we took turned hiding our little amigo around the apartment and finding him.

After she basically moved everything around on her bed...she found him lol

she had a REALLY hard time finding him this time

yaaaaay


We danced the macerna which was funny.

and finally we watched the movie and ate our ice cream.

It was a good night, happy that we did it. I am debating between Up and Lady and the Tramp for next week.

 

[PiperPizzaz]

So we did a 3 Caballero's Night.

It was a good night, happy that we did it. I am debating between Up and Lady and the Tramp for next week.

This is so cute! I was just watching video from the Mexico ride yesterday!

 

[palpluto]

"Here’s the link to the Disney Family website where I got the gravestones for the brownies and the Hitchhiking Ghosts cutouts.
http://family.go.com/holidays/pkg-d...les/?CMP=NLC-Insider_HauntedMansionPrintables"

The Disney site no longer has the tombstone printable. Does anyone happen to have one?

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

"Here’s the link to the Disney Family website where I got the gravestones for the brownies and the Hitchhiking Ghosts cutouts.
http://family.go.com/holidays/pkg-d...les/?CMP=NLC-Insider_HauntedMansionPrintables"

The Disney site no longer has the tombstone printable. Does anyone happen to have one?

omg, I love those hitch hiking ghosts! So cute!

 

[mgjmom615]

Does anyone have any ideas for princess & the frog? We are going to see that and I wanted to do a dinner and craft the next day!! Any thing would be great.

 

[Emme]

Here is a whole page dedicated to Princess and the Frog; crafts, recipes, games etc. I loved the movie so much! Have fun and remember to post some pics~

http://family.go.com/entertainment/pkg-disney-princess-and-the-frog/

 

[littlezar]

Just started really looking at this thread and WOW!!! There are some super creative, fun ideas here! Guess I'm gonna have to get busy figuring out when/what I want to do!

One of my kids favorite movies from our Disney nights was Parent Trap.

I would love to see some more movie night ideas from some of the classics/or movies that aren't aninimated such as Bedknobs and Broomsticks, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Freaky Friday (the new one), Herbie the Love Bug (I like the newer version better), Flubber, The Shaggy Dog.....
And ideas anyone?? Princess Tiger Lilly???

I love Freaky Friday (original & remake!) and the first thing I thought of was the April Fool's Day recipes on family fun: http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/holiday-seasonal-recipes/april-fools-day-recipes/ since they switch lives in the movie...sort of have the food switch places.