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[WeLoveLilo05]

Thanks for posting pics of the Disney plates. I was at Target yesterday and didn't see any. Oh well.

Does anyone know where to find grape soda in bottles with that particular cap like on the movie UP?

I found some grape soda at Cost Plus but the caps were just solid purple color.

You could always print out the cap and tape it on top of the bottle cap.

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

Last night for our movie night we watched Alice in Wonderland....
We were all pretty excited about it b/c I haven't seen that movie in about 15 years haha, and fiance could not remember it at all and DD never saw it.

While I did the table and made the food, DD and DF went out and played baseball.

(yes DD is playing in a dress, she had to get dressed up for the party and would not change, thankfully I was able to convince her that playing in her little dress up heels was NOT a good idea)

We had little tea sandwiches (ham and cheese, roastbeef for DF, and eggsalad) in the shapes of hearts, flowers, and cats

Cinnabuns and cookies

CHeshire Cat Cupcakes (which were super easy to make, had to modify it b/c it called for candy that DD could not eat b/c it was made on machinery that also processes peanuts, here's the recipe http://family.go.com/disney/pkg-disney-recipes/recipe-842673-cheshire-cat-cupcakes-t/)

We also had choc. covered strawberries, regular strawberries, pink lemonade, and tea of course

DF acting like the mad hatter

The little suitors

DD drinking her tea

DD jumping down the rabbit hole

Then we played the Alice In Wonderland game that I printed out from the disney site

The we sat and watched the movie....I have to say (don't flame me lol) that this was probably my least favorite Disney movie. DD lost interest pretty quickly and played with the left over cards lol. But, the tea party itself was tons of fun!

 

[livinthedisneydream]

We just bought this from walmart.com for a lot less than the target site.

Here's the link

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Disney-Inflatable-Outdoor-Movie-Screen/7983502

Haven't set it up yet but are hoping to use it this weekend!

I saw this inflatable movie screen at target.com! I thought this would be fun for Disney nights!

 

[BabyEeyore]

Great job, WeLoveLilo05! We actually just did Alice in Wonderland, too. DD is 19 months old so we're keeping the nights fairly simple and I know that as she gets older and we come back around to redo some movies that I'll go more elaborate. I wrote down your idea for the rabbit hole for next time.

 

[kjmommie]

These ideas are too cute! Has anyone ever put them all together somewhere? What a great idea to build excitement for a trip next week or next year!!

 

[kkmcan]

Tonight is Finding Nemo which we've seen a thousand times but oh well. It's one of our favorites.

I've got a menu and a plush talking Nemo to decorate the table with. I might also have some bathtub Nemo characters from when the kids were little. Need to go look.

Menu (taken from all the wonderful ideas here)
Fish are Food, Not Friends fish sticks
Anemone and fish crackers
Salty Sea Water drinks (Jones blue bottled berry lemonade)
Ocean Dessert- berry blue jello with Nemo fruit snacks

Picked up some beignet mix the other day so I've got that for the Princess and the frog. Also picked up some lime green plates and a purple plastic tablecloth. Already have some mardi gras beads too.

Now, I need to get some chefs hats and aprons for Ratatouille and a teapot for Alice in Wonderland. I want to go out just to go Disney movie shopping!

 

[wlwilliams9]

Tonight we enjoyed an Alice and Wonderland themed Disney night. On the menu: Queen of Hearts sandwiches (PB&J, turkey & chicken salad), Cheshire Cat smiles (cantalope wedges), White Rabbit's favorite snack (carrot sticks w/ ranch dressing), Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum cheese Mickeys and a Mad Hatter Un-Birthday cake!

We decorated the dining room like a garden party with tissue paper flowers, paper lanterns and butterflies!

As you can see, I am no Leanne (leamom2princesses) when it comes to decorating cakes!! My handwriting did get better toward the end of "Birthday" though!!


We are watching the movie right now...I forgot how trippie it is!!

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

"We are watching the movie right now...I forgot how trippie it is!!"

hahaha, I know, DF kept saying Wooooo, what a stoner movie, especially when he saw the caterpillar haha.

 

[hlkeck]

So, we are doing Alice in Wonderland right now! For your 'older' kids (my dd is 7), it might be best to NOT do it right after Peter Pan. She caught that the white rabbit is Smee, Alice appears to be Wendy, and the Cheshire Cat is voiced by Sher Khan.

I figure the total belief wasn't going to last much longer anyway...but she shouted it out in front of DS5. We tried to cover!

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

So, we are doing Alice in Wonderland right now! For your 'older' kids (my dd is 7), it might be best to NOT do it right after Peter Pan. She caught that the white rabbit is Smee, Alice appears to be Wendy, and the Cheshire Cat is voiced by Sher Khan.

I figure the total belief wasn't going to last much longer anyway...but she shouted it out in front of DS5. We tried to cover!

I also thought Alice was Wendy

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

Did everyone hear this thread mentioned on the Podcast??? I know I haven't been very regular here, but I still thought it was cool to hear a thread I reas regularly mentioned!!!

Ooohh! Really?! Do you know which one? Would love to hear that!

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

Ooohh! Really?! Do you know which one? Would love to hear that!

yeah me too

 

[MeMom]

Memom- Your party ideas are adorable (as are your granddaughters)! I may have to steal some of those ideas for a birthday party at some point.


Did everyone hear this thread mentioned on the Podcast??? I know I haven't been very regular here, but I still thought it was cool to hear a thread I reas regularly mentioned!!!

Thanks!

I heard the mention on the podcast. Pretty cool!

I saw this inflatable movie screen at target.com! I thought this would be fun for Disney nights!

This would be awesome to have!
Sadly, I'm sure it is not in my budget.

 

[MissMickee]

Planning our family's Disney Dinner to discuss plans for your May 2011 trip and was directed to this thread by floridascgirl. CAN'T THANK HER ENOUGH! OMG this is AWESOME! I spent the last two days reading it (and not getting much of anything else done. )!

I'll post pics later of a couple of my kids birthday parties... DH4 has had a Mickey party and a pirate party. DS2 has had a mermaid party. I think you guys will enjoy them.

I'm looking to have a Resort/Park Party, not necessarily one specific movie. I started brain storming yesterday and only got as far as the Magic Kingdom and here are some things I'm thinking of serving...

-The Enchanted Tiki (Wings) Room - Chicken Wings
-It's a Small (Potatoes) World - Mini baked potatoes
-Mickey's Philhar(Magic Fruit) - Baked Beans
-Big Thunder Mountian "Coal" Slaw - Coleslaw
-Snow White's "Poisonous" Apple Sauce
-Pooh's Honey Butter (WDW's recipe from allears)
-Whispering Canyon's Corn Bread (their recipe from allears)
-Root Beer from "Drink Me" bottles. I'm going to pick up corked bottles from Michael's.

I'm probably going to stick with this BBQ type theme for the dinner-y type stuff. I'll do some desserts/fruit too since we're planning a long party and I'm sure everyone will be snacking all day. This is our first "meeting" so we have A LOT to discuss.

Any other ideas?

TIA!!!

 

[MissMickee]

DS4's 3rd birthday party was Mickey themed. Here are some pics....

Favors


Cake


My AWESOME nephew!


Cookies - SO SO SO easy. They're Chocolate Oatmeal No-bake cookies so you can just shape them however you want.


Bread bowl for veggie dip. Again, really easy. Pillsbury dough, 2 circles, cut when baked.


I didn't really get any decoration shots but I just did a lot of black/red/yellow.

 

[MissMickee]

DS2's first birthday was Mermaid themed. It wasn't specifically Little Mermaid but you can still use the ideas.. just maybe tweek them a bit.

Cake


Decorations - her gifts went in the "treasure chest"




Favors. I bought some of those candy tube that were clearence after Christmas, put my own sticker on them, filled them with gummy fish and made a color-coordinating paper flower for the top. The plan was for them to look like coral.


It looks like I didn't take any pics of the food. I had pretty basic stuff with some "nautical" things tossed in. We did lunch meat sandwiches (not many "seafooders" in our family ), pasta salad made with shell pasta, goldfish crackers of EVERY variety, fruit (including star(fish) fruit), a shrimp platter... I think that's it.

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

you cake is so cute! Did you make it? I am always afraid to use fondant, I usually buy the Wilton cake stuff @ AC Moore, never tried the fondant though. DD is allergic to peanuts, it doesn't say anything like made on line with peanuts, just nervous I guess.
Good job!

 

[MissMickee]

you cake is so cute! Did you make it? I am always afraid to use fondant, I usually buy the Wilton cake stuff @ AC Moore, never tried the fondant though. DD is allergic to peanuts, it doesn't say anything like made on line with peanuts, just nervous I guess.
Good job!

Thanks! I did make it. Fondant's really easy to work with, a lot like soft Play-doh, but I find that no one eats. Don't know if they're afriad of it or what.... It's not yummy like frosting but it's not gross by any means.

 

[nancy drew]

I make marshmallow fondant, which is really tasty and really easy. This isn't Disney related, but here is a cake I made with marshmallow fondant:

Just to prove that it is really cake, because people didn't believe me:

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

Miss Mickee and Nancy Drew - WOW!!! You are so talented and creative!

Anyone who heard the thread mentioned on the Podcast...do you recall which one? Was it recent or a while back? Thanks!