Post family Disney-theme night ideas HERE!

[MeMom]

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!

3-25, right at the beginning.

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

Thanks MeMom! Just listened...wow! So cool

 

[nancy drew]

Thanks!

What is said about this thread in the podcast? I'm ashamed to admit I don't really know what a podcast is.

 

[MyPeanut&Bug]

Super cute cakes! I've made some cute cakes over the years, but never used fondant and am preparing to for DD's birthday next month - friends keep telling me I can do it, but I'm a little intimidated!

We had our monthly Disney night tonight - Princess and the Frog!

(Sorry, don't know why Photobucket won't keep my vertical pics rotated!)

We ate dirty rice (Zataran's mix, never had it before and it was SO good! Kids ate their courtesy bite and then had authentic New Orleans PB&J ), "frog eggs" (green grapes" and corn on the cob. We drank "swamp soda" (7Up with green food coloring), which my kids were so excited about - they get soda about once or twice a year, so this was a big deal!

Dessert was lime sherbet frogs

We made paper plate frogs after dinner.

We also played musical lilypads and "frog, frog, princess" (duck, duck, goose) and then watched the movie, with popcorn, of course!

Looking forward to June's Disney night - Toy Story to coincide with #3 coming out! DH laughs because I always say, "Only ___ Disney nights until we go again!" Sounds so much closer than saying 10 months!

 

[MeMom]

What is said about this thread in the podcast? I'm ashamed to admit I don't really know what a podcast is.

They talked about all the neat ideas people had and how it keeps the Disney fun going while waiting for trips.

Just check out the icon at the top of the DIS home page, or go to the DIS Unplugged Board and click on Listen Now at the top. They normally do two shows a week, and you'll hear it all - the good and the bad - about all things relating to Disney World. They have listener questions and comments, too.

 

[WeGoDisney04]

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Would love to see more ideas!! I love this thread

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

Nancy Drew,
That whole hamburger cake is made from the marshmallow fondant? That looks cool!!!
Does the marshmallow fondant taste good? My cousin wants a WWE birthday cake in 2 weeks so I am going to have to make a wrestling ring.
Can you dye the marshmallow fondant?

 

[MissMickee]

We're having our Disney Dinner tonight!! I'll be sure to post pics!

 

[nancy drew]

They talked about all the neat ideas people had and how it keeps the Disney fun going while waiting for trips.

Just check out the icon at the top of the DIS home page, or go to the DIS Unplugged Board and click on Listen Now at the top. They normally do two shows a week, and you'll hear it all - the good and the bad - about all things relating to Disney World. They have listener questions and comments, too.

Thanks

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Would love to see more ideas!! I love this thread

We did Willy Wonka this week. Not a Disney movie, so I can't help you there. But my kids did have fun buying Wonka candies from my "candy shop" to decorate their own chocolate factories. Apparently Mr. Willy Wonka was looking to expand and needed design input from the public.

Nancy Drew,
That whole hamburger cake is made from the marshmallow fondant? That looks cool!!!
Does the marshmallow fondant taste good? My cousin wants a WWE birthday cake in 2 weeks so I am going to have to make a wrestling ring.
Can you dye the marshmallow fondant?

The cake parts are cake . Each of the bun pieces is frosted with canned frosting, then a layer of marshmallow fondant is laid on top. The burger part is frosted with chocolate frosting (canned) then rolled in crushed Oreos to create the grilled burger texture. The lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and pickles are rolled marshmallow fondant. I used colored frosting for ketchup and mustard.

Marshmallow fondant can be dyed very easily as you use it, if you use the right dye (and protect your hands). If you have a JoAnn nearby (or possibly a Michaels, but I haven't been to one of those in ages so I can't vouch for what they do or don't have there) you can get Wilton's gel dyes in their cake decorating aisle. That's what you use to dye fondant. Just use small amounts and work it in after letting the fondant set overnight. Pull off as much as you need for each color, and dye it. Don't buy the premade fondant there, apparently it tastes like cardboard. The MM fondant tastes much better, and really it is easy to make. It is exactly like using Play-Doh. In fact, I highly recommend practicing with Play-Doh first to figure out how to make your designs.

 

[MissMickee]

We had our Disney Dinner last night! It was great! We didn't make one single decision... so we get to do it again! (and again, and again!)

I did a "Walt Disney World" theme. The food went over great! I even used some suggestions from the thread so THANKS!!

The decor was mostly my collectibles and poster, some stuff from the dollar store and print outs of classic posters from the internet.

I made a DVD of various photos we've taken over the years and added some theme park music to the background.

The family came all dressed in their Disney best.... lanyards and all.

Here some pics... there are A LOT... hope you don't mind.

The party started at 3pm, so I started everyone out with some snacks.

The whole snack table...

To be continued....



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[MissMickee]

I made the grown-up's HUGE binders with all our info in them.... so I made these for the smaller kiddos....

I'd found "toddler maps" for each park online (THEY'RE SO CUTE!) and put those in there plus some WDW coloring pages.

Maps: http://www.explorethemagic.com/disney-world-maps.asp
Coloring pages: http://disney-stationary.com/coloring-book/Disneyland-DisneyWorld.php

For the teens I printed out a word scramble (http://family.go.com/travel/vacatio...isney-world-vacation-282151-printable-423156/) and made hid some hidden Mickey's around the party)


Decorations....

(the Snow White picture is one my dad painted 30ish years ago!)

Next... dinner....



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[MissMickee]

I did a BBQ theme for dinner...

And dessert....

This was SO fun and really got everyone excited about our trip. Not that we needed any help!

We're planning another one for early November since the 11/19 is when we can start making our ARDs. I think that one will be a Pizza Planet theme. I pretty much used up all my WDW park ideas.

 

[BabyEeyore]

WOW, MissMickee, that looks incredible!!! You were just so creative with all the food. I love the signs and may just borrow an idea or two. Thank you so much for sharing!!!

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

Yaaay MissMickey you found the plates and bowls!!!
Everything looked great, all the signs were adorable

 

[MissMickee]

Yaaay MissMickey you found the plates and bowls!!!
Everything looked great, all the signs were adorable

Yep! Got all they had left at my Target!

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

Yep! Got all they had left at my Target!

Yes, they went fast. I was at my Target yesterday, they really didn't have much left at all.

 

[my2disneyboys]

Lisa- WOW That was an AMAZING, CREATIVE, AWESOME Disney Night!!!! Ok - So I REALLY want to make a binder now for each family...we are going in January 2011 with the whole family. The binders are awesome!!

 

[MickeysFans]

Lisa and all the rest of you amazing Disney Freaks (like me, so happy to have found my kind!)---thank you for your ideas! I am going to try to put up our pictures of our nights so far: Pirates, Aladdin, Toy Story, Mulan. We take turns: one person is in charge of each night as far as picking movie, food, and decor but then we all help. Of course, we help the kids quite a bit, but they love the ownership.

 

[MickeysFans]

Stuck on posting pics....Trying again

 

[MickeysFans]

I got many of these ideas form others, so thanks to you all! Next week: Lilo and Stitch
Mulan: Sweet and sour chicken, rice castles, fortune cookies, Pop Rocks (like fireworks) and we made cards with Chinese characters.

Toy Story
TS Mac and cheese, hot dog slinky dog, Potato Head homemade fries, green Buzz juice. Paint sets from Dollar Tree!

Aladdin
Kabobs, Abu cupcakes, couscous and we sat on the magic carpet!

Pirates
Found lots of decor at Dollar Tree and Party America in clearance!
Fishsticks, blue jello ocean with gummy sharks and lemonade