Valentines for the characters

[striker3636]

My best friend came up with the greatest idea - giving Valentine cards to the characters when you meet them! We are going to get our kids to make up a bunch to take to whatever park we end up at on the 14th. Do you think they'll like it? Has anyone else done this?

 

[siennacrew]

That sounds so cute! My daughter would just love to give them to the princesses when we go to Cinderella's Royal Table and anyone else too! What about a Valentine's Day Card for signatures from the characters? I think I am going to get a Birthday card for my son and have the characters sign it when we are at chef mickey's for his birthday. He turns 3 on the 13th Anyone know if chef mickey's can do a cake shaped like Mickey Mouse?

 

[sandyluvsdisney]

thanks so much for sharing your idea, i'm going to do the same and get a birthday card for DD who turns 1 and have the characters sign it, and i might give them valentines, although i don't know if they will like carrying stuff with them.

Thanks again siennacrew

 

[Princess Glenda]

What a cute idea, I LOVE IT! Wish we were headed to WDW for Valentine's Day. Your kids will always remember this. Take lots of pictures.

 

[eeyore45]

Dont all the characters have a CM with them? I'll bet they will hold the Valentine's for the characters.... can you imagine - how cute

 

[GADISNEYGIRL]

That's a GREAT idea!! Too bad we won't be there until 2/15! However, we were there at Christmas, and took a tiny jar of honey for Pooh, a very small dog bone for Pluto (3, because he was at 3 of our character meals~DS didn't even notice that we gave "Pluto" 3 presents~or if he did, he didn't mention it!), and for Alice (1900 Park Fare), a small can of cat treats for Dinah. We got some really great reactions. And yes, the handler will hold things for them, if necessary. Although Pooh's honey got carried around by every character at Park Fare, I think~at one point, Mary Poppins (who was in the lobby) had it! At LTT, Pluto's handler came up and asked if we were the family who gave Pluto the bone. She said that he was so excited, and he wanted to thank us very much, and to tell us that he couldn't wait until he could go home and eat it. It didn't cost us very much to buy these tiny little gifts, they fit in the backpack, and if the CM throws it away, who cares? (Unless "Alice" actually has a cat, what will she do with cat treats??) It was just a neat way for us to create a little extra magic for DS!

BUT, DS will celebrate his 3rd birthday while we're there, so I think having the characters sign a card for him is a fabulous idea~I'll definitely do that, thanks!!

 

[GADISNEYGIRL]

Oh, I almost forgot! We had a really great experience with Sleeping Beauty in France~DS got to spend about 15 minutes with her, all by himself! During their conversation, he told her that he wanted Santa to bring him a kitchen, and she asked if he would cook her something. He told her he'd cook her a hotdog (to which *she* replied: Oh, my prince, that's ALL I've ever wanted!). Santa did indeed bring him a kitchen, and with all his toy food, he has a ton of toy hotdogs... so I'm taking one in February, just in case we happen to run into the same SB! (I think she'll remember us, because she had a terrible case of the hiccups, and we had quite a laugh over it!) Yep, DS was smitten with her!!

 

[siennacrew]

When is your DS turning 3? My DS turns 3 on the Feb. 15th! We will be eating dinner that night w/ Mickey! I just need to track down my Mickey Mouse birthday card. I saw one at Walgreens but it was for a 4 year old....just my luck!

I love your ideas! That is soooo cute! I'll have to think of some things that my 6 year old daughter can give the characters she would just love that! I'm getting soooo excited! This is our first trip to Disney. Any advice for traveling w/ an almost 3 year old? I'm trying to think of things to keep him busy on the plane and waiting for parades and shows.

Have fun!

 

[GADISNEYGIRL]

Our DS turns 3 on the 18th! What works for us is talking, talking, talking about what is next: what we'll do after the show/ride/whatever, what character he wants to try to find, what he will say to said character...that sort of thing. But he's a big talker (to US, he always gets shy around the characters!), and even at home he is constantly wanting to talk about our next trip to WDW.

One other thing we've done (and are still working on) is buy a t-shirt with a large number of characters on it. Buy an embroidery hoop and a fabric marker, and have characters sign the shirt. We've gotten lots of compliments on it, and it's DS' favorite shirt to wear (when it's warm enough!). We still need Daisy and Jiminy Cricket; hoping to find them in February. In December, we lucked up on Cinderella, Prince Charming, Aurora and Prince Phillip (DS' favorite). The girls had signed in September, so I handed the shirt to Prince Charming and said, Please sign this shirt, if you can find room; I'm afraid Cinderella signed really BIG the last time we saw her! They all thought that was hilarious, and Aurora and Phillip came over to see just how BIG her signature was. The more talking you do to the characters, especially the face characters, the more great interaction you'll get. And be warned: your DS may be terrified of the characters!

Have fun, maybe we'll pass one another at the parks!

 

[Drizzo67]

My DD (6) just finished making a huge Valentine's Day card for Mickey and one for Goofy as we are having dinner at Chef Mickey's that night. She can't wait. Does anyone know what other characters are at the Chef Mickey dinner. I'm sure she won't want to leave anyone one out.....

Thanks in advance.

 

[GADISNEYGIRL]

At Chef Mickey's we have seen Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Chip and Dale. The character in the center of the restaurant rotates~we have seen Donald, Max, and seems like someone else...maybe Rafiki? Whoever it was, they didn't seem to really "fit". Anyway, The five I mentioned first are the ones who are always there.

 

[striker3636]

sienna crew: I am bringing lots of stickers and colouring books, magnetic doll dress ups ( you can find farm/dinosaur scene ones too for boys), a new viewfinder with lots of photos in it, and several other new small toys for my 3 year old. For the line ups I am bringing bubbles (thanks to a DIS tip!) Oh, another tip I read was to bring chenille stems (some of the funky ones) to give to the kids. I am going to use these on the drive down, but they would work for the lineups too. You may have to give the kids ideas on what they can make out of them (shapes, letters, flowers, bracelets, etc)

 

[siennacrew]

GADISNEYGIRL that would be neat to run into you guys! Thanks for the great tips.

Thanks for the reminder about the magnet boards...we have old ones but new ones might do the trick. I have bought felt boards for both of my kids from Sams Club. They were about $10-12 each and included two characters. My daughters were two princesses cinderella & one other. My son's was Nemo and Buzz! I found those back during Christmas time. I bought some tops too for at restraunts. I bought pooh crayons on clearance a simple 4 pk. Another tip for the airplane or car ride is to use your camcorder & video your childs favorite movie or show on the tv and play it on the plane. This worked very well for us when my DD was 1 1/2 and we flew to Arizona.

We went to Chuck e cheese tonight and my son was pretty shy when Chuckie got close to him. He said look chuckie when he was across the room but got shy when he got close....at least he didn't scream like he did at Santa! We'll see how he does w/ the characters. My DD will be thrilled to say the least! She is such a princess girl!

 

[siennacrew]

Great website w/ very cute Mickey & Minnie valentine's day clip art
http://www.mickeysplace.hpg.ig.com.br/val.htm
enjoy!