Post family Disney-theme night ideas HERE!
 

We are collecting ideas for family fun nights with a Disney theme. Use them to countdown to your trip or just keep the magic going at home! Themes can be based on anything Disney-oriented (movies, rides, attractions, etc.) and we would like to have a coordinating meal and craft or activity. Bring any and all ideas! **Please refer to post numbers under topics to find ideas! Have fun and get creative!** Updated through p. 75

INDEX
A Christmas Carol
1056
Aladdin
22, 393, 407, 538, 571, 583, 940, 1044
Alice
6, 356, 472, 669, 844, 902, 907, 982, 1011, 1067
American Legends
277, 287
Apple Dumpling Gang
170
Aristocats
95, 128, 420, 1049
Babes in Toyland
636
Bambi
293
Beauty and the Beast
184, 315, 330, 359, 360, 365, 377, 492, 555, 676, 678, 742, 1029
Ben & Me
513
Bolt
278, 528
Brother Bear
62, 97, 1007
Bug's Life
49, 171, 368, 474, 543, 550, 633, 809, 820, 989, 1003
Camp Rock
534, 1016
CARS
89, 90, 309, 412, 502, 559, 883, 946, 990
Chicken Little
1066
Chronicles of Narnia
159
Cinderella
22, 105, 309
Countdown
18, 115, 125, 138, 143, 471, 499
Country Bears
78
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
111, 794
Davy Crockett
401
Dinosaur
59, 343
Disney Holidays
152, 231, 270, 603, 608, 617, 1081
Disney World & Resorts
12, 19, 120, 186, 285, 286, 305, 321, 405, 477, 491, 531, 542, 637, 914, 930, 931, 932, 1059, 1070
Dumbo
29, 30, 501
Emperor's New Groove
194
Enchanted
114
Extreme Sports Fun
314
Fantasia
216, 443
Finding Nemo
42, 384, 484, 535, 552, 672, 722, 731, 906, 1001, 1087
Fox and the Hound
300
Fun & Fancy Free
313
Great Mouse Detective
258
Hannah Montana Movie
532
Haunted Mansion
161, 610
Hercules
40, 612
High School Musicals
237, 283, 339
Honey I Shrunk the Kids
319, 634, 640
Home on the Range
170, 259
Hunchback of Notre Dame
165, 375
Incredibles
46, 343, 353, 813, 1122
Indiana Jones
404, 724
Invincible
361
James and the Giant Peach
107
Jungle Book
22, 51
Lady and the Tramp
4, 70, 88, 323, 336, 362, 509, 566, 805, 877
Legend of Sleepy Hollow
514
Lilo & Stitch
1, 429, 442, 454, 738, 763, 865, 958, 980, 1002, 1023
Lion King
22, 260, 510, 805, 872, 964
Little Mermaid
10, 267, 280, 282, 302, 325, 535, 672, 916, 1001, 1087
Mary Poppins
10, 168, 337, 596
Meet the Robinson's
53, 171, 456, 968
Mickey Mouse
915, 944
Miracle
537
Monsters, Inc.
47, 219, 326, 340, 411, 476, 536, 554, 800, 851, 1107
Mulan
23, 273, 590, 835, 940, 1079
Muppets
468, 469
Nightmare Before Christmas
134, 1085
Oliver & Company
298
Parent Trap
22, 266
Peter Pan
2, 97, 130, 334, 338, 381, 440, 648, 695, 970, 993, 996, 1084, 1114
Pete's Dragon
77, 728
Phineas & Ferb
948
Pinocchio
35, 458
Pirates of the Caribbean
38, 506, 522, 848, 940, 981, 985, 987
Playhouse Disney
396, 397, 399, 876
Pocahontas
26, 624
Pollyanna
183
Princess and the Frog
615, 623, 659, 753, 757, 759, 778, 780, 791, 822, 832, 924, 951, 1027, 1040
Princess Diaries
275
Princess Tea Party
673
Race to Witch Mountain
577
Ratatouille
48, 599
Recess: School's Out
196
Rescuers
301
Rescuers Down Under
296
Robin Hood
66
Sky High
961
Sleeping Beauty
267, 414, 688, 705
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
44, 202, 737
Song of the South
352, 438
Space Buddies
957, 962
Spirit of Mickey
92
Spy Kids
174
Star Wars
126, 488, 778, 1061
Summer Magic
177
Swiss Family Robinson
63, 744
Sword in the Stone
261
Tangled
1098, 1099, 1100
Tarzan
295
Three Caballeros
7, 654, 792, 992, 1011, 1058
Three Little Pigs
332
Tinkerbell
255, 1104
Tower of Terror
637
Toy Story
22, 156, 315, 426, 568, 579, 595, 736, 740, 778, 828, 835, 940, 965, 966, 991, 1009, 1016, 1036, 1047
Treasure Planet
176
UP
626, 627, 645, 675, 681, 778, 806, 837, 1062, 1113
Valiant
185
Wall-E
264
Walt's Birthday
9
The Wild
191
Winnie the Pooh
36, 37, 723, 789, 886, 1011
Wizards of Waverly Place
562, 573
World Showcase
146, 198, 215, 986
101 Dalmatians
13, 632, 664

Universal Nights
Dr. Seuss
640
Harry Potter
651

Here's one to start:
Movie - Lilo and Stitch
Menu - grilled chicken skewers and peanut dipping sauce
coconut rice
bread pudding with bananas foster sauce
*recipes for dipping sauce and dessert from 'Ohanas can be found on allearsnet*
Activities - construction paper and straw leis, crepe paper hula skirts (family
fun magazine from a while back)

Plus if you think of other food or activities to fit in with someone's theme, please post it!

Peter Pan
 

Movie - Peter Pan

Menu - Pirate ship Pizzas (make french bread pizzas, use a skewer as a mast, have the kids draw some pirate flags to attach to top of mast)
Fruit on a Sword (put cut fruit onto skewers, make an easy dip: 8oz container of fat free cool whip and mix with a 6oz container of fruit yogurt and refrigerate for at least one hour)
Fairy cakes or cookies (small cupcakes or cookies with vanilla frosting and sprinkled with coarse colored sugar)

Activities - Fold newspaper into pirate hats
Play "Follow the Leader" like the Lost boys!
Treasure hunt! Cut out a map shape out of a brown paper grocery bag, wet it slightly and crumple. After a few minutes, flatten out to dry. This gives it the old worn look. When completely dry, draw your treasure map. Don't forget the treasure at the x that marks the spot! Maybe a bag of gold chocolate pirate coins from the local party store!

oh i love these....keep them coming.

I thought eating apples during snow white was fun. You ladies are good!

Lady and the Tramp
 

Movie - Lady and the Tramp

Menu - Bella Notte spaghetti and meatballs
Twinkie Tiramisu (from Pop Century Resort, recipe on allearsnet)

Activity - "Plates of spaghetti" (glue on lengths of yarn on a plastic plate in swirls to resemble spaghetti. Use red paint to add spaghetti sauce. Don't forget the jumbo sized brown pom poms for meatballs!

subbing popcorn:: these ideas are too cute

Alice in Wonderland
 

Movie - Alice in Wonderland

Menu - Tea sandwiches (PB&J, ham & cheese, chicken salad)
Juice boxes (tape on signs that say "Drink Me")
Cookies (break and bake sugar cookies, use gel frosting to write "Eat
Me")
Cheshire cat smiles (slices of melon)
And of course, a Happy Unbirthday cake!

Activity - Build a deck of cards house
Make a caterpillar (styrofoam balls for body segments, toothpicks
to stick them together, pipe cleaners for legs, googly eyes. Have
each family member decorate a body section with glitter glue,
sequins, etc., then attach them all together!)

The Three Caballeros
 

Movie - The Three Caballeros

Menu - Donald's Make Your Own Taco Bar
Jose's Spanish rice
Panchito's Flan (flan recipe from Family Fun magazine online)

Activity - Festive Mexican Paper Flowers (scissors, tissue wrapping paper,
pipe cleaners)
Decorate a terra cotta pot with acrylic paint together, place some
styrofoam in the bottom, and stick in your flowers for a centerpiece!

We always celebrate Walt's birthday on December 5th.

We eat Chili with Beans (his favourtie meal according to Cooking with Mickey and the Disney Chefs) and Lemon Chiffon Pie (his fav. dessert according to the same source).

We find directions for drawing Mickey (and others) online and try our hands at it.

We pull out the model train and set it up around the Christmas tree (he loved trains) and set up our Disney themed smaller tree in the dining room.

I know this is not really the same thing as the other posts--but it is a fun evening.

More along hte lines of what others are posting:

Movie: Mary Poppins
Menu: a tea party on the china plates: scones, fruit, tea sandwhiches, etc.
Activity: make and fly paper kites

Movie: The Little Mermaid
Menu: entree: "Ursala dogs" cut lengthwise "legs" up 2/3 of hotdogs before boiling or pita boats (fill pita pocket halves with tuns or chicken salad. Prop upright and add a skewer "mast" and cheese slice "sail"
sides: pasta salad made with shell pasta and fruit salad with "starfish" (star fruit) and gold fish crackers. For dessert try blue jello in clear cups with gummy fish suspende in it
Activity: collect a bunch of everyday items and have everyone come up with what Scuttle would think they were for.

NHdisneylover, I love your ideas! I am going to mark down Walt's birthday on the calendar now so we can celebrate!

Thank you:flower3:

It's funny, we have 3 out of 4 of us with December birthdays (plus four more in the extended family) so you'd think the last thing we'd want to do is celebrate another, but we love kicking off the family birthday season with a celebration for Walt.

The kids are older now (9 and 11) and this year we have also had "Le Cellier NIghts" a couple of tiems a month since fall. Le Cellier is a favourite eatery of ours at the world (it is the steakhouse in Canada at EPCOT). We love their cheese soup and pretzel bread. So, every so often on a cold weekend the kids will help make homemade pretzels (easy but very tiem consuming) and we'll also make cheese soup. The baking takes nearly all afternoon. The new settle down with our pretzels and soup and pop Off Kilter into the CD player. It's not as good as being there--but ti is nice:upsidedow

101 Dalmatians
 

Movie - 101 Dalmatians

Menu - Any suggestions for dinner anyone???
Dessert could be "Puppy chow" (crispix cereal, peanut butter,
chocolate, and powdered sugar)

Activities - Find the Dalmatian spot! (Make 10 black dalmatian spots and hide
them around the house)
Adopt a virtual pet together as a family (adoptme.com)

Anybody have any ideas? Even if for just a part of a theme night? I'd love to hear them!

Hot dogs!!