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PrincessTigerLily · 03-15-2008, 08:28 AM

Even if you don't have activities or food ideas, what theme night do you want to see created that we don't already have?

PrincessTigerLily · 03-15-2008, 11:04 PM

Movie - James and the Giant Peach

Menu - New York style pizza
James' Baked Peaches
Canned peach halves, drained
Brown sugar
Butter
Vanilla Ice Cream
Place drained peach halves in a baking dish, scoop side up. Place a spoonful of brown sugar in each peach and dot with butter. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes. Serve with vanilla ice cream.

Activities - Try the James and the Giant Peach trivia game online!
http://www.roalddahlfans.com/games/quiz.php?quizID=14
Minibeast Memory (James' insect friends are known as minibeasts in the book. Using cardstock, cut out a stack of equilateral squares. Have your children draw two of each of the minibeasts for a memory game.
Create a Guide to Insects (you can use your computer, your encyclopedias, whatever you wish. Make a page for each of the creatures James comes into contact with and research about each one. Don't forget a photo or drawing, and leave space at the bottom of the page for a bug scientist log. Your little ones can go on a bug hunt and observe the critters up close and jot down their thoughts!

PrincessTigerLily · 03-15-2008, 11:13 PM

system was slow last night, james and the giant peach ended up double posting!

SqueakyMouse · 03-16-2008, 02:59 PM

Love these ideas! Dh will be at a conference out of town most of the week, so I'm looking forward to trying some of these with the kids.

arizonacolbys · 03-17-2008, 08:56 AM

I LOVE all these ideas!!

Maybe we'll start doing something like this once a month while waiting an eternity until our next trip...hopefully Dec '09! LOL

mom2alix · 03-17-2008, 01:03 PM

I honor of the holiday I'm making cornbeef and cabbage with potatoes and carrots tonight for dinner and renting Darby O'Gill and the Little People.

We may go hunting for leprecauns later. (I'll hide some chocolate gold coins for the kids to find. - oops, guess we just missed him, but lucky us he dropped some gold!!!!

)

PrincessTigerLily · 03-18-2008, 12:27 PM

Darby O'Gill and the Little People!!! How could I forget that one! What a great idea!

I'm ECSTATIC to see everyone enjoying all these great ideas! Please keep them coming! mom2alix, I will put Darby O'Gill on the Index page so everyone can find it!
Keep your ideas and comments coming!

PrincessTigerLily · 03-25-2008, 07:16 AM

How about any themes for non-movie park attractions and rides? Or how about theme nights for each of the World Showcase Countries? Let's hear your ideas and requests, and all of these fantastic creative people can help us make a new theme night!

jacobsmom · 03-25-2008, 01:06 PM

Movie: Enchanted!

Menu:
Pizza or hot dogs
Caramel Apples
Apple-tini's (for kids applejuice and soda mixed)

Craft:
Boys: balloon swords or build a lego castle
Girls: Decorate your own dress, or shirt, or tiarra
Create Pop Up Cards or mini pop up books! Write your own fairy tale story!

Activities:
Dance and sing as you clean the house!!! Add a little sparkle and create a picture frame or wall hanging together!

walkerag · 03-25-2008, 04:01 PM

We are going to WDW at the end of May. My best friend and her family will be going as well. Since we all have so much going on within our families (soccer, gymnastics, etc.) we have a hard time getting together to plan. So, we decided to have once a month "Disney dinner parties" so all of the kids could play and watch Disney movies to get excited about the trip and we could sit down and do the serious planning. Last month we finalized our last ADR's and discussed which parks we'd be doing on what days. Since we'll all be staying at Pop, I made buttermilk fried chicken (got the recipe off of allears.net and it was wonderful), mashed potatoes and green beans. She's hosting the next one this weekend and is going to make Sci-Fi chili. We don't really have a theme other than making Disney food, but we all have a great time getting together and making plans, and it does build excitement. The last dinner party will be 2 days before we leave, I know we'll all be excited for that one!

Kaler131 · 03-25-2008, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by NHdisneylover

Okay, the kids won't stop throwing ideas at me, here's another:

Movie: Mulan
Food: Chineese Take Out
Activities: Learn to eat with chopsticks! And make paper chineese style dragons and paper lanterns (search familyfun.com for chineese new years activites and pick anything really)

My kids would LOVE this one! Chinese food is one of their FAVORITES! I will have to try this one.

There are lots of good ideas on here....but I can't go all out or my DH will think I'm nuts (which I am....LOL)!!!!

PrincessTigerLily · 03-25-2008, 10:37 PM

jacobsmom, LOVE your Enchanted ideas! Today at work I was thinking, we've got to get an Enchanted night out now the movie has been released! Great job!

walkerag, I wish I could find similar-minded families around here to have planning parties with, they sound like so much fun.

I will post these to the index right away! Keep the great ideas rolling!

ballle_98 · 03-26-2008, 02:56 PM

Okay, any ideas for "Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom"???
We have family night tonight and we are watching this movie.

Msslaydbug · 03-26-2008, 03:14 PM

What about setting up a tent and camping out over night indiana Jones style after the movie ?

You could also form some sort of Scavenger Hunt even if it was just around the house and everyone wears khaki.

MeMom · 04-13-2008, 06:17 PM

We celebrated Animal Kingdom's tenth birthday yesterday. The real birthday is the 22nd of this month. We did a safari for Brooklynn with new Viewmaster safari binoculars, and then we ate at Pizzafari!

She was too excited about the "fari" to stop and let us put a bow in her hair, thus the long bangs.

We didn't go elaborate, because we're saving our money for the real trip, but it was still fun.

03-15-2008, 08:28 AM	#106
PrincessTigerLily DIS Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Never Never Land Posts: 941	Anyone have any other ideas for theme nights? Even if you don't have activities or food ideas, what theme night do you want to see created that we don't already have? __________________ Disney Theme Family Fun Nights http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1707141

03-15-2008, 11:04 PM	#107
PrincessTigerLily DIS Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Never Never Land Posts: 941	James And The Giant Peach Movie - James and the Giant Peach Menu - New York style pizza James' Baked Peaches Canned peach halves, drained Brown sugar Butter Vanilla Ice Cream Place drained peach halves in a baking dish, scoop side up. Place a spoonful of brown sugar in each peach and dot with butter. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes. Serve with vanilla ice cream. Activities - Try the James and the Giant Peach trivia game online! http://www.roalddahlfans.com/games/quiz.php?quizID=14 Minibeast Memory (James' insect friends are known as minibeasts in the book. Using cardstock, cut out a stack of equilateral squares. Have your children draw two of each of the minibeasts for a memory game. Create a Guide to Insects (you can use your computer, your encyclopedias, whatever you wish. Make a page for each of the creatures James comes into contact with and research about each one. Don't forget a photo or drawing, and leave space at the bottom of the page for a bug scientist log. Your little ones can go on a bug hunt and observe the critters up close and jot down their thoughts! __________________ Disney Theme Family Fun Nights http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1707141

03-15-2008, 11:13 PM	#108
PrincessTigerLily DIS Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Never Never Land Posts: 941	eeks, double post! system was slow last night, james and the giant peach ended up double posting! __________________ Disney Theme Family Fun Nights http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1707141 Last edited by PrincessTigerLily; 03-16-2008 at 01:42 PM.

03-16-2008, 02:59 PM	#109
SqueakyMouse DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,397	Love these ideas! Dh will be at a conference out of town most of the week, so I'm looking forward to trying some of these with the kids. __________________ --SqueakyMouse Way Too Many Trips to List Up-coming trips: Spring Break - POP May -- AKL?

03-17-2008, 08:56 AM	#110
arizonacolbys Owner of 2 Crazy Labs! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,245	I LOVE all these ideas!! Maybe we'll start doing something like this once a month while waiting an eternity until our next trip...hopefully Dec '09! LOL __________________ Emily DH Madelyn, 3 & Evelyn, 1 1/2 All Star Movies: Jan 2000 & Sept 2001 ~Poly & WL: Dec 2002, Contemp: March 2003 ~ POP Century: Sept 2004 (w/Jeanne!!), Jan 2005, May 2005 & Sept 2006! ~ Boardwalk Villas: Oct 2006, POP & CBR: Jan 2007 ~ WL: Aug/Sept 2007 ~ Polynesian & SSR: August 2009 - Maddie's 1st trip! ~ POR: Jan 2010 - girls only while hubby served in Iraq ~ SSR: Dec 2010 - Evelyn's 1st trip! ~ POP Century - May 2011! Upcoming trip - Sept 2012!!

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03-17-2008, 01:03 PM	#111
mom2alix I know he is always on my side How fun! I'll play! Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,843	I honor of the holiday I'm making cornbeef and cabbage with potatoes and carrots tonight for dinner and renting Darby O'Gill and the Little People. We may go hunting for leprecauns later. (I'll hide some chocolate gold coins for the kids to find. - oops, guess we just missed him, but lucky us he dropped some gold!!!! ) __________________

03-18-2008, 12:27 PM	#112
PrincessTigerLily DIS Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Never Never Land Posts: 941	Darby O'Gill and the Little People!!! How could I forget that one! What a great idea! I'm ECSTATIC to see everyone enjoying all these great ideas! Please keep them coming! mom2alix, I will put Darby O'Gill on the Index page so everyone can find it! Keep your ideas and comments coming! __________________ Disney Theme Family Fun Nights http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1707141

03-25-2008, 07:16 AM	#113
PrincessTigerLily DIS Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Never Never Land Posts: 941	Any ideas for... How about any themes for non-movie park attractions and rides? Or how about theme nights for each of the World Showcase Countries? Let's hear your ideas and requests, and all of these fantastic creative people can help us make a new theme night! __________________ Disney Theme Family Fun Nights http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1707141

03-25-2008, 01:06 PM	#114
jacobsmom Mouseketeer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Two Rivers, WI Posts: 271	Movie: Enchanted! Menu: Pizza or hot dogs Caramel Apples Apple-tini's (for kids applejuice and soda mixed) Craft: Boys: balloon swords or build a lego castle Girls: Decorate your own dress, or shirt, or tiarra Create Pop Up Cards or mini pop up books! Write your own fairy tale story! Activities: Dance and sing as you clean the house!!! Add a little sparkle and create a picture frame or wall hanging together!

03-25-2008, 04:01 PM	#115
walkerag DIS Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 532	We are going to WDW at the end of May. My best friend and her family will be going as well. Since we all have so much going on within our families (soccer, gymnastics, etc.) we have a hard time getting together to plan. So, we decided to have once a month "Disney dinner parties" so all of the kids could play and watch Disney movies to get excited about the trip and we could sit down and do the serious planning. Last month we finalized our last ADR's and discussed which parks we'd be doing on what days. Since we'll all be staying at Pop, I made buttermilk fried chicken (got the recipe off of allears.net and it was wonderful), mashed potatoes and green beans. She's hosting the next one this weekend and is going to make Sci-Fi chili. We don't really have a theme other than making Disney food, but we all have a great time getting together and making plans, and it does build excitement. The last dinner party will be 2 days before we leave, I know we'll all be excited for that one! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Angie DH DD (11)

03-25-2008, 10:37 PM	#117
PrincessTigerLily DIS Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Never Never Land Posts: 941	jacobsmom, LOVE your Enchanted ideas! Today at work I was thinking, we've got to get an Enchanted night out now the movie has been released! Great job! walkerag, I wish I could find similar-minded families around here to have planning parties with, they sound like so much fun. I will post these to the index right away! Keep the great ideas rolling! __________________ Disney Theme Family Fun Nights http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1707141

03-26-2008, 02:56 PM	#118
ballle_98 Mouseketeer Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 189	Indian Jones ideas??? Okay, any ideas for "Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom"??? We have family night tonight and we are watching this movie.

03-26-2008, 03:14 PM	#119
Msslaydbug Can't wait to get back !! I have got to learn to stop drinking water I am such a bad cook I burn water Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,568	What about setting up a tent and camping out over night indiana Jones style after the movie ? You could also form some sort of Scavenger Hunt even if it was just around the house and everyone wears khaki. __________________ CBR 08/02 CR 09/03 PoP 05/05 09/05 * 09/06 * 09/07 * 12/08 * 12/09* AKL 05/06 coming soon 11/12 SOG 05/08 Disneyland 4/00 * 10/06 * 3/09 * 3/12 X's 2 * 05/12 coming soon Paradise Pier 09/12

04-13-2008, 06:17 PM	#120
MeMom DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tennessee Posts: 14,332	We celebrated Animal Kingdom's tenth birthday yesterday. The real birthday is the 22nd of this month. We did a safari for Brooklynn with new Viewmaster safari binoculars, and then we ate at Pizzafari! She was too excited about the "fari" to stop and let us put a bow in her hair, thus the long bangs. We didn't go elaborate, because we're saving our money for the real trip, but it was still fun. __________________ So Much to Celebrate http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3066162 I Don't Know, I Don't Speak Wind http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2962147 All I want for Christmas http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2860915 Mingos in da Watah! http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2758143 Geen Yight: She's Out of Sight! http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2677011 My Name is NOT Broccoli www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2611094 From Pop to the Top www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2495977 Mother, May I? Yes, You May www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2448482 Ringing in 2010 www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2356794 Brooklynn Takes Bella to Meet Cinderella www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2209387 A Two Short, Too Different Spring Break Trip www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2122295 Over the river and through the FUN! http://www.disboards.com/showthread....1#post29060069 A Ten Day Ride on a Magic Camel www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1869591 Baby and the Tramp...and a Pop Half Century www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1470678 We've stayed at Pop Century, All Star Sports, All Star Movies, All Star Music, French Quarter, Wilderness Lodge, Animal Kingdom Lodge, Art of Animation, Beach Club, and Saratoga Springs - many trips, and many wonderful, magical memories made.

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