Post family Disney-theme night ideas HERE!

[Jake&IzzyLand]

Everyone has such great ideas! I just don't know where to start!

I'm inspired and hungry, lol.

 

[Becc1]

Our Finding Dory/Finding Nemo double feature from last week



We did a small lunch instead of our usual dinner









The kids painted ceramic fish banks and did Dory puzzles I had picked up at Target







Movie snacks

 

[Becc1]

The Sword in the Stone









I had thought we had gems to decorate the "goblets" with but we were out so my DD decorated them with sharpies instead



Movie snacks

 

[seasonality]

Peter Pan! We made Countdown to Disney Chains and fairy lanterns. Watched the Peter Pan movie outdoors on the projection screen by a campfire. Fun family times!! Girls also received their Bibbidi Bobbidy Boutique dresses. Two of the girls did a presentation on the Animal Kingdom (we're doing one park each Disney night). We also had Indian Campfire Dip (buffalo chicken dip) and Tinkerbelle's Tahitian Tea (green Hawaiian Punch).

 

[CheriePenguin]

Peter Pan! We made Countdown to Disney Chains and fairy lanterns. Watched the Peter Pan movie outdoors on the projection screen by a campfire. Fun family times!! Girls also received their Bibbidi Bobbidy Boutique dresses. Two of the girls did a presentation on the Animal Kingdom (we're doing one park each Disney night). We also had Indian Campfire Dip (buffalo chicken dip) and Tinkerbelle's Tahitian Tea (green Hawaiian Punch).

I love the Tinkerbelle/fairy lanterns! Can you give me more details on how you made them?

 

[seasonality]

I love the Tinkerbelle/fairy lanterns! Can you give me more details on how you made them?

Honestly, they are absolutely adorable!!! We have made about 10 different crafts so far and these are my absolute favorite. Very easy to make too, and with a YouTube instructional video you can't go wrong. I ordered the fairies online and they were quite inexpensive (I think about $7.00 for 8 fairy silhouettes). They have other designs too. You can do them on any size jar and they are just so pretty when lit in the evening. I'm thinking about making a bunch more with the kids to place by the garden and out on the back porch at night. Also, the battery tea lights are quite inexpensive too.

Anyway, I digress...here is a link to the instructional video: http://blog.pixiehill.com/2015/12/fairy-lantern-with-tutorial.html If you scroll 1/2 way down the page you will see a tutorial video.

 

[dsnycrzy]

Hello all,
A few weeks ago Chicken Little was coming on and my kids asked for a quick party for that so...
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What was so great about this party is I did it for about $20.

 

[dsnycrzy]

Next up was our favorite, Wreck-it-Ralph.

 

[dsnycrzy]

Next was Finding Dory...

 

[dsnycrzy]

Last for right now is Cars which we did this past Saturday..









Thats all for now. We have just 2 more parties that Im gonna try to get in since we only have 9 more days before we leave for WDW.

 

[jmccoy18]

Ok, so I am at a loss for our Tangled movie night menu... anyone have any good ideas?

 

[cyneswith]

Princess and the Frog

- Frog legs (chicken wings) (or, you know, Gumbo if you aren't completely copping out by picking up pre-made food.)
- Red Beans and Rice
- Beignets or Mud Pie

As the activity, just make the beignets together. Also leap frog. Maybe punching holes in construction paper, then shining a light through them for fireflies or stars.
(My kids are really little - I don't have many craft ideas yet.)

 

[Becc1]

Ok, so I am at a loss for our Tangled movie night menu... anyone have any good ideas?

It's been a few years since we had a Tangled night so I had to lol back and see what we did

We had hazelnut soup (Rapynzels favorite) angel hair pasta (Rapunzels's hair) with chicken and Pascals piccata sauce, braided bread and Pascal cupcakes.

 

[Becc1]

Mary Poppins

 

[cyneswith]

@dsnycrzy - what are those Wreck-it-Ralph cupcakes? Because they look like cupcakes... topped with tomato, cheese, and bacon bits.

 

[Becc1]

The Jungle Book

 

[Becc1]

Lady and The Tramp Night











Spaghetti and Meatball Cupcakes

 

[Becc1]

The Aristocats

 

[smi727]

Wow! So impressed with everyone's movie nights. I don't have any pictures but I thought I'd share some of the things we've done.

Dumbo:
Menu: homemade pretzel dogs, green bean "fries", tater tots, and homemade crackerjack
Activity: living room circus (sit & spin, painters tape "tight rope" on the floor, hula hoop "rings" for dancing & "clowning" around)

Mulan:
Menu: Fa Family Lo Mein from The Disney Princess Cookbook (love, love, love this cookbook!!!)
Activity: Mulan coloring pages

Brave:
Menu: Bullseye Pizzas from The Disney Princess Cookbook & veggie tray
Activity: coloring pages & best bear roar competition

The Jungle Book (live action):
Menu: chicken samosas (Cooked chicken in coconut water, garlic powder, salt, pepper, pinch of cinnamon, pinch of ginger in crockpot on low for 4-5 hrs. Drain liquid. Shred chicken. Fill pillsbury crescent rolls with chicken. Fold over & seal edges with fork. Bake 375 degress for 12 min. Not authentic Indian food but enough to give my family a little taste.), coconut lime rice (cook basmati rice in coconut water & lime juice), & broccoli
Activity: none - it was a weeknight

 

[Dad's Plan]

Cinderella (2015)

This is a movie that I was planning to show to my little princess since I first heard that they were making it. As I am writing this post, my daughter is in the Family Room writing a letter to Snow White asking her to come and visit, along with a picture of the two of them holding hands in their princess dresses. Needless to say, Isabel is obsessed with Princesses. And sure enough, she fell in love with the movie, asking the whole time, "Is this real?" Very cute.

Going for something simple, elegant and that the kids would enjoy, I chose to do something that they had never had before - Quiche. Personally, I love quiche. And if you are going to tell me that Real Men Don't Eat Quiche, I'll tell you that you are about 40 years too late for that joke.

This was also very nice for me, as it was an easy meal to make. Simple Quiche Lorraine with a side salad. Very easy.

Well, since I went with a French theme, and Champagne would be wasted on the kids, and they hate the sparkling grape juice we all had on New Year's when I was their age, I had to go with wine - unfermented, of course. As you can see from the drink band, we had Stepsister's Whine. Or grape juice.

For the concession box, I had two special items. The first being my favorite dessert when I was a kid - Eclairs! The second was a little more abstract. Playing off the idea of the Glass Slipper being broken by the evil step mother, I found some rock candy that was a princess blue color. I explained that I knew a guy who was there when the glass slipper was broken, and the pieces turned into a magical treat. They loved the story and were very excited to be connected to the story we were watching.

For more Movie & Menu pairings, please check out my site at Dad's Master Plan.