Post family Disney-theme night ideas HERE!

[floridascgirl]

Anyone?

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

Anyone?

Disney Halloween Movies

Haunted Mansion with Eddie Murphy

Pooh's Heffalump Halloween

Halloween Town ( a Disney Channel Movie)

I ordered an older movie from the Disney Movie club. *it hasn't arrived yet* It is called Ichabod and Mister Toad and has the headless Horseman. We are hoping it comes before our trip.

 

[nancy drew]

I've been planning a Halloween Night for a while, since it is one of our favorite holidays. We have several Halloween themed movies to watch, and might do a marathon of sorts. So far our list includes:

*Mickey's House of Villains (Mickey's House of Mouse show, where the villains from all of the movies take over the House of Mouse and show ghost/Halloween themed classic Mickey cartoons)
*Disney Sing Along: Happy Haunting
*Charlie Brown Halloween (I know, I know, not Disney, but the kids love this one)

We will likely choose a few of the following:

Mummy Dogs: Unroll 1 can of Pillsbury breadstick dough. Using a pizza cutter, slice thin, long pieces of dough, and wrap it around a hot dog, so the hot dog looks like a mummy. Leave a space for "eyes" and cook as directed on the breadstick dough container. When cooled, use ketchup or mustard to make "eyes".
Spider Sandwiches: Make sandwiches using fillings of your choice. Use a round cookie cutter to cut a large circle from the sandwich. Discard the remaining crust. Take 8 thin pretzel sticks and insert between the bread slices to make spider legs. Use condiments to make faces on the spiders.
Witch Fingers/breadstick bones: Form breadstick dough to make "bones" or "fingers". Dip in "Bloody" tomato sauce.
Halloween Pasta: Halloween shaped pasta, available at Cost Plus World Market
Halloween Tortilla Chips: Also available at Cost Plus World Market
Halloween Cake/cupcakes: Using the Halloween themed Funfetti cake mix and frosting

Activities:

Witch Hat ring toss
Halloween bucket toss game
Pumpkin carving
Make tissue ghosts
Make Halloween paper chain decorations

We will be doing this in the next 2 weeks (of course ) so I'm sure I will come up with some more ideas soon.

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We just had Pocahontas night! We watched the movie, made cornbread from scratch, and had a mock Thanksgiving feast! The kids also made totem poles from paper towel tubes. We all had a great time!

 

[merfsko]

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I ordered an older movie from the Disney Movie club. *it hasn't arrived yet* It is called Ichabod and Mister Toad and has the headless Horseman. We are hoping it comes before our trip.

I've been wanting to watch this one for ages, but for some reason never got around to it! I'll see if I get my hands on it for Hallowe'en...

 

[floridascgirl]

I think we've decided to watch The Nightmare Before Christmas b/c none of us have seen it. I'm trying to pull this together by tomorrow night, but I'm having a creativity block on the menu. Since it's kinda last minute I'm going to keep it simple.

Maybe just ham, turkey & cheese sandwiches cut into a tombstone pattern and write RIP on the outside. My DS11 said that he would make pumpkin bread. Any other cute ideas to go with this movie?

I found a Jack Skellington pattern that we can use to carve our pumpkin. Does anyone have ideas for table decorations? Hmmm...

 

[Suz D]

Hi,

I haven't read this thread for a few weeks, so I apologize in advance if this has already been posted. A couple of days ago I was at Walmart and saw Hostess cupcakes that were Monsters and Aliens theme. The fun thing is that they were frosted in blue with no other decorations so they would be really fun to use for Monsters Inc. night. I would do that, but I loved the homemade cupcakes that were posted on here and just have to make those from scratch. But in a pinch to throw together a quick theme night they would do great!

Suz

 

[we3are1]

I LOVE THIS THREAD!
Thanks so much for each contribution!
I am sorting and then printing them all of to start Disney nights with my family.
As soon as I get a chance I will try and add some items of my own.
Thanks again!

 

[The3rdDisneyBoy]

I think we've decided to watch The Nightmare Before Christmas b/c none of us have seen it. I'm trying to pull this together by tomorrow night, but I'm having a creativity block on the menu. Since it's kinda last minute I'm going to keep it simple.

Maybe just ham, turkey & cheese sandwiches cut into a tombstone pattern and write RIP on the outside. My DS11 said that he would make pumpkin bread. Any other cute ideas to go with this movie?

I found a Jack Skellington pattern that we can use to carve our pumpkin. Does anyone have ideas for table decorations? Hmmm...

I know its late, but we did Nightmare Before Christmas last Halloween.

For an activity, we also carved a Jack Skellington pumpkin...and we cooked up some pumpkin seeds as well.

For food, we did a creepy-type menu:

We did, ahem, boogers on a stick - we put some green food coloring in some cheese sauce for the boogers and then dipped pretzel rods in them. Then we let them dry on wax paper.

We also made octopus dogs - you take a hot dog and slice it up 3/4 of the way to make 8 legs. Then we boiled them and the legs sort of spread out when boiled. We then put them on buns with some chili...

I can't remember what we did for dessert...Pumpkin Pie maybe.

oh, and we had "blood punch"...which I believe was Hawaiian Punch that night.

We already had the house decorated for Halloween, so we didn't have to do much in terms of that...

 

[my3sonstx]

Just found this thread. Wow, so creative!!! Can't wait to get started reading ALL these ideas! thank you

 

[Peter Pan Fan 22]

We had our sixth pre-Disney night and it was themed around "The Haunted Mansion."

Sorry, I went a little picture crazy.
Spooky Spider Snacks http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Spooky-Spider-Snacks

Yummy Mummies

Grim Grinning Ghost Potatoes http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/hol...ween-snacks-treats/potato-skin-ghosts-715039/

Madam Leoda’s Meatballs

Master Gracey’s Monster Nachos (Philly Cheesesteak Nachos I saw on Food Network and HAD to have.)

Oh So Scary Oranges (Carved out oranges filled with fruit cocktail.)

Ramsley’s Rice Treats

Boneyard Brownies

Here’s the link to the Disney Family website where I got the gravestones for the brownies and the Hitchhiking Ghosts cutouts.
http://family.go.com/holidays/pkg-d...les/?CMP=NLC-Insider_HauntedMansionPrintables

For activities we did the Design your own monster idea from PrincessTigerLily’s #47 post. I’ll repost it here for anyone interested. (Everyone gets a sheet of paper and crayons. Using a game dice, name a body part (head, arms, legs, eyes, nose, etc.) and whatever number you roll, you have to add that many of that body part to your monster. For example, your monster may end up having 5 eyes, 2 noses, 3 ears, and 6 arms with 1 leg!). So so funny to see what everyone came up with!!

I also quickly put together a “Who Said It?” Trivia Game. I had everyone try to guess who said popular quotes from Disney characters. Example: “To infinity and beyond,” “P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney,” and “Ohana means family.”
It was definitely my favorite night so far because Halloween is my favorite holiday and we always try to go all out with decorating the house.

 

[chrissid7]

Absolutly amazing!!! I love it! I think I will be doing some of this for our halloween party Saturday! Wonderful pics too! Thanks

 

[Peter Pan Fan 22]

Our seventh pre-Disney party was Hercules themed. I had forgotten how many good songs this movie has. Everyone enjoyed it!

Mickey in his toga

We had Hercules BBQ Hamburgers, Megara’s Macaroni Salad, Hades Hot Fries and Pegasus Punch

Phil’s Sweet Potato Pie (we went the easy route and did store-bought ) and Zeus Lightning Bolt cookies

For the kids activity I asked them to sculpt Mount Olympus. My 9-year-old nephew used his play-doh and my 1-year-old niece used some All-Natural Play Clay from a recipe I got from Family Fun. http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/all-natural-play-clay-785288/ This was terrific because the first thing she went to do is eat it. But I tasted it beforehand and it’s salty and just plain gross. She made the funniest face and never tried to put it in her mouth again.

We also played a game while eating dessert. We separated into two teams and then went through the alphabet each saying a Disney ride, attraction, movie or character that starts with that letter. We took turns going first with each letter. (Team 1 might say Aladdin, Team 2 might say Ariel, then Team 2 would start with B and might say Brother Bear, Team A would follow with something like Bambi) First team to get stumped is out.

 

[jlm]

LOVE everyones ideas!! So glad I found it! What an inpiration you all are!
Jen

 

[we3are1]

Any ideas for an UP family movie night?
I know the balloon cupcakes would work but that is all I know from this movie.
Any ideas would be appreciated!

 

[Peter Pan Fan 22]

We had our eighth pre-Disney party last night inspired by "The Princess and the Frog."

Mickey was our Carnival Jester

I made some frog (guacamole) dip I had seen in a book years ago for us to munch on beforehand.

We had Mama Odie’s famous gumbo (with some potato salad and crackers on side.)

For dessert we had planned on making beignets, but everyone was so stuffed we’ll have to wait for another day.

Living in the New Orleans area, a box of Café du Monde beignets can be found at most grocery stores. But we've followed a biscuit recipe before and they've tasted just as yummy as the real thing. http://www.realcajunrecipes.com/recipes/cajun/bite-size-beignets/1087.rcr

We also made Fruity Frog Treats. http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/fruity-frog-699462/

We went see the movie this morning and it was amazing! The whole family loved it! Living on the bayou like we do, it was fun to hear the characters sounding just like our family and friends. From the heartfelt storyline, to the beautiful animation, to the great music that we left the theater singing, I would strongly recommend this movie.

 

[nancy drew]

I love the Princess and the Frog food! We might have to do that when we see the movie!

Any ideas for a Christmas themed night? I have several Disney Christmas movies (Christmas Carol, Once and Twice Upon a Christmas, and a House of Mouse Christmas movie) so we can do a movie marathon, but I'm not sure what food to serve. I don't want to make a "Christmas Dinner" because it is so close to the holiday, it seems silly to do it twice. I guess I could work off the Mickey theme, but any other ideas would be great.

 

[my2disneyboys]

I love the Princess and the Frog food! We might have to do that when we see the movie!

Any ideas for a Christmas themed night? I have several Disney Christmas movies (Christmas Carol, Once and Twice Upon a Christmas, and a House of Mouse Christmas movie) so we can do a movie marathon, but I'm not sure what food to serve. I don't want to make a "Christmas Dinner" because it is so close to the holiday, it seems silly to do it twice. I guess I could work off the Mickey theme, but any other ideas would be great.

We are having a Movie Marathon Friday Night- Santa Claus I, II, and III!! For dinner, I am making a small turkey, (they burn the turkey in the movie) and making just a couple of sides, and then for activity and dessert, we are making sugar cookies and decorating them and having hot cocoa! The house is all decorated for xmas, so decorations will be easy!! I am going to go to the dollar store and pick up a small gift for each person to unwrap... my little one LOVES to pick out gifts and it is always funny to open and see what he has picked out for you.

Have fun!!

 

[Peter Pan Fan 22]

I love the Princess and the Frog food! We might have to do that when we see the movie!

Any ideas for a Christmas themed night? I have several Disney Christmas movies (Christmas Carol, Once and Twice Upon a Christmas, and a House of Mouse Christmas movie) so we can do a movie marathon, but I'm not sure what food to serve. I don't want to make a "Christmas Dinner" because it is so close to the holiday, it seems silly to do it twice. I guess I could work off the Mickey theme, but any other ideas would be great.

I know what you mean about not wanting to do a big Christmas dinner so close to Christmas. A few years back we decided that for supper on Christmas Eve we would just make a few finger foods since we’d be eating so much on Christmas Day.

You could always do food that Mickey and his friends would enjoy.
Mickey and Minnie- a cheese and cracker tray
Chip and Dale- trail mix or some peanut butter sandwiches
Pluto and Goofy- my2disneyboys did some great dog bones in post #528
Donald and Daisy- gummy worms or some kind of vegetable plate.

 

[jlm]

to poster about tot movie
you will have to let me know how that movie is-I see it's online and wondered about it.

Do a hotel like menu-on cardstock. Could do something similar to haunted mansion??

It's my dh favorite ride too-she would love something like that!
Jen

 

[hcoker1]

Thank you everyone for these amazing ideas! My DS is super excited to start our theme nights once Christmas holidays are done.