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[WeLoveLilo05]

Yes, we just did the nemo night, we had fun, it was cute, I will post pics later

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

We watched "Finding Nemo" tonight (one of my favs!). It was a lot of fun, DD had a great time.
As I was making dinner, Alanna started making her Jellyfish craft, it was such a mess, but I love crayola washable paints! When I pulled out my craft bin for the paints I found a bunch of under the sea stickers that I used with my kindergartners and thought "We could make our own Tank Gang" so just like that, we had another craft on our list. I also threw them all on the table. WARNING: picture heavy!
Here's the little devil painting

The invite:

Mr. Ray's Organic Seaweed

The famous Pearl's Octo-dogs!

Marlin's Mac and Cheese

Crush's Totally Righteous Blue Wave Juice

DD playing with her octodogs

Me and fiance also had fish, and DD tried it and liked it so that was good
For dessert I made Vanilla cupcakes and just put little Nemo toppers on them

The finished Jellyfish

and our own "tank gang" (dd had a good time with all those stickers...as you could see lol)

Then we played:
Dory's Disney Memory Game

and then we sat down for the movie, it was a nice night! As we were eating cupcakes DD said "Remember when we met Crush and he called Daddy Swimmin Scott? That was so funny mommy!" LoL (Fiance talked to "Crush" at Turtle Talk"). Wonderful Disney memories...always make me smile
Not really sure what is next? Maybe Princess and the Frog since it will be out next week.

 

[deepmagic]

Our first dis night a couple of weeks ago was Winnie the Pooh...
we watched Piglet's Big Movie

Carpet picnic menu:
Pigs in a Blanket
Teddy grahams
Gummie bears
Rabbit’s garden grub (celery, carrots, cucumber, etc)
Biscuits & honey (cut biscuits w/umbrella, balloon & bear cutters)

activities:
Jar: How Many Pooh’s in the Hunny Pot (kids guess # of teddy grahams in jar)
Pin balloon on pooh (kids color, decorate & cut out balloons b4 game)
Honey pot hunt (kids color, decorate & cut out honey pots, then parents hide them for kids to find)
Tigger Balloon Pop: kids race to balloon, pop it by sitting on it, race back
Pooh Trivia Quiz
Pooh Puppet Poem: Read poem (hubby & I took different parts) and
Kids hold up their pooh puppet & yell pooh whenever reader says Pooh &
Holds up puppet

Here's a great site with some super printables & games & the poem, etc:
http://www.pooh75.com/party.html

Enjoy! we sure did!!!

 

[belle231]

We did Indiana Jones for our family night, since I know they have a show at Disney and my son has no idea who it is. Good thing my son fell asleep along with my husband It was alot diffrent then I remember, The next day when he asked me about it I made up my own version of it

In the bags was dessert we each had one and I put fun names on them.

I made a stomboli pretty easy and not with the theme but after decorating and running errands all day I wanted somthing easy

This was a look at the whole dinning room. This was probably our best night so far. The green hanging was suppose to be our vines. I layed my sons hat on the table and some jems and treasures he plays with. I bought the plates at the dollar store 4 in a pack also I found the bugs, snakes and table cloth there. At my sons seat I had a picture for him to color of Indiana Jones

This Was my husbands invitations from my son and myself inviting him to dinner. We try and make it fun for him to

Next Up... I have no idea I usally just see what I am in the mood for the night before

 

[Peter Pan Fan 22]

WeLoveLilo05- I love the "Tank Gang!"

belle231- Great ideas with the mystery bags and poison bottles! It looks like such a fun night for any family with boys!

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

Belle-
I love those poison bottles lol what a cute idea

 

[jngwright]

I don't recall if this link has been posted before, but it is from the Disney site. They have some cute ideas, including Shamrock Party.

http://tv.disney.go.com/playhouse/grown-ups/celebrationcenter/recipes/page3.html

We are doing Beauty and the Beast on Saturday-I am looking forward to getting back into my Disney Nights.

Is the threads founder, PrincessTigerLily still posting on here?

 

[Deesknee]

Pete's Dragon

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Movie - Pete's Dragon

Menu - Lighthouse Linguini with Pete's Pasta Sauce (could also be alfredo
sauce with shrimp)
Nora's No-Nonsense Garlic Bread
Elliot's Roasted Apples
http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/rec...les44889.shtml

Ativities - Create your own imaginary dragon, what would he/she look like and
do?
Since "Pete's Dragon" takes place in a Maine fishing town, make your own fishing pond! Use a baby pool, or even a blue blanket swirled on the ground to resemble water. For each fishing pole you will need a wooden dowel, string, and a magnet. Tie one end of the string to the pole, the other end to the magnet. Cut out fish shapes on paper plates or heavy cardstock. Place a paperclip on fish's face, and sprinkle fish in "pond". Kids can fish just for fun, race against each other to fish all their own color fish first, or even fish for prizes like at the carnival!


Ohhh, I know I am middle age & a bit hormonal, but I teared up with this one. DS almost 19 used to love this movie. He always used to sing Candle on the Water when he was about 3yrs. Even now at his age, he says when he gets married he & I will dance to that song. He is home from college on spring break.... Guess what I'm making tonight for dinner. (btw, don't tell him I told you all this stuff, or else wedding song may not be so nice! lol)
Of course this means I have to find sentimental disney themed dinners for the other 3 kids!.

I am so loving all these great ideas!

 

[aharbin88]

I'm sorry, but I haven't been able to make it through this entire thread. Could anyone tell me if there are Snow White ideas on here? Snow White is my daughter's favorite princess, and since the movie will be on the Disney Channel next weekend, I thought I might make a big deal out of it. TIA!

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

I'm sorry, but I haven't been able to make it through this entire thread. Could anyone tell me if there are Snow White ideas on here? Snow White is my daughter's favorite princess, and since the movie will be on the Disney Channel next weekend, I thought I might make a big deal out of it. TIA!

Page # 3 post #44 has some Snow White ideas.

 

[susiesk]

I took a PP idea on using starburst, but instead of roses I made Nemo and friends for our Nemo night. They turned out really good I think. Next time I am going to make Toy Story toys out of starburst and other "chewy" candy!

Here are a couple of pictures of them:

I also used frosting for the final touches

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

susiesk, they came out so cute!!!!!
I wonder what other things you could make with them?

 

[susiesk]

Welovelilo5,

The possibilities are quite endless If we really thought about it. I got some caramel for the Toy story potato heads and a variety package of Tootsie fruit rolls for some extra color variety for the TS dinosaur and Hamm the Pig.

All you have to do is microwave a piece for about 10 seconds to soften it up.

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

Welovelilo5,

The possibilities are quite endless If we really thought about it. I got some caramel for the Toy story potato heads and a variety package of Tootsie fruit rolls for some extra color variety for the TS dinosaur and Hamm the Pig.

All you have to do is microwave a piece for about 10 seconds to soften it up.

Oo if you do them for TS, please post them, I'd love to see them. We are planning on doing TS too, but I was thinking of doing it in June with TS3 comes out. We'll do a movie out, then maybe a take home dinner after (probably just "pizza planet pizza"). But we'll see what happens, if we could wait that long. We may just have to do a TS2 movie night.

But I was thinking of Princess and the frog for our next one, maybe I could make Tiana as a frog and Naveen as a frog with that, do they make green starbursts in another variety type of pack. I know green isn't part of the original.

ok, I am done rambling lol, but I love your nemos, good job

 

[susiesk]

That's a great idea for Princess and the Frog

They don't make green starbursts that I could find, but the colored tootsie rolls(the kind they throw out at parades) make a pretty green that would work!

Also, you can find blue in Jolly Rancher Chews.

 

[Sunshine1987]

Thanks to everyone on this board for all the great ideas and wonderful pictures! I love the little Nemo creatures but they look very hard! Susiesk, you must be very artistic!

We just had our first ever "Countdown to Disney" Friday night (we only have eight more weeks left). Our theme tonight was Toy Story Mania Pizza Planet Here is what we did:

Decorations: I used a pp idea and put tinfoil on the table and used bright colored bowls, plates, and napkins. I blew up a couple balloons, pinned up our buzz lightyear beach towel, and had my daughter "round-up" all Toy Story themed items in our household. We even drug out an old TS2 trainset from the garage but couldn't get it to work :-( It was cute for decoration though.

Food: Pizza of course! We also had bowls of carrots and pretzels to snack on. For dessert I called Wal-mart and ordered 6 cupcakes with TS rings and they decorated them beautifully for just 3 bucks! I was too happy bc I did not have time to bake today!

Activities: The kids made all the planets, a sun and moons and hung them from the ceiling fan! (They are on Spring Break so this was a great activity to keep them busy). I printed out 3 TS activity books from Disney Family.go and these were really fun, especially the Mr. Potato Head parts! At dinner, we read Toy Story jokes from our Disney Movie joke book. After dinner, we played Wii Toy Story Mania and then finally settled in to watch the original Toy Story (my boys' favorite).

It was a great family night! I am looking forward to the next eight weeks and planning these nights gives me something other to obssess about besides planning our trip !

Here is what we have planned for the remaining 8:

A Bug's Life: It's Tough to be a Bug - my two older kids do not like this attraction but my DH and I are bound and determined to go to it this year- so we are hoping A Bug's Life night will warm them up to the idea!!!

Haunted Mansion - all my kids LOVE this ride and movie! They are afraid of bugs but love ghosts??? Go figure!

Peter Pan & the Pirates - Peter Pan for my boys DS8 & DS5, then Pirates for my daughter DD 11 and DH after the boys go to bed! She has not yet seen Pirates and we are ready to share it with her finally!

Cars - When looking for Toy Story items my daughter said "I hope you plan on doing a Cars night because <DS 5> has every CARS toy & game ever made!" haha yep I have one planned, nuff said

Lilo & Stitch Polynesian Dreams - We are staying at the Poly for the majority of our trip and want to celebrate with a night dedicated to our beautiful resort!

Finding Nemo - One of my favorite Disney movies ever! Yay! And the Nemo ideas on this thread are amazing! I can't wait for this night!

Star Wars or Dumbo - I am torn here... My boys LOVE Star Wars but with my DS5 this is probably the last year I could get away with doing a "circus" themed night. And none of my kids have EVER seen Dumbo! still undecided.....

Princess and the Frog in New Orleans! - o.k. this one is for ME! I have wanted to see this movie since it first came out, it just looks soooo cute. I don't have any princess lovin girls (my daughter has always been a Disney dog/animal character kinda gal) but we all truly appreciate the Disney princesses! AND we are starting our vacation out at Port Orleans Resort so I thought this night would be a GREAT segway into our trip....

Thanks again everyone!!!!

 

[jngwright]

I'm sorry, but I haven't been able to make it through this entire thread. Could anyone tell me if there are Snow White ideas on here? Snow White is my daughter's favorite princess, and since the movie will be on the Disney Channel next weekend, I thought I might make a big deal out of it. TIA!

I found these ideas online:

Snow White Party Food Ideas:

*Flower Sandwiches: Make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Use flower shaped cookie cutters to turn them into cute shapes.

*Pink Mac & Cheese: Prepare regular macaroni and cheese. Add red or pink food coloring for pinkish color. I imagine this would look pretty gross! But, hey! We ate green mashed potatoes for a family fun night!

*Royal Pizza: Serve your child's favorite pizza (or have a variety of flavors).

*Princess Parfait: Put a layer of yogurt, granola, and fresh fruit into plastic cups. Repeat layers once or twice in each cup. Top with whipping cream.

*Dwarf Food (any miniature food: mini hot dogs, sandwiches, etc)
*Apple Slices (served with caramel dip)
*Fruit Trays
*Ice Cream Sandwiches
*Marshmallows (dipped in chocolate)
*Ring Pop Candy
*Princess Gummies

Snow White Party Drink Ideas:

*Fresh Juices
*Poison Potion (pink lemonade)

A variation on PrincessTigerLily's game from page 3 is to core an apple, slice it, dip the slices in Orange Juice (to prevent browning) and tie the slice from a string from the ceiling. Blindfold the player and have them try to bite the slice off the string. We did this at chuch a few weeks ago, and hilarity ensued!!

Have a great family fun night!

 

[nancy drew]

I've been lurking here, since we don't have a trip planned any time soon (though I am working on that). But we have done a few Disney Nights and just had a great one tonight.

The theme was Lilo and Stitch. We watched a few episodes of the show in the morning to set up the idea of all of the various "Experiments" Jumba made. I had the kids in their rooms while I set things up later that afternoon. When I went to get them, I handed them a note I had "found" from Jumba, which said

Dear (DD) and (DS),

As you know, I have created many experiments and Stitch was number 626. Well now 16 of my experiments have escaped and I need your help. Can you find all 16 experiments? I think they are hiding in your house. (DD) should find 8 experiments and (DS) should find 8 experiments.

Thank you.

Jumba Jookiba

I had printed out images of 16 "Experiments" on cardstock, along with their name, number, and purpose. I laminated them, because I figured we could use them again. I had hidden them all over the living room:

The kids had a blast looking for them and learning all of their purposes/skills. Then we watched Leroy and Stitch, which was perfect because it featured most of the experiments I had printed out so the kids were totally excited every time they identified one in the movie. After the movie I made dinner and the kids played "Experiments". DD was Reuben, and made pretend sandwiches in the play kitchen for DS, who was mostly an Experiment who breathed fire.

Then it was dinner time. I was inspired by the creative menus I have seen here, so I made one for us. DD was so excited to "order" food from the menu.

After dinner we watched Stitch! The Movie (should have probably ordered things differently, or watched this movie a day before or something).

Overall this was an awesome Family Night. DS is really into things that have special purposes, like Transformers (who transform into specific vehicles) or super heroes, who have specific powers. He is starting to like Bakugan, but I won't really watch that show because I can't stand it. So this whole "Experiment" thing was totally perfect for him, because they are like little Pokemon or Bakugan guys, each with a purpose or skill, and Leroy and Stitch had a few scenes that were reminiscent of Star Wars, which my kids are REALLY into right now. So this turned out really well.

 

[Sunshine1987]

I had printed out images of 16 "Experiments" on cardstock, along with their name, number, and purpose. I laminated them, because I figured we could use them again.

The kids had a blast looking for them and learning all of their purposes/skills. Then we watched Leroy and Stitch, which was perfect because it featured most of the experiments I had printed out so the kids were totally excited every time they identified one in the movie. After the movie I made dinner and the kids played "Experiments". DD was Reuben, and made pretend sandwiches in the play kitchen for DS, who was mostly an Experiment who breathed fire.

Then it was dinner time. I was inspired by the creative menus I have seen here, so I made one for us. DD was so excited to "order" food from the menu.

After dinner we watched Stitch! The Movie (should have probably ordered things differently, or watched this movie a day before or something).

Overall this was an awesome Family Night.

GREAT ideas and activities! Your Lilo and Stich menu and food presentation was beautiful! Thanks for posting!

 

[dancin'girl]

During the week we watched the movie and made paper planets and rockets out of paper cups. DS also colored a pic of Buzz and we hung them all from the ceiling over the kitchen table.
On Saturday night, while dinner was cooking, we played a few games. I crumpled up tin foil making about 20 "moon rocks". 4 of them had hershey kisses hidden inside. I hid them all over the living room. The kids had fun finding them. We played 4 corners - the kids colored 4 pics (Jesse, Woody, Bo Peep and Slinky) and I taped them in the 4 corners of the room. I played "You've got a Friend in Me" and when the music went off they had to pick a corner. If their corner was chosen they had to sit out. We played a whole bunch of times until everyone won. The kids received a prize - a Slinky. Then we had Slinky races down the stairs. I had their Mr. Potato Head parts on the table and DS played with them while DD made pictures on the Etch-a-Sketch.
It was rainy and cold, so I made beef stew and biscuits (doesn't go with the theme, I know) and I put together a candy bar for the kids to choose a sampling of candies while we watched the movie - Toy Story 2.
We can't wait for Toy Story 3 to come out!!!