Disney Movie Night Presents: Winnie the Pooh

Third of my movie night series! I actually did these last summer and never got around to posting about them!

We don't watch a lot of Winnie the Pooh so thought this was necessary before our trip to Disney.

Here's what I did:

Search pinterest for ideas and recipes that work for you and your family! We do a lot of homemade to cover our allergies. 

Here was the Winnie the Pooh menu (made on my Cricut Explore)

Here are the recipes I used. Use what fits your allergies and family's needs.

Honey bbq chicken tenders: http://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2014/05/14/baked-honey-bbq-chicken-fingers/

Honey glazed carrots:

http://www.susannahskitchen.com/2013/09/recipe-vanilla-honey-glazed-carrots.html?m=1

The mud pie is basic premade pie crust,  mix chocolate pudding and cool whip together, fill pie crust, top with cool whip and mini chocolate chips! So yummy!!

I really enjoy setting everything up and then surprising the kids. Photo in front of table is always a must.

On movie nights, I set up their table in the living room and eat while watching (that is an exciting treat to them). 

Enjoy! What did you make for your Winnie the Pooh night? Share in comments! 

Disney Movie Night Presents: The Little Mermaid

Second of my movie night series! I actually did these last summer and never got around to posting about them!

Little Mermaid is a childhood favorite of mine! 

Here's what I did:

Search pinterest for ideas and recipes that work for you and your family! We do a lot of homemade to cover our allergies. 

Here was the Little Mermaid menu (made on my Cricut Explore)

For the stuffed shells I found this recipe, Use what fits your allergies and family's needs! http://kookycarolskitchenconcoctions.com/how-to-make-stuffed-shells/

Goldfish and salad are pretty standard, nothing special! I did make the dressing from scratch due to our allergies. 

Found those crab cookies at food lion, they are made in a nut free facility! 

I should add I don't buy "extras" like the figures, if I have them great if not no big deal. 

I really enjoy setting everything up and then surprising the kids. Photo in front of table is always a must.

On movie nights, I set up their table in the living room and eat while watching (that is an exciting treat to them). 

Enjoy! What did you make for your Little Mermaid night? Share in comments! 

Disney Movie Night Presents: Dumbo

First of my movie night series! I actually did these last summer and never got around to posting about them!

Here's what I did:

Search pinterest for ideas and recipes that work for you and your family! We do a lot of homemade to cover our allergies. 

Here was the Dumbo menu (made on my Cricut Explore)

For corndogs I found this recipe, you can use frozen if it fits your allergies and family's needs! I opted for homemade, they were pretty difficult and not pretty, but the kids loved them! 

http://realmomkitchen.com/6234/homemade-corn-dogs/

The corn on the cob was pretty standard.

The tots were Alexia frozen sweet potato tots.

Cotton candy I got for $1 at the grocery store in premade bags. 

The popcorn machine we had and was a nice touch! 

I really enjoy setting everything up and then surprising the kids. 

On movie nights, I set up their table in the living room and eat while watching (that is an exciting treat to them). 

Enjoy! What did you make for your Dumbo night? Share in comments! 

Making Animal Ears

This year's party theme is 3 Little Pigs and we are only two months away from party day! 

Today I made pig noses and pig ears for the kids. The tutorial below can be applied to any animal ears! 

First the pig noses. I used pink egg cartons, cut them up, rounded them out then drew the snouts on with a sharpie. I used a toothpick to poke holes in the side. I added holes on the bottom too because they were hard to breath with. I found silcone cord on sale and used that. Was pretty easy. I stored them in the container that will be used for the party.

My cat trying on the one I made too small.

Now! On to the ears!! Here's a step by step tutorial.

Materials:

- Foam sheet or felt

- headbands

- scissors

- pencil

- hot glue gun and glue

First draw whatever animal ear shape you desire, just the one half. Then fold the foam sheet in half and cut around it. Try your shape over your headband (I bought mine here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WQRS7R8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_6ANcxbKPSM9A2 )

If the shape looks good to you then go ahead and use that one as a template. I trace around it on the foam sheet and flip over each time to do both ears. 

Then I hand cut them out. Could this be done on the Cricut machine? Probably, but that would take too long to design, this takes minutes. I stack them in pairs to stay organized.

Next I fold one in half to make a crease

If they don't quite line up then use your scissors to trim

Next I added a line of hot glue along the crease then put this on the underside of the headband where I wanted it.

Next I add hot glue along one side of the ear then pinch the two sides together. I pinch with my fingers flat on top of the headband to make it centered. Don't worry about it being perfectly centered, ears aren't perfect and no kid will notice.

You can trim again if desired (I don't spend time making them perfect)

Then repeat on the other side! 

Repeat for as many ears as you want to make!

Since I had all the materials out already, I worked on our halloween ears too. I made an adult template to have slightly larger ears.

Here's the finished product! The big bad wolf ears are made of felt. I found the hat at Joann's. 

Enjoy! Feel free to comment and share your animal ears! Would love to see what you come up with!