Tag: toddler fun

Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Treats

by disneywonderlandgazette, posted in Disney, family fun, Family Vacation, Toddler, Toddler Travel, Uncategorized, Walt Disney World

 

Part of the fun of going to Walt Disney World during this time of year is how festive everything is.

Pumpkins, fall leaves, seasonally appropriate bunting, scarecrows and more decorate every inch of the resort.

Another fun thing to do is take advantage of all the different items that are not usually available during the regular, non-holiday, days of the park. (Think the pumpkin spice craze times infinity!)

This year, Disney didn’t disappoint. Here are a few of the unique Halloween/fall offerings available at the parks.

Popcorn Buckets

Popcorn buckets, that are sold in the parks, are a huge collectable item. (There is even a Facebook group dedicated to the collection of these salty souvenirs.)

Each season, Disney offers a special and limited edition bucket that corresponds to the season.

This year, Disney has been offering a refillable bucket that is either valid the day you purchase it or the length of your stay (I have seen reports of both cases.)

This season’s Halloween refillable popcorn bucket is super cute and pays homage to an old fashioned Mickey cartoon:

 

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Photo courtesy of Disney Food Blog

For those who are not concerned about the refillable option, there is an adorable vampire Mickey popcorn bucket that is also available to celebrate the holiday.

 

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Photo courtesy of Inside the Magic

Witches Brew

Well, not really witches brew, but something to get you in the mood more or less, is the goulish strawberry lemonade slushy. This beverage can be found at the Friar’s Nook at the Magic Kingdom.

 

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Photo courtesy of Walt Disney World

Main Street Bakery Treats

This bakery is scaring up some treats to be more fun than frightening. Treats featured include chocolate dirt and worms cupcake, vanilla spider cupcake and Halloween sugar cookie.

 

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Photo courtesy of Walt Disney World

Candy Corn Cone

What is more iconic then everybody’s favorite candied vegetable, candy corn! In this take on the seasonal treat, Storybook Treats in the Magic Kingdom, offers a candy corn ice cream cone.

 

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Photo courtesy of Walt Disney World

Which of these treats sound the most tempting to you? Leave a comment below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekend Recap

by disneywonderlandgazette, posted in Disney, family fun, Family Vacation, Pittsburgh, Toddler, Toddler Travel, Uncategorized

We have started to shop for our upcoming trip and trying to snag some end of summer deals before they are all gone.

The day was started out at the place the furnished almost our entire home, Ikea. (When you are newlyweds living at home, you need to buy a bunch of stuff, Ikea is the place.)

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I could seriously spend all day here!

We didn’t buy anything, but I did get to see the kitchen that I absolutely love.

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I am in love with this kitchen. Although, I could never have glass cabinets. I couldn’t keep them neat enough.

 

Before we left we did get a few pretzels because Lily didn’t eat much breakfast so you know, the best thing to do is give her a carb.

But, it did provide me with this wonderful photo of the hubby as he said, “Look, I’m a boxer” as he shoved this portion of a pretzel in his mouth.

 

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I seriously love this man.

We did score some great bargains. (The Mousekatot is the one that got the most stuff, as usual.)

I wanted to do Disney Bounding with her outfits (where you take a lose interpretation of a Disney character and dress like that. For example, a white sparkly skirt with a pale blue shirt could be Cinderella.)

While I was shopping I was looking at different shorts and skirts on sale and I couldn’t help but see how much of a difference in size there is in toddler clothing.

*Pulls out soapbox*

Look, as everyone I am sure would agree there is such an issue with body image for girls and women. You are expected to be a certain size and that size should be the same across the board in all the different stores. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth.

Here is a pair of shorts and a skirt that are the exact same size.

 

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Same size. Same store.

So if these sizes were for an older girl, maybe in her preteens, and she tries on the red shorts and they don’t fit and she starts to feel self-conscious because she thinks she went up a size. But, she isn’t mature enough to understand how sizing works in the fashion industry.

It just stinks that this size issue is happening in sizes 4T. That is outrageous!

*Steps off of soapbox and puts it away*

After shopping we went out to eat at Bucca di Beppo. We love it there because we can get a nice big, family style meal and we don’t have to worry about wasting food with Lily.

 

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We wanted to show off our drawing of a zucchini.

We ended our Saturday by doing our grocery shopping because we are just a bunch of crazy kids.

It appears that that time of year is now upon us.

 

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I will admit, I do enjoy Pumpkin Spice Season.

How was your weekend, did you go on any fun adventures this weekend? Leave your comments below!

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is How You Can Make Painting Even Messier

by disneywonderlandgazette, posted in Disney, family fun, Toddler, Uncategorized

If you saw my earlier post we do a lot of crafts here in the house.

Pinterest has plenty of suggestions on how to make some really cute crafts that are perfect for rainy days and when it is too hot outside.

A couple of different posts that I found talked about salt painting. Basically you draw something in white glue, and then sprinkle salt on top, let it dry and then paint the salt with watercolors.

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It was really a simple craft, however it was super messy.

The biggest suggestion I have is that you put a piece of paper towel down, then your construction paper on a cookie sheet with sides. It will make it a lot easier to dump the excess salt later.

I decided to draw fireworks with the glue because I thought it would nice for the different colors.


After drawing the firework design, Lily helped me by sprinkling (aka dumping) the salt over the glue.


Because I wanted to speed things up I used a hairdryer to help dry the glue and salt mixture. I then shook off the excess glue and dumped the salt.

You then paint the salt/glue with watercolors and voila, you have a fun craft project.


I also used the hair dryer again after we were finished to sop up the extra water created from continuous brush dunking into the water cup.

This was a big hit with Lily. She loved it and was excited to show everyone her fireworks when they come into the house.


Now is a great time to stock up on craft supplies because of back to school time.

What are your favorite crafts for this time of year? Leave your comments below.