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Mickey Mouse Party Featuring Disney Imagicademy

February 6, 2015 By Michelle Barneck 2 Comments

We are excited to be able to collaborate with Disney to introduce the new Disney Imagicademy app! We love to party, so we invited over some of our mom and kid friends for a Mickey Mouse Party and the fun began! What’s a party without some fun food?! Mickey Mouse Party Food We filled up our bellies with Mickey pizza (two small pizza ears and a larger pizza head) and Mickey Mousse (or chocolate pudding topped with whipped cream and a chocolate Mickey Mouse). When it comes to kid parties I’ve found it is all about being cute while staying low maintenance. You know how Donald is always a little jealous of Mickey, so we let him have a feature spot right on top. Plus, Donald and I share a birthday so he deserves a prime spot at our house. Mickey Mouse Party Food Dessert Once we were done eating we had a couple of fun Mickey themed counting games lined up. First, we played find the hidden Mickeys and had Mickey heads hidden all over the house. Once they had found them all, we counted up each child’s pile to see who found the most. The top two got prizes of white chocolate Mickey Mouse pretzels we conveniently picked up at Disneyland on our trip just prior to our party. Our second game was Mickey’s number walk, similar to a cake walk. We placed Mickey heads with numbers in a circle on the ground. We played Disney songs and the kids walked around the circle until the music stopped and would then stand next to a number. Then, we would draw a number out of the magical Mickey cup  and if someone was on that number they would get a prize package of fun Disney Imagicademy items: markers, crayons, puzzles, and a sketch pad. The kids love this game because they each get a prize. I love making a game of handing out the goody bags at parties. We had a table where we labeled the goodies each childs name so they would not get mixed up and they could take them home at the end. Mickey Mouse Party Games and Favors Then it was time to unveil Mickey’s Magical Math World part of the Imagicademy app. I had secretly let my two little boys and some of the first arriving friends try it out first just before the party because well, they couldn’t wait and neither could I. We had to put the timer on to let them each take turns being “the driver.” Disney Imagicademy Our cute friends seemed to know just what to do and jumped right in clicking here and there to explore all the games. We used our Apple TV to put it on the projector so everyone could see. One little guy played it all through dinner because he could not pass up the chance of having it all to himself. Then, he wondered where all the kids went when he came up to eat and they all ran to play. Disney's Imagicademy I loved seeing our smallest friend’s face light up as he would jump up and down and scream out the name of each new character that would appear on the big screen. There are five different character experiences: Mickey’s Super Rocket Shapes, Minnie’s Robot Count-Along, Donald’s Number Launcher, Daisy’s Bedtime Countdown, and Goofy’s Silly Sorting. The favorites were definitely the Mickey and Minnie games. They both had a good variety of activities in their games. They loved building and taking care of rockets in Mickey’s game and taking the robots all around the playground in Minnie’s. There’s also a Disney Imagicademy Parents app available as a partner to the child’ version. It allows you to access your kids creations, encourage their progress and ever share with family and friends. We can’t wait for Mickey’s Magical Arts to come out February 12th! My 7 year old loves art and anything creative! Disney Imagicademy app Taking turns works up an appetite so we were sure to have some treats to round out the evening. They snacked on cheddar Mickeys (again picked up on our Disneyland trip) and Mickey Oreos (made with Oreos, red and brown candy melts, and white candy balls). Mickey Mouse Oreos Dessert All in all it was a great night! Thanks to Disney for letting us host!

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

Road Trip Round Up

April 1, 2014 By Michelle Barneck 2 Comments

Sponsored by Get Away Today.

Whether spring break or summer on its way, it is road trip season. Time to hit the road and see what our country has to offer. Whether short or cross country it’s nice to have some things up your sleeve for entertainment on the road and also little tricks for making the vacation a success. (Oh and be sure to check the bottom of the post for a discount code if you still need to book your vacation!) Here are five of our favorite ideas for making your road trip a memorable one for all the right reasons.

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Road Trip Story Cards

Everyone loves a good story. These cards make it fun to take turns making up stories and with endless combinations and creativity it makes for a great time passer in the car!

DIY T-shirt Totes

These are a cinch to make and so handy to let everyone pack a little bag of treats, activities, and other items needed for the road.

“Are We There Yet?” Road Map and Activity

Help the kids know how much longer with this fun map activity.

A Better Beach Towel

Super simple tutorial on how to transform a beach towel into a poncho perfect for little ones and privacy when you need to change on the beach or at the pool.

DIY Vacation ID Bracelet

Give yourself peace of mind at busy amusement parks by adorning each child with their personalized phone number bracelet in case they are seperated from you.

We love to travel, but know it can be something of a pain to plan all the details. We booked our last two Disneyland trips through Get Away Today. They make it easy to get everything you need from hotels, park tickets, transportation, and more and always have good specials like nights free, adults pay the kids price, etc. I totally recommend checking them out for your next vacation and if you use the discount code Tipsy14 you’ll get $10 off!

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Minnie Mouse Hooded Towel

April 9, 2013 By Michelle Barneck 1 Comment

Hello A Little Tipsy Readers! This is Amber from Crazy Little Projects here to teach you to make a hooded towel-and I think you Disney fans are going to love this one. I make a new hooded towel every month-check them out here! But this one’s a little different from the ones I’ve made in the past. This one’s Minnie Mouse (or Mickey Mouse-take your pick). I’m thinking some kiddos would love these. They’d be
great to take on a trip to Disney!

  Minnie Mouse Hooded Towel Tutorial by CrazyLittleProjects.comMickey Mouse Towel Tutorial by CrazyLittleProjects.com  

Mickey and Minnie Hooded Towel Tutorial:

Supplies Needed: 1 Red Towel 1 Black hand towel Red polkadot fabric or ribbon for Minnie Towel   Instructions: In this post I am teaching you to make the head part of this towel. If you would like to see how I finish off my hooded towels and attach the hoods, see my basic hooded towel post. To start off, cut your hand towel in half horizontally. Fold the selvage edge under about 3-4 inches and stitch it in place. (Sorry, forgot to take pictures of this, but here it is on another towel):

  Fold 

 Now, flip that over and you will work on the underside, the side without the seam. With the extra piece of hand towel cut out your ears. You will need 4 ear pieces. Just cut a large circle but make it slightly oval shaped so that you can sew it in place easier (see image below). Grab 2 ear pieces and sew them together leaving an opening in the bottom.

  Eear2 
 Turn them right side out:
  Ear 
 On your hand towel decide where you want the ears and cut small slits. Pull the ear through so that it looks like this on the underside: 
  Earthrough 
 Do that with both ears and snip off any excess on the bottom. For Minnie-to make the bow either use red polka dot ribbon and tie it, or, use red polka dot fabric. Cut the fabric to be about 14 inches by 5 inches (it’s up to you how big or small you want the bow). Fold it so that right sides are together and stitch around it leaving a small opening to turn it.
  Bow1 
 Turn it right side out, press it and then sew the opening closed. The pinch your bow like this:
  Bow 
 And stitch it in the middle to hold it. Hand stitch the bow to the towel where you want it. Now, fold your hood part in half so that the ears are on the inside and zig zag up the back along the raw edges. Then, fold it 
like this:
  Backofhood 
 And sew a straight line across the top about 1-2 inches from the top and snip that off. (This rounds out the hood so it’s not so pointy.)
  Tip 
 And you’re done! Just sew the hood to your towel and you’ve got yourself a little Mickey or Minnie Hooded Towel! Here’s a few more of my hooded towels:
  Hooded Animal Towels  
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Oh my heavens Amber, this is adorable! I wish I had these for our Disney trip last fall. These would be perfect to take to the pool in the summer too! Thanks for such a great tutorial.
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Disney DIY Collection

February 27, 2013 By Michelle Barneck Leave a Comment

We had so much fun with these projects for the last couple of months and wanted to do one final round up of all the tutorials to make them easy to access. Without further adeiu we give you all the projects from our Disney DIY series.

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