DISNEY MOVIE CHALLENGE: Week #4

Movies of the week:

"Peter Pan"

"Beauty and the Beast"

It's Pirates and Princesses week here at DDwC!  Enjoy these two beloved Disney classics for week #4.  There's something for everybody!
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HISTORY:  "Peter Pan" is Disney's 14th feature film released in 1953.  From pirates to fairies...to mermaids and lost boys...this movie is filled with fantasy and excitement for everyone to enjoy.  Have you ever taken a flight with Peter Pan in Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland?  Well, this week we can enjoy the flight right from our living rooms!  Off to Neverland!!!  Second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning!

THEMED MOVIE-WATCHING SNACK:  Treasure Necklaces
What are pirates best at?  Why, finding treasure of course!
For this snack, let your little pirates in on the fun!  They can help make the treasure necklaces with you! Simply pre-cut yarn into appropriate necklace lengths and use gift wrapping tape to make aglets at the ends for easier threading.  You can choose any candy or cereal with a hole in the center to thread onto the necklaces (just make sure that it is easy for the kids to bite in two).  For an added bonus, you can turn this activity into a fun opportunity to learn...start the necklace with a color pattern and let your child continue making the necklace using the same pattern.

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HISTORY:  "Beauty and the Beast" is definitely a "tale as old as time," and a lovely one, at that!  Disney released it's version in 1991, and it marked the big 3-0 for Disney feature films!  This movie is grand in every sense of the word.  Including the groundbreaking computer animated ballroom scene!  At this time, Pixar developed a computer animation program that would allow for more realism and depth within the movie's background, and what better place to debut this amazing new technique than in the grand ballroom.

THEMED MOVIE-WATCHING SNACK:  Grey Stuff...it's delicious!
As suggested by our good friend Lumiere, "Try the Grey Stuff, it's delicious!  Don't believe me, ask the dishes!"  You can even get your very own order of "Grey Stuff" at the new Be Our Guest Restaurant in new Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom.  To make your very own "Grey Stuff" at home, make instant vanilla pudding and stir in a touch of black or grey food coloring.  To make a fluffier version, simply stir in some thawed cool whip to your liking.  Yum!

The Grey Stuff, as served by the Be Our Guest Restaurant

You can check out more of the new "Beauty and the Beast" additions to new Fantasyland here.

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This Wednesday's blog post will be fan submitted Disney Movie Challenge pics from weeks #1 - #3.  It's not too late to submit your pics!  

This week is the perfect opportunity to dress up like pirates and princesses while enjoying the DDwC Disney Movie Challenge.  Don't forget to take pics, and submit them via Facebook and they will be shared on the blog!

HAVE A MAGICAL DISNEY DAY!

Candice