The Disney Haunted Mansion Moves To Club Penguin

Do you remember last year's Club Penguin's Halloween Party? 

Well, if you loved the island of Transylvania, this year promises you'll have more Ghoulish Fun!

Starting today the Club Penguin Halloween Party begins with The Haunted Mansion at Disney taking over Club Penguin and 9 creepy rooms to discover. The island is overrun by ghosts and it's up to players to protect it by becoming ghost hunters! First, players must find the Ghost Goggles hidden in the haunted mansion to be able to see the ghosts they are hunting, next find the Ghost Lab. There are cool costumes, spook-tacular scavenger hunts and an Igloo Contest! Some very lucky players will be able to interact with Gary the Gadget Guy during the Halloween party, helping him solve the mystery of his great uncle Gariwald's disappearance.

We'd like to share a Club Penguin code with you from Disney Parks Blog, 
 Just visit http://play.clubpenguin.com/#/redeem/ 

and enter the code CHILLING for a
free Ghost Sheet Costume

There's even a brand new music video starring none other than your favorite Club Pengiun Penguins called "Ghosts Just Wanna Dance"

What is Club Penguin?

Club Penguin is more than a club of penguins and puffles, it's the #1 virtual world for children. Our kids love to play Disney games online. As parents, we love that Club Penguin keeps the online environment safe by using live moderators!

Here are some of our FAVORITE new virtual spots:

Which is your favorite room?



Did you know that DisneyStore has a Club Penguin section?

Disclosure: We did not receive any compensation for this post. Disney Interactive sent us a club penguin stuffed animal, as shown above. The thoughts and opinions shared on this blog are 100% magical and 100% ours.

Disney Baby Spring Collection

This week we have been sharing all things 

DisneyBaby!

So, by now we're sure you know DisneyBaby.com is the new online destination for parents to learn and share about life with baby through stories, photos, posting memories, and sharing milestones. 

But did you also know....

You can also, see the latest in

 Disney fashions for baby, bedding, bath products and more!

   In the Nursery - Turn baby's nursery into a sleeptime safari with the new Disney Baby The Lion King Nursery Collection. The collection furnishes parents with everything they need to outfit a nursery, including a 4-piece crib bedding set, modern canvas wall art, a musical mobile and an animal print window valance, among other wildly adorable items. 

   Bathtime - From splish splashing in the tub to swaddling a squeaky clean baby in a cuddly towel, bathtime is always a fun adventure. To make bathtime the best time, the new Finding Nemo Bath Collection includes a fun tub with engaging toy bar, a hooded towel, bath toys, and more.

   

         Mealtime - As one of the most important times of day for baby, Disney Baby offers parents products essential to baby's development specially designed for their gentle little mouths. Available in designs featuring Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and The Lion King, products include bottles that allow baby to control the flow of milk and pacifiers that fit the natural shape of baby's palate and gums.

Whether it's Simba in the nursery, Finding Nemo in the tub, or Disney Baby gear by Graco the new collections offer an extensive selection of delightful products for every magical moment.

Announcing DisneyBaby.com

Announcing DisneyBaby.com
Experience the joy of sharing your own baby's story with
 "Magical Moments"

DisneyBaby.com the new online destination for parents to learn and share about life with baby through stories, photos, posting memories, and sharing milestones. 

You can also, see the latest in

 Disney fashions for baby, bedding, bath products and more!

UP Valentine's Day Card from Disney Family

Learn how to make this Valentine's Day Card from Disney Family inspired by the movie UP!

Our family loves holidays. We enjoy making a big deal over each special day. We even plan our calendars around them. Christmas, Halloween, Easter, you name it, we love it! The tradition started with our Great-Grandmother and has come on down the line to us girls. Valentine's Day is definitely one of the most festive days of the year. Any chance to celebrate LOVE is fine by us. Plus our mom's Birthday is February 11th, so while growing up the entire month of February was always extra special.

There is an online Disney destination that is a no-brainer for us, to get ideas for arts, crafts, cards & recipes, especially during the holidays. It's called DisneyFamily.Com and if you are not familiar with it, here are some other cute Valentine's Day cards that will make you a fan: Woody's Lasson Valentine,  Lumiere's Flicking Hearts Valentine, Charm-ing Cars Valentine's.

Last year I made my husband a handmade card that I found on Disney Family. We really like the movie UP, and I just fell in love with this craft the second I saw it. Here are the steps to make this adorable Valentine's Day Card inspired by the Disney Pixar Animated film UP. This would also work perfectly as a Birthday card, or Congratulatory card by changing the wording on the inside. Get creative and just have fun with it . . .  I know I sure did!

You will need:

You will need an 8 x 10 cardstock page

Additional piece of paper or cardstock to make the house

Small Heart Stickers around 15 (optional)

Pens, Markers or Crayons to color the house

Black marker for the windows & balloon strings

Glue or Glue Stick

Print out this page of House Cut-Outs / Design your own house template

(I made this craft last year & it is no longer available online, but I have an image of the page, these are from DisneyFamily.com. We did not create it.)

Buy heart stickers, or cut out small heart shapes. (I liked the idea of buying, because it meant less cutting for me) I got these from the Target dollar bin, (these hearts were kind of cool because they had a felt-like feel to them) but any craft store will do.

Cut shapes that will turn into the house. 

We used 6 shapes here, (since we already had the heart shapes for balloons) including: 

House Front, Roof, Dormer, Window Bay, Window Bay Roof, Chimney. 

Color one side of your shapes, any shade you choose. I thought the more colorful the better, and liked painting each shape a different color. But different shades of brown would work too. (they show that in the online example below)

Glue your shapes together to form the UP house. I used a glue stick.

Draw in your windows and the door with a black marker. I also outlined the house, but you can do whatever you think works well.

Then fold a 8x10 piece of cardstock paper longways & glue your house towards the bottom of the card. (make sure to save room for the balloons and the long strings.) We used white, but the example used blue (for sky) which also looked super cute.

Glue down as many heart balloon shapes as you want towards the top of the card. (I think I used 16) Make sure to leave plenty of room to draw in balloon strings. When you have the amount of ballons you are happy with draw in a bunch of ballon strings in black marker from the roof to the bottoms of the balloons, it doesn't have to be exact.

Lastly personalize your card with a little note to your special someone. Any sappy reference to UP, Ellie & Carl, the sky, or flying will do! 

This was my husband's Valentine's Day card last year I put, "You make my heart soar!"

Happy Valentine's Day...

You make our hearts soar!

with love, 

Disney Sisters

Pixie Diamonds *NEW* at Pixie Hollow

Your Favorite Fairies are bringing more fun to PixieHollow.com 

Pixie Diamonds

Pixie Diamonds allow all players to shop in Pixie Hollow - no membership required!

Fairies in the Pixie Post Office redeeming Pixie Diamonds for postcards, fashions and accessories

For a nominal fee players can purchase Pixie Diamonds and use them to shop for furnishings for their Fairy House, new clothing and accessories, adopt an animal friend as well as send gifts to their friends. You can even use Pixie Diamonds to throw a pixie party and invite friends to play party games!

Hey Pixie Pals!

You don't need to have a membership to play at Pixie Hollow or to purchase Pixie Diamonds..

If you already have a membership, you will automatically receive a monthly allowance of 12, 15 or 25 Pixie Diamonds 

Here's some of the fairy-tastic things you can do when you fly into this online Pixie Hollow World:

Create your own Fairy

Explore the Meadows and make Friends

Shop for the latest Fairy Fashions

Get a Fairy Make-Over

Play Games

Make Fairy Friends

Throw a Pixie Party

Got questions? Parents Center

 * Easy Gift Giving Option *

You can choose to give that special friend or family member a subscription to

 Pixie Hollow in an e-mail and/or as a printable gift card!

This is not a paid post.

How Club Penguin Celebrates Halloween

Club Penguin Celebrates Halloween with a Party 

Now through October 31, ghosts and goblins are invading Disney’s Club Penguin as the island transforms into Halloween Transylvania for its annual Halloween Party. Those penguins sure like to party, which is cool because so do we!

  

HALLOWEEN ISLAND

  Penguins can put on their spookiest costumes for 2011 Halloween Party featuring the island’s spooktacular transformation, new games and costumes, igloo trick-or-treating and famous penguin meet and greets. Jessica's daughters favorite is the penguin in the witch costume. She keeps saying, "I want to play with the witch, I want to play with the witch." LOL. Speaking of Cute Costumes we cozied up to a few Club Penguins last week at a Halloween Costume Party with Disney Interactive. Pretty Adorable... Oh and the penguins are cute too!

Did you know that  Club Penguin has just "launched" their first mobile app, Puffle Launch, which is based on the popular Puffle Launch game from the virtual world. Everything you loved about the game online is now apart of Disney Mobile, for Magic on the Go! It's now available for iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch for $0.99. You can find it in the iTunes Store. And also for android devices as well.

Full Disclosure: This is not a paid post. We were invited to a Halloween Bash from DIMG to play the games.

DisneyFamily.com: The Possibility Shop

Good News!
Disney Sisters have just discovered 
Jim Henson's
The Possibility Shop located on DisneyFamily.com

What is The Possibility Shop you ask?

 It's an online place to get creative inspiration and ideas to enjoy with your family,
and it's only a click away!

After watching several episodes, of The Possibility Shop we decided to share this one, OUR FAVORITE in particular. School has started everywhere and many kids are facing going to a new school or starting school for the first time. We love the super clever ways you can empower your kids shared in this video and help them get through any "butterflies" Click here for the list of materials needed to do this craft.

The Possibility Shop

Other things you'll find at The Possibility Shop

There are easy-to-follow instructions for all the activities shared:

Activity Guides

You bet there are some clever ideas shared in the section: 

Clorox Bright Ideas

(Did we mention The Possibility Shop is presented by Clorox?)

 In short cute videos  Courtney Watkins, author of 'Courtney's Creative Adventures' and the host of

  The Possibility Shop shares her ideas with easy and fun crafts you can do with your kids.

 Work together and show your kids all things are possible!

This cute online series is on it's 3rd season already!
 Missed season 1 or 2? No problem, watch them here:
Watch Season 1   or  Watch Season 2

*You can also "Like" The Possibility Shop on Facebook*

The Luck 'O' The Mouse

Top of the morning to ya!

St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner...

Let Disney Family help to get you & your little ones in a festive type mood with these fun holiday crafts.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with your favorite Disney Character - Mickey Mouse. 

Make these as gifts or decorations for your home. 

Here's a Candy Box that you can create. 

For an extra sweet treat, add chocolate gold coins or a rainbow of Skittles or M&Ms.

This Mickey Mouse with his Pot 'O' Gold would make a fun table centerpiece, or even something that an adult could put on their desk at work.

Print out this Coloring Page for your kids & pass the sheets out at school. (with the teacher's permission of'course)

Don't be caught without wearing green this Thursday. (OUCH!)

Make this Leprechaun Hat with Mickey Ears for your little Leprechaun. (My Favorite)

Make a bouquet of Shamrocks for a loved one, like a grandparent or neighbor.

Add them to flowers or a plant, it promises to bring Good Luck to anyone who receives it.

Walt Disney's Classic BAMBI is Back

Watch the movie clip below as BAMBI meets some new friends

Walt Disney’s

BAMBI Diamond Edition

Released From The Disney Vault on March 1, 2011

for a Limited Time Only

The Diamond Edition debut of BAMBI, Walt’s fifth full-length animated classic, is an endearing tale about a young prince of the forest who learns valuable life-lessons about friendship, love, and the miracle of life. The movie is a must-own coming-of-age story that Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has especially packaged with families in mind - providing the ultimate, interactive hi-def home entertainment experience with a newly enhanced digital restoration, enhanced picture and sound, games, activities and more.

The new BAMBI Diamond Edition will be available as a 2-Disc Disney Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD) for the suggested retail price of $39.99 US/$46.99 Canada

Valentine Wishes From Disney Sisters

Make you own Valentine's Day Card

Online at Disney's Create

Don't forget to save your art work!

You can print or send your work when you're done.

Disney Valentine Fun Activities For Kids

My favorite Valentines are straight from the heart and often made by little hands. If your looking to have some crafty fun with your kids this Valentines Day, you've come to the right place!

Disney
Family.com

is full of Disney themed crafts, recipes and decorating ideas for the perfect Valentine's Day celebration with your family.

I've shared a few of my favorites below, just click each title above the photo for easy to follow instructions- including templates.

Mickey & Friends Valentine's Day Cupcake Toppers

Mickey & Minne Valentine's Day Flowers

Tangled Valentine Cards

Belle's Valentine Bookmark

Minnie Mouse Candy Box

Mickey's Valentine Tote Bag

Mickey Mouse's Candy Box

P.S.  Disney Family.com's printable crafts are specially designed with muted colors to not waste too much of your printer's color ink.

Who's Cooking in the Muppets Kitchen?

 Who's Cooking in the Muppets Kitchen?

  CAT CORA!                               That's Who!

 

                 (Isn't she Adorable???)                                 (And she's REALLY Nice too!!!)

And What's she Cooking?

Hasty Tasty Treats for everyone with the help of The Muppets!

 

Recipe for a Good Time:

Last week a few mommies and I got to share quite a tasty experience. We were invited to the Disney Studios in Burbank, to meet Cat Cora and learn all about her new web Series with the Muppets.

Well, you already know I'm a complete Disney Fanatic. So going to the Disney Studios was pretty awesome for me. 

  

What I liked about it was how funny, cute & clever these little skits are. It just reminds me of why I loved the Muppets as a child, and why parents love them too. The Muppets that were there in the Studio with us were Pepe and Angelo. They had a great chemistry with Cat and really made the cooking session FUN. Pepe was even tweeting live from the show. *(Follow them on Twitter @MuppetsStudio)

Meeting Cat was also a thrill. As the First female Iron Chef on the Food Network, I have admired her for years and enjoyed watching her throw down with the boys on Iron Chef. When she wins, I always cheer extra loud! We each got a new copy of her book, and she signed them for us. She was very gracious and kind, which is so refreshing when a celebrity is so genuine. She also had some good tips that I will be sure to use in and out of the kitchen.

We've all heard the saying "Don't Play With Your Food." Well I highly disagree. Making food fun is one of the most important things you can do for them. Getting in the kitchen and cooking together. Teaching them about a variety of different things. Especially for picky eaters, like my daughter, adding new foods into the equation. Even if she doesn't eat them, right now. Hopefully she'll learn to appreciate more vegetables, and less potato chips! I think I'm on the right track...

 

Thanks to Cat, Angelo, Pepe, Disney Interactive Media, Dana, Kirsten, Brett, and all of the childcare girls for making this event so delicious!!! 

*Moms and Dads: If you're looking for something new to do with your kids (which we always are)... I recommend you go to The Muppets Kitchen Online for recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. You'll laugh together, you'll cook together, and you'll whip up memories and healthy eats for your family. 

Get The Dish from these Yummy Mummies on their Experience:

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