Halloween Costume Shopping with DisneyStore.com

Halloween Costume shopping made easy with DisneyStore.com

Did you know the DisneyStore.com sells Halloween Costumes for the whole family? 
It's true! Now moms and dads can dress up like their favorite Disney character too, this Halloween. And right now, you can save up to 40% off select costumes and accessories. What's On Sale?


Be sure to place your order by October 19th for delivery by Halloween.
Shop online, order in minutes, and your DisneyStore.com order is delivered to your directly doorstep! Free shipping on orders over $75. Enter promo code SHIPTODAY



Here's Becky's review of her first experience with DisneyStore.com

 Check Out The Official Disney Store Blog:
THE BUZZ


Full Disclosure: This is not a paid post.

Flash Back Friday: Disney Costumes

We hope you've had as much fun as we have had checking out the AWESOME Disney Halloween Ideas at COSTUME WEEK by the Disney Sisters! We've showed you everything from costumes at Mickey's Halloween Party, to all of the great costumes at the Disney Store this year.

We thought we'd finish up the week with the Costumes of our Halloween Past. We've dressed our kids up in many Disney Costumes through the years. This is a perfect time to share them with you. We've had everything from Peter Pan to Tinkerbell. Figaro the Cat to Dumbo the Elephant and even Kermit the Frog. (It ain't easy being green) Each season is different and each year has been just as fun as the last! Going through our old photos and memories, it's so amazing to see how much of an impact Disney has on all of our lives. Is it the same for your family? 

Happy Flashback Friday Disney Friends!
Make sure to visit our friend Sarah aka Magical Days with the Mouse
to play along with us on Fridays!

Disney Store Halloween Costume Preview Parade

Does your daughter want to be a Disney Princess this year for Halloween? 

Does your son want to blast off as Buzz LightYear?

Do you and your best friend want to go as Mickey and Minnie Mouse?

Well the Disney Store has got you covered...

It's Costume Week here at Disney Sisters and we are very excited to bring you all of the hottest Halloween Costumes this year from the Disney Store!

While at the D23 Expo we got to see an exclusive preview parade of all the latest Disney Store Costumes and Role Play outfits. We are pleased to share them with you! From Pirates to Princesses, Cowboys to Indians and even a couple of famous mice. They have matching shoes and accessories to boot! Whether you celebrate Halloween or not, these ensembles are great year round for make believe and dress up for all ages.

Available now at your local Disney Store and online at DisneyStore.com.

We hope you enjoy this unique Disney Store Halloween Costume Preview Parade...
It's "HIGH FASHION" at it's DISNEY best!

Costumes at Disneyland's Mickey's Halloween Party

It's the time of year where creatures go lurking in the night. It's also that time where people everywhere have to decide on one of the most important decisions of the year...

What am I going to be for Halloween?

Need some inspiration? It's always fun to see what other people are doing. And it's even more fun to see what other Disney fans are doing... While at Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland, we took some photos of what we thought were fantastic costume ideas. Here's hoping you get inspired for this year's Halloween Time.

TRICK OR TREAT

Cinderella costumes: ball gown and wedding gown  for girls available at DisneyStore.com

Captain Hook costume in child and adult sizes available at DisneyStore.com

Captain America costume for boys available at DisneyStore.com

Ariel costume for girls available at DisneyStore.com

Rapunzel costume in child and women sizes available at DisneyStore.com

Minnie Mouse costume available in baby/toddler, child, and women sizes at DisneyStore.com
Pocahontas costume for girls available at DisneyStore.com

Keeping checking back with us ALL Week as we host 

COSTUME WEEK at DisneySisters.com! 

We have a lot more awesome ideas to share with you about what to be this Halloween!

Disclosure: This is not a paid post. We were invited to Disneyland and gifted tickets to Mickey's Halloween Party.

The Possibility Shop on DisneyFamily.com

Let's Go Camping! 


When your kids ask to go camping

 in the middle of a rain storm, just remember...

 Anything's possible in
 "The Possibility Shop"!

Finding fun in your own backyard is what
 "The Possibility Shop" is all about.



Watch and learn how to make a fun camping experience right in the middle of your living room.

Do a little craft while you're gathered around the campfire.
Watch and learn how to make shadow puppets.

Need a little snack while you're camping?

Watch and learn how to create "make & take" s'mores.

Our photos and videos were taken when we were invited to The Jim Henson Studios to meet Courtney Watkins and have a Camping Party "The Possibility Shop" way!

 "The Possibility Shop" is taped in L.A. on the historic Charlie Chaplin lot, headquarters of
The Jim Henson Company
and can be seen on DisneyFamily.com

 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.

Click to watch this video to hear from Courtney how The Possibility Shop was born.



Work together with your kids to show them all things are possible!


P.S. Need an idea for your child's next birthday party theme? 
This is it!!!


Full Disclosure: This is not a paid post. 
We were invited to an event to learn more about "The Possibility Shop".

Halloween Screams Fireworks Spectacular at Disneyland

It was opening night of Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland.

The crowd was gathered all around Main Street to watch a fireworks show so exclusive that you can only view it 10 times a year. Just then, at around 9:30pm, the lights went dim, the music started playing and in that instant the audience was spell-bound.

Hosted by the "Master of Scare-amonies"Jack Skellington has more then a few tricks up his sleeves. Jack's dog Zero flys through the air, while the children in costumes below scream with delight! 

He brought a few of his villainous friends along too, just to frighten you. Get ready to call out the spirits... Special appearances by Ursula, Oogie Boogie, Cruella De Ville, and a certain group of Pirates.

Pumpkins, Ghosts, Spiderwebs... Oh My!
Even some Heffalumps and Woozles come out to enjoy the festivities.
Spooky images get projected onto the Castle in ways that you can only imagine.

Celebrate the seasons of Trick and Treats this year only at Disneyland Park during the Halloween Screams Fireworks Spectacular Show, exclusively for Mickey's Halloween Party guests! It's one laser-beaming light show that's too BOO-tiful to miss! Get your tickets HERE!

The timeless music, the electric colors, the lights that shot across the sky lighting up the entire Disneyland Resort. It was so exciting! We were all thrilled!
And everyone sang along to their favorite pumpkin song...

This is Halloween. This is Halloween. Pumpkins scream in the dead of night.

This is Halloween, everybody make a scene. Trick or treat til the neighbors gonna die of fright.

It's our town, everybody scream. In this town of Halloween.

Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

In this town we call home, everyone hail to the pumpkin song.

Tender lumplings everywhere. Life's no fun without a good scare.

That's our job, but we're not mean. In our town of Halloween. ~ Danny Elfman (lyrics)

Disclosure: This is not a paid post. We were invited to Disneyland and gifted tickets to Mickey's Halloween Party.

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*

D is for Dumbo

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment invites audiences to let their spirits soar with the release of the beloved animated classic DUMBO, for the first time ever in high definition as a 70th Anniversary Edition on September 20, 2011. -Press Release

My youngest daughter has just recently had her first ride on Dumbo at Disneyland, and has seen him flying during the fireworks show. So when we got our copy of the movie and I showed her the DVD cover, she immediately recognized him, got excited, and asked to watch the film. I was happy to watch it with her for the first time so that I could get her reaction. (That's how I am about Disney Movies - Total Geek.)

DUMBO, the classic movie that we all grew up with has finally been rereleased on Blue Ray and DVD in HD for the first time, for a new generation to experience. It was made 70 years ago, can you believe that? But don't wait too long to get your copy because in true Disney Movie fashion, it's only available for a limited time. (Before it goes back to the vault.)

Even the opening is very entertaining with the brightly colored Circus Poster titles. The movie is filled with animals, and an overall circus theme so kids love it. (My daughter especially loves the baby animal aspect of it.) The use of a train as a character is a great way to engage children too. Casey Junior is definitely a hit with my little one. The soundtrack has the usual classics, and Dumbo won an oscar in 1941 for best scoring of a musical picture. The 3 main elements in this movie are Family, Friendship and Flying. As long as you have the unconditional love from a parent, a best friend who believes in you and a unique skill or talent you can achieve amazing things. The sky's the limit! Literally.

Highlights of the film
(aka some of our favorite songs, scenes and characters)


Pink Elephants on Parade
The scene when Dumbo and Timothy accidentally get drunk. It's filled with Surrealist art. The shapes and color transitions are perfect to entertain and stimulate preschool children like mine. It has a familiar feel like other Disney movies, Fantasia, and even Heffalumps and Woozles. (from Winnie the Pooh) We love this style of animation that Disney does so well.

Baby Mine
(Get our your tissues) Where Dumbo gets to visit his mother in confinement and she rocks him in her trunk, to the lullaby, "Baby Mine." Every mother in the world can somehow relate to this scene. We have all missed our babies at one time or another. It is so very sweet and always brings on the tears.

When I See An Elephant Fly
The black crows who first discover Dumbo in a tree, eventually befriend him and Timothy and become his flight mentors. They sing one of the most popular songs in the movie "When I See An Elephant Fly." They are such fun to watch, they way they sing and dance. They add a light hearted element to the film.

Mr. Stork
The stork who delivers Dumbo to Ms. Jumbo, voiced by none other then Sterling Holloway. (most famous for being the voice Winnie the Pooh) Though Mr. Stork only has a small part in the film, he is very memorable and when he finally brings Dumbo to his mother, cute comedy ensues.

The Message
Dumbo is a very special movie to share with your family. It has a very important message. I think it's one of the most valuable things that you can learn in life.

It's ok to be different.

What makes us different is what makes us special.

More Dumbo Fun:

Check out these fun Dumbo crafts you can create on Disney Family.

Photo Credit: Disney Family

And recently the Disney Parks Blog posted this adorable Dumbo wallpaper for your computer, so you can enjoy everyone's favorite flying elephant all the time. How cute is that?

Image Courtesy Of Disney

There is something about the simplicity of Dumbo that makes it a Disney Classic film. The simplicity of the artwork, characters and the storyline. It's really beautiful and timeless. When a film still resonates with it's audiences 70 years later, you know it's a true classic. I was so glad that I got a chance to review the movie. I hadn't seen it in years. I'm happy to say that it was just as good as I remembered it. And I'm happy to announce Dumbo now has a new fan in my 4 year old little girl.

~ Review done by Jessica

D is for D U M B O

Full Disclosure: We were not paid in any way for this post. We were given a DVD to help facilitate this review.

Halloween BOOtique at the Disney Store

Last Thursday night the stars came out and brought their children to the Disney Store in Santa Monica, CA. The Disney Store hosted a special Halloween BOOtique to showcase the new costumes. It was a not so scary night, that included story time, costume shopping and a surprise visit from Mickey! It was the Disney Sisters first time at the Santa Monica location, and also in the new style Disney Store "Imagination Park." We'll be posting more about that soon - It's really AMAZING!

We were also thrilled to see the new line of Costumes / Role Play outfits. You couldn't help but notice all of the designer gowns and duds hanging on all of the walls every where you turned. This however, wasn't the first time we have seen them. Our first glimpse of these magical creations was at the D23 Expo where we saw a Disney Halloween Costume Preview Parade. We were really impressed and couldn't wait for our kids to get a peek too.

The slogan that you see all over the Disney Store is "I am." I am a Princess. I am Sleeping Beauty. I am a Buzz Lightyear. As parents, we know that fantasy and role playing is such an important part of learning. The Disney Store is helping to engage children's imaginations, when they put on these ensembles they actually become the princess, or hero they want to be. They transform into their favorite Disney character from a movie, or story book. You can literally watch their body language change right before your eyes, when they put on the costume and see themselves in the mirror. They walk different, they talk different. It's pure Disney magic. For parents it brings some much joy to see your child's eyes light up when they become Cinderella, or Lightning McQueen.

One of our favorite parts of the night was watching each child pick out their costume. They took their time, they looked carefully at each one, until they finally found a perfect fit. It was very exciting, even the cast members were totally getting into it!

Jessica's daughter Kaia (4 years old) picked Minnie Mouse, she even wore the ears (which were very bedazzled) and she especially loved the mini high heels.

Becky's son Nick (tween) went straight for Captain Hook, and rocked the hat like a true Pirate, Arrr! He also enjoyed playing with the battery operated, noise making sword and hook accessories.
(Who wouldn't?)

But our kids weren't the only ones having a blast...

Our friend Caryn's (Rockin Mama) kids were adorable in their costumes.

Her daughter was Belle and her son Spiderman.

Joey Lawrence's (Whoa) daughters both choose the Little Mermaid costume.
Melissa & Joey on ABC Family.

Kyle Richard's daughter choose Rapunzel from Tangled. (We have a feeling this may be the most popular for this season)

Candace Cameron Bure's boys both picked Captains. One Captain Jack Sparrow, and the other Marvel character, Captain America. (yes they have Marvel too!)

Molly Ringwald brought her whole family out too. They were having a great time posing with Halloween Mickey. (And we were having a very Sixteen Candles moment - So Fun!)
For all you fans - Secret Life of an American Teenager  new season coming soon!

From infant to toddler, child to teen, they even have adult costumes. It sure makes getting into the holiday spirit as a family, fun. You can all coordinate and become characters with a similar theme, like Woody, Jessie and Buzz, or you can each be something unique. None of them are really scary, the only one that may frighten (if at all) is the Adult Maleficent Costume. (Which some little ones may find spooky - just because she is a villan) Each Disney Store has a large selection, and if you don't find something that you want in the store, or the right size you will definitely find it online.

As you can see the children were all adorable and had a lovely evening full of treats, no tricks. We can't wait until Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland where they will wear their new costumes. But we know they will also enjoy wearing them around the house too.
Did you know, The Disney Store is on Facebook? You can also follow the Disney Store on Twitter!

Full Disclosure: This is not paid a post. We were invited to this special media event. Thank you to the Disney Store for gifting us costumes and to all of the hard work that went into creating such a magical evening for everyone.