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.

Valentine Moose Munch

MMMMMM.....

Moose Munch from Harry & David is one of my favorite treats. 
Did you know there are several varieties to try?
YUM!
With Valentines Day right around the corner,
they have one flavor cleverly named Cupid's Crunch 
and packaged it in super cute "Valentine-Gram" bags! 

I'm a sucker for seasonal themed goodies so this is right up my alley. I also try to be unique in my Valentine gift giving. I mean, how much chocolate can one teacher eat really?! Don't get me wrong, I could eat my weight in chocolate almost daily but I think it's a little more thoughtful to give something other than chocolate on this holiday.
(unless you are my husband in which case, bringing me chocolate on Valentines Day is requirement of being my husband)

Show the special people in your life some sweetness by giving them Moose Munch Cupid's Crunch by Harry & David. Here are my other favorites for Valentines Gift Giving :

Sweetheart's Cookie Basket -$25

(everyone loves cookies and these are adorable)

Sweet Somethings Basket -$30

(so much variety, great for sharing)

The ULTIMATE Valentine's Day Gift:

Sweet Fondue for Two

(hey fellas, this is romantic!)

Harry & David are easily found online or find a store near you

Or call their Gift Concierge at 1-877-322-1200

Xbox Kinects Families

A new way to Kinect

with your family is coming to

your living room this November!

Formerly know as "Project Natal"....

Microsoft's Xbox 360 has introduced a new kind of gaming perfect for the whole family. There are a wide variety of games to suit ages 3 to 103. Below are of a few of my families' favorites. The Kinectimals game is cute and cuddly and allows you to have a "virtual" pet and is great for the young ones. Kinect Adventures! is fantastic for the family to play together... it's more like a ride than a game and totally fun!!! Dance Central is the ultimate party in a box- (our favorite dance move is the Fresh Prince) This game will be played everywhere... from dorm rooms, to 40th Birthday parties not to mention the tween scene. From toddlers to seniors there is something for everyone and without the complicated controller.

For the first time ever there is a gaming system without controllers.

You are the controller....

Everyone can play these games!

In case you missed it, see my other post here.

Click here to watch a video from Xbox and see all the features Kinect offers.

*More photos coming soon*

Disney's New Sing It Family Hits For Wii

This game has songs from so many different movies,

everyone of every age will find a song they love!

Good Times Disney Style!

A few of the songs we enjoyed...

The Little Mermaid's Under The Sea

Lion King's Hakuna Matata


Jungle Book's I wanna Be Like You

Fathers Day Fun at RideMakerz - New at Downtown Disney

Celebrate Father's Day this year at Downtown Disney, visit the newly opened RideMakerz®. You can give and get a unique gift experience with this special offer available Father's Day weekend only!



Supercharge your Father's Day weekend at the bigger, better and badder RIDEMAKERZ® in the Downtown Disney® District! On Saturday and Sunday, when you purchase one RIDE, you can build your second RIDE free*! Unleash your inner car customizer with this special offer, June 19 and 20, 2010.



And be sure to bring dad in to meet famed car customizers Chip Foose and Fireball Tim Lawrence, who will be in RIDEMAKERZ® for photos and autographs on June 20 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

This is How We Roll

Rocker panels and a full size car decorate the totally garage themed store

RIDEMAKERZ® has one FUN website!!! Click Here...

Check it out....You can even host a RIDEMAKERZ® Bash. Coolest. Party. Ever.

Build Your Ride

Chip Foose, the legendary car designer and host of TLC's Overhaulin' is a really nice guy and a great example of what a role model should be. Thanks for all your help, Chip!

This is a awesome way to spend an afternoon!

Ride The Talk

Thank you Larry Andreini, RIDEMAKERZ® ZEO. It was a pleasure meeting you!

My son hasn't stopped playing with his car... you have a huge hit on your hands!!!

* Offer good on body of equal or lesser value. Free RIDE offer includes freewheel street Chassiz, stock Wheelz and stock Treadz. Additional accessories not included. This offer is provided and fulfilled solely by RIDEMAKERZ® and is subject to change without notice. Restrictions apply. Disney is not responsible for the fulfillment of this offer.

Disclosure- I was not paid for this post. I was invited to the store opening and my son was generously given a car to build and take home.

Disney Online

Disney Online and Disney Interactive Studios have released their summer games for some good old fashion family game time. Well, maybe not old fashion... more like karaoke and video games based on Disney movies.

Sound good?

Disney's New Sing It Family

Disney Fairies Online at Pixie Hollow

Disney Goes Mobile - New Toy Story 3 App

I'll show you around the party I was lucky to attend! The room was filled with TVs and games. Along with each game was the game designer to explain the best features of each game.

Nick spent a lot of time playing the online game ToonTown with Philip(above).
Thanks for all the tips, Philip!!!

Here's Nick with the new Cars Online game expert. Thanks for the cool hat, dude!

Radiator Springs here we come....

Split Second was Nick's favorite game by far. Available now for XBox 360 and PS3.

See the fiery explosion on the screen in the picture above?

That would be Nick having a blast, (i know) playing Split Second.

Here is a quote from when I asked him to write a review on this game.

"Split Second a breath taking action game with driving, destroying and amazing tracks. You are competing against the best drivers in the world. It is totally fast and fun." -10 year old gamer Nick

Mom Bloggers in the house

Amy Anderson
Bernadette Bats
Lisa Robertson

Lots of yummy food

"Project Natal" Xbox 360: It's All Fun And Games

I've heard rumors about "Project Natal" for Xbox 360 (pronounced Nay-tall), no controllers, no wires, just your body and your avatar..... really? Yes, Really!

My family and I were invited to a "sneak peek party" to play their first version of "Project Natal". Let's start with the name. In case you haven't heard of this from your kids yet- you will soon enough it'll be the new hot item to have and on every holiday wish list. Project Natal sounds a little like a science experiment crossed with a blockbuster spy movie starring Matt Damon. And that alone is intriguing to me. So hubby, neenie (g'ma), 10yr. old gamer, and I were off on our first "Project Natal" experience. We were greeted by the really friendly Project Natal Team of gals and given (to keep) a new handy dandy FlipCam to record ourselves while playing. We did not disappoint, silly we were!

Flip video coming soon....

It looks like we're going the hokey pokey I know, but by the looks on our faces you can see how much fun we were having. We were playing the only game they were sharing with us for now, Dodge Ball. More games will be released and another get together for playing is coming soon, I hope! My family had 3 generations at the party, this is fun for Grandparents, Parents, and of course kids~ It is so nice to find activities for kids to be interacting with adults that is fun for everyone and best of all it keeps you active!!!

*Warning: not recommended for couch potatoes!

Check out these posts from two of my ladies.....

So You Think You Can Mom?

And my sister's post with FlipCam video:

Moving Pictures

Thank you to The Project Natal Team for letting us be part of the Xbox 360 family!

We can't wait to play together again soon~

Disney Holiday Magic

Disney On Ice

Presents

Worlds of Fantasy

Believe it or not, I have never been to a Disney on Ice show. My family and I are very excited to see tonight's opening show at The Honda Center. Our family has made this a Christmas gift!This holiday treat is an event we will be sharing with grandma, cousins, aunts and uncles. There is a princess pre-show that starts at 6:30pm. The feature show begins at 7:30pm and is 2 hours long with an intermission.

Disney On Ice Worlds of Fantasy will be at The Honda Center, Anaheim, December 22-27; Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, December 30- January 3; and The Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, January 6-10, 2010.

Special promotion for HappyHourMom readers use the

coupon code MOM when ordering tickets.

You will receive 4 tickets for $44.

Order online www.disneyonice.com or www.ticketmaster.com

or by calling (800) 745-3000

*Opening night all tickets are $12. (all seats excluding front row and VIP)

Tickets prices are $16.,$20., $25., $45., $65.