Sunday, May 10, 2015

Disney Countdown


We leave for Disney in 11 days and of course my kiddos are super excited.  We've been going annually and this will be our 4th year.  I've never done a countdown before, other than the calendar, but because my kids ask every day how many days are left I decided it would be fun if they had something they could countdown with.

We picked up a few boxes of popsicle sticks at a yard sale last summer and I knew I wanted to use them since I have SO many.  I also have a Mickey Mouse cookie cutter, red glitter and black construction paper so I was almost ready to begin.  The last thing I needed was something to hold the popsicle sticks.....Target dollar section to the rescue!  As I was walking past the dollar section I spotted these yellow tins that would work perfect.  I now had all the colors I wanted to use for Mickey, the classic Black, red and yellow Mickey is so well known for.

I was hoping the colored popsicle sticks I had would have included red but no luck.  I started off by painting the popsicle sticks red.  While they were drying I traced and cut out the Mickey heads.  I used white glue to write the numbers on each Mickey head and shook glitter over the number.






After everything had thoroughly dried I glued the Mickey heads to the popsicle sticks but needed something to hold up the stick inside the tin.  This part was not necessary but I thought it looked better.  Sure enough I had some left over styrofoam in my craft cabinet, cut it to size and stuck each popsicle into it and now the Mickey's stand up perfectly!

I added a simple label to the front of the tin and voila.......Disney Countdown.  It also helps my almost 5 year old with number recognition as she searches for the number each day!





11 comments:

  1. I love this idea. We are hoping to go to Disney next year, I have pinned so I can remember to try this. #Parenting-pin-party

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    1. Karen, that's great! You'll have a blast. Thanks for pinning :)

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  3. This is super cute! We still have 156 days on our countdown. Lol. Have a wonderful time!

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    1. Thanks, I hope you and your family have a great time too!

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  4. Have super amazing fun! we only been one year this march and we are counting back to the days until next year! thank you so much for link ng with the #pinitparty

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    1. Otilia, the year goes by fast so you'll be off again before you know it!!

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  5. Very cute! Have fun! Thanks for linking up at the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop! We hope you join us again next week!

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  6. This is so cute! Pinning for next year :) Have a great time! Thanks for sharing with the Frugal Family.

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