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My husband and I have been living in our house for seven months now and I have yet to hang up any of our decorations. I admit that laziness is a contributing factor, but a main reason why I haven’t done so is that I’m not very good at anything crafty, decorations included. It’s hard for me to look at a blank wall and know what should go where, so I have the same problems scrap booking, designing room layouts, or even decorating cookies.
That’s probably why I never noticed just how many cool craft features Disney has on its Family Go website. Thanks to Laura for pointing me in the right direction; just because I might never take advantage of these neat features doesn’t mean all of you should be deprived of them.
As expected, the Disney Family Craft website is well organized. You can search for ideas based on the type of crafting you want to do or by your desired Disney character theme. One of the largest craft sections is called the “printables.”
Printables aren’t exactly a craft in that they’re not a full activity you can engage in with your kids. Instead, they’re colorful fun pictures one can print out on paper (or cardstock, as recommended) that you can use in crafts and decorating.
One good example of the printables is the Disney character alphabet set. Each letter of the alphabet features a Disney character whose name starts with the relevant letter; for example, “A” is for Ariel, “B” is for Bambi, “C” is for Cinderella, etc. Each letter comes in different colors and designs suiting the character; Ariel reclines upon her underwater “A,” Bambi investigates some flowers under his tree-grown “B,” etc.
As the website suggests, these printables are a neat way to teach your toddler the alphabet or adorn his or her room. You can print them out and use them as flashcards, or mount them on a wall as decorations.
Of course, there is way more to the Disney craft website than printables. Everything is based around the theme of Disney characters or movies/shows, it’s just up to visitors to the website which theme they want to choose.
Users can print out coloring pages for their kids, 3D paper crafts like shadow box kits, activity books, mazes, hidden picture games, stickers, and more. In addition the site is loaded with suggestions for crafts, like how to make a Disney princess crown (and a variety of crown options are available, each tailored to the personal style of the various princesses), party blowers, coasters, and more.
What’s really neat about the site is not only do all of the crafts come in a variety of Disney themes, from the obvious Princess movies to popular Disney Channel shows like “Handy Manny,” to slightly more grown-up Disney fare like “Tron” and the live-action “Alice in Wonderland,” many of the crafts are tailored specifically to those stories.
For example, under the “Tangled” section families can learn how to make the paper lanterns from the film. They’re also given a recipe for squash and hazelnut soup, Rapunzel’s favorite meal in the movie. And that’s right, there are plenty of recipes provided, the making of which can be a fun activity for the whole family, some just featuring decorations themed from films or others directly lifted from the stories.
The Disney craft web page is a fantastic resource for some family fun, even for craft-challenged Disney fans like me.
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