Disney Party

   I was sent a box full of Disney goodness to host a Disney Side party. I always love doing these parties. I grew up watching Disney movies and am enjoying passing that love on to my children. These Disney Side parties are nice because they usually line up with my oldest one's birthday.

   This year we decided to use our party pack at a family party. My brother in law loves rice krispy treats, so I used the cake pan that was included in our pack to make a giant Mickey Mouse shaped rice krispy treat.

   One of my favorite parts of the party was the cupcakes. We received a tie-dye cake mix. I had never tried one of these before, so I decided I would share how these work with you today.

   The box has the cake mix, along with these food coloring packets. These are an OCD person's nightmare. I managed though, and everything worked out just fine. Just make sure you have a napkin to lay them on so you don't get food coloring on your counter.

   First you make the cake mix, then separate it into six different bowls. I used plastic cups and spoons to make clean up easier. Then you add the food coloring to make the different colors. It tells you how many drops of each color to use on the back of the box.

   Next, get your pan ready. I used some Silicone Baking Cups . Now, before I start this, I would like to point out that there isn't directions for making these into cupcakes. My cake stuck to my non-stick baking cups. I'm sure if you use some sort of non-stick spray, it would have turned out fine.

   Add a spoon full of your cake mix. Put the different colors on top of each other. Do not mix. Just let them settle for a second before adding the next color.

   Do that for each cup cake. If you are doing it as a cake, pour the cake mix in the pan, letting it spread out on it's own before adding the next color.

   Cook them according to the directions on the packaging.

   Since I used the silicone baking cups, and didn't want them to get thrown away or chewed on by little kids at the party, I took my cupcakes out of the wrappers. You can see the bottom left one has a tie-dye look on the side.

   Next, I frosted the cupcakes. I used a frosting tip to spiral the frosting on and then added a little bit of sprinkles to give it a little more color.

   Since it was Disney themed, I took some Oreo's to make little Mickey faces on them. I used a regular sized Oreo for the face and mini Oreo's for the ears.

   These cupcakes were a huge hit by both the children and the adults. We had such a fun night celebrating birthdays that I forgot to take pictures of the many different decorations and games that came with my party pack. We got to fill out Family Tree of Life posters. Pinned the mouth on Mickey and played some Disney Bingo. Over all, it was a wonderful party. You can't go wrong with Disney!

#DisneySide @Home Celebration

  *I received free products in order to host the Disney Side @Home Celebrations. The opinions expressed here are my own.

   A few months ago, I got an email asking me if I would like to host a Disney Side @Home Celebration. I of course was more than happy, seeing as how I LOVE Disney!

   I signed up and waited to see if I was picked. A while later I got an email saying I had been picked and my package should arrive within the next month or two. I was beyond excited! My oldest was turning 9 during the time frame we had to host the party. What a perfect way to throw a party! Most of the supplies would be coming in my pack.

   I checked the tracking on my package daily. I was watching it travel across the US at what seemed to be the pace of a turtle. It seemed like it was taking forever to get here! I was getting more and more excited to see what was going to be in my special Disney package. I was just positive it would be full of magic!

  The day finally arrived and my package came! I promised the hubby that we wouldn't open it without him here. It sat on my floor for what seemed like hours! I had already waited weeks for it. Surely another couple hours wouldn't hurt, right?

   He FINALLY got home and we gathered around to open it. Here's what we found inside:

   I was so excited! There were plates, napkins, cups, table cloth, decorations, cookie cutters, Bingo, bracelets, an IPhone 5 case... all of it Disney. There were also measuring cups and recipe cards from ABC's the Chew, Photo paper from HP and much more. It all came in a nice suitcase by American Tourister.

  The day of the party came. We decorated with all of the many things Disney. We made Disney shaped Rice Crispy Treats with the cookie cutters. Hung the decorations up and waited for our friends to come.

   We pulled out all of the Disney games we have. The older kids played some Disney Trivial Pursuit. The younger ones played with our Monsters University Dice game. When we had enough of those games (Trivial Pursuit goes on for FOREVER when you are playing with 5 kids, the oldest being 9) we gathered the kids all together and played some Bingo.

  We found some cute little Disney coloring activity packs at Target and used those for prizes for winning at Bingo.

   Overall, it was a good party. Great products from the many sponsors involved. We all had a great time! We used many of the smaller things such as the bracelets and HP photo paper as party favors. I hope I will be able to host another one of these parties in the future! It made planning a birthday party so much easier. I can't wait to go on a trip and try out my new suitcase as well, maybe a trip to Disneyland is in order??