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Okay - I had written a thread before on magical gifts for my kids for our trip we go at christmas time - then I found a couple of more threads on Gift bag ideas for family and friends for their trips - so i decides to combine them all in one place for everyone - and myself - so some on these are for children and some for adults - the first few things are things Ihave done in the past then some I found here in the boards :
Disney Backpacks w/ attaching lunch kits ( from DS) for the plane ride and then use the backpacks for the parks - filled with:
1. Disney coloring books
2. D. small blanket (DS)
3. D movies for their small dvd players
4. D snacks
5. D sippy cups or "Big Kid" Cups w/ lids (DS or walmart)
Bags I have found - never ordered from them only from ds but thought i put some links
Disney backpack, luggage, and accessory bags - DISNEY Disney Jewelry Boxes, Bags, Glassware and More
For the trip
6. D suitcase for each child (DS online)
7. D PJ's
8. D underwear, panties, or diaper ( not for your DH your DK) HAHA
9.D scrapebook - the kids did a page a day so it was fresh in their minds back at the resort
10. D Jackets ( we go in Dec - it is alway chilly) (DS online)
11. D photo album ( small ones at Hobby Lobby)
12.Rain ponchos
13. D Chapstick (Grocery store)
14.Suncreen
15. sample pack of tylenol
16. hand sanitizer
17. princess/Cars bandaids
18. nail polish
19. Adult snacks (pretzels, chips, etc...)
20. Gum
21. D stickers
22. D Paper / notepads
23. D Pens ( walmart)
24. D Trivia Books
25. D Hidden Mickey Book
26. D Towel (walmart)
27. bottled water
28. letter from their favorite Character
29. day by day plan
30. little stuffed D charcters (Ds or walmart)
31. Mints
32. luggage tags (Just was told 11/11/07 - $1 store has luggage tags with micke and cinderella!!!!)
33. hand lotion (be careful for plane rides what size it has to be)
34. lanyard to hold passes Pinfinder.com, Inc. Disney Lanyards, including Cast Member Exclusives
35. treasur hunt books
36. klennex
37. adult D throw blanket
Passporters' Ideas from this thread:
38. Disney Dollars
39. GoodyPak.com - They offer travel bags for the park and for cruises.
40. Dollar Store - has Disney Items
41. fun pages for kids : Kids Home Work Pages • The Mouse For Less
42. Homemade Autograph book - using disney scrapebook paper
43. Disney beach packs embroidered with their names for under $15 apiece on sale at Disney.com | Shopping | Home.
44. Nintendo game on sale for $15,
45. Cars Color Wonder sets,
46. 64 packs of crayons,
47. jumbo Disney/Pixar coloring books,
48. Disney fans,
49. glow sticks,
50. Winnie the Pooh pencils.
51. glow neckalces/bracelets
52. Glow glasses (Dollar Tree)
53. Disney lollipops that light up when you turn them on (like a click-pen
54. Disney themed paddle balls and yo-yos
55.Disney Pez dispensers
56. Lion King Gummies...
57. lanyards w/ Pirates on them (Target in their Dollar Spot)
58.Tink wallet or another type of Disney Wallet ( give it to him/her about a month ahead of time w/ $5.00 in it. every time he/she had an extra dollar or so, have them put it in the wallet ( when we went she had saved over $100.00. (in a month) )
59. Disney Bookmark made out of a disney charm or charms and beads
60. Magic Towels
61. Autograph Books
62. Autograph pens with characters
63. Disney trading pins for whatever holiday is happening while we're there
64. Rolls of quarters and pennies for our beloved pressed pennies
65. Mini Disney fans
67. Mini Disney flashlights
68. Clothes for their My Disney Dolls
69. T-shirts ($2.50 at the Disney Store right now!)
70. Bean Bag characters (you can get them at yard sales for under $1)
71. Wind up Cars the Movie Cars
72. Antenae Toppers
73. Beach Towels (walmart has Disney Beach Towels)
74. Bathing Suits (we get them at the end of the summer since we go to WDW in the fall)
75. Temporary Tattoos
76. Rain Ponchos
77.Polly Pockets
78. Disney type Polly Pockets (not made by Polly Pockets but they are the same concept)
79. Epcot Passports
80. Animal Kingdom Passports
81. Baseball caps
82. Hug Coupons
83. Stickers
84. Etch A Sketch
85. Disney UNO card games
86. Disney Character PEZ
87. Flip Flops
88. Disney CROCS
89. Cars, Nemo or Princess Color Wonder set
90. Winnie the Pooh pencils
91. Cars portable fan
92. I found at my dollarstore pensilcase with the princess on but they also had a lot of other disney characters plus crayons whit the same princess, thinkerbell, mickey, nemo etc... Might be good to go with the disney coloring book?
93. Sugar cookies in the shape of mickey heads (Pm me if you need someone to make you good disney cookies she will ship anywhere and they are amazing)
so let's keep adding to our Goodie Bag List - isn't fun to give _ I live to put these together then see their faces as the discover what's in them!!!!!!!
Happing Giving!
On the third page of this thread I put in a complete updated list on a WORD Doc that you can download - I just can't figure how to get it in this post
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A great website I found that has wonderful items for Disney travel is GoodyPak.com. They offer travel bags for the park and for cruises. They also come filled with lots of Disney goodies. Worth checking out!
A great website I found that has wonderful items for Disney travel is GoodyPak.com. They offer travel bags for the park and for cruises. They also come filled with lots of Disney goodies. Worth checking out!
I just went on the site, and wow!! I may give in and get the boys a treat before our trip. Very reasonably priced, and they deliver to the resorts. Has anyone used them before?
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I have had so many people write and ask about this picture. We got the picture last year during Flower and Garden Festival. There was a weekend when they had extra characters at Epcot. We were lucky enough to find them in Germany. I just had t-shirts made with those pictures for my DH and I to wear on our trip in June.
oh how cool! we will try our luck when we go in May/June. I think it will be memorial day weekend that weekend... wonder what extras they will have then! thanks !
only I bought most of the "fillings" at the dollar store. I got off a lot lighter than $50.00+ too. I got some beach backpachs at the Disney Store for like $5 and filled them for less than $15. This year there is even more to choose from at the Dollar Tree, too. I am going to use the same bachpacks I got them last year and fill them again. As I have 3 to fill for (Donny is 16 and his would just cost too much to fill to his intrests) I will be making good use of the multiple snack packs as well. If these rescourses are not avaiolable to you, buying from the site is fine, but if you can find an hour or two and have the access to the Dollar Tree or some other store like that make your own and make it even more personal for your kids. JMHO.
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I love the Dollar tree! They have great Disney Items!!!! I love making them myself - as my 3yr old Autistic son is so hard to by for we have to be careful there are not any small item he can swallow (he has swallowed a mr. potatoe piece before - that was fun telling the emergency room) - so I am so careful - I love to see my kids faces when they open them!
Went to Hobby Lobby and they have Disney Plates - you can color a decal I think then send it in to be put on a plate - I bought them for the kids for Christmas - we will do them a WDW then mail them from WDW - they were even on clearence / sell go check them out - I will try to get more info off the box - they look so fun!
How about glow sticks, glow neckalces/bracelets.....I even found Glow glasses at our Dollar Tree. I went on a "good week" and found Disney lollipops that light up when you turn them on (like a click-pen). I've also picked up Disney themed paddle balls and yo-yos....Disney Pez dispensers, Lion King Gummies...I'm putting together gift bags for 3 kids....love the ideas!
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I actually decided to do my own bags for the boys, as well. I will have them sitting on their seats in the van when we leave (18 hour drive over two days!). I got the new Disney beach packs embroidered with their names for under $15 apiece on sale at Disney.com | Shopping | Home. I found each of them a Nintendo game on sale for $15, added Cars Color Wonder sets, 64 packs of crayons, jumbo Disney/Pixar coloring books, Disney fans, glow sticks, and Winnie the Pooh pencils. I will add lots of snacks when the trip gets closer. I am still looking for more to add to the packs. Hopefully inexpensive things as I have dropped close to $50 each, already. A lot of it came from the dollar store, but it adds up.
Any suggestions of things that would be good to add for a 4 and a 9 year old for traveling in the car (and is inexpensive) would be great!!
oh I love the Pez idea okay I will add them to the list - the yo-yos i would have never thought of - I am telling you they (Dollar tree ) has so much they also have great disney little workbooks - they are wonderful - I am using them to go along with a homeschool Disney curriculmn I am writing - they are wonderful - everytime of math from K-5th grade - Reading Comprehension - Language Skills - i love them - and of Course only $1 - that is the best!
I'm glad someone has finally listened to the Queen of Cheap! I love the Dollar Tree! And I love that they have so much Disney stuff. Another idea for cheap Disney stuff is to hit the Dollar Spot at your local Target (for those of us here in the states). I found lots of cool Disney stuff to put in the kids' Easter baskets and they always have something new from Disney. I even got the boys lanyards w/ Pirates on them. They may choose not to wear them when we go, but where else can you get a Pirates lanyard for a buck? Check them out!
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