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Wednesday Wishlist – Disney Pop Funko

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As the whole of April on my blog is “Disney Month”, today’s wishlist is Disney related – specifically Disney Pop Funko figures.

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This is my current collection of Pop Funko figures. To be honest I never really considered buying them myself, but when Amy bought Belle and the Beast for Chris and I, it seemed wrong not to! For my birthday last year, a friend called Jon bought me both the large Maleficent and also the mini Maleficent and Evil Queen (I believe he made an error when ordering). After that Amy bought me Lumiere for Christmas and Chris got Judge Doom from her too. The girls also have Anna and Elsa but I don’t class them as part of my collection, since they’re upstairs in their room. Between Chris and I we do also have three other Pop Funko figures, but they aren’t Disney so I skipped them from this post!

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So rather than list each of these Pop Funko figures separately, I’ll just say that you can buy majority of them from places like Amazon, Forbidden Planet and Funko Pop Vinyl.

Row A: From left to right, these figures are Cogsworth, Belle and Mrs Potts. As I already have Belle (in her yellow dress), the Beast and Lumiere, I’d love these three figures to complete the set. My favourite is probably the other Belle (in her blue dress) but I would really love them all.

Row B: Next up is Alice, the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter. I was never really into Alice in Wonderland before but over the last few years I’ve developed a love for it (probably because both Lily and Chris like it). Wanting Alice is really because she just represents the Alice in Wonderland world as a whole, but the Cheshire Cat because he looks amazing and the Mad Hatter because he’s simply crazy!

Row C: For this row, it’s all princesses. As I have Belle already, it would be nice to have some of the others. Cinderella, Ariel and Snow White are fairly iconic princesses and would make a great start to my collection. There are a few others available like Merida and Jasmine, but these other three would be my first picks.

Row D: This row is Villains. Everyone who knows me, knows I like Disney Villains. These are just a few of the ones I like – Jafar, Captain Hook and Ursula. I also love King John, Scar and Cruella De Vil. They would all go perfectly with the Maleficent and Evil Queen I already have (and Judge Doom if you count Chris’) though I perhaps need a full size Evil Queen instead.

Row E: Final row is a bit of an assortment really – ones that don’t belong in a set or that I just don’t want the rest of. Tinkerbell, Boo and the Genie are just a few of the ones I’d like. In all honesty I would be happy with any Disney Pop Funko figure but there are plenty I would pick first, even before the others.

Do you have a favourite Disney Pop Funko figure?

Disney Countdown – Days 16 to 10

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Monday (16) – March 16th – Read Disney
Tuesday (15) – March 17th – Play a Disney game
Wednesday (14) – March 18th – Dress up Disney
Thursday (13) – March 19th – Make or Draw Disney
Friday (12) – March 20th – Watch The Incredibles
Saturday (11) – March 21st – Make Disney food
Sunday (10) – March 22nd – Watch a random Disney movie – Cars

This week has been a busy one but we’re almost there now! This is days 16 down to 10 – yes 10! On Monday we had to Read Disney which was a nice calm start to the week. We read another couple of chapters from the Nevergirls book and we’re over half way now. On Tuesday it was play a Disney game and luckily we all play Tsum Tsum most days as it was a “daddy day” meaning the kids weren’t back till late. Wednesday it was Parent’s Evening and the girls’ went to mum’s while I went to see their teachers. This meant it was late when we got back and they didn’t actually dress up till Thursday to do Wednesday’s task. Also on Thursday we had to Make or Draw Disney and so the girls worked on their Tinkerbell fashion books. Still on Thursday, we also caught up with The Lion King from last week (finally) – Thursday was a very busy day! On Friday we came home from school and watched The Incredibles. Saturday was make Disney food and as we were looking for something easy we made Baymax faces on Marshmallows and toasted them. We also watched Cars in the afternoon as we knew we wouldn’t get time on Sunday – and that was Sunday’s task, watch a random movie.

Only 10 more days and 10 more tasks till we go on holiday. This week is the last week of school for the kids and their dad is having them over the weekend. Hopefully we keep on track and get all our tasks done, before we jet off to Florida, a week on Thursday.

Disney Countdown – Days 23 to 17

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Monday (23) – March 9th – Play a Disney game
Tuesday (22) – March 10th – Make or Draw Disney
Wednesday (21) – March 11th – Paint Anna peg doll
Thursday (20) – March 12th – Read Disney
Friday (19) – March 13th – Watch The Lion King
Saturday (18) – March 14th – Dress up Disney
Sunday (17) – March 15th – Make Disney food

What a busy week! Monday was play a Disney game and luckily we all play Tsum Tsum daily – otherwise there would have been no time for anything! Tuesday was make or draw Disney and as the kids were with their dad/at Grandma’s they filled in their activity books. On Wednesday it was Paint the Anna peg doll and that’s now all of them complete! Thursday was Read Disney which was great as we really needed an easy and not too time consuming task. We read Chapter 3 & 4 of our most recent Never Girls book – from the mist. On Friday we were supposed to watch The Lion King but it was Lily’s murder mystery party so we didn’t get time. It was penciled in for the weekend but we still didn’t get around to it so hopefully one day this week instead. Saturday was dress up Disney which Amy’s daughter Liv was also here to participate in. Megan and Lily were Tinkerbell and Silvermist and Liv was Tinkerbell too. A whole heap of Disney Fairies! Finally came Sunday and the task was make Disney food. The day was so busy because I had to take Amy to the train station and my mum came for Mother’s Day lunch, meaning we really didn’t have time to do extra baking. Instead we cheated a little and used Amy’s birthday cake as our Disney food task!

I’ll be back next week with another 7 days of tasks, leaving only 10 until we go on holiday. I can’t believe it’s come around finally – it’s going to be here so soon.

1/52

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1/52 – I can’t believe a whole year of 52 Project has been and gone. I really wanted to have moved to self-hosted before this year’s worth of pictures started, however it might well be a few more days before I get time to get moved. As such, I’m starting off this year’s 52 Project with this picture taken a couple of days ago. Megan and Lily were both dressing up for one of their Disney tasks this week. Megan only has 2 outfits that fit and Lily is making her way through all of hers!

Disney Countdown – Days 93 – 87

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I’m a little late making this post, this week – but I’m actually going to cheat a little and backdate it. It’s been such a busy week but so nice to have plenty of time with the kids!

Monday (93) – Dec 29th – Play a Disney game
Tuesday (92) – Dec 30th – Dress up Disney
Wednesday (91) – Dec 31st – Read Disney
Thursday (90) – Jan 1st – New Year’s Day (Disney Infinity)
Friday (89) – Jan 2nd – Dress up Disney
Saturday (88) – Jan 3rd – Make Disney themed food
Sunday (87) – Jan 4th – Watch Snow White Big Hero 6 movie

So this week, Disney Infinity has still been a huge hit. While we had all the plans to play some board games, Disney Infinity has won out when it comes to “play a Disney game”.  Both the girls have spent a lot of time on the Xbox this week, but certainly Lily the most! Tuesday was dress up Disney and Megan only having a few options, picked to be Tinkerbell, where Lily picked to be Ariel. New Year’s Eve was “read Disney” which was nice as we all got to read a bedtime story together to see out the end of the year. New Year’s Day came around and we had no specific task so the girls just got in more Disney Infinity. They both then headed off to their dad’s for the day and night, meaning that the following day they were back pretty late and realised they were supposed to dress up Disney. Since they didn’t have time, both girls picked to wear Disney nighties instead. However the next day they dressed up, as well as doing their next task.

On Saturday we were around to make Disney themed food again. As we didn’t have much in, I suggested Mickey Mouse shaped waffles. The girls weren’t too sure but they were a big hit in the end. For me, they were far too time consuming, taking over 5 minutes to cook each waffle! Finally that took us to Sunday when we should have been watching Snow White. However there was a one day preview of Big Hero 6 on at the Odeon and we couldn’t pass up that chance. We’ll have to catch Snow White another time!

This week also saw the 3 month mark for our countdown to Florida. I can’t tell you how much nearer it feels now. So exciting!

Disney Countdown – Days 100 – 94

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Making a countdown has made me notice just how fast the days fly by. It was 121 when we started and now we’re down to day 93! Crazy! I seriously can’t believe we’re a quarter of the way through.

Monday (100) – Dec 22nd – Frozen Workshop – Day 1
Tuesday (99) – Dec 23rd – Frozen Workshop – Day 2
Wednesday (98) – Dec 24th – Christmas Eve (Disney PJs)
Thursday (97) – Dec 25th – Christmas Day (Disney everywhere!)
Friday (96) – Dec 26th – Boxing Day (Disney Infinity)
Saturday (95) – Dec 27th – Make Disney themed food
Sunday (94) – Dec 28th – Watch a random Disney movie – (Tinker Bell) The Pirate Fairy

Majority of this week, we didn’t set specific tasks as we knew it would be a busy week. However, without trying sometimes, we’ve managed to make the week very full of Disney. On Monday and Tuesday the girls were attending a Frozen drama workshop. They were out of the house from 10am till 4pm on both days and they put on a performance at 3pm on the second day. While the production was very basic, the girls loved the workshop and Megan even got the part of Young (middle) Elsa which had two lines (haha). I really enjoyed seeing them perform and somehow I’m still not sick of Frozen! Next came Christmas Eve and again we had nothing planned. That said, we all had new Disney PJs to wear (even the adults) so that was our Disney input for the day. Christmas Day and Boxing Day were a similar situation. Christmas Day we all got at least one Disney themed gift though and Boxing Day the girls played with a lot of their toys, especially Disney Infinity 2.0 which I’d purchased for them and Chris to share. Having a few non-festive days meant we had scheduled a few tasks and so there was making Disney themed food on Saturday and watching a movie on Sunday. In the end we were pretty busy Saturday as the whole family came around for lunch, so both tasks were completed on Sunday. We made Mickey Mouse Oreo cookies as our Disney themed food and then watched Tinker Bell and The Pirate Fairy as our random Disney movie. Its been a really great week and I’m looking forward to the next one!

120 Days till Disney – and counting!!

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I’ve mentioned recently that the girls and I have had a TOP SECRET Disney project going on and this is it!

Over the last month we have been making our very own Countdown to Disney, in the form of Paperchain Princesses, each with a Disney activity inside of their loop. Our countdown started yesterday, which was actually 121 days till we go to Florida, but since we won’t be doing anything on the day before we fly either, its out 120 Day Countdown.

December is Elsa, January is Tinkerbell, Rapunzel is February and Anna is March. The girls made the top parts themselves, but I’ve helped with the writing on the chains and sticking it all together. It’s been quite a big project but we got there in the end!

Over the next four months, we’re going to be going even more Disney crazy than ever. We have all sorts of activities planned from reading Disney stories, to dressing up in Disney costumes. We’re going to make Disney inspired food and also do Disney themed crafts. On top of that we plan to watch every Disney movie we own – and maybe even some we don’t! It’s going to be a huge big Disneyfest and I’ll be updating weekly to let you know what we’ve been up to. You can also follow along on Instagram, where every day I will be posting our Disney task of the day!

Mother’s Day Wishlist – Part 3 – Disney Traditions

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While yesterday’s post followed on from the day before, by being about charms – today’s post follows on from yesterday, by still being about Disney. I’m sure I’ve mentioned before on my blog, that I collect Disney Traditions ornaments. Until this last Christmas, I only had a few, but then I was lucky enough to get bought several and I have somewhat of a collection.

Today’s wishlist focuses on some of the other ornaments available, that I don’t have yet. In all honesty I don’t think there are any I wouldn’t want, but these are my favourite picks of the moment.

A. Thumper – £16.43 / B. Rapunzel – £31 / C. Ariel & Eric World Unite – £30 approx
D. Belle & Chip – £35 / E. Tinkerbell (May) – £19.90
*all prices from Amazon website

First up is Thumper. I mentioned him in my post yesterday and how I have a soft spot for him. With this ornament its no different, I just think he looks completely adorable!

Next up comes Rapunzel. I remember watching Tangled for the first time and it fast became one of my favourite Disney movies. I love Rapunzel’s character and this ornament is a fairly recent release. I have to admit I’d love to see a version with short brown hair too though.

Ariel and Eric are one of several couple sets that you can get. I already have Aurora and Philip, and Belle and the Beast. There is also Cinderella and Prince Charming and Snow White and her Prince. All five of these ornaments can be placed on this Castle Displayer, to make a complete set.

Belle is my favourite princess, as I’ve mentioned a few times before. I already have Belle & the Beast, Belle in her blue and white dress sitting down, and the Once Upon a Time ornament of Beauty and the Beast. This particular ornament is Belle and Chip and I just think its super cute.

Last but not least comes Tinkerbell. She was my first ever Disney Traditions ornament and I actually have two of her already. This particular one is Tinkerbell with snowdrops (flowers) representing the month of May. Its a set of twelve, one for each month, but May appeals the most as its the month of my birthday.

Do you collect Disney Traditions ornaments? Or any ornaments for that matter.
Which would you love to collect next?