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Over the last month our local cinemas have been playing some of my favourite Disney movies and I jumped on this opportunity to take my girls (2 and 4) to their first movie. We chose the Lion King and had a lovely day out. I remember seeing this at the movies when it first came out and was a little nostalgic taking them to see it. It was their very first cinema experience too which made it all a little bit special!
Now I won’t lie and say that taking two young children to the movies is a breeze, but we did have fun. I will confess that my 2 year old slept through at least half of the movie, and I’m fairly sure my 4 year old was more excited about the popcorn, but nevertheless, they both can’t stop talking about the movie now. I have now watched The Lion King more times than I ever wished too. It’s almost on track to take over from Frozen as the most watched movie in our house! We’ve also begun watching some of the other classic Disney movies and it’s making a nice change from the usual children’s shows we watch.
If your child takes an interest in a movie or TV show, there are some great ways to capitalise on their excitement with some fun hands on activities. As The Lion King and Frozen are the favourites in our house we have been:
Colouring In
You can easily find Disney colouring books, and a quick google search will provide plenty of printable colouring in sheets
Reading
There are numerous versions of both of these movies easily available at your local book store or library. I’m a huge fan of reading to young children, and it’s nice to discuss some of the differences between the book and the movie.
Crafts
Visit Pinterest and you’ll be overwhelmed by the amount of craft activities available for Disney movies, frozen in particular. We have made a lion mask and frozen snowflakes.
Dress Ups
We have a princess dress up box which has been getting a great workout lately. Frozen dresses are available in most department stores, but any princess dress will work. We’ve also added our lion masks to the dress up box and have had several fun pretend zoo adventures. An old towel makes a great magic carpet if your kids love Aladdin!
Woolworths Disney Movie Stars Collectible Cards
If you shop at Woolworths, your kids will love the new range of collectible Disney cards, featuring The Lion King, Frozen, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Jungle Book, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Mickey Mouse.
We have collected a lot of the previous Woolworths cards, but these cards are the most popular in our house. You receive 1 packet (containing a card with 4 projectable frames featuring Disney scenes and a Disney sticker) for every $20 you spend, and you can purchase a projector to view them in for only $8. These projectors are like the toy ones that I used to have as a kid so it has been great to see my kids enjoying the same toy.
I have a sticker chart for my girls and for their last reward I bought them the collector’s album, which came with a free Disney e-book ($5) and the collector’s Tin ($3). There are 42 cards to collect and they are always excited to find out what new scenes and stickers we have received.
If you would like to find out more about the Woolworths Disney Movie Stars Collectible Cards, you can visit the Woolworths Website, or watch this short video on YouTube. Spend $20 at Woolworths to receive your first card.
Rachel says
We are currently watching Disney / Pixar animated movies, in order. We have been doing this for a good 15 months now and we are currently on Toy Story 1. My boys are a bit older, but we are pretty Disney crazy and we all enjoy them greatly!
Lesley Carter says
What a great age to introduce them to Disney. I just brought my daughter to the movie Zootopia a few days ago and she loved it.
Robin Rue (@massholemommy) says
My kids would love these. There are no longer any Woolworth’s around here anymore, but I will definitely look online!
Megan McCoig says
I still love to colour in as an adult, with the stress books! Such fun todo and a great time passer. Some great activities here to do as a family!
Cristina says
Like you, I’ve seen the Lion King more times than I care to acknowledge. But hey, at least it is a great movie 🙂
Karen says
This is such a helpful guide for parents! The movie activities are such a great tie-in to connect to the movie! And makes it even more fun for the children!
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DANI CC says
At the Dollhouse we hope one day to be Mommy’s and all your posts are so helpful. Personally would probably go with coloring and dress-up!
Debra says
My kids would absolutely love those collector cards! They look like an absolute blast! We love movie night!
KRYSTLE COOK says
I loved the Lion King when it came out. Still do. These are some great ideas to do with the kids!
Heather says
That is awesome! I need to find something like that for my kids – we don’t have a Woolworth’s around here, but I am sure I can find it online! Lion King and Frozen are huge in our house too…not sure when that will end actually 🙂
Candi says
Lion King was my favorite. My son is 17 now and he watched it everyday.
Rose Sahetapy says
A very interesting activity which kids will love to do.These activity make a good famly bonding, and keep the excitment of kids favourite movies continue.
jill conyers says
My kids and I were just talking about Lion King last week. It’s a family favorite.
tp keane says
Love that this post is about more than just watching a movie. It’s great when kids can do more than just veg out. Great idea.
Mariah says
These are all great ideas, I love to color and I dont even have kids! Projectors are so much fun and work great for outdoor movie nights as well!
Sheena Tatum says
The Lion King is a classic and my husband loves it and can’t wait to get our kids into it! That’s neat that your local cinemas are showing those. Ours don’t usually do that!
Laci says
How fun !!! We have a movie night to but nothing this awesome I am definitely gonna use some of your ideas and spice mine up love it !
Ana De- Jesus says
What a fantastic guide. As for The Lion King it is my favourite Disney film full stop. It is also my favourite musical too.
Brittany says
I don’t have kids yet but these are really good ideas! I color in adult coloring books all the time.
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Dawn McAlexander says
I have Disney coloring books myself. I love to color as an adult. I need to watch Lion King again, too.
Tanisha says
Aw it’s so sweet that was their first movie experience! I actually have some VHS tapes of Classic Disney movies (The little mermaid, Pinocchio, and Aladdin) and my son has loved them since he was about 2 years old (he’s 6 now). I’d love to get that projector for him I know he would have lots of fun with it. 🙂
Paula says
It’s so fun to take kids to their first movie! We have one of those little projectors, but it’s for the Cars movie … it was a gift from my sister to my son. I had no idea there were other movies that we could add into the projector. My son loves it, so this will be fun to hunt down.
CourtneyLynne says
Omg woolworths!!! I haven’t heard that name since I was a kid!!!!! My daughter would love this though. Definitely going to look more into them.
karissa Ancell says
The Lion King is one of my favorite Disney movies. It’s a great movie for little kids and their parents.