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Disney’s Frozen comes out on DVD this Tuesday, March 18. Rumor has it that it’s also when the Disney stores will be restocking the merchandise that has been sold out for what feels like an eternity. But just in case you can’t get your hands on it, we came up with some ways to recreate the key components of the movie to make your watch party one to remember.
Let it Go
The transformation of Elsa is a crucial part of the pretend play that goes on while watching the movie. Check it out about three minutes into this video:
In order to make a braid, kids can let down from their own hair, then we took yarn and iridescent streamer ribbon from Michael’s, cut it, braided it, and made extensions that work for all ages and sizes.
Conceal, Don’t Feel
We found gloves like Elsa wears to conceal her powers for $12.95 on Amazon.
Use cotton balls for decorative snowballs and jewels or ribbon to make them even fancier.
The Snow
We had all winter and then some to play with the real stuff, but for year-round Frozen fun, we found snow you can make right in your kitchen. Insta-snow grows right before your eyes!
To make “I Spy” bags, use a Ziploc or vinyl-zippered bag, add the snow, then add treasures like jewels, doll accessories, etc., tape up the top, and have your kids look and find what’s buried inside the fluff!
The Cake
Straub’s stocks the famous Miss Hullings cakes. We used a vanilla-iced angelfood cake as a base to make a scene to look like an ice castle. Use cream cheese and blue dye or blue icing and spread it across matzah crackers for ice, marshmallows for mounds of snow, and blue or iridescent sprinkles for the fresh powder. To make “frozen fractals,” dip iridescent pipe cleaners into a sugar crystal mix. Once the mix hardens, break it up into pieces to decorate the cake.
Recipe:
Boil ½ cup water, ¾ cup light corn syrup and 2 cups of sugar. Remove from heat and add blue food coloring. Let cool on a cookie sheet and then break into pieces.
Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Kids can make an Olaf that will last or one for their next snack. Marshmallows, powdered donuts, and even white petit fours make great snowballs for the body. Pretzel sticks can be used for arms, chocolate chips for buttons, and eyes and then carrot specks for a nose. To build an Olaf that lasts, wooden sticks or toothpicks are great items to hold together Styrofoam balls and marshmallow arms.
Ice Bracelets
Magic string from Michael’s and clear beads are all that you need to make ice bracelets.
Click HERE to watch my segment on Show Me St. Louis about throwing a Frozen-themed watch party.
