Disney's Lilo & Stitch Movie Night

Our 3rd movie night, as we count down to our first family trip to Walt Disney World, was Lilo & Stitch.  I just adore this movie, which made this movie night extra fun!  Ah, who am I kidding?  They're all fun!

crafts & activities

 We made a "palm" tree for our table centerpiece.  For a tutorial to make your own, please click here.

We used green crepe paper, taped to a piece of ribbon, to make our own grass skirts.

 And of course, we had to have Cobra Bubbles to play with.

dinner 

For appetizers, we enjoyed a large tropical fruit platter and Pudge's Peanut Butter Sushi.  For a tutorial on how to make peanut butter sushi, click here.

For dinner, we enjoyed Stitch's Sweet & Sour Chicken Kebobs and Pleakley's Pilaf.

To wash it down, we had Jumba Juice.  Passion fruit juice.  Yummy!

dessert

This cake was even BETTER than it looks!  Lilo's Lava Cake.  I used this amazing recipe at The Pioneer Woman.  Did I mention that it was amazing?  *swoon*

movie snacks

 Though we hardly had room, while we watched the movie, we snacked on Goldfish Crackers, Swedish Fish, Tropical Dried Fruit and homemade Coconut Macaroon.

"Palm" Tree Tutorial

Such an adorable addition to your tropical table setting!  And, it's so easy to make.  What could be better?

Trace 12-16 "palms" on green paper.  Regular, light weight copy or construction paper.  If you use anything heavier (like cardstock), they won't hang right.

You'll also need a paper towel tube, one toothpick for each "palm", strips of brown paper (1 1/2 - 2 inches wide), dry floral foam and tape or glue.  Glue would be the better option, but I was short on time so I used tape.

Stick your paper towel tube into the floral foam, as far as you can.  You'll start to get resistance.  At this point stop!  You don't want to crush your tube.  Give it a little twist and it'll break the foam off and into your tube.  You may need to repeat it a couple times so that the foam doesn't just slide down the tube when you press on it.  I had to do it twice.

 Starting at the bottom of your tube (the opposite end from the foam), tape (or glue) the tape.  Wrap the tape up the tube.  Continue with the rest of the paper until you've covered the entire tube.

This is where glue would have been better than tape, as you can see the tape on the outside of my tube in some spots.  Not quite as attractive as glueing would have been.

Tape (or glue) the toothpicks on the back of your "palms".  Then poke them into the foam.  I used the larger "palms" first then built up to the top with the smaller "palms".

Your finished product!