Create Disney Magic at Home this Halloween with Some Tricks and Treats from Disney Family.com

Create Disney Magic at Home this Halloween with Some Tricks and Treats from Disney Family.com

31 Days of Disney-Inspired Halloween Ideas for Costumes, Decorations, Recipes, Crafts and More Now Available Online!

BURBANK, Calif., Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Parents can create their own Disney magic at home this year with 31 days of Disney-inspired Halloween crafts, decorations, treats, homemade costumes and more, now available on Disney Family.com. Featured on the site are easy recipes and simple craft instructions, as well as printable crafts and decorations based on dozens of beloved Disney characters including Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Tinker Bell, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Phineas and Ferb, Jack Skellington, Kermit the Frog, and everyone's favorite Hitchhiking Ghosts from The Haunted Mansion.

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To enjoy a month-long Disney-themed Halloween celebration, Disney Family.com offers hundreds of ideas for dressing up the house in spooktacular fashion. Carve a Disney character pumpkin using free Disney pumpkin carving templates that can be printed right from the site. Twenty templates are offered for characters including Mickey and Friends, Jack Skellington, Tinker Bell, Phineas and Ferb, Perry the Platypus, and the newest Disney Princess, Rapunzel, among others. Other printable crafts include Disney Princess masquerade masks, Haunted Mansion Ghost masks, a Vampire Mickey candy box, Disney party invitations, cupcake toppers and more.

Disney Family.com also features recipes for Disney Halloween treats and spooky snacks including:

    --  Mickey Mummy Cupcakes
    --  Donald's Candy Corn Cookies
    --  Franken-Goofy Cupcakes
    --  Jack Skellington Cupcakes
    --  Pirate's Skull Cookies
    --  Jack Skellington Bento Box

For do-it-yourselfers, the site offers instructions to make Disney Halloween costume ideas for the whole family. Directions are also available for homemade Disney Halloween decorations, including a Mickey's Pumpkin Patch, Tinker Bell Halloween Ghost and Oogie Boogie Monster, to name a few.

To check out all the Disney Halloween fun, visit Disney Family.com/Holidays.

Disney Interactive Media Group

Disney Interactive Media Group (DIMG), one of the world's largest creators of high-quality interactive entertainment across all platforms, is the segment of The Walt Disney Company responsible for the global creation and delivery of interactive entertainment, multi-platform video games, and lifestyle content across all current and emerging digital media platforms. DIMG produces and distributes a broad portfolio of content from its five primary lines of business: Disney Interactive Studios, Disney Online, Disney Online Studios, Disney Mobile, and Playdom. Products and content released and operated by DIMG include blockbuster online virtual worlds, #1-ranked community-family and parenting web destination* that includes Disney.com and the Disney Family network of websites, mobile applications, and video games.

The Disney Family network of sites provide inspiration and ideas for parents on a variety of topics important to today's families, including easy recipes, crafts, traveling with children, pregnancy, and parenting. Sites in the portfolio include Disney Family.com, Kaboose.com, FamilyFun.com and BabyZone.com.

Disney Interactive Media Group is the interactive entertainment affiliate of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS).

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    Disney Interactive Media Group             Disney Interactive Media Group
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