Vintage Minnie Mouse at Disneyland

We spent last week­end cel­e­brat­ing Hal­loween at the Hap­pi­est Place on Earth: Dis­ney­land! We did­n’t attend Mick­ey’s Hal­loween Par­ty {an event for which you have to pur­chase sep­a­rate tick­ets}, but one of the main rea­sons my daugh­ter, Anabelle, want­ed to go dur­ing Hal­loween time was to dress up in a cos­tume and par­take in all the park’s sea­son­al festivities.

Pri­or to our depar­ture, we had yet to carve a pump­kin and with all the events lined up upon our return, I hon­est­ly did­n’t think we’d have time to do so this year. So, I felt the need to at least make a pump­kin fon­dant cup­cake top­per… Mick­ey style!

In the recent years, Anabelle has dressed up as Jew­el from the movie Rio, Audrey Hep­burn in Break­fast at Tiffany’s and a Lalaloop­sy doll! When I asked her what she was think­ing to dress up as this year, she imme­di­ate­ly said she want­ed to be Min­nie Mouse. But not reg­u­lar Min­nie… vin­tage Min­nie Mouse! I imme­di­ate­ly agreed that it was a super cute idea. Since our incred­i­bly gen­er­ous in-laws gift­ed us with sea­son pass­es to the park last Christ­mas, this year has been all about Dis­ney­land and we’ve tried to take full advan­tage and vis­it the park as much as pos­si­ble. So it was no sur­prise that this sea­son’s cos­tume be a Dis­ney character!

To put vin­tage, steam­boat Min­nie togeth­er, I enlist­ed the help of the won­der­ful and incred­i­bly tal­ent­ed ladies at Cre­ative Chics! As you may remem­ber, we have joined forces a cou­ple of times to offer a hol­i­day give­away last year and a joint give­away to cel­e­brate my book launch. I just adore their gor­geous aprons and thought it would be adorable if they made one to rep­re­sent Min­nie’s aqua pol­ka dot skirt. Paired with her sweet shoes we found at the Dis­ney store, gloves with the icon­ic three black stripes and ears I embell­ished with a felt hat and daisy, vin­tage Min­nie Mouse was born! And what bet­ter way to show it off than at Dis­ney­land… with Min­nie herself!

As you can see, Dis­ney­land and Toon Town were the per­fect set­tings for a pho­to shoot! So much so that while we were there, we took advan­tage and took a cou­ple of pics of Anabelle’s brand new Anna dress as well. And while we’re on it, did you know they opened a store called Anna & Elsa’s Bou­tique at Down­town Dis­ney?! And that you can’t miss it when walk­ing by, as they lure you in with promis­es of mak­ing all your Frozen dreams come true?! 😉 Well, we def­i­nite­ly could­n’t resist and the dress was debuted at the school Hal­loween cel­e­bra­tion this week, which includ­ed our Night­mare Before Christ­mas inspired trunk-or-treat design!

What are you or your kid­dos dress­ing up as this Hal­loween? Wish­ing you a ghoul­ish­ly fun and safe time!

Merci Beaucoup!

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