Hocus Pocus Photo Props

What you will need:

Kids, have a grown-up help you with the scissors and hot glue.

Instructions:

  1. Print the pages onto heavy printer paper.
  2. Cut out the art as close as possible.
  3. Turn over the prop and hot glue a wooden dowel to the back to use as a handle.

 Special instructions for Winnie & Sarah hair props:

For Winnie: Apply tacky glue to the white tab on Part B and carefully align the art on Part A. Secure with tape on the back and allow the glue to dry. Turn over the prop and hot glue two dowels as shown to create a handle.

For Sarah: Apply tacky glue to the white tab on Part A and carefully align the art on Part B. Secure with tape on the back and allow the glue to dry. Turn over the prop and hot glue four dowels as shown to create a handle.

Hocus Pocus Witches Brew Of Immortality

For some dastardly directions on how to make this bewitching brew, visit our D23 TikTok for a step-by-step walkthrough on creating this curious concoction in your own cauldron at home!

Ingredients:

  • 1 (12 fl. oz.) bottle of green apple soda
  • Chilled 1 liter club soda
  • Chilled lime sherbet
  1. In a large pitcher, pour in 12 fl. ounces of green apple soda and 1 liter of club soda. Stir gently. Gently add several scoops of lime sherbet to the punch mixture which will begin to create foam.
  2. Allow the sherbet to melt a bit and gently mix into the punch. Pour into glasses and top with sherbet.

TIP: Substitute the green apple soda with other bright green beverages such as Hawaiian Punch®.

Jack’s Swirly Crispy Rice Treats

Ingredients:

3 tbsp. butter
4 cups mini marshmallows
6 cups crispy rice cereal
White candy melts
Chocolate candy melts
Small zip top bags or piping bags with tips

  1. Melt the butter in large sauce pan. Add the marshmallow, and over low heat melt the marshmallows until smooth. Pour in the cereal and fold until covered.
  2. Pour mixture into a 9 x 13 inch nonstick cake pan and press flat with parchment paper. Let cool.
  3. Cut into squares.
  4. Melt the chocolate candy melts per product instructions in a bowl. Dip one side of the treat into the chocolate and let harden.
  5. Melt the white candy melts per product instructions in the zip top bag. Snip a small hole in the corner of the bag to gently pipe the frosting out to decorate the treats.

Binx the Cat Cookies

Ingredients:

  • Prepared dark colored chocolate cookie mix
  • Black decorating gel
  • White canned frosting
  • Gel food coloring

Small zip top bags or piping bags with tips Preheat oven to 375°F.

  1. Mix together the chocolate cookie mix and black decorating gel until the dough appears black.
  2. Scoop out about 1 tablespoon of dough, separate and create two triangle shapes for ears. Place about an inch apart onto a cookie sheet and flatten a bit.
  3. Scoop out about 2 tablespoons of dough and roll into a ball. Gently flatten out the ball into a round shape for the head. Place the round shape onto the cookie sheet overlapping the base of each ear. Repeat.

Bake for approximately 12-14 minutes. Let cool.

In small zip top bags, mix red food coloring with a small amount of white frosting for his nose and ears. Mix yellow and just a touch of green food coloring with white frosting for his eyes. Fill another bag with white frosting for his whiskers and teeth. Snip a small hole in the corner of each bag to gently pipe the frosting out to decorate the cookies.

Old Burial Hill Finger Sandwiches

Ingredients:

  • Sandwich bread, cut into shapes with cookie cutters
  • Provolone cheese slices
  • 1 (8 oz.) package of cream cheese

For garnish:

  • Basil leaves
  • Black olives
  • Red pepper
  • Black decorating gel

Basil pesto cream cheese spread

1 cup packed basil leaves
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese 2 cloves of fresh garlic
2 tbsp. of olive oil
3 tbsp. of toasted pine nuts
4 oz. of cream cheese, softened

Combine above ingredients in a food processor until finely chopped. Cut into softened cream cheese.

Red pepper pesto cream cheese spread

1 cup roasted bell peppers, rinsed and drained
1 cup packed basil leaves
1/3 cup toasted pine nuts
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp. olive oil
1/8 tsp. black pepper
1/4 tsp. sea salt
4 oz. of cream cheese, softened

Combine above ingredients in a food processor until finely chopped. Divide in half and cut into softened cream cheese.

Sriracha tuna fish spread

1 can of albacore tuna packed in water, drained
4 tbsp. of Japanese mayonnaise
1 tbsp. of dill relish
2 scallions, finely chopped
1/8 tsp. white pepper Juice of half a lemon
1 tsp. of Sriracha sauce

Mix ingredients together.

Smackerals of Fun: Christopher Robin Comes Home on Digital and Blu-ray

By Karina Schink

The Hundred Acre Woods is ready to welcome you back into its nostalgic grounds—right in your home (or even on the go) …

Christopher Robin will be available for the whole family to enjoy again and again when it debuts on Digital, Movies Anywhere, and Blu-ray this November.

The heartwarming live-action tale brings Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, and Owl into new three-dimensional form, just in time to remind their pal Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) what it means to be carefree and young at heart.

And if that wasn’t sweet enough, the Digital and Blu-ray versions have smackerals of extra-sweet bonus features—giving us a glimpse into the making of the film, a look back at Walt Disney’s love for the silly old bear, and more!

Get ready to follow Pooh through that famous tree once again when Christopher Robin comes home on November 6, available on Blu-ray and for instant download in Digital HD and SD!

Get Your Disney Spook on with These Group Halloween Costume Ideas

By Karina Schink

Halloween is more than a night for tricking and treating and eating candy (or strolling through a haunted house, peeking through your fingers)—it’s also about dressing up and having a great time with your friends! Here are some of our favorite Disney and Pixar costume ideas for every kind of group, all the way from the spookiest of squads, to those who know they were meant for a palace.

Hocus Pocus

The Sanderson Sisters—Hocus Pocus
Halloween is the perfect time to run amuck, amuck, amuck with your friends! Whether you’re delivering tricks or treats, you and your fellow witches can dress up as the famed Salem trio themselves: Winifred, Mary, and Sarah.

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

Lock, Shock, and Barrel—Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
What better way to hit the streets with your candy collecting vessel in tow than as Oogie Boogie’s henchmen/trick-or-treaters themselves: Lock, Shock, and Barrel. This trio of trepidation is the perfect costume idea for when you and your friends are looking to add a bit of mischief to your attire.

Inside Out

Riley’s Emotions—Disney•Pixar’s Inside Out
Spooked may not be one of Riley’s emotions, but Fear certainly is! You and your friends can make your trick-or-treating extra emotional this year by getting all decked out in a rainbow of feelings. From Joy and Disgust to Anger, Sadness, and Fear, there’s an idea for everyone in your group. Got more than five in your squad? Well, we happen to know that Bing Bong is always down for an adventure or two! Just make sure you don’t leave Sadness behind (sometimes she’s too sad to walk!).

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The Muses—Hercules
You are the muses, goddesses of the arts and proclaimers of heroes. This Halloween, step away from the Underworld and transform into those soulful goddesses that told us the tale of Hercules (or do we mean Hunkules?). Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Terpsichore, and Thalia, in their white gowns and with such radiant voices, are the perfect Disney characters to embody this season.

Wreck-It Ralph 2

The Princesses
October 31 is just another day to live out your true destiny, and dress up, ready for the ball, as your favorite Disney princess. Whether you’re after more of a Disneybounding look, or you want to take your costume to another, magical Fairy Godmother level, it’s the perfect time of year to begin your happily ever after.

DuckTales

Huey, Dewey, and Louie—DuckTales
Everyday you’re out there making DuckTales—and Halloween is no exception! If you and your friends are always finding yourself turning the worst of messes into successes (even if it’s only by a feather or two), then these three brothers are who you were meant to be! Just make sure you keep an eye on your brother’s back, there may be a stranger out to find you!

Wreck-It Ralph 2

The Ralph Breaks the Internet Squad
If you live for video games, then look no further for the best group Halloween costume than the virtual troop from Ralph Breaks the Internet. From the big lug himself or the sweets-loving speedster Vanellope von Schweetz, or even a classic princess in her royal sleepover wear, no matter how big your friend group is, there’s a costume for everyone!

Up

Wilderness Explorers—Up
Adventure is out there, but it might be a bit spookier around this time of year. Never fear! As long as you’ve got your lucky Grape Soda badge pinned tightly, nothing will stand in your way (unless of course it’s a snipe!). Seek out all the thrills (and chills) the night has to offer as Wilderness Explorers, who are all, definitely more in search of treats than tricks!

What’s This? Shareable Halloween Town and Christmas Town Postcards from the Vacation of Your Nightmares

By Jocelyn Buhlman

Everyone enjoys going on a nice vacation for the holidays, but now your vacation destination can be the holidays—the holidays of Halloween and Christmas, to be exact! Download these frighteningly fantastic Halloweentown postcards, or get a head start on holiday cheer with a Christmastown postcard, inspired by the locations from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. We hope you enjoy traveling just like Jack Skellington—although we hope you don’t try to kidnap Sandy Claws when you do!

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas postcards
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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas postcards
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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas postcards
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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas postcards
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