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January 23, 2014 by Adelle Belnap

Disneyland Vacation Countdown Chain (she: Adelle)

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One thing that I love almost as much as a Disneyland vacation, is the anticipation of a Disneyland vacation! As a regular blog contributor for GetAwayToday, I created a Disneyland Vacation Countdown Chain tutorial and free download to make the time counting down to your vacation full of magic at home! These magical countdown chains include special activities that you can do before your vacation to help the time fly by. You can make one for your whole family, or one for each child – there’s a Mickey version and a Minnie version, just for fun.

disneyland vacation countdown chain

To Make Four “Mouse Bodies” You Will Need:
1 Colored Sheet of Paper for each Segment of the Chain
20 Inches of Thin Ribbon
Tape, Scissors, Glue Stick
Pattern (download)
Circle Header (download)
Daily Activities (download)

First, you’ll download your pattern for the strips of paper. Cut four strips of each segment for your mouse. The feet and body are each 1.5″ wide and 8″ long. The arms are 1″ wide x 8 ” long.

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Next, trace the mouse ears pattern onto your black paper. You can use a pencil or a white crayon. Fold the ears upwards after you’ve cut them out.

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Next, you’ll print and cut the daily activities. You can use as many or as few of these as you wish. If you have any fun traditions, feel free to add your own into the mix! Use your glue stick to attach the activity to your link.

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Now you’ll start building your chain by stapling each strip of paper to make a link.  For Mickey, you’ll staple a white link for the arms, black for the face and ears, red for the body and yellow for his shoes. Minnie is the same, but turquoise for her dress, and pink for her shoes.  Keep linking until you have enough links for your “countdown.” If you have planned your Disneyland vacation months in advance, you don’t have to use a link for each day, you could do one link each week until your departure. It’s completely up to you! Add white hole punches for buttons to the red links and a pink bow to Minnie’s ear, depending on the version you choose.

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When your chain is complete, print the header, cut it out and tape a ribbon to the back. This way you can easily hang your Disneyland Vacation Countdown Chain wherever you’ll use it most.

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If you still need help planning your Disneyland vacation, Get Away Today would love to help you. With an exclusive Disneyland tickets deal with Adults at Kids’ Prices and free night hotel specials, we have the best deals. Plus, you can save an extra $10 on your next Disneyland vacation just by using promo code: OSSS10! Call our agents at 855-GET-AWAY or visit www.getawaytoday.com. Happy Disneyland vacation planning!

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  1. Abbie Greer says

    May 27, 2016 at 11:45 am

    Do you happen to have a version of your Disney countdown rings Circle Header for Disney World? 🙂

    • Adelle says

      May 30, 2016 at 8:10 am

      The original post for this activity was posted on the Get Away Today blog. For some reason I cannot post a link here to go there for the Disney World circle header…but there is one! Can you google the text “Get Away Today Disney Vacation Countdown Chain?” It will bring up the post in the first search result and you can get the template there!! I hope that helps. Have a fun vacation!

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