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December 29, 2014 by: Ashley Greenwood

Surprise! We are Going on a Disney World Vacation! {The Big Reveal}

The secret is out! We are going to see Mickey Mouse!

I’ve been talking about our Disney World trip for weeks now so I bet you are wondering exactly how we shared this awesome news with our kids. A simple “surprise” would never do! Here’s how we told our children our Disney World vacation {The Big Reveal}!

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Since we have three children, the big reveal had to include each one of them in some way. I didn’t want any crying about how one kid got more action than the other.

So I gathered three separate items for them to unwrap.

  • #1 – Our box of MagicBands
  • #2 – A Countdown Chain
  • #3 – Fat Sharpies for Character Autograph Books

How To Tell Your Kids You Are Going to Disney World!

Now my numbering system might be a tad confusing. Instead of meaning the number in which the gift would be opened, the numbers correspond with the children’s birth order.

  • #1 – Big Boy {10 year old}
  • #2 – Little boy {7 year old}
  • #3 – Tootsie {4 year old}

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Disney World Reveal:How To Tell Your Kids You Are Going to Disney World! http://www. 3littlegreenwoods.com

Each item was placed in a box and wrapped. The children’s numbers were taped to the outside of the box. I actually wrote their names instead of the numbers on the boxes but didn’t want to show you that. There’s crazies out there, don’t you know?

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I grabbed a medium sized box from the stash of Amazon boxes that have been arriving and began to fill it with the reveal gifts and lots of filler.

The first gift to go in on the bottom was #1 The MagicBands. Next went #2 The Countdown Chain. Then #3 The Fat Sharpies on top. Each reveal gift was separated with lots of tissue paper and crinkle filler.

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Lastly, the outside box was wrapped and labeled as a gift to Daddy from Mama. This totally threw them off the scent of any sort of surprise. It would never occur to them that this gift wasn’t exactly what it said it was.

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On Christmas morning Honey had the honor of opening the first gift of Christmas. One by one the children opened their Disney World vacation reveal gifts. I was on camera duty and got lots of great video but not one photograph. Argh!

Tootsie and Little Boy had no clue what their Disney World reveal gifts meant. Tootsie thought she was going to have an art party on the kitchen table with those big fat Sharpies.

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It wasn’t until our 10 year old opened the MagicBands that he realized what the big surprise was!

Ever since Christmas day he has been sitting and imagining all the fun we are going to have. He has a list of attractions we must do. Some more than once.

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Tootsie is already pulling off links as we countdown the days until our Disney World trip. The countdown chain is a great visual reminder that “no, we aren’t going TODAY!”

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I would love to know if you have any Big Reveal ideas for a Disney World vacation. You never know when I might talk Honey into taking us again!

 

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Comments

  1. 1

    laura@notatrophywife.com says

    December 29, 2014 at 9:45 am

    What a great surprise and idea!!! Love it! Have fun!!! laura

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    Emily @ My Love for Words says

    December 29, 2014 at 9:46 am

    How fun! I love Disney. You’re going to have so much fun! We surprised our kids once with two pictures, one of Walt Disney and the other of Tom Cruise because we were going on a Disney cruise. Hearing the kids try to guess who they were was pretty funny, and they were thrilled when they finally found out where we were going.

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  3. 3

    Amber says

    December 29, 2014 at 12:33 pm

    Ashley, I love your ideas! It has been my pleasure to share in the secret with you and create another magical vacation for the kiddos. Have so much fun!

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      3littlegreenwoods says

      January 23, 2015 at 3:22 pm

      Oh, Amber! We had the BEST time! Thank you for all your hard work planning our Disney World vacation. You are the best Disney travel agent ever!
      ~ Ashley

      Reply
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    Simple Hacks Living says

    December 29, 2014 at 9:55 pm

    Great idea not labeling the gift to them! I bet that was an awesome reveal. Pinned it!

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    • 6

      3littlegreenwoods says

      January 23, 2015 at 3:17 pm

      Thank you SO much for the pin!
      ~ Ashley

      Reply
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    Kirsten says

    December 30, 2014 at 6:19 pm

    Ashley, I love your idea! So creative and you will all have such a wonderful time. Enjoy!

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    Dorothy Boucher says

    December 31, 2014 at 7:35 am

    WOW!!! How Awesome is this 🙂 Have lots of fun!!

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    Gretchen@BoxyColonial says

    December 31, 2014 at 10:46 am

    So fun! Our trips have mostly been during the fall, so I’ve never gotten to do a Christmas surprise with one (also, I have trouble keeping my mouth shut, so I’m bad at surprises ;)). Have a great trip!!

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    Jennifer | The Deliberate Mom says

    January 1, 2015 at 10:38 pm

    Oh my goodness! What a fun way to present such an awesome gift! How exciting!

    Happy New Year!
    xoxo

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    • 11

      3littlegreenwoods says

      January 3, 2015 at 8:23 am

      We are beyond excited about our Disney World trip!

      Happy New Year to you!
      ~ Ashley

      Reply

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