Princess In Training – Workshop Ideas - Disney

Princess in Training Workshop
Activity tips for mum…
This summer, Disney Princess has enlisted the help of Cinderella’s fairy godmother who
has waved her magic wand to come up with an exciting workshop for mums and their little
princesses to celebrate precious time together. Show your daughter how to be a true
Disney Princess by teaching her the four essential characteristics - Intelligence, Grace,
Thoughtfulness and Honesty. There’s a princess for every little girl to relate to: Ariel,
Mulan, Cinderella, Snow White, Jasmine, Aurora, Belle or Pocahontas.
As a mum, you know your daughter best, so adapt each activity to suit your child’s stage
of development and tailor it to reflect her interests.
Princess Alphabet
Put a new and engaging twist on learning the alphabet by encouraging your little Princess
to think creatively – just like Jasmine who created entertaining
games to keep her occupied when locked up in her father’s palace.
You will need:
• Colouring pencils / Crayons
• Paper
Intelligence activity:
1. Help your princess to draw each letter of the alphabet onto
separate pieces of paper.
2. Put the alphabet into the correct order and think of a word for each letter together.
Then draw a picture of that word next to the letter. Pick a theme for the alphabet
to make it more challenging. Come up with words for each letter that relate to the
chosen theme - for example, think of words that are to do with Princesses i.e. C is
for Charming, P is for Pink, J is for Jasmine, etc.
3. Try and come up with as many words as you can for each letter. It gets particularly
challenging when you get to the letters X, Y and Z!
Our expert Lorraine Thomas says…
“Using the alphabet to have fun is a great way to develop your child’s language skills and
stimulate their creativity and imagination. It’s important to keep your child motivated as
this will increase their zest to learn new things. Praise them and be specific about what
they are doing well. Adapt the game to suit your child. You can do the whole alphabet in
one go – or you can take 2 or 3 letters a day. Do what works for you. Put your Princess
alphabet on display, perhaps in their bedroom or in the kitchen so that you can talk about
it with them. When you put your child to bed at night, give them a cuddle and tell them
what you loved most about spending time playing this game with them.”

Copy the Queen
If your daughter is the Princess, then that makes you the
Queen, so who is better qualified to teach her how to act like
a proper Princess than you? Good manners and etiquette can
be shown through a series of games where she copies your
actions. For example, teach her how to eat delicately just as
Belle teaches the Beast to eat his porridge nicely rather than
straight out of the bowl!
You will need:
• Small book
• A plastic knife and fork
• Chair and table
• A plastic teacup and saucer
Grace activity:
1. Walking with a book on your head teaches the correct posture of a princess.
Take a small book, balance it on your own head and walk in a straight line across the
room. Now it’s your daughters turn, continue until they look like they are gliding
smoothly across the room.
2. Teach your child to behave well in public by learning table manners.
Set out the dining table with a knife, fork, teacup and saucer. (You can use their toy
tea set instead of your expensive china!) Show how a princess would hold a knife and
fork and only eat one pea at a time! Princesses never put their elbows on the table or
talk with their mouths full and always sit up straight.
3. For fun, demonstrate how not to behave, so that they can see the difference. A
Disney Princess would never be seen misbehaving!
4. Curtseying. Both put on your finest princess dresses and demonstrate how to
curtsey. Encourage your princess to imagine she is at the ball and about to dance
with the prince.
Our expert Lorraine Thomas says…
“Teaching your child good manners will give them a great start in life. These activities
are effective because they are simple and demonstrate the fun you can have behaving in
the right way. At this age, daughters love to copy their mums – so make the most of it
and have fun spending time together. As well as showing them what to do, talk to them
about the positive feelings they experience when they do things the right way. Talking
about positive feelings will increase their confidence. Once the activity has finished, go
out of your way to catch them ‘red-handed’ demonstrating good manners in their
everyday lives. You can use a star chart to record this and perhaps take them out on a
date for lunch, tea or dinner to celebrate their success. This will reinforce what you
have taught them and encourage them to establish good manners as a habit – not just a
game.”

Birthday calendar
Create a birthday calendar to remember friends and family’s important dates. Birthdays
are exciting and give you the opportunity to make homemade cards to show special people
that you love them. This activity also teaches them months and days! Ariel in ‘The Little
Mermaid’ journeyed to the surface to watch Prince Eric’s fireworks on his birthday
before saving his life after he was thrown overboard.
You will need:
• A calendar (to copy the dates from)
• Photographs of friends and family
• Plain paper
• Ruler
• Colouring pencils
• Glitter
• Glue
• Sticky-tac
Thoughtfulness activity:
1. Encourage your child to find out friends and family members’ birthday dates.
2. Copy dates from a calendar putting one month on each sheet. Design a colourful wall
calendar using the paper and coloured pencils.
3. Decorate using bright and shiny materials such as sweet wrappers and glitter.
4. Stick photographs of the person whose birthday it is on their birth date.
5. Display the chart on the wall so they can remember the dates and make cards for
people’s birthdays.
Our expert Lorraine Thomas says…
“This game is effective because it is all about kindness and thinking of others. Adults as
well as children like to feel special on their birthday and this shows children that other
people’s birthdays can be just as much fun as their own. This activity also gives you the
opportunity to talk to your child about what you love about them and for them to talk
about what they love about the special people in their life. Talking about this will help
them to recognise the value of friends and family and to develop positive personal
qualities in themselves.”
Princess Diary
Share each other’s daily experiences and feelings through songs. It doesn’t take long; you
can make time to do this at bedtime, perhaps before or instead of a story; just like Snow
White and the washing song in ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’. To the tune of their
favourite song, children can sing out the day’s activities or any problems they have had.
You will need:
• Good imagination
• Healthy lungs
Honesty activity:
1. Choose a favourite song.
2. Add in your own words and sing along to the tune.
3. For example just like Snow White sings the washing song:
Step up to the tub

It ain't no disgrace
Just pull up your sleeves
And get up in place
Then scoop up the water
And rub it on your face
An' go blud-dle-ud-dle-ud-dle Ud-dle-um-dum
Our expert Lorraine Thomas says…
“Being a mum is the most important job we’ll ever do in our lives. We are our daughters’
most powerful role model and giving them the time and confidence to share their
experiences and feelings is a precious gift. We want them to grow up knowing that they
can talk to us about anything and everything – especially about the challenges that life
may bring. If you encourage them to get into the habit of talking to you honestly about
their feelings now they’re small – they’re much more likely to do it as teenagers. A
powerful bond built from a young age will last a lifetime.”