Since Toy Story 3 is now in theaters, we thought we better jog our memories of the plot by watching #1 and #2. We started with the original tonight. It has been almost 15 years since it first came out (and 15 years since I watched it) and I forgot what a good movie it is! K-man said he had seen it before (although he couldn't tell me anything about it) and V-girl said that if she saw it, she only saw parts of it.
V-girl had a friend from school spend the night and Ethan (our neighbor) joined us for the movie. All the kids seemed to like the movie and the treats! So it was another success!
Although there are many more prominent characters in Toy Story, I decided to focus on Mr. Potato Head. It may be because I just scored at a couple yard sales recently and added 3 Mr. Potato Heads (and 1 Jr.) to the play room but I think it is more because I didn't know how to make Buzz Lightyear out of Rice Krispie Treats. ;)
I used the recipe on the box and mixed the Rice Krispie Treats and then buttered my hands (numerous times) and formed the mixture into "potato heads". They were WAY too big for the kids (they maybe ate half) but I couldn't figure out how to make them look good and fit all the face pieces if they were any smaller.
I used gummy orange pieces for the ears, pull n peel licorice for the eyebrows, skittles for the eyes, peanut M&Ms for the nose, licorice for the mouth and peanut butter cups cut in half for the shoes. Although I used the same items on each one, they all turned out a little different.
