UNDER THE SEA - DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID: I HAD AN UNDER THE SEA PARTY FOR MY TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, WHOSE FAVORITE SONG IS "UNDER THE SEA" FROM THE DISNEY MOVIE "THE LITTLE MERMAID"  FOR THE INVITATIONS, WE TOOK HER OUT TO DISNEYLAND AND HAD HER PICTURE MADE WITH ARIEL AND THEN I SCANNED THE PICTURE ONTO MY COMPUTER AND USED THE PICTURE AS THE FRONT OF THE INVITATION CARDS THAT I PRINTED OUT.   I USED THREE DIFFERENT COLORS OF BLUE STREAMERS AND MADE "WAVES" ON MY PATIO CEILING. I THEN TOOK CONSTRUCTION PAPER OF VARIOUS COLORS AND PRINTED OUT CLIP ART PICTURES OF FISH. I CUT THE FISH OUT AND HUNG THEM FROM THE "WAVES" ON TEAL CURLING RIBBON. I ALSO TOOK WHITE & BLUE BALLOONS AND HUNG THESE IN BETWEEN THE WAVES TO GIVE THE CEILING A REAL LOOKING OCEAN AFFECT. I THEN USED A BUBBLE MACHINE TO SLOWLY BLOW BUBBLES ACROSS THE PATIO. I PRINTED OUT A COLORING PAGE OF ARIEL OFF OF DISNEY.COM AND PRINTED IT OUT IN POSTER FORMAT, THEN I PAINTED IT AND ADDED GLITTER AND HUNG THIS ON MY PATIO WALL.  I ALSO PRINTED OUT TWO POSTER SIZE PICTURES OF DOLPHINS AND ALSO HUNG THEM ON THE WALL. THE DOLPHINS WORKED OUT GREAT, BECAUSE I JUST PRINTED THEM OUT IN GRAY SCALE AND DIDN'T HAVE TO PAINT THESE. ALSO OFF OF DISNEY.COM, I PRINTED OFF A PICTURE OF FLOUNDER AND SABASTIAN AND PRINTED THESE ON YELLOW & RED CONSTRUCTION PAPER.  THESE I JUST ENLARGED TO AN 8 X 10 SIZE SO THEY WOULD BE THE PROPER SIZE NEXT TO ARIEL. I ALSO REDUCED THESE PICTURES TO APPROX. 2 X 2 AND CUT THEM OUT WITH WAVE CRAFT SCISSORS AND GLUED  TOOTHPICKS TO THE BACK AND USED THESE FOR INSERTS IN THE TOP OF THE BLUE Jell-O CUPCAKES I HAD MADE. FOR THE CAKE I JUST MADE A SIMPLE SHEET CAKE, FROSTED IT BLUE AND PURCHASED LITTLE MERMAID FIGURINES TO PLACE ONTOP OF THE CAKE.  SINCE MOST OF THE PARTY GUEST WERE TO YOUNG FOR REAL GAMES, WE MADE A BALLOON PIÑATA AND PAINTED IT YELLOW AND TURNED IT INTO FLOUNDER. I BURIED SEASHELLS AND OTHER TRINKETS IN THE SANDBOX, SO THE KIDS HAD A BALL LOOKING FOR BURIED TREASURE.    WE ALSO PUT DIFFERENT COLORED FISH IN THE KIDDY POOL AND WENT FISHING. THE VARIOUS COLORED FISH EACH REPRESENTED A DIFFERENT PRIZE. FOR GIFTS FOR THE CHILDREN, I PRINTED THE COLORING PAGES FROM DISNEY.COM OF THE LITTLE MERMAID, ONE PICTURE WAS EVEN OF ARIEL CUTTING A CAKE, SO I ADDED TEXT TO THE PICTURE OF THE CAKE BEFORE I PRINTED IT OUT TO READ "HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY MAKAYLA". I THEN TOOK STURDY CONSTRUCTION PAPER AND PRINTED EACH CHILD'S NAME ALONG WITH THE TITLE "THIS UNDER THE SEA BIRTHDAY PARTY COLORING BOOK BELONGS TO" TO MAKE THE COVER. I THEN STAPLED ALL THE COLORING PAGES BEHIND THIS AND PASSED THESE OUT TO THE CHILDREN ALONG WITH A SMALL BOX OF CRAYONS.  FOR THE CAKE TABLE, I USED A BLUE TABLE CLOTH AND PLACED A FISHING NET OVER THE TOP OF THAT AND PLACED VARIOUS SEASHELLS ALL AROUND THE TABLE AND THEN I SPRINKLED THE TABLE WITH FISH CONFETTI. THE PARTY AND DECORATIONS TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT HIT FOR BOTH THE KIDS & ADULTS.