![]() For this, I like to use my Xyron sticker maker. You then glue the circles into the bottle caps. You can buy a 1″ circle punch at the craft store too, if you don’t have a die cutting machine like my Silhouette Cameo. You can design your own, cut out 1″ circles from Disney scrapbook paper, or find some images online. You can buy them in bulk at craft stores (or my favorite place to shop, Amazon) and the edges are a bit safer than a real bottle cap. You first need the blank bottle caps, and no, you don’t have to go drinking lots of beer or soda. These bottle cap magnets are super easy to make. When we found a door we loved, or if we came across someone celebrating a birthday or anniversary or graduation, BOOM, they got a magnet from us! We just LOVED seeing everyone’s creativity. People decorate their doors with all kinds of magnets. Magnets are a big thing on Disney Cruises. This actually turned out to be one of our favorite things on the cruise! I made a bunch of magnets in various Disney designs and as we were walking the halls we would randomly leave a magnet on someone’s door. Wait, you don’t know what Pixie Dust is?! Well, consider it a little extra special, unexpected Disney magic. That seems like enough and a wonderful gift, right? Well, I wasn’t done! I wanted to make magnets to Pixie Dust and figured if I was making them anyway, I might as well include some in the Fish Extender gifts. I included a generic pen to keep score (but you know it was killing me to not Disney-fy the pen! LOL!). ![]() I found some really nice small Moleskine journals and made a Mickey anchor in vinyl for the front of each. I realized people might need a way to keep score, since pen & paper is probably not something people add to their cruise checklist. But then I thought little kids might not want the cruise ship, so kept that for the adults and made some Mickey & Minnie for the littlest cruisers and Darth Vader with waves (it IS Star Wars Day at Sea!) tags as well. I even found Mickey shaped key rings (note the image to the right is using a luggage tag but you can see the key rings in the image of the complete Fish Extender gift below). So I meticulously cut, weeded and layered vinyl pieces onto a 3″ round acrylic and while they took what felt like an eternity to put together, they came out adorable. I thought how perfect it would be to turn this adorable cruise ship into a keychain or bag tag. I mean, you know I was going to make something (or lots of things if you really know me)! The first thing I did was create my own Fantasy Disney Cruise ship in Silhouette Design Studio. My mind was swimming with ideas of what I was going to make. Then you make or buy gifts for these people and surprise them on your cruise by putting the gifts in their Fish Extender! Sound fun? It was! ![]() You find out their names, ages, their favorite Disney characters and if they’re celebrating anything. You have to first find your cruise group for your specific sailing on Facebook and then you get assigned some cabins (we had ten in our group). Now we just needed some gifts! Who doesn’t love getting gifts?! Anyone can sign up to participate in the Fish Extender. I bought this one on Amazon and embellished it with some ribbons, our names in heat transfer vinyl and used felt to cut Mickey ears and a sailor cap. And you hang a bag of sorts on this fish for people to put gifts in, and that bag is called the Fish Extender. ![]() What’s that, you say? Well, each cabin door has a little hook on it that is some type of fish. While planning our Disney Cruise I heard about this fun thing called a Fish Extender. I carried my love of Disney with me always and had the opportunity to participate in the Disney College Program in 1998, working and learning about the Disney brand and living with and making new friends from around the world. I wanted to celebrate in a BIG way, so we went on a Disney Cruise! And not just any Disney Cruise… a Star Wars Day At Sea! I am a huge Disney fanatic, which started as a little girl and my first trip to Walt Disney World in 1984 when Epcot was brand spankin’ new! Figment and the Journey into Imagination became my absolute favorite and I was hooked on all things Disney.
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