Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains I recently found a way to keep my kids (18,15,10,8) from constantly nagging me for ice cream, soda, candy, etc... I now go to the customer service window and purchase each $20 in disney dollars in their own envelope right when we get there. Then anytime they want something other than popcorn (which we all share) they have to pay for it with their own disney dollars. It is amazing the first time they all spent their money, but now they are much more savvy about it. It really makes them think when it is their money they are spending if they really want to spend $3.00 for a coke or not. They have also realized any extra money they still have at the end of the trip they can spend in DTD (BaB, Lego...) or they save it for the next trip. My 3 boys (18,15,10) have saved alot of their dollars so they can but the Death Star Lego set(why I don't know). Anyone else have ideas to help with the nagging "gimmes"
Originally Posted By AussieDisneyFan It's a great idea. I have created my own disney dollars (no not attempting to counterfeit) which are only printed on one side so there is no confusion and my DD earns those instead of regular pocket money. When we arrive at the resort I buy the equivalent in genuine disney dollars.
Originally Posted By 1disneymom3boys My kids get an allowance each week (regular cash), but I also give them $1 each week in Disney dollars. When they get their report cards they are rewarded in Disney dollars($3-A, $2-B). If they do something special, I give them a disney dollar as a reward. My family and friends know how much we love disney and they also give disney dollars to my kids for their birthday, or other occasions. My boys are 14yrs, 10yrs and 2yrs old. It doesn't sound like much, but it really adds up.We go about twice a year, and my kids each have about $50 of their own disney money to spend as they please. They can buy their own snacks (popcorn, churros,etc), they always buy a new pin for their lanyards, and have enough to buy a new hat or t-shirt. We have been doing this for a few years and it really saves me from feeling a money crunch when we go.
Originally Posted By KCCHIEF When I was planning our trip to DW last year (we went in December)...I gave my 2 kids Disney Dollars for St. Patrick's day, Easter, their birthdays....etc..and when we got ready to go.....they had alot of money to spend on whatever they wanted to spend it on and it didn't bankrupt me.......
Originally Posted By dlkozy Tink visits our hotel room each night and leaves little tiny notes and either Disney dollars that are gold glittered and/or new tshirts (Taget and Walmart carry Disney branded shirts, etc), Disney toys (also bought on sale), etc. This eliminates lots of the "gimmies" with my kids-they already GOT!
Originally Posted By momof4boys My boys get disney dollars for holidays and they are in charge of their own snack money. It has saved as a lot of headache from the constant " I want, I want" and it has helped reinforce the lesson of the value of money. It was very interesting on one trip seeing their different approaches. One of them spent almost all their snack money ( $30) on the first day. 2 of them divided them money fairly evenly over the 6 days and one of them horded his money until the last day and then splurged. But they were all perfectly happy and did a lot of sharing.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains I have to watch the boys sometimes since they are the older of the 4 as they will try and trick my daughter (8) into getting something they know she won't really want to much of (frozen cherry lemonade - dole ice cream thing) and then pretty much eat/drink all of it...Those clever boys!!
Originally Posted By thmar Found this tip on another site and thought it was pretty good...so decided to share "Before our recent annual family trip to Walt Disney World, our daughter and son-in-law built even greater happy anticipation in their 6- and 4-year-olds. Each evening, two of the children's cherished stuffed Disney characters would magically appear someplace in the house other than the children's bedrooms. Each character would be sitting on two one-dollar bills for the coming trip. So, there were one-dollar bills for the children and one each for Mommy and Daddy. One night, the characters had instructions for a treasure hunt. In the end, two of the dollar bills were found in the collar of Gus, their Golden Retriever. One was in Grandpa's pocket, and one was in Granny's pocket. This was done for the month before the trip, along with a special calendar on which the children crossed off one day every night."
