Toy Story has long been one of my favorite Pixar movies. There’s just something about the toys coming to life and their endearing and hilarious friendships that offers a bit of magic. That’s why we picked it for one of our virtual programs this summer! While it would have been even MORE fun having everyone at the library for our interactive movie experience, putting together goody bags and scripts for an at-home adventure was exciting as well.
In case you missed the program and would like to recreate it on your own, here’s the props and prompts (with some alternative suggestions) we offered to the participants.
ITEMS
The list of supplies seems a little odd until you’ve read the script below. I promise it will all make sense! The bold face items are what we supplied for the program, but I’ve also included some suggestions that you might have sitting around the house as substitutes.
Kazoos (You can hum along, play a tambourine, use a pan as a drum, or any other fun musical instrument you can imagine!)
Cotton balls (Rolled up socks or handkerchiefs would work great too!)
Hand clappers (Just wave or shake your hands!)
Bags of chips (OR another potato item of your choice!)
Balloon (Make wings with your arms and run around the room!)
Birthday party hat (OR general festive headwear! You could also roll up a colorful piece of paper into a cone shape.)
Flying frogs (Wind up toys moving toward the TV screen would work as well!)
Paper Airplane (Any paper will do!)
Mini Slinky Dink (I can’t really think of an alternative for this one except maybe folding paper accordion style)
THE SCRIPT
There are two types of actions in the script :
RECURRING are actions that you’ll do EVERY time they occur in the movie, while ONE-TIME actions occur only once. To make things easy, ONE-TIME actions are prompted in order by scene. Words in ITALICS are from the supply list so get them ready!
** Note: It’s TOTALLY cool to skip through the scary parts! Fast forward, take a time out for a snack, or have the kids brush their teeth for bed before continuing on with the movie!
RECURRING
Mr. Potato Head speaks—Eat some chips
Little Bo Peep speaks—Yell, “BAAA!” and throw a cotton ball in the air
Slinky Dog talks – Play with your mini slinky dink
We see army men marching — Stand and march around the room
Buzz speaks— Yell, “To infinity and beyond!” and put arm in the air.
We see Sid—Yell, “BOOO!”
We see Scud the dog—BARK!
ONE-TIME
When “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” plays— Play along on your kazoo
During Andy’s birthday party scene—Put on your hat and play Happy Birthday on kazoos
When Buzz flies around the room—Blow up a balloon and let it fly around the room
When Woody asks, “Who’s got my hat?”—Yell, “I DO!” and throw your party hat at the screen
When rock music plays at the pizza delivery car— Stand and play air guitar
When we see the aliens in the claw machine—Repeat “THE CLAW” and “OOOOOO”
When Woody tells Buzz to use karate-chop action—Stand and do some karate
When Buzz flies off the railing—Throw your paper airplanes at the screen
When Woody says, “…give me a hand!”— Shake your hand clappers
When Sid is setting off the rocket—Countdown with Sid “10, 9, 8…”
When toys begin to attack Sid—Send your flying frogs toward the front of the room
During the Christmas scene—All sing Jingle Bells
Have fun!
