ABC and Disney Imagineering Team Up For New ‘Disney at Home’ Series
Have you heard the AWESOME news? Disney is making it easier than ever to create a bit of Disney magic at home with an interactive video series which will be available on the streaming apps for the ABC-owned television stations!
Each of the episodes in the series features Disney Imagineers sharing their skills and passion via step-by-step tutorials on how to draw or craft something inspired by some of your favorite Disney theme parks rides and attractions! Understanding that most of us are shut in at home, all of these awesome activities focus on materials that you’ll likely find around the house!
Check out the awesome video below for a sneak peek:
As you can see, there’s a whole host of awesome activities from building droids out of left-over soap bottles to creating your very own “it’s a small world” cardboard cutout! Each of the five episodes varies in levels of complexity! You’ll find them on ABC Owned Television Stations 32 connected TV apps for Android TV, Amazon Fire, Apple TV and Roku! Guests can also find the episodes at imaginefromhome.com:
Here’s a look at what you’ll find in each episode:
- Draw Your Castle with Imagineer Amy Young – Viewers learn to draw iconic Disney Castles with one of Imagineering’s principal interior designers. A co-creator of Disney Paper Parks, which allows guests to bring the magic of Disney Parks to their homes by constructing Disney attractions, lands and other locations out of paper, Amy enjoyed hosting this drawing tutorial because she is able to be with the audience during the whole drawing process.
- Build Your R2 Droid with Imagineer Matthew Jamieson Abiva – Matthew demonstrates how to transform common household items, like soap dispensers and corks, into an R2 droid. He is happy to show you the process because it symbolizes what Imagineers do – use imagination and creativity to develop a design!
- Draw Your Big Thunder Mountain Railroad with Imagineer Reid Ekman – From the overall scene to the tiniest of details, learn step-by-step how to create Big Thunder Mountain Railroad with concept designer, Reid, who often creates models out of paper and clay.
- Make Your Castle Night Light with former Imagineer Elisabeth Papadopoulos –Learn to use simple household items to create a castle night light with Elisabeth, who has worked as a producer and production designer at Walt Disney Imagineering. In her previous role as liaison between creative and concept development teams and design and production disciplines, she has organized and overseen the design and fabrication of many show elements including scenery, props, graphics, special effects, Audio-Animatronics figures, media, and more.
- Make Your Small World Animated Scene with Imagineer Xiao Qing Chen – Follow along step-by-step to learn how to turn cardboard into an animated scene, inspired by the beloved “it’s a small world” attraction. Xiao Qing describes her Imagineering designs as collaboration tools to move projects forward; most recently she has been working on the Fantasy Springs expansion at Tokyo DisneySea and EPCOT’s Journey of Water.
Tune in know on the apps for the following ABC networks:
- ABC7/WABC-TV New York
- ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles
- ABC7/WLS-TV Chicago
- 6ABC/WPVI-TV Philadelphia
- ABC7/KGO-TV San Francisco
- ABC13/KTRK-TV Houston
- ABC11/WTVD-TV Raleigh-Durham
- ABC30/KFSN-TV Fresno.
We can’t wait to get stuck in to these awesome activities this holiday weekend! Readers are also encouraged to keep following along with MickeyBlog for further Walt Disney World news and updates!
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