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How to Make a Great Family Movie Night

Any time is the perfect time for a fabulous family movie night. How to make this a GREAT family movie night is what’s on the agenda today.

With spring break on the calendar this week, what a fun addition for family time.

At times, movies and discussion about them, can provide conversation that helps teach values and expose kids to movies that they wouldn’t ordinarily select.

For me, previewing all movies BEFORE showing them to kids is a priority. It helps navigate issues, prevent exposure to undesirables, and provide time to prepare before choices are made with them.

Ages of your family members will determine attention span and interests, so keep that in mind when looking over my list of family movie suggestions!

10 Ways to Create a Great Family Movie Night:

  1. Have a theme night, such as a “Disney Movie Marathon” or a “Superhero Movie Night.”
  2. Have a “Build Your Own Pizza” night and make homemade pizzas ready to enjoy while you watch a movie.
  3. Make homemade popcorn and other movie theater snacks like nachos or candy.
  4. Have a “Choose Your Own Adventure” movie night and let each family member pick a movie.
  5. Have a “Musical Movie Night” and watch musicals like “The Sound of Music,” “Annie,” or “The Greatest Showman.”
  6. Have a “Classics Movie Night” and watch classic films like “The Wizard of Oz” or “Little Women.”
  7. Have a “Sci-Fi Movie Night” and watch movies like “E.T.” or “Star Wars.”
  8. Set up a cozy indoor fort and watch a movie inside it. Beach tents are great for this!
  9. Have a movie “shorts” night where several can be watched.
  10. Watch a movie “series” so that everyone can’t wait for the next one.

Here are some great recipes to have for those movie nights:

Sweet offerings…

  • Disney inspired cupcakes.

Aren’t these the cutest Minnie cupcakes that would be great for a Disney themed movie night? My niece’s creation. So adorable!

Minnie cupcakes

Popcorn Favorites…

Fall Popcorn Ball with M & M's
  • G’s Fabulous Movie Popcorn.
Whirlipop Pocorn

G’s Fabulous Movie Popcorn

The better than movie popcorn!
Course Snack
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • 1 Whirley Pop popcorn popper
  • Stove
  • measuring spoons and cups

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 C popcorn
  • 2-3 T butter flavored coconut oil
  • 1/2 t flavacol salt

Instructions
 

  • Pour salt over measured popcorn in measuring cup.
  • Place lid onto the popcorn popper and set onto the stove eye.
  • Add oil to the popcorn popper and a few kernels of popcorn to one side of the lid and close.
  • Turn on the burner to medium high.
  • When you hear a popcorn kernel pop, add the rest of the popcorn and salt mixture by lifting the lid of the popper on one side.
  • Crank the handle on the popcorn popper slowly until it pops and it's too difficult to turn anymore.
  • Immediately pour into a bowl and serve!

Notes

This popcorn is better than movie popcorn! 
My husband’s history of making popcorn for Noble Park Funland makes him the KING of this recipe.
It’s always loved by all of us! Enjoy!
TIP: If you have to have extra butter, here’s how my daughter in love makes it into Truffle popcorn: melt  1/2 C butter with a T of truffle oil to pour over the popped corn. Her favorite truffle oils are Prodotto In Italia Natural white truffle oil or Roland white truffle oil. She also uses San Francisco Salt Co. Black truffle sea salt.  Mix and enjoy!
 

And if a larger group are attending, we have one of these popcorn machines that comes out. Same great ingredients used in the G’s popcorn version makes the popcorn that tastes like true movie theater (or Noble Park Funland) popcorn!

Pizza Night…

fig and proscuitto pizza

Or add your own toppings to pizza crust so that everyone creates their own.

Create a special “setting” for your movie night.

Add a bit of cozy and special to the room.

  • Soft blankets.
  • Lots of pillows.
  • Tents.
  • Fairy lights.
  • Sleeping bags.

Remember to keep movie night fun.

Perhaps by setting a scheduled time, it allows everyone to look forward to time together.

Keep ages of your children in mind when making movie selections and have a rule that everyone’s opinion matters to avoid arguments over choice.

Favorite Movies for Movie Night

The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap

Brave

Brave

Toy Story

Toy Story

Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee

Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo

Finding Dory

Finding Dory

The Princess Diaries

The Princess Diaries

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins Returns

Mary Poppins Returns

Peter Rabbit

Peter Rabbit

The Greatest Showman

The Greatest Showman

Trolls

Trolls

Annie

What movies and family movie night ideas would you include? I’d so love to know in the comments to add to our list.

Providing a few links to help you find a few cozy things for your movie night…at no additional cost…but may provide a small commission for the blog. Hope they help make your movie night the BEST!

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