5 Simple Steps to a Summertime Neighborhood Movie Night
*5 SIMPLE STEPS TO A SUMMER
NEIGHBORHOOD MOVIE NIGHT*
Someone once said, “A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken”.
YES ! THOSE are the kinds of days I’m looking forward to!
The lazy days of summer somehow seem more acceptable.
People sit on their front porches. Kids play across the yards.
Neighbors seem to have time to stop and chat.
There’s just something about this season that draws people outside.
Recently, over a long weekend, my neighbors put together a Neighborhood Movie Night.
It wasn’t anything fancy or over the top. Invites were sent out by their boys on bikes, and texts to moms, and to all who happened to pass by as the movie was starting. You wouldn’t believe how many people came. People with kids, people without kids, and people and their dogs that were just walking by. It was great !
Popcorn and laughing and chatting and meeting new neighbors. It felt like community. It felt like summer.
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It was so much fun, I thought I’d share an EASY How-To !
1) Select the Showing Method
You don’t have to have a projector and a big screen. My neighbors showed their movie on a sheet hung on their garage door. You could even just use your TV and DVD player, or computer. Do be sure you try the arrangement out before the movie night. Set up before dark 😀
–> If Neighborhood Movie Night is something you love and want to keep doing, Amazon does have an inexpensive outdoor movie screen .
Sets up in 3 minutes ! Or you can find a combo of the screen and projector all in one. Click photos below or links above to check it out.
2) Select the Scene
3) Select the Seats
*Things to Consider: how many people, an area for the adults who aren’t watching the movie to chat, set up
4) Select the Movie
There are some great movies to choose from. The hardest part will be picking a movie that people of all ages will enjoy. Any family friendly (PGish) movies are probably appropriate. If you are feeling extra energetic, you could choose a theme and plan the movie and snacks around that !
Tom Sawyer, Despicable Me! , The Chronicles of Narnia movies,
Cheaper By the Dozen movies, and Frozen (maybe that would make us forget it’s 109* here this week!)
5) Select the Snacks
(from Food Network- 50 Flavored Popcorn Recipes)
themed snacks (LIKE THESE) around whatever movie you chose.
Be sure to have some bottled waters or juice boxes to wash all the popcorn down too!
*Things to Consider: trash can/clean up, known food allergies
PS…I think there are two secrets to keeping it fun for everyone…
1. KEEP IT SIMPLE
2. Get your whole family involved (kids can do invites and make snacks!)
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