https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:44:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movie-night-ideas#post-2924258 Tue, 06 Jul 2021 11:37:49 +0000 jennlin821 2924258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ice cream sundae bar! The choice of a few different ice creams &amp; toppings. Or let eat kid pick a Ben &amp; Jerry’s flavor.<br /> Ice cream floats are fun too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movie-night-ideas#post-2924257 Mon, 05 Jul 2021 19:39:04 +0000 bhbee 2924257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes to the concessions idea like above! It’s so cute. Only problem is you have to have a lot of things on hand. My kids made fake money for it doing chores last year :grin: </p> <p>Another thing my kids like is to each pick a treat from the store (like candy not real food) and then we use our lunch bento boxes so they get some of each and popcorn and get a little tray. Or anything that makes the presentation fun. </p> <p>And they love to watch in a pile of pillows and sleeping bags/nap mats. Mine are 2, 6 and 9 and we’ve had “movie Monday” all summer and they look forward to it every week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movie-night-ideas#post-2924255 Mon, 05 Jul 2021 19:22:43 +0000 woodentulip 2924255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another thing we did on nights when I didn't want to cook was that we would watch travel shows (Rick Steves has a whole lot of European ones on his website) and we would pick a country, watch travel shows about it and get takeout from a restaurant that was the same culture. Like our Italian night, but we did a lot! (India, Japan, France, United Kingdom, etc)--my kids loved deciding what foods they wanted to try out, and the shows made it for an easy and fun activity! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movie-night-ideas#post-2924254 Mon, 05 Jul 2021 19:20:59 +0000 woodentulip 2924254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Treat-centered is my forte too...but we have done:</p> <p>An Italian food night and the movie Luca (Pasta, Orangina, tiramisu)--kids love the food, and theme-ing anything is a win for us!</p> <p>Since we live in Canada, and have spent more of the pandemic in one form of lockdown or another, I made 'movie nights' at home during the first few months. Someone would pick the movie and one of the kids would draw a poster and we would put it up under a 'now showing' sign I printed off. And then I printed off a bunch of concession stand signs, assigned prices to everything, made fake tickets and gave the kids a budget to work with. It was hilarious and cute, and never got old. Might be tricky for your littles, but it made many movie nights special here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movie-night-ideas#post-2924253 Mon, 05 Jul 2021 19:18:02 +0000 erinbaderin 2924253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Disney put out the recipe for the pesto pasta from Luca, you could have that for dinner and then watch the movie? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movie-night-ideas#post-2924252 Mon, 05 Jul 2021 18:55:26 +0000 Jess1483 2924252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’m solo-parenting my 3 kiddos next weekend while DH goes camping. I’m looking for a fun movie night idea to make things feel extra special (it’s so, so hot, so we are pretty much inside by 1 or 2 each day). For example, a few years ago, I bought some crazy candy from a local store and we watched Willy Wonka. I’ve also bought Harry Potter candy for a Harry Potter night (without little sister). It doesn’t need to be fancy (and it doesn’t need to be treat-centered either, though clearly that’s my forte), just a little different. Kids are 2, 6, and 8. </p> <p>Thanks! </p>