Our Annual “Movie on the Lawn” Party

If you are new to our blog, you will learn our neighborhood is pretty active.  For the third year, Yankee and I hosted our annual “Movie on the Lawn” party.  We decided to show the classic, Caddyshack.

 

 

To get guests to come to your party, you need to invite them, of course.  I know evite is great, but the southern girl in me likes the old fashioned paper invitations.  I saw something similar to this on Pinterest and thought it would be cute to have a preppy golf theme since the movie was Caddyshack.  This invite was super easy to make.

 

Putting together the actual party is not that hard.  We rent a popcorn machine from a local rental company, and then I purchase candy and make something else.  Neighbors also tend to bring some food to munch on for the movie.  I have thought about setting up a popcorn bar instead of renting a machine, but I don’t normally buy popcorn at the theater.  So, once a year my guilty pleasure is eating the not-so-good-for-you popcorn.

 

 

This reel of movie tape was for sale for $3 at a small movie theater, and I bought it last December thinking it would be fun to use to decorate the popcorn table.  People had a blast looking at the reel trying to figure out the movie.

 

 

Candy is a must at a movie party.  I just head to Sam’s Club and buy a couple packs of candy bars and refill the table as needed.  We always end up having some left over candy, but I hide it from myself till Halloween and give it to the little trick or treaters when they come by and ring the bell.  They are happy to have candy, and I am happy to have it out of the house and not tempting me.  Miss Gracie was so cute just sitting like a little angle as I was setting up the candy table.

 

 

You would never know from this sweet picture that she is a high, high, high energy dog.

 

 

Yankee, had some golf clubs I pulled out and decided to use as decor for the party this year.

 

 

I  decided to make some sausage cheese balls since they are easy and a good snack.  Instead of toothpicks, I used the extra tees I had from the invitations.  I gave them a wash and they were perfect to use as toothpicks.

 

 

I brought down my new bar from the porch and used it for the party.  It was turned into the 19th hole and worked great as a bar.

 

 

Dixie Delights had the cutest sweet tea bar set up for a party in the summer.  She featured Arnold Palmer drinks, and I knew that was perfect for  Caddyshack.  Being from the south I knew about Firefly sweet tea vodka, but no one in the north had heard of it.  I have to say they enjoyed it.

 

 

I also loved the idea that Amanda from Dixie Delights did a drink menu.  This way my guest learned all about what you can make with sweet tea and vodka.

 

 

I love wrapping water bottles for a party.  It is so easy because all I did was cut some scrap book paper and tape on the new label.  I put a gold sticker to help with the theme.

 

 

I made these candy jars for our movie party last year.  I repainted the bottom and brought them back out again.  This one held hole-in-one donuts.

 

 

Everyone loves glow sticks so they are fun to have for your guests.

 

It did get a little chilly so I had a blankets for guest if needed, and the coffee bar/hot chocolate bar was inside if anyone need to have a warm beverage.  We have a fire pit, and we started the fire before the movie. If anyone needed to warm up, they could huddle around the fire. I was having too much fun and forgot to stop and take photos.

The screen is a must and I just bought sheets to make the screen and curtains.  We used to use two trees to hang our screen but due to a summer storm we lost one and had to rework the screen this year.  You can get creative if you can’t hang a screen by using the side of a house.  A garage can also work as a screen.

 

Overall it was another successful movie on the lawn party.  Now what to show for next year…

Cheers!

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