{"id":5102,"date":"2011-09-29T06:45:12","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T11:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=5102"},"modified":"2011-09-29T18:29:35","modified_gmt":"2011-09-29T23:29:35","slug":"movie-on-the-lawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=5102","title":{"rendered":"Movie on the Lawn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author: \u00a0Spring (Jordan)<\/em><\/p>\n

As I mentioned on Tuesday, we recently hosted a movie party on our lawn. \u00a0The evening went off without a hitch, and I am excited to share the details with you. \u00a0You can read about how to make your own invitations here<\/a>. \u00a0Even though it is almost fall, we decided to show the summer classic, “National Lampoon’s Vacation”.<\/h3>\n

Syracuse is a rainy city, so, I was a little worried about the weather. \u00a0With that in mind, \u00a0 I had a back up date in case Mother Nature wanted to remind me of who’s the boss on the night of the party. \u00a0 I also checked to make sure it was not a night with a full moon. \u00a0We wanted it to be really dark so we could see the movie.<\/h3>\n

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We made our own movie screen at the back of our yard. \u00a0I bought a white king-size sheet. \u00a0I also wanted to hide the neighbor’s garage, and so, I purchased two red full-size sheets to act as the curtains. We lucked out because we have two large trees in just the right places to hold the screen and curtains. \u00a0The red sheets looked like the old velvet curtains from the old movie houses of days gone by.<\/h3>\n

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Here is another shot of the screen. \u00a0We used the tiny table you see there to set up the projector, the dvd player, and to hook in the speakers. \u00a0As for projectors, you can rent them. \u00a0However, I happened to be at Kohl’s one day, and they had projectors on sale for $100. \u00a0It is by far not the best projector, but it worked perfectly for our party. \u00a0Plus, it has already paid for itself because renting one here would have cost $100. \u00a0We had extra light bulbs on hand just in case.<\/h3>\n

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You can’t have a movie without popcorn. \u00a0We ended up renting a theater-like popcorn machine at a local party store.<\/h3>\n

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Mr. Spring was making some popcorn and noticed this in the directions. \u00a0We thought it was pretty funny and wanted to share with you. Now we know why movie popcorn is so good. \u00a0It must be the flavacol!<\/h3>\n

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I bought these popcorn containers at Target in the dollar section. \u00a0They are plastic, and we can use them year after year.<\/h3>\n

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Candy was another easy movie food we had available for our guests. We tried to have similar selections to what you would find at the theater.<\/h3>\n

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I have been wanting to make cake pops, and I thought this was a good excuse to make them. \u00a0I painted the styrofoam holder red to make them pop a little more. \u00a0Overall these were a big hit and fun to make. \u00a0I will do a post on how to make them soon.<\/h3>\n

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I have been busy traveling with work and didn’t have a lot of time to hunt for table decorations. \u00a0I decided to use some frames I had around the house and print out some pictures from the movie. \u00a0I had the pictures placed around the snacks and drink table.<\/h3>\n

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Glow sticks were fun to have on hand once it was dark.<\/h3>\n

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The bugs can come out at night so I made sure I had a variety of bug sprays and ointment in case someone did get a bite. \u00a0I hung this basket on a hook we had on our fence. \u00a0I didn’t want it near the food.<\/h3>\n

Hope you enjoyed the viewing. \u00a0We plan to do this again next year, and we are starting to think about which movie to select. \u00a0If you had a movie party, what movie would you show?<\/h3>\n

Cheers!<\/h3>\n

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