Movie Nights are a big deal around these parts in both of our families.They are usually reserved for Friday nights and are filled with popcorn, licorice (black for some and red for others) and lots of pillows, stuffed friends and blankets. And, as moms, they just happen to be some of our favorite nights. There is nothing better than cuddles, unmistakable kid laughter and the general craziness that comes when five people are watching movies together — especially when one of the viewers is a toddler who is far more interested in eating popcorn out of everyone else’s bowls than the actual viewing itself.
But what awesome family memories.
And this movie night — well, it was bigger and better. Add in two families, a set of grandparents, neighborhood friends and we had ourselves a party! A Princess Bride Mega Movie Party!
When my husband heard that we were getting a 3M™ Mobile Projector for our movie night he was impressed. But when I let him get it out of the box and set it up, he was like a kid in a candy store. He kept saying “This is really cool, this is so cool.” (Boys and technology!) But it is a really cool gadget (the whole room was pretty impressed). The 3M Mobile Projector that is being sold at Target (learn more and find special offers here) is designed to connect to an Apple device and project anywhere — so, essentially, you can have movies on the wall, on the ceiling or, as in our case, on a white sheet to make our very own movie theater in the family room. You can also watch YouTube videos, family pictures as a slideshow and even TV shows all from your iPhone or iPad!
Here is our setup … an iPhone and the movie “The Princess Bride” on iTunes.
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But first, we had to get ready. Complete with mustaches.
and tee shirts……
and then finally it was dark enough for movie time.
And what a swashbuckling movie night it was, complete with sword fights, kissing (and booing kids), and by the time it was over some sleepy but happy kids, parents and even a Nana and Papa.
Now those are the family memories we want to continue.
Okay, this picture is in almost complete darkness but look at how clear and sharp the picture is!
To think that a device that is barely bigger than your iPhone could project such clear and amazing pictures? Pretty phenomenal.
And for our next movie night, well, it is definitely going to be outside! Doesn’t that sound fun for the summer? Or even on vacation!
Now it’s your turn.
“What’s your favorite way to do Family Movie night?”
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My youngest is too young to do a family movie night and so we haven’t done one yet … but I am totally looking forward to the day when we do get to. Because I love movies. I’d snuggle up on the couch with a big bowl of popcorn and turn off the lights!
In the summer, we watch them outside on the patio. We have a projection thing that puts the movie onto a screen outdoors. So fun! Thanks for hosting this!
Our favorite way to do movie nights is with pizza and ice cream cones!
we would LOVE one of these!! the kiddos wouldnt know what to do watching a movie on something larger then our 18″ screen tv. at least its a flat screen so were are kinda cool:) our movie night starts at the dining room table with pizza and then ends with all of us snuggling on the couches. the youngest never watches and ends up climbing all over everyone…laughing the whole time.
Since the kiddos are still little, ours is pretty simple… popcorn and a Pixar flick are perfect for us. 🙂
how cool is this?!!! I totally want one, imaging lots of Summer movie nights in the backyard…drive up movies…here we come! your photos are fantastic too – love the props!
Cuddled together in beanbag chairs on Saturday nights!
Looks like a fun night!
Our movie night is all of us snuggled up together on the couch with popcorn.
I would LOVE to do an outdoor movie night – that sounds so fun!!
OUr favorite is with lots of pillows. We set up an indoor blanket, have pizza and brownies, popcorn and fruit. Love movie night
Every Friday night at our house is movie night. Complete with popcorn an pizza. How fun would it be to do it outside. . . Thanks for the chance!
this is cool!!we do family movie night with sleeping kiddos 😉 but that’s just because they are still so young 😉
We don’t do family movie night, but maybe we should start 🙂
how cool!!! I was just staying to my hubby the other day how fun it would be to do movie night outside and this would be perfect!
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Oh, I’d love this! We do family movie nights quite often!
My favorite way to watch movies is snuggled up with my little girl and a big bowl of popcorn!
Homemade popcorn, popped on the stove. The last time, we grabbed a package of jiffy pop and the kids loved it!
Our favorite way is to hire a babysitter and do a date-night 😉
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Snuggling up together and popcorn is the way to go at our house!
We set up a tent in the living room and eat lots and lots of Parmesan and ranch popcorn!
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Perhaps it is a little selfish, but the best movie night is after my four kiddos are in bed and I can snuggle with my husband and eat popcorn or chocolate pudding.
we just snuggle on the couch but would love to try an outdoor nite!
wow, that’s so fantastic! i applied for that through blogher, that is awesome that you were selected;) i might just have to buy one…
What a fun gadget! I think it would be perfect for our summer at the lake!
Family movie night is best curled up on the couch with blankets and lots of snacks!
We like to make a bed on the floor out of lots of blankets and pillows. Inevitably, my husband falls asleep, and my girls end up cozied next to him and I get my bed to myself for the nite. 🙂
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Movie night is a low key treat that involves snuggle time with dad. And that is the real treat!
Cuddled on the couch is our method, but would love to do an outdoor one with that little gizmo!
Movies have always been a big thing with our family. Scary movies with my little sister have some of the best memories. Something would happen in the movie and she would squeel and run from the room with her eyes covered all the while saying “oh my gosh oh my gosh you guys”. Or John Wayne flicks with my dad. those were a pretty big thing.
But one of the funnest was when we borrowed a big clunky projector from somewhere spread a sheet out on the side of the house and took all my nieces and nephews out there to watch peter pan with the bats and the mosquitoes!
Oh my gosh! How awesome! We love family movie night at out house!
That looks like so much fun! I’ve always wanted to host a family movie night in my backyard! This would work perfectly!
How fun! Those are the things the kids will remember when they get older. Love it!
this would be amazing for summer movies outside!
Family movie night for us lately has consisted of Indiana Jones and Raiders of the Lost Ark. My almost two year old for some reason LOVES it. And has started to sing the music to us as well…which…while odd, is adorable at the same time.
So fun! We just bought a house with the perfect setup for a projector, only problem is that we don’t have a projector. Hopefully our new favorite movie nights will be in the basement, movie theater style, with the movie projected full wall style.
We get into pajamas and share a bowl of popcorn on the couch.
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Popcorn, a good movie, and snuggling on the couch is the best at our house.
I am so glad you posted this, we’ve been looking for a fun way to host movie nights in our backyard!!!
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We just started our family and are looking forward to making some movie night traditions!
That is awesome. We have a family movie night each Saturday.
We do a Saturday night family movie night during the school year, in our living room (sometimes with popcorn made on the stove), we get Netflix movies in the mail & also Netflix online.
Plop ourselves down on the floor with finger foods or sandwiches and screen it on the wall.
Popcorn and M & M’s for my crew of 8 kids! Love movie night and Love Target!
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In the summer we use our big ol’ clunky projector and a big white sheet for an outdoor movie night in the backyard!
Every once in awhile we’ll invite a bunch of people over for a movie night. We have a projector but it’s HUGE!! Major pain to set it up and take it down. This looks like it would be so awesome!
Best movie ever. The kids grab all their blankets and pillows and pile in front of the couches with tubs of popcorn
My favorite is to watch a nice movie, and grab a bowl of popcorn.
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That looks SO great! We’ve been a no-TV family for the entire life of our marriage, but I would love to be able to show Friday night movies without having it purchase a television.
We love to do outdoor movies, though to date that has involved dragging the (old) tv and dvd player outside- ha! And lots of pillows and blankets are a must :). Thanks for the giveaway!
We get every pillow and blanket in the house and spread them out on the living room floor.
It would be great to set up the tent in the backyard and use the projector!
We turn off the lights, grab some blankets, and pop some corn.
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Nearly every Saturday night after Sabbath we watch a movie with popcorn. The girls love it especially since it is one of the few times they get to watch tv
That is so fun! Our family movie nights consist of me, my hubs, our 2 girls and the dog cuddled up on the sectional. I love that little gadget. How fun!
Wow! That thing DOES look really, really cool. In our house we do movie night picnic-style. We lay out blankets and pillows on the living room floor, make some popcorn and get cozy. During the summer our community pool hosts a family movie night every few weeks. They project a family movie onto a screen and wait for the sun to go down. All the kids lay in the pool on their floats. It’s totally cool 🙂
Our movie night is every Friday complete with homemade pizza. It is the ONLY time I let my kids eat in the living room so they think it’s awesome. It’s especially great when our military dad gets to be home to enjoy it with us.
WE like to gather all the pillows in the house and cuddle on the floor eating popcorn. I love movie night!
Oh man, that is awesome!! Love how technology is shrinking!
I posted on my blog. Here’s to more great movies!
Our movie nights aren’t complete without pink lemonade, popcorn, and sleeping bags. We’re taking the show outside this summer, too!
On Family Movie Night we usually have soda and popcorn.
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On movie night we toss a bunch of blankets on the floor and then get a bunch of snacks. A different person gets to pick the movie each week and then we snuggle in for some fun!
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How awesome! We love lots of blankets, popcorn and snacks!
That looks like so much fun! Thanks for the giveaway!
Bean bags, blankets, popcorn and root beer. This looks like an amazing projector. Thanks for the chance to win!
i love watching a movie with popcorn!
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My husband has wanted a projector for ages. He would love this!
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I’m from Europe originally so every Friday I pick movie that I grew up on and we all watch it with my 2 little once they love it and they speak my language so its learning and fun at the same time 🙂
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We do family movies in the basement (few, small windows to make it extra dark) with popcorn and lots of comfy blankets and pillows. Love movie night!
What an awesome projector! I would love love love this!
Our favorite way to do movie night is to pull the mattress off our bed and drag it out to the living room floor. It’s feels a little like we are camping out in the living room and we can snuggle on the comfortable mattress and watch a movie!
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We buy burgers or order pizza, make homemade popcorn and enjoy the night with a family movie!
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When we were kids we did like enbartlett said… Basement, dark, pillows and blankets with lots of popcorn and soda. Pull out the sleeper sofa and its a perfect bed for kids to pile on.
We love movie night!! And that is just about the coolest gadget ever!!
Hey Liz, great choice in the movie. Simon’s shirt was pretty awesome too. I love your sanctuary post by the way.
Hello…right now movie night is at home with my 3 & 4 yr. old. Our city has “Movie in the Park” and I’ve always wanted to take the kids and this year might be the year. This would be a cool gadget to have to have our own “Movie in our Back Yard” with my lil ones.
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Awesome!! We have lots of family movie nights. 🙂
I love family movie nights. For us, it’s all about getting the greatest snacks.
I love Target and movie nights! Its a win win ;o)
Homemade caramel corn and a homemade fort make for a fun movie night at our house.
How adorable! What a great movie night!
When I was pregnant and so so tired, we would set up the laptop on the dresser and watch a movie in bed. I am a strict no tv in the bedroom person, so this was really a special, snuggly treat.
We usually borrow a projector and watch in our carport with our neighbors.
My boys are just getting old enough for movie night (3 & 5) and man they LOVE it! Our movie nights are either Fri or Sat in the living room w/ lots of blankets & popcorn. I think one of these projectors would make it just magical 🙂
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We love movies, especially movie nights. Sometimes it starts at dinner time and we all gather in the living room with our dinner on our TV trays, followed by dessert and if the kids are still in a good mood we do one more movie.
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After the babies are in bed
That thing is awesome! Our kids are little, so for us, the best way to do family movie night is when they’re in bed 🙂
This would make our Movie Nights so much more fun!
We like to pull the cushions off the sofa, move the coffee table aside and bring all of the pillows from all of our beds into the living room. Since there are five of us and we each hove more than one pillow, there are a lot of pillows : ) We all camp out on the floor to watch a movie of Dad’s choice, he’s in charge of “Family Movie Night” At some point we take a break so Dad can pop some pop corn. Our kids look forward to family movie night. We hope they always will ; )
I love movie nights with my grands. We cuddle up on the couch with popcorn and enjoy ourselves. Nothing fancy, just lots of love.
Every Friday night is Family Fun night. Would love to be able to share an outdoor movie night with the neighborhood:)
We love movie nights at our house! Although some of our most favorite moments are watching movies at a local park. Our church shows family friendly movies every Friday night for free and we serve popcorn and it’s just a great time for community and loving on people Jesus-style! 🙂 Vanessa@DesignsBySessa.com
Wow. So great…and fantastic movie selection. I can’t wait for my little ones to enjoy that movie. We haven’t had a family movie night yet but my dad always did such a great job of making sure we were all home for his movie a month night (we did it through our 20’s it was so fun) popcorn and m&ms anyone?
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we do family movie night in the living room with popcorn and chips and dip
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We love movie night with popcorn and licorice (red). In the summer we like to take it out on the deck and enjoy the weather. We would love this cool projector! Pandjsheen@gmail.com
I just have to say that ‘The Princess Bride’ is my all time favorite movie in the whole wide world.
love popcorn, good movie, and my children around me! I love those quiet moments 🙂
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snuggling on the couch with a bucket of popcorn in hand! that is how we do it over here, but it would be so much fun to enjoy a movie outdoors with this thing! thanks for the chance to win!!!
Popcorn is a must (and chocolate for me).
Snuggled up on the couch is the best!
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We do movie night on the couch watching one of our favorite DVDs and eating popcorn
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This is so cool, I didn’t know anything like this existed, we would be watching a lot of princess movies with this
This would be great to watch movies outside! On a moon-less night of course : ) I knew painting the house white would come in handy one day.
We’ve always wanted a projector. That one looks sweet!
The hubs DREAMS of doing neighborhood movie night, but the projectors have always been a bit too costly! This one is so affordable!
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I love family movie nights! Last year we rented a projector for my daughters birthday party. I would love to own one of myown! Awesome product!
I would love to own a portable projector. This looks like a great product!
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In our house movie night is a pizza and a movie in mom and dad’s bed. Our toddler fights to stay awake with us and the baby passes out in the cradle next to the bed.
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Wow! We would love this for summer movie nights. Add in some campfire and smores and my kids would call it a perfect evening 🙂
We are getting rid of TV and my husband would just love this!!!!!
Basically: cocoa, popcorn and a blanket big enough to cover us all.
My hubby would LOVE this!! What a great giveaway. Right now our movie nights now are popcorn and homemade movie tickets!
Wow, what an awesome device. I can already imagine many summer nights spent watching movies on the “big screen”. My kids will love it!
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Great flick, time for a movie and game night with the adult siblings!
This would be so fun!! As a kid I remember watching movies on a sheet in the backyard on those warm summer nights!! I loved it! How fun to give that to my kids!!
We love family movie night! I make some easy desserty snack like chocolate chip cookies, i’ll pop 2 big bowls of popcorn (buttered and salted for me and kettle cirn for hubbs; kidlet eats out of both bowls!) Then we turn out all the lights, snuggle up under a quilt like bugs in a rug….
When the movie is over, hubbs wakes me up and sends me to bed while he cleans up the popcorn mess.
We love movie night! Usually it involves pizza and some fun family movie out in the living room. It’s quite lovely.
Great giveaway– Love me some Target!!
We love family movie night. I would be great to be able to create our own little drive in movie.
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We love to do movie nights with the movie projected on a sheet out by the pool in the summer. If it gets too hot, you can watch from a float in the pool!
What a cool device!
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We used to do movie nights on Saturdays. We would make muffin pizza bites and smokey dog roll ups. Then we would get blankets, pillows and juice boxes and settle in for some fun. We watched Wizzrad of Oz so many times at their request that they could recite the whole movie. My oldest could do all the munchkin voices. What fun we had.
Well, I have a new way to do movie nights. I send them all to the big screen TV in the basement to watch a family movie with papa. I then get to sew in peace for an hour or two. Usually half way through the movie I will send down snacks of some sort (popcorn, nuts etc). I actually used to join them but have found that the hour or two of movie time really gives me Five Minutes of Peace. thanks, mnrridgeway (at) gmail (dot)com.
What an awesome giveaway!
We have pizza and a movie night every Friday. It’s a tradition I hope we can continue into our children’s adult years! How fun would it be to have it with this awesome projector. I am amazed by this gadget!
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Friday nights – curled up on the couch with some popcorn and a bottle of wine for my husband and me! Best way to watch a movie!
This is really cool!! IT would be awesome to take camping,maybe… Very cool! Thanks!
My family loves to eat popcorn in our jammies on movie night.
Hilarious! We love that movie!
That looks awesome! What a fun way to do movie night!
Pizza. DVD. Hope the kids fall asleep. 🙂
When i was little my dad was a huge Star Trek Fan so My sister and I grew up with fun memories of sitting on the couch all snuggled up to our dad with a big bowl of microwave popcorn with melted sliced cheese on it.. then we would watch everything Star Trek! Now i carry on the tradition with melted slice cheese on popcorn and sci fis with my family. LOL!
My favorite way to do family movie night is with CARMEL POPCORN! Yum! Thanks for the giveaway! j-j-s AT juno DOT com
Oh, fun giveaway!!
We love to do family movie night with popcorn, pj’s and all the pillows on the floor. So fun1
We pile up on the couch with popcorn, m&m’s and cokes. And enjoy snuugling while watching a movie
My Family lives paycheck to paycheck so we don’t do a lot of out-of-the -home entertainment type things, so to be able to have a “date” at home and watch a movie with popcorn and some wine would be perfect!
That looks like so much fun!
FUN!! We love movie night.
we move all the chairs, coffee table and make a fluffy pallet out of blankies and pillows. We lower the lights, get our ice cream and watch the movie!!! Nothing says family time like “shnuggling” in front of a movie!
Oh I’d love to do an outdoor movie night with this! Love it!
So many movies, so few Friday nights! That’s why I’m looking forward to summer!!
I love if we can get our little girls in bed early to catch a movie
My boys are grown up but movie nights were often accompanied by themed foods…like Three Amigos and tacos, or we might pick a color to match the film.
In the past, we’ve gone to our local drive-in theater for family movie night… with a wiggly one-year-old, we haven’t tried it in a while! This may be a perfect solution to that problem!
We’re traditionalists, movie night is on Friday. We order pizza, eat it in the living room while we watch our movie. Lots of cuddles and laughter, fun, fun, fun!
Movie night is big in our family too…it is most traditionally a pizza night as well–eating in the living room no less! Would LOVE to move movie night outside with a projector. 🙂
Movie night for us is on Sunday night after church. My husband makes fresh popped popcorn loaded with melted butter and some salt! Even if we don’t all love the movie- we stick around for dads popcorn !
My kids are too small for family movie night, but my hubby and I just snuggle up on the couch with a glass of wine. Love it!
My hubby and I LOVE movie night! We’ve been doing them since we were dating: Foreign movie night, Terrible movie night, etc. We just added the first addition to our little family and we are super excited for him to be old enough to love movie night as much as we do!
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What a cool projector for your phone! Who knew such things existed! Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win the gift card to Target.
yay giveaways. My hus would be crazy about the projector and I can’t say I wouldn’t love a target gift card.
I LOVE that projector! And those darling t-shirts! How are the built-in speakers?
Movie night occurs at least once a week at my house, but I have been dying to host a ‘drive-in’ movie night in our backyard. There is only one problem…we have no way to project the movie. Kind of a key component! this would be perfect and the size would make it so easy to store when the night is over. I need this 3M projector! 🙂
Oh, man I would love one of these! I want to be able to watch movies on the porch. But I’m curious about the sound. Do you have to hook it up to speakers?
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What a fun product. Thanks for sharing. I had no idea such a thing existed (and we finally got our kids to sit down and watch Princess Bride recently; they don’t fully appreciate it yet, but at least they watched it).
I like movie night with crochet or knitting in hand. There is a long history of pizza…now I prefer thin crust fancy pizza from the new place down the street. Then gelato, yum. Favorite flicks – What About Bob and While You Were Sleeping.
I love family movie nights. We have just started doing them. Usually it involves me and my daughter snuggling on the couch. My husband snug on his recliner. All with sour gummy worms. Enjoying a fun movie. and by the end of the night, I have one husband snoring in the recliner and one daughter sleeping sweet in my lap. Love them!
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We particularly love movie dinners, where we’ll spread blankets out on the floor in the family room and dine-in. I’d love to be able to do that outside, even camping!
Our favorite way to do movie night is to pick out a movie that we will all enjoy and then order pizza to eat while we watch!
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This looks like SO much fun and who couldn’t use $150 to spend at Target! 😉 I have my eye on a double stroller!
What a fun product! This is just the sort of gadget my husband would go nuts over, but I’d be the one who figures out how to use it. 🙂
This 3M projector is totally cool…I would love to have one so I can bring the movie night outdoor, especially in the summer. I love family movie night. My son and daughter takes turn picking a movie to watch (limited to 1 per night though). I’m always the one who prepare the snacks and drinks for our fun night cuddling on the couch.
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What a great giveaway. Our family movie nights are on Saturdays and it includes my husband and I cuddled on the couch with our pug, with a bowl of freshly popped pop corn. This is our reward for putting our toddler to bed early! Thanks! robin(dot)fortin(at)mac(dot)com
We haven’t done done one yet, either, but have always wanted to! We’d probably invite all the neighbors—little kids and “big kids”, turn it into a big backyard bbq, make a ton of popcorn and watch a movie up on the side of the house. A perfecet way to spend a summer night!
Oh my gosh, what a COOL gadget! We just got an iPad so this would be fun to go with it!
That is a cool gadget! I would take it when we travel and show movies on the wall of a sheet so the kids can watch when we get to our destination. They currently just watch shows on the ipod touch screen. (so small).
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Our favorite way to do movie night is to plop on the couch after we’ve grabbed a bowl of popcorn!! Thanks for a chance to win and have a great day!
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This would be so fun to win 🙂 And so simple anywhere. Thanks for a chance to win.
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Count me in!
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favorite way to do movie night is either with a bowl of fresh pop corn or ice cream sundaes. thanks for the great giveaway!
No kids yet, but hubby and I do movie night just plain and simple..curl up on the couch with some drinks and snacks 🙂
Excited to do full on family movie night some day though! This projector looks amazing…
I’m lucky enough to still have a drive in theater in town so my favorite family movie night is to pick everyone up in the truck and head to the drive in. Quilts and snacks are thrown in and then we’ll all pile up in the bed of the truck to watch the movie.
Sounds like a very fun night for everyone involved! It’s just hubby and me, and our favorite way to do movie night is definitely just putting something good on from Netflix and getting pizza and root beer! 🙂
Those T shirts are perfect! The best movie when I was in my 20’s is now a favorite many years later of my daughter. How fun to be able to watch it like that.
Movie night? We are usually way to tired but I aspire to a great movie night as my children get older, i am inspired!
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Our movie nights involve popcorn, candy, and usually an older film like the original “Yours, Mine, and Ours” (favorite!). That projector is very impressive. Who knee they could be so small???
Such an awesome projector – and how great to enjoy a movie outdoors in the summer!
Our family movie nights usually start out by somebody rushing to get the comfy chair. Everybody else settles in either on the couch or floor. If it’s a Friday we’re eating homemade pizza and if it’s a Saturday we’re probably eating an assortment of appetizer-type dishes and snacks.
Thanks for the great giveaway opportunity!
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That really is so cool! We put out a blanket, pop some popcorn and enjoy a movie! amyheadlee at gmail
We don’t do family movie night often because none of us has much of an attention span, but when we do, it’s all of us piled on the couch, snuggling, eating popcorn, mommy drinking diet Coke, and the kids with mugs of root beer!
Since there’s only me and my husband, we don’t really do anything special for movie nights right now. Of course, it also doesn’t help that we’re living in a tiny condo while we’re waiting for the closing on the sale of our house . . . but I look forward to being in a larger place so we can get back to a comfy routine. 🙂
Popcorn, favorite (or new sometimes) movie, blankies and pajamas. Thanks for a chance to win!
Checking out dvds from the library! Thanks so much for doing this giveaway! 🙂
We love our movie nights. The girls have special popcorn bowls and now they’re trying to get me to turn the tv so they can sit on the deck and watch through the windows. Thanks.
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Alright, the odds are not in my favor….but I really want to win this! And, by the way, that is an awesome night and I so want to have a Princess Bride party. Tonight. Now. Or maybe just….soon! 🙂
Ok…I tweeted it, too. https://twitter.com/erinshakespear/status/206028222910050307
we have “friday funday” which includes pizza and a movie on the pull-out sofa bed in the living room. thanks!
We do family movie night, too. And in the summer, it’s outdoor family movie night, with the whole family. Cousins, uncles, grandparents, aunts…it’s a full house (er, yard)!
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Oooh, we’d like to watch on our patio, but we’re still trying to figure out what to do about a projector, this would be perfect!! No having to worry about weather-proofing an area to keep it. Such a great idea. 🙂
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Snuggled up on the couch with a big bowl of ice cream 🙂
Wow- this is really fantastic! I could see doing this with a white seet striung up between 2 of our trees and having a neighborhood “family movie night”. How fun would that be?!
My fave way to do movie nights is early evening in my jammies all cozy on the couch with my son. We love to have sci fi marathons with our fave movies with breaks for dinner and snacks.
Favorite movie night is gathering everyone together (even the dog) and cuddling on couches with blankets, hot popcorn, hot chocolate, lights down low, and cell phones turned off. Good times!
Movie nights have been on hold lately. We have an 11 month old so getting through a whole movie is nearly impossible. We tend to watch them a nap time at the time.
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Family movie night around here is fun and exciting. It is usually accompanied with popcorn and rootbeer floats.
We love movie night, especially the popcorn! Bhaunk1@gmail.com
family movies are awesome! even now that my brother & i are grown, we still have them. they usually include a long discussion of what to watch, nachos & other snack foods and some good times. 🙂
Popcorn + Pixar = Perfect. Also, my husband and son have been working their way thru the Star Wars original trilogy with his brother and nephew. So sweet! (Plus, I get a little girl-home-alone time.)
With some delicious and decadent snacks picked out by all!
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I have been wanting to do a movie night in our back yard. I determined that this year I would just look into renting a projector. Now I really really want one of these! Looks so fun!!
wow, what a nice giveaway! we love to watch dvds from the library or have a marathon of HHI (house hunters international). 🙂
We love family movie night at the drive-in when we’re all cuddling on pillows and blankets in the truck bed. 🙂
My friends and their young families get together for movie night in one of our backyards. We put up a big sheet and use a projector. It’s our favorite Summer activity!
I can’t believe how small it is… very cool! Movie night in our house involves the 7 y/o watching intently while the toddler runs around the room eating as many snacks as possible and making as much noise as she can! 😀
My movie nights aren’t too fancy or even really anything to brag about. I was never able to have children myself, so its myself and my husband. We curl up with a bowl of popcorn and share the space with our three Dachshunds. I suppose what does make it special is my husband has taught one of our dachies to watch tv. Everytime an animal (real or animated) is on she barks and carries on. It’s pretty comical. She really does watch tv. She even knows the commercials with animals in them (even at the first second they come on). She be in a different room and if she hears one she really likes, she comes running just to see it. I visit these blogs because there are lots of children in my family.
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What a cool new toy! This would be such a fun addition to our movie nights!
We get a big bowl of popcorn, our favorite drinks, and a blanket. We turn out the lights and snuggle under the blanket, eat, drink and watch our favorite movie. Wonderful family time…memories.
we have our movie night on fri. this would make it even more fun. thanks for the chance to win this.
we have our movie night on fri. this would make it even more fun. thanks for the chance to win this.
Hot homemade popcorn (none of that microwaved stuff) and some cuddling on the couch, after the Kid is in bed. 😀
We order pizza, pile up on the couch and then pop popcorn about halfway through!
Our favorite way to do movie night – is in our pjs, cuddled up with lots of blankets and a coffee table full of snacks. Hubs and I have started a bi-weekly “family movie night” with our girls. I try to create a fun movie-themed dessert to add to our snack table along with our favs (m&ms, berries, popcorn, cheese & crackers)- the girls are always excited to see the special dessert. Me, I just love spending a few quite hours cuddled up with the loves of my life. 🙂
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We like making popcorn and pouring a bowl of M&Ms and putting on a family friendly movie.
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Movie nights are always entertaining. On the sectional, lots of blankets and pillows. Boys clammoring for their favorite spot. After a movie is finally decided, snacks are pulled out and popcorn popped. Movie nights are the best, because inevitably dad gets a nap.
Beanbags all piled together on the deck, big screen pulled out to deck, snacks galore, juices and adult beverages, pizza to start out the night, grandma’s quilts in case we get chilly or scared, and friends, family, and most importantly grandkids. !!!
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Redbox and pizza
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We all grab blankets and popcorn and curl up on the couch!
friday is my family’s movie night. we have popcorns and we vote what movie to get
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This is a really cool giveaway! Thanks for the chance
When my nieces and nephews were little we used to have an all movie candy, movie party. We would rent a movie on *cough cough* VHS. We’d watch movies and eat Jujubes, Raisinettes and popcorn until we were half sick. It was the bestest time. Now that my own Wub is just starting to appreciate movies I can hardly wait to have a movie party for her and her cousins.
My daughter loves family movie night. This would make it so much more fun.
We cuddle up on the luvsac and with home popped popcorn.
Oh my gosh, I NEED one of these!!! How fun. Princess Bride? One of the best movies of all time. I’ve been wondering when the girls might be old enough that the movie wouldn’t give them nightmares….Also, cute mustaches!!
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Our favorite way to do family movie night is to order pizza and pop popcorn! We also bring out the sleeping bags for extra comfort 🙂
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We order pizza and snuggle on the couch.
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We usually get some pillows and blankets and all pile on the sectional (all 6 of us) and watch a movie on netflix, since we got netflix movie nights have been happening more often, oops I almost forgot popcorn, soda and snacks are a must also!!
Homemade pizza and desserts, a great family friendly movie to enjoy together with kids- my favorite way.
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Looks like so much fun! We have to have m&m’s with our popcorn.
I had no idea there were devices smaller and cheaper and simpler to use than the InFocus machines (which says more about my technological competence than the technological/entertainment evolution, eh?). We are very nearly done fixing up our backyard, and it would be fantastic to do movies back there with friends. Or romantic movies for just us! What a great idea!
The perfect family movie night would be with my grown kids and their spouses and my 8 grandkids! The men cooking on the gill and watching the ice cream machine ,the ladies doing tater salad,baked beans and fruit while the grandkids play in the yard! After we eat and the sun goes down we’d hang a sheet on a clothesline and crawl into sleeping bags and enjoy a movie under the stars! And those brave enough can sleep outside with Nanna!
we order pizza and wear pajamas
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We love to watch movies on netflix. My girls are still young so they usually fall asleep before the movie is over. But we love it! Awesome giveaway!
We have two trees out back that would be perfect to hang a sheet between but no way to make it happen yet! When we do it will be the best place for Family Movie Night!
I would love to win the gift card. The projector looks so cool too.
what a great giveaway! this looks like an amazing device.
This would be awesome! I bought a really bad projector a few years ago and returned it, so we have wanted one for a while now. Cute blog!
In the summer we like to pack a picnic and go to the outdoor movies in the park.
Our favorite way to do Family Movie Night is with bowls of popcorn, the cat on one of our laps, and we’re all snuggled up in our family-sized quilt (during the chilly months).
My husband and i LOVE going to the drive in, but the closest one to us is over an hour away, one way. We love being outdoors, and watching movies, so this would be amazing!! love your blog!
My husband and i LOVE going to the drive in, but the closest one to us is over an hour away, one way. We love being outdoors, and watching movies, so this would be amazing!! love your blog!
I really hope to win this giveaway!!! : )
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with lots of popcorn and snacks
It is just my husband and I now… we will sometimes do movie night on Saturday! we have a nice comfy sofa recliner, so we are laid back.. nice and relaxed. chefl@swbell.net
This is awesome! We do movie night by having the hubby make pizza. We then eat it in the living room while watching our movie.
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We rent a movie or borrow one from our local library, make some popcorn and enjoy.
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Amazing how small the projectors are now!
Thanks!
My favorite way to do family movie night is to make some homemade popcorn with various flavors such as caramel, white cheddar and classic butter and watch movies on Netflix.
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My kids are a little young for a full movie, but we often watch episodes of my daughter’s favorite cartoons while eating otter pops! We love it! Thanks for the giveaway!
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Our littles are too young for family movie night just yet, but hubby and I enjoy OUR movie nights after the kids are in bed. Snuggle together on the couch with a snack and settle in. Princess Bride just happens to be our all time favorite movie btw.
buttery popcorn and cuddling the kids makes a good movie night for me
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Love your blog; just discovered it this weekend and I am already hooked.
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lol the mustaches..we watch movies on hdtv with xbox streaming, while snacking on popcorn and icecream. Thanks for the review and giveaway.
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We order a pizza, pop popcorn, and watch a Redbox movie.
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with popcorn, pizza and lots of laughs
with popcorn, pizza and lots of laughs
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We do movie nights on Friday nights with our sleeping bags and popcorn.
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We love hanging out on the sofa with a big bowl of popcorn. The projector looks awesome!
Thanks for the chance to win!
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We do a lot of simple lessons that teach the kids the basics morals ie manners, courtesy, forgiveness, etc. We follow it up with a movie that supports what we have learned. We LOVE doing this!
ohhh my goodness your kids are too cute hehe!
Favorite way to do family movie night is with several movies, popcorn, nachos sprawled across the living room, talking and laughing all throughout the movie love it hehe thank you for the opportunity! xx
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We love watching one of our fave old movies like Back to the Future and making popcorn on the STOVE, then smothering it with melted cheese!!
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Movie Night for me: Pizza with my hubby curled up on the couch with our dog.
We do friday night pizza, game, and/or movie night each week. We start with a picnic of pizza and then put our pjs on to watch a movie while snuggling under covers. I would love to do an outside movie in the summer, but the traffic by our house is too loud.
Oh wow. I’d love to have this! That looks like so much fun, and it’s SO tiny! Could it be that I can watch Downton Abbey on the BIG SCREEN??
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We have a 2 year old, so not many family movie nights lately. When our little one gets older, I can’t wait to show movies outside on the side of the garage. Totally reminds me of the Drive-Ins of my childhood 🙂
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We like to have lots of good snacks and keep the lights off. This looks so cool!
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We have movie nights when the grandkids come over on the weekends.
We make popcorn, stay up late and all pile on the couch.
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So great for our upcoming movie night bday party in July!!!
Choosing a movie everyone loves and turning the lights off and snuggling on the sofa under a big fluffy blanket!. I also like to make my movie snack mix (popcorn & M&M’s mixed together) Thanks so much!
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My favorite way is in the winter, snuggled in blankets in front of a crackling fire and eating popcorn.
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We really enjoy our movie nights every Friday with our 3 girls! We chose to not pay for cable 2 years ago and purchased an Apple TV and a streaming subscription to Netflix. We have not missed cable at all and the girls are allowed to choose 2 movies/shows a week to purchase. Our movie and show collection is quite large after 2 years and we have still saved so much! We are a one tv family and this projector would be perfect for our family room with its big empty walls! I am a stay at home mom and enjoy making movie nights like the real deal by having a themed dinner or dessert to go with the movie we are watching and my girls like to dress up or make a craft too. We have a ton of fun and it is something they enjoy so much, as do my husband and I!
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We enjoy movie night in our living room and rent movies from either redbox or blockbuster and pick up a pizza from little caesers
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movie nights are one of our favorite things to do all together. popcorn is a must!
We do have a projector and have taken it outside sometimes. Ours is a lot bigger than this projector. It would be fun to upgrade to this smaller more convenient one.THanks!
movie nights are one of our favorite things to do all together. popcorn is a must!
We do have a projector and have taken it outside sometimes. Ours is a lot bigger than this projector. It would be fun to upgrade to this smaller more convenient one.THanks!
I love movie nights with my family and friends! Pop some popcorn, grab some blankets and something to drink and let the fun begin!!
A movie on in the background while we play a card game and munch on popcorn! We love just getting to spend that time together.
I love movie nights with PJ’s and pizza (so I don’t have to cook!)
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We curl up on the couch w/some popcorn & candy! 🙂
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We usually have a pizza for dinner picnic on the living room floor for our family movie night.
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We usually rent movies on Saturday night and then buy candy and pop popcorn. We all put on our sweats and grab our pillows and blankets and claim a spot on the floor or couch.
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we like to have popcorn or some snacks like pizza or Mexican bites. always hard to choose a movie.
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My children are all adults now and family movie night was always at the drive-in theater. Of course that was long before DVD or even VHD movies. Now I just watch movies while I’m doing other things.
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We love making a really big family dinner, then we all get in our spots with cozy blankets and settle in for the movie. Simple, but it never gets old!
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my favorite family movie night, starts off with us in the back yard catching fire flies, then going inside to watch a disney movie. Since i’m pregnant and have huge sweet cravings, most of the time it’s me and my son devouring junk food, while boyfriend aka the heath fitness guru is fighting any urge to join in!
my favorite way to do family movie night, is to start off in the backyard catching fire flies (I have to wear out my 2 yr old some way!) then going inside to do baths and pjs, cuddling up watching a disney movie. And since i’m pregnant with sugar cravings, usually we are devouring in sweets and junk food!
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We do movie night snuggled up on the couch and eating popcorn!
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We like to crowd on the ouch and eat popcorn.
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Our favorite way is popcorn, junior mints, and snuggling on the couch. sweepmorey at gmail dot com
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We like to make homemade pizza, turn all the lights off except one low light and pretend we’re at the Theater but with good food!
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We do movie nights every Friday! How fun to have a big projector.
So cool! Please enter me in the drawing! Winning this would be incontheivable! 🙂
I love having movie night with my family of choice (friends) too! One night we had a silent film party with just our closest friends and it was so much fun! We all piled into our bedroom and lounged on the bed the floor in chairs…just wherever felt right and then watched “Nosferatu” (the silent version) and it was so much fun! We laughed and talked and shared our thoughts about the effects and stuff…was great!
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I love having movie night with my family of choice (friends) too! One night we had a silent film party with just our closest friends and it was so much fun! We all piled into our bedroom and lounged on the bed the floor in chairs…just wherever felt right and then watched “Nosferatu” (the silent version) and it was so much fun! We laughed and talked and shared our thoughts about the effects and stuff…was great!
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The best way we do movie night is we grab a redbox or have a previously selected Netflix. Then everyone gets to pick out their favorite candy and after a long Saturday of work, we all relax together as a family.
We love movie night. We’ve been watching old episodes of The Muppet Show. Thanks for the chance to win!
I love movie night! It’s the best. We usually choose musicals.
We have a big screen TV (not huge though) in the basement and every Friday night we do family movie night. We order from Netflix, pop popcorn, the kids get to choose either a soda or some candy and we watch as a family.
We are a new mommy and daddy, so family movie nights are still more adult only! But, we do love to snuggle with our little girl and watch her expressions as we talk and eat and drink wine! Hubby and I put her down, and then we get to finish that red wine! We always alternate on a “you pick two, and I’ll choose from those”!
there are 4 of us 2 adults/2 children and we have movie night 1 time through the week and 1 time through the weekend. so i would love this. a little after thought; we call it “movie knights” that is our last name.ha/ha
there are 4 of us 2 adults/2 children and we have movie night 1 time through the week and 1 time through the weekend. so i would love this. a little after thought; we call it “movie knights” that is our last name.ha/ha
What a great idea for movie night! I love how you included custom t-shirts!