Family Movie Nights are one of our favorite family traditions. We do not watch tv much so when we do it is a real treat for all of us. I love getting to be creative between planning the simplified decorations and food menu and occasionally some activities to go along with the movie/theme. One of my goals for this year is to have a themed family movie night at least once a month and we kicked off the year with our very first movie day, Monster's Inc Themed.  

Monster's Inc Family Movie Night

We love to have themed or special foods on family movie night, decorate a little, and do some activities. You can read all about how you can set up your own family movie nights for your family here. 

Movie Night Food & Activities

We kicked off the day making an apple pie together for our dessert and then watched the movie. This time I didn't plan any other activities for the day, but the kids spent their afternoon drawing different monsters from the movie in their free time. 

 

We dined on Monster Meatballs, Mike's grapes, Monster popcorn, and Sully's Chips and Cheese and topped it off with our homemade apple pie. The addition of the googly eyes was a huge hit with both kids. 

Decorations

I kept the decorations simple and went with more of a color scheme that went along with the book: blue, green, and purple. I attached googly eyes to the different paper good, and then made some simple food labels with images I found online and printed them out on cardstock for some simple "decorations."  Even though the decor was simple, it still made quite a statement and told the "story" of what our movie night theme was. 

We had such a fun day together and look forward to our next family movie day!!!