Movie premiere party

SETTING THE SCENE

Ready to decorate?

A truly unique birthday experience starts with the decorations. Some effort here will help bring your guests into the world that you are creating. We generally prefer not to spend a lot of money on elaborate decorations, rather our focus is on projects we can do ourselves and inexpensive store bought items that have a big bang for the buck. 

What will you need

Consider the items below as our wish list of decorations. Pick and choose what works best for your space and budget. The placement of each item will be described in more detail in the sections that follow.

To make:

- A movie sign for your entrance

- Movie posters

To buy:

- Balloons (purple and silver or maroon and gold)

- Streamers (to match your balloons)

- A red carpet

- Movie character cardboard cutouts

Room-by-room guide

Outside: Greet your guests with the classy opulence of a big time premiere. Line the walk to your house with helium balloons. Silver and purple or gold and maroon are perfect big screen colors. A big bold sign overhead reads:

Movie Premiere Today
[name of the movie]
Starring: [your child's name]

The sign adds a special touch to your decor and is an ideal do-it-yourself project as shown below.

Project - Movie sign: Using two large white poster boards or any other large format paper you have access to, you can create a replica of the classic movie sign that used to be in the heart of every small town. Here is how we created ours. First, give your paper a solid line border (maroon and black would be appropriate). Just inside the border, and all the way around, draw in lighted bulbs. Finally, sketch out your words in pencil and once you are satisfied with the fit, trace over them in block letters using a thick black marker.

The pre-show party room: Continue the chosen color scheme inside. On the walls, hang movie posters from your kids favorite movies as well as pictures of their favorite characters. You can purchase movie posters if this is something you want for your kids after the party, but we recommend making your own.

Using your computer you can create a collection of mini movie poster to print out. The beauty of making your own, is that you can add fun text (eg. change the title of the movie to something relevant to the party). To make these posters stand out on your walls, back them with a larger piece of poster board, which will give the impression of a frame.

The theater: What movie premiere would be complete without a red carpet? So somewhere on your walk to the movie room there needs to be just that. A cardboard cutout of a character from the show (or other popular character) would make a great addition to the red carpet. Inside the theater, You can keep the decorations relatively simple. The lights will be down and you do not want balloons or other decorations around to disrupt the show.

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