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| |  Posted 7/8/2007 2:17:33 PM | |
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| I bought this book and we're probably going to do a week of movie nights in August. Just wondering if you've used the suggestions in the book and if so, which movies/activities did you do? How did it go? Which movies were favorites, and were there any that didn't work out?
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| | | Posted 7/9/2007 11:14:51 AM | |
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| | I bought this book a couple of years ago. The first summer we made it a "family movie night". We did 2, one on Friday one month & one on Saturday another month. We picked "The Great Muppet Caper" & "Monster's, Inc." We had technical difficulties both times so & only a few families. Neither had very good attendance but I think it was because everyone is so busy & just don't want to (or can't) squeeze in another night. Now we do it for the kids group while Sunday evening activities for youth & choir practice/worship service for the adults was going on. I think it worked much better. We did "A Bug's Life" & "Beauty & the Beast" last summer. So far this summer we have done "Finding Nemo" & "101 Dalmatians" with "Ice Age" & "Homeward Bound" planned for later. They seemed to enjoy most of them (maybe not the Muppet one). Since they've seen most of the movies, I really like having something for them to watch for (ex. Cruella in 101 Dalmatians) keeps their interest. If you can do some of the decorating ideas, I think that's good to set the mood. Most of all, I think you need to pick a movie that whoever is doing the announcing can get excited about. |
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| | | Posted 7/17/2007 5:45:58 PM | |
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| Cathy, thanks for your comments. I took a poll in Sunday School to see which movies the kids own, which they have seen and like. I'm thinking we'll do Ice Age and Pinocchio. None of the kids own them and they all had seen and liked them. I'm thinking of making marionettes when we screen Pinocchio. Looking for directions for making an ostrich puppet with styrofoam balls and feathers.
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| | | Posted 7/20/2007 7:28:33 PM | |
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| I don't know if it's in the book, but I plan to show Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory in "Sensorama!" The audience will smell the chocolate, bubblegum, and be showered with candy, foam, bubbles, etc. at the appropriate times so they feel like the movie has come off the screen into the crowd! Everyone who attends gets a candy bar wrapped like the Wonka bar and five lucky people will find a golden ticket inside and will recieve prizes! |
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| | | Posted 7/20/2007 10:45:28 PM | |
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| Wow John, you do things in a big way! Sounds like fun - will this be a church event?
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| | | Posted 7/24/2007 11:33:19 AM | |
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| | We did Ice Age the other night. The game of finding the "nuts" didn't work very well for us. I think it was because our room is small so as soon as the kids came in, they saw the "nuts". They also didn't get into making the cave drawings. I added whipped cream for part of the snacks to be snow & that was a big hit. |
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| | | Posted 8/6/2007 10:37:59 AM | |
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| | We did Homeward Bound last night out of this book. The instructions in the book had the kids waiting until intermission for the snack. I found out last night that having the snack during the first part of the movie keeps the kids from getting too antsy. |
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