How to Throw Your Own Backyard "Festival"
Everyone loves a good film fest - especially when sharing it with friends and family. Why not host your own backyard themed movie night? It's great fun for adults and kids alike, and with a bit of planning, you can truly create a spectacular experience for all. Here are some suggested themes.
Arrrgh Matey!
Pirates are currently one of the most popular Halloween costumes, and it's easy to see why. Kudos to Disney for creating a wildly successful series of movies, based on an amusement park ride! The "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies have caught on like wildfire, and at any party planning store (or online) you'll find it easy to buy pirate costumes, plates and table linens, decorations, favors and more. Show movies like "Pirates of the Caribbean," "Pirates of Penzance," "The Princess Bride" or "Goonies" and bring out your inner pirate.
What kind of food will you serve at your pirate festival? How about chocolate coins wrapped in gold, rum runner punch or grog, seafood, and anything tropical. Alternatively, you can serve what you want, but call it something related to pirates - for example, hamburgers could become "parrot" burgers.
Renaissance Festival
Many states have an annual Renaissance Festival but let's face it - with admission prices of $15-20, plus food, drink and souvenirs, it can be expensive for families with children to attend a nearby festival. Instead, why not move the festival to your backyard? Take a hint from "Medieval Times" and stick with finger food - there will be less expense, less waste, and less trash to clear away. Costumes for this one are easy: fairy wings, princess crowns and dresses, fair knights, peasant blouses, etc. The list of films is virtually endless: "Excalibur," "Hamlet," "Romeo and Juliet," "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," and "Amadeus," are just a few.
Renaissance festival food is great fun - steak on a stake, turkey legs (or substitute buffalo wings), fries, lemonade and root beer and mead (beer).
It's a Circus!
Doesn't everyone love the circus? No need to rent an expensive tent when you can create your own big top with a striped sheet and four PVC pipes stuck several inches into the ground. You might even consider pony rides for the kids, or a balloon artist, clown and/or face-painter. What films will you show at your circus-themed party? How about "Dumbo," "Freaks," "Big" (OK that one is set at a carnival, but it could still count) "Water for Elephants" or "Something Wicked This Way Comes."
Circus food is always popular and easy to buy ready made - caramel corn, candied apples, funnel cakes, popcorn, sodas, lemonade, soft pretzels, cotton candy, hot dogs and hamburgers, chips, etc.
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