Movie Theme Birthday Party

Dim the lights, butter some popcorn, and get ready for some big-screen fun with a movie theme birthday party!

Whether you're celebrating a girls' nite with a chick-flick, hosting a premiere party to celebrate the release of an amazing DVD, or having a movie-marathon-sleepover, a movie party is always so much fun for any age group!

Since the main event for this type of party is really watching a movie, the ideas for decorations, foods, invites, etc. are pretty similar for all ages.

So, if you're an adult looking for adult party ideas and see a few kid-friendly ideas mixed in...or vice versa...don't worry! You'll still find what you're looking for here!

Movie Party Invitations

There are so many fun invite ideas for a movie theme birthday party!

Pre-made, fill-in-the-blank invitations are available at BirthdayInABox.com, but I personally like invites that are a little more unique.

FineStationery.com has some really cool movie party invites that can be personalized just for you OR, you can order blank invitations and print them at yourself at home to save some cash. These are great because they can be customized to be a perfect fit your party. Who doesn't love that?!!

Another neat idea, which happens to be a hot trend right now, is movie ticket birthday party invitations. There are some amazing designs for these on eBay, and if you look at the seller's information you'll find quite a few of them do custom orders. Just remember to always check the seller's feedback before placing an order on eBay.

If you'd rather make your own invites, that's always fun. You can create your own original masterpieces using Google images and some scrapbooking supplies.

For something truly unique, send each guest a pack of microwave popcorn or movie theater candy in a manilla envelope, and print some admission tickets to go along with it.

Movie Theme Birthday Party Decorations

Comfy and cozy are what this party theme is all about!

Be sure that you have plenty of seating available for everyone, and make sure that it's arranged in a way that will allow everyone have a good view of the TV.

For extra coziness, you can have lots of pillows and throw blankets available for anyone who might want them.

Here are a few more decorating ideas that would be great for your movie theme birthday party:

• Movie posters: You can often get these for free (or close to it) at movie theaters or movie rental stores. If you can't get your hands on any, just print movie pictures off of the internet and make your own.
• Roll Out the Red Carpet: If this a premiere party, make your guests feel like movie stars by rolling out the red carpet for them!
• "Now Showing" Personalized Banner: Create a poster to recognize the birthday guy or girl..."Now Showing: Madison's 16th Birthday Premiere," or you can order one. Oriental Trading Company has one that would be good for adults, and Birthday in a Box has one that would be great for kids.
• Movie Night Cutouts : These cinematic decorations will add some box-office bling to your party area!

Movie Theme Birthday Party Activities

• Movie Trivia: Come up with some movie trivia questions to be asked during potty breaks. For the little guests, Disney questions always work well.
• Popcorn pinata
• Movie Charades
• Guess Who: Find some magazines with pictures of movie stars in them. Cut out certain features of each star (Angelina Jolie's lips or John Travolta's chin, etc.) and see who can correctly guess the most movie stars. For the little guys, this can be done with cartoon characters.
• Classic Quotes: Write down a bunch of famous movie quotes and have the guests try to guess which movies they're from.

Movie Theme Birthday Party Favors

Here are some really cool movie party favors that your guests are going to love!

• Gift cards for the movie rental store
• Popcorn boxes filled with movie candies
• Personalized Movie Mint Tins
• Soundtrack CDs: Burn copies of your movie's soundtrack to give to your guests, or create your own movie-mix with your favorite songs from a lot of different movies.

Movie Theme Birthday Party Treats and Snacks

Bring on the popcorn and candy! For this party, serving anything that can be found at a movie theater is perfect!

Popcorn, soft pretzels, corn dogs, nachos...snacks like these are great choices.

You could even set up a mini burger bar and let everyone build their own mini burgers if you wanted to.

Fill clear glass jars with colorful candies, or lay out candy bars on a nice platter.

Serve soda in vintage soda bottles, or mix up some slushies for everyone to enjoy.

For a fun touch, set up your food table like a concession stand. The guests will get a big kick out of it!

Movie Theme Birthday Cake Ideas

If you can design a cake to match the theme of the movie you'll be watching, that's always a nice touch.

A general movie-theme cake is a fun choice, too. The cake pictured here was created using a movie cake topper, and would be really easy to make. It looks as though they used frosting to create the popcorn look, but pastel mini-marshmallows would work equally well.

I made a clap-board cake for my daughter's Hollywood-theme party, which would also make a good fit for this party. You can see that cake and get full directions on how to make it here.

Movie Theme Party Supplies

Celebrate Express has some movie party supplies that would go perfectly with this theme!

Here are a few things that they have to offer:

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