We had some guessing games for the kids to do as soon as they came. How many gummy worms are in the jar? How many belly flop, Jelly Belly's are in the jar? And how many TBS of unpopped popcorn are in the jar. We also had a movie trivia game for them to fill out.
Prizes for the game winners. Ammon wanted a Slinky so badly. He kept trying to sneak off with one. He ended up winning one of the guessing games, so he got a slinky. Unfortunately within 30 minutes he had ruined it, and was in total tears.
The kids started an impromptu baseball game in the backyard while we waited for everyone to arrive. I had no idea how wild boys that age can get! After pizza, they settled down some before we headed down to the movie theater.
We turned our basement into a very cool movie theater. We hung a blanket from the wall then used a projector to project the movie really BIG onto the blanket. We set up chairs in rows for the kids.
We had a concession stand filled with candy, popcorn and drinks. The kids were all given $5 in quarters (so glad the cricut could cut out the 300 grey circles we needed in only a matter of minute) that they used to "buy" their snacks. Before the movie started most of the kids were really careful about buying their goodies. We had an intermission during the movie for the kids to restock on treats.
Simeon wanted me to make a Hollywood Star for his cake, but it didn't turn out as I wanted it to, so we made star cupcakes and Simeon a big star on his. And really for this age group made up mostly of boys, they didn't care what it looked like, just what it tasted like!
This year instead of presents we asked the kids to bring a few small things for the treasure chests at the hospital. Each time a child has a "poke" (like a spinal tap, bone marrow aspirate or many other types of pokes) they get to pick a prize from the treasure box. Simeon had over 30 pokes, so he got his fair share of prizes, and wanted to give back. I was amazed at how many items were brought for the treasure chest. There are going to be some very neat prizes for the kids to pick from!!
The after math of a movie theater with 16 kids in your basement.
It took so long to get all the popcorn up. Luckily I got cups with lids from Panera ($1 for 20 cups with lids) so we only had one soda spill.
Simeon really liked his movie theater party. Now the other kids are expecting one just like it when they turn 10!
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