We had an incredible Teen Beach Movie sleepover birthday party. We moved furniture, decorated and had the Guest come in their PJ’s with sleeping bags for the night. As it was a sleepover, we made it a double feature! Teen Beach Movie and Teen Beach Movie 2.
After singing, dancing, photos, 2 movies and crafts the girls were tired. Just after midnight they fell asleep. The next morning we cooked breakfast and sent them home.
Here are some great ideas for you from our event…
Decorations
We made the beach theme run throughout the party. A trip to the local home improvement store made turning our venue into a beach hut a breeze. Guests were greeted with tiki torches (Under $5 at home depot on sale).
6 ft. H x 16 ft. L Natural Reed Bamboo Garden Fence made a great photo backdrop and also hid some other features (and mess) in the room. We also picked up some Tiki Totem’s.
Beach balls, buckets, beach towels and a couple of other items around the house added to the feel of the beach theme.
Before the movie you can also use the screen to display a logo or imagery for your party. As we had a TV in the room we played a video of waves breaking. We used a downloadable backgrounds from Disney as an image for the main screen.
We used a huge 8 foot wide indoor funflicks screen, the girls were amazed.
Fun, Games and Crafts
Video Bingo Lingo Bingo is a great game that can be printed out and played whilst watching the movie. Each time a phrase is said you mark off a square.
For someone who loves the movie think about laminating the bingo cards.
After laminating use a paper cutter to separate the Teen Beach Movie Lingo Bingo cards. This will give you a clean cut. I also rounded the corners so there was no sharp edges.
The added advantage of laminating the cards is you can use a dry erase marker to play and wipe off after each game (those little beach balls will get lost in our house).
We also printed Teen Beach Movie food labels from the Disney Party kit (using a paper cutter to get nice crisp edges)
Karaoke
We also picked up the Teen Beach Movie Karaoke CDs. Karaoke machines can be rented or maybe even think about purchasing a home version. The girls love it!
Photo booth
A photo booth is a great activity for your party. This can be as simple as an iphone with some props. We chose one of our photo booths which was attached to a printer that prints photo strips. The screen and photo strips were customized to fit with the beach theme. The girls printed over 100 picture during the night!
TOP TIP : Theme your props, photo booth screen and prints
Flip Flop Craft
No visit to the beach is complete without Flip Flops (slippers if you are Hawaiian). Send your guests home with some cool customized footwear.
You can pick up inexpensive flipflops for around $3 (be sure to get guests sizes before the event). Ribbon was cut and ready for guests to tie onto their flipflops to decorate.
TOP TIP : Precut the ribbon before your party
Food
We kept the party food simple with pizza, fruit, chips and a cake. No movie would be complete without Popcorn, which was served in beach buckets.
Cake decorated by the birthday girl.
Don’t forget to take a photo of the master piece!
We cleaned up the beach buckets and used them as bags and sent our guest home with a lay, flipflops and sunglasses.
Paul the Outdoor Movie Guy saw his first outdoor movie screening back in the 1990’s at a VW festival in the UK and was hooked.
“Watching Blade Runner outdoors on a huge screen in my old 68’ Bug” he says, “was amazing!”. Wanting to share this passion with his young family, Paul started hosting movie nights. “When I introduced my children to Star Wars, it needed to be big screen experience.”
His equipment increased in size and thoughts of creating a business from a passion started forming. At one point the Mother-in-law mentioned, “you should do this as a business”.
With a background in Recreation Management and Information Technology and a passion for film, FunFlicks San Francisco Bay Area was created in 2009. Over the next few years, other locations were opened allowing his team to provide outdoor movies all over Northern California, Oregon and Northern Nevada.
“I love creating experience driven events and take pride in walking our clients through the process of setting up their movie nights.”
Whether it’s working with Film Festivals, creating a retro style drive-in, working with Parks and Recreation or little Johnny’s Birthday Party, it’s all about community and the shared experience of watching a movie together.
Always looking at how technology can enhance the experience, Paul has added items like Silent Cinema, a Red-Carpet photo booth, Hashtag printers or even professional photographers at events. “My team looks forward to helping you create a unique outdoor movie experience”
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