How to Host a Fall Backyard Movie Night

How to Host a Fall Backyard Movie Night

Fall season is the perfect time to throw a fall backyard movie night party because the weather has finally cooled off and the mood is set for cozy blankets by the fire.

Setting the mood for a backyard movie night is simple and it can be a budget-friendly backyard party idea as well.

How to make your own backyard movie night for the fall season

This is a great, affordable way to entertain the kids at home, and it can be recreated countless times with different themes; birthdays, holidays, and other celebrations.

1. Get a projector

If you want a high-resolution projector, then I suggest buying one with over 1,000 lumens. You can get a great deal on them for under $100. We purchased ours on amazon.

It was so simple to use; I just setup the projector on a stool, and plugged in my laptop with the HDMI cord.

At first we thought the picture wasn’t bright enough to see, but once we unplugged the twinkle lights that we had over our pallet of blankets, the view was much better.

2. Set up the screen

The budget-friendly way to have an outdoor movie night at home, is to use a sheet.

You can get creative with how you hang your sheet. We set two paint cans on the roof of our shed and placed the sheet under it. Use what you have!

You can easily use clothing pins, or a hammer and nails to hang up your sheet on trees, a fence, or the side of your house. You could also buy a backdrop frame to hang it up.

3. Lay out your seating

We placed yoga mats under the blankets to make a comfortable seating area for our backyard movie night. We also used a cushion ottoman, a bedrest pillow, big feather-stuffed pillows and knitted blankets to make the space extra-cosy.

4. Setup your lighting

Having too much light near your screen will interfere with your outdoor theatre experience. We setup charming twinkle lights over the seating area, which was perfect for the look and the mood- but when it was time to watch the movie, we turned them off to see the screen better.

We still had the light from our bug-repellent tiki torches. To elevate the lighting, you can setup a bonfire to give you that camping-feeling!

5. Prepare the snacks

We found cute pumpkin “cupcake cups” and filled them with candy, cookies, and popcorn.

I found this wooden dessert stand at Home Goods, and we used it to keep the snacks off of the blankets-but you can use almost anything to set the snacks on.

If it’s not too hot out, this would be a perfect idea to make S’mores.

Other fall backyard move night snacks:

Candy apples

Apple Cider Donuts

Popcorn with toppings

Hot Cocoa

Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispies  

Assorted fruit

6. Choose Your Movie

Here are some great fall backyard movie night flicks that are perfect for the autumn season.

Beetlejuice

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Hocus Pocus

Ghostbusters

It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

E.T

Muppets haunted mansion

And, action! You’re all set to enjoy a fall gathering with friends and family.

I hope you enjoyed this simple tutorial of How to Host a Fall Backyard Movie Night.

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