How to Plan the Best Family Movie Night

Family time can be defined as focused time spent with family members. Family time is basically self care for your family as whole unit. Family time is needed for a family unit to create positive memories around an event. Having a movie night is an excellent way to do this. Planning the best family movie night is something that can be done with a small amount of preparation.

Benefits of family time

1. Strengthen emotional bond between family members- allowing family members to be individuals while encouraging closeness can have positive effects now and in the future.
2. Improve communication between family members- you have to be able to communicate with everyone in order to be a productive person. Communicating with your family members is no different. Determining the best way to communicate with them can have a huge benefit for your relationship.
3. Build confidence of family members- adults and children can always use extra confidence to face the world each day. Supporting family members and allowing them to thrive in a supportive family environment will allow them to face others with confidence.
4. Improve mental health of family members- many individuals have challenges daily in the mental health area. Providing family members with positive input for their mental health is a wonderful thing.

More in-depth information about the benefits of family time can be found here.

Consider having a family movie night

Having a movie night is something that you can do with your family weekly. It is a great activity to do to start your weekend out on Friday nights. We have a weekly movie night that we have been doing for a long time. It initially began with my husband and I having date nights before we had children. Since it is a tradition, they choose a movie  early in the week. This creates excitement about what movie we will watch and what snacks we will have. With the change of many movies being released via a streaming services instead of into the movie theater, our options have been even more exciting!

How to create a great movie night

Choosing the movie

Depending on how invested you are in deciding on the movie yourself, letting the children pick out the movie is fun. They feel like they have been able to make a decision that has a big impact on the family. Usually if the movie is good, the selector gets a lot of the credit because it was their pick. Rotating around who picks works well for us.

The age of the children may dictate what type of movie you are able to watch. This is not limiting factor if you can locate animated films that have some older themes that the more mature audience members can enjoy as well. Being able to have family movie night at home allows for more freedom than the theater. If someone needs to move around or needs a certain toy, they can retrieve it easily. Movement is also not restricted. This makes it nice for those younger movie viewers.

Scheduling the movie

Having a regularly scheduled family movie night is always great because it allows everyone to plan for it and expect to spend time together on that night. It becomes a family tradition that is discussed at other events. Like remember the time when we watched….remember how we chose this because of the baby and she did not even watch it….

Snacks!

Snacks have to be eaten during the movie. Pre-planning snacks is a less stressful way to do it. This can also be a family activity as well- going to get movie snacks. The Dollar Tree has great snacks for $1.00 so we usually let everyone pick out some sort of chip and some sort of sweet. Then we all share. It is fun to see the decision making as well as the sharing that happens.

Our family movie night

Our last family movie night was wonderful! We all had a great time and memories were being made for all of us. We watched The Mitchells vs The Machines.

Check out a review of the movie here.

It is such a good movie for everyone to enjoy. The graphics are phenomenal. The music is upbeat. The story line is heartwarming with humor added in. There are some 90’s references for the adults. It was a good time for us!

Each character in the movie represented a type of family member we are, have contact with, or we know in someone else’s family. The characters were relatable.

This was also a fun choice because we had all seen the trailer before it was released so we had scheduled this family movie night in advance. It was a movie we were all looking forward to watching.

We also upped our snack game this time with a new bag of gummy bears with huge variety. Nothing like a delicious treat.

• Is a family movie night something you do with your family on a regular basis? 
• What was you last family movie?
• What are your favorite snacks to have?

Need some recommendations of some movies to be on the look out for? Here is a list of movies that could interest you and your family.

Plan out a family movie night by picking out the movie, choosing a date, and deciding on snacks to have to remove the guess work. Once the plan is in place, all you have to do find your perfect seat, watch the movie, and spend time with your family.

Be you, be focused , be well!

Find Your Flourish! |Shanna|

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