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Updated 4/23/2020
The past month has been a bit challenging however, Matt and I have been making the best of it by throwing little parties at home with our kids. What we do is try grab when we venture out to get groceries. This is one my favorite movie night printables that we made. It would be perfect for you and your little ones to have a movie fun movie night at home. Today’s Story is brought to you by Orville Redenbacher’s Popcorn, However all thoughts are my own.
Here are five tips for hosting an affordable movie night with the kids.
1) No Movie Projector: Since we did not have a movie projector, we would instead bring our TV outside for the kids to watch a movie under the stars, and lay their sleeping bags on the ground for them to get cozy on.
2) Handy Snack: I don’t like to cook on family movie nights, so making the children bagel bites is an effective alternative.
3) Don’t Forget the Drinks: Buy drinks that will suit the needs of everyone in the family. We even like to make hot cocoa when the weather is a tad colder than normal.
4) Sweet Treats: I like to buy an assortment of candies from my local dollar store and create a candy platter for the family to share. If you prefer not to serve candy, you can also make cupcakes. We created a free cupcake printable for you to use for your family movie night.
5) No Movie Is Complete Without Popcorn: I always have popcorn on hand for movie night. My family loves Orville Redenbacher’s Movie Theater Butter Popcorn. It’s easy to make and pops up in minutes, giving you a delicious, light, and fluffy snack that’s perfect anytime—especially movie night!
I hope the tips above will help you create a beautiful night with your family. Below is free family movie night printable to complete the look and feel of your family gathering.
Our free printable includes: ( Click on the Image to download the printable)
Movie Ticket Invitations 
Soda Bottle Wrapper 
Cupcake Wrappers 
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Jennifer Rote says
My fondest #PopcornParty Time memory is going to the drive-in with my son to see Underdog. We had popcorn and sodas among other things and had so much fun doing the outdoor movie.
Lyn @MidMichiganMom says
What fun printables! I love Movie Night and these would make it feel so much more special for the kids. =)
Katherine King says
thank you
kelly tupick says
My favorite popcorn moment was making popcorn on the stove top with my brother for the family to sit down and watch the Wizard of oz. We made two big bowls with lots of butter and ate most of it during the movie.
Cynthia C says
My favorite memory was sharing popcorn with the kids on family movie nights.
Seyma Shabbir says
My fondest is seeing Despicable me and me and the kids devouring a tub of popcorn!
Jennifer H. says
My #PopcornParty Time memory is when my daughter, my husband and I went to see The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies together! We had such a great time!
Jamie @ Medium Sized Family says
My fondest #Popcornpartytime memory is every Wednesday night when my family sits down together and enjoys a show and some popcorn.
Tammy Taylor says
My favorite Popcorn party time is when I had my friends over and we spread blankets on the floor then popped some popcorn, had small bowls of candy, mini crackers, mini pretzels and and bottles of caremel and chocolate to drizzle on top our popcorn mixture. We made our own mixture to our liking and then watch the movie and enjoy.
Katherine King says
that sounds like a wonderful memory
Corey Clancy says
My fondest memory with popcorn was the year we received the popcorn maker from “Santa”. Each of our 3 daughters received popcorn flavoring and my husband and I received the maker, popcorn, and oil along with our seasonings. My husband made each of us a bucket full after the kids gorged on candy from their stockings.
Katherine King says
the Popcorn maker sound really neat 🙂
Lyn Levasseur says
Watching summer movies ???? outside on our beach house ???? deck.
Deborah W. says
My favorite popcorn movie night moment was sitting together as a family and watching Elf while laughing our heads nearly off.
Erin Will says
Oh wow, these printables look so fun!! My favorite popcorn moment is when we had a big party with my kids, nieces, and nephews and watched Frozen. There was so much popcorn spewed around my living room I found popcorn for days and days after! lol Thank you!!
Katie C says
My fondest #PopcornPartyTime moment is seeing Muppet Treasure Island in theaters with my dad! He NEVER goes to the theater, but the lure of Muppets and buttered popcorn was too strong 🙂
natasha lamoreux says
We do popcorn and snacks every Friday for movie night.
Lisa Cooper says
What fun! We love to pop popcorn (the old-fashioned way, no microwave stuff at our movies), turn out the lights and watch scary movies!
Darlene Sullins says
Mine would be getting to watch Avatar in 3-D! It was the best popcorn moment!
Claire Quaile says
I always burn popcorn! But blowing up the microwave….. yeah that’s a whole new thing for me
janetfaye says
My favorite memory was coloring popcorn with red and green food coloring and stringing it to our Christmas tree.
Nicole Lancaster says
My fondest #PopcornPartyTime moment is having a movie night with my grandparents. We watched Ernest Saves Christmas and ate popcorn and had hot cocoa and cuddles under a thick blanket.
Adriana Gonzalez says
My fondest #PopcornPartyTime memory was making kind of like a Frozen themed party/movie event for my niece’s birthday all she wanted to do was dress up and watch the movie so we had pizza, popcorn and other little snacks for the kids. It turned out to be a really awesome birthday for her.
Ellie C. says
This is a really cute printable– I love movie nights!
aaron reck says
I love popcorn, him and the movies!
Melissa Johnson says
My great gma used to make the best popcorn & we sit around & talk for hours!!!!
Sukdeo Ramsaroop says
My favorite #PopcornPartyTime moment was having a movie marathon with my wife. We had popcorn and soda and snacks.m
Cindy Croom says
I like when we make popcorn the old fashion way with kernels oil and a pan. We have making it together and it makes movie night special.
John H. says
#PopcornParty Time memory – We (me, my wife and daughter) watched all The Hobbit movies (one was in the theater) and then all The Lord of the Ring movies – we had lots of popcorn and snacks!
Cindy says
My favorite movie memory was renting movies and watched with my parents, niece and her parents.
Betty says
Back in the early days of Netflix, it was a family meeting deciding what films went into our order que. And a new release arriving in the mail was definitely family movie night – fire up the hot air popper.
Now our family movie night more often is a afternoon/evening of bingewatching a series. We still have popcorn, but it is included more in a tailgaiting event
Faye Gates says
My fondest movie popcorn memory night is every Halloween. We live in the country, so we have friends and family over, and watch scary movies.
Danielle Marie says
i guess it would be when we did oven pop popcorn and watched hocus pocus last year.
Ann Fantom says
My favorite popcorn memory is my mom making Jiffy Pop in the expanding stove-top popping pan for our family movie nights when I was a little kid.
Shelley Hopkins-Rigg says
This is a really great idea! I love it!!
Regina says
My favorite popcorn moment was with my kids watching Monsters, INC.
Dawn says
What a wonderful giveaway I love using Netflix 🙂
sue14625 says
my favorite popcorm moment was when we were kids mom would make popcorn on the stove in a big frying pan and we waited with bated breath to hear those kernels start popping
Natalie says
I used to love making popcorn with my dad and brother
Don D says
The many nights my wife and I get together on the couch with popcorn and a movie.
Kim H says
My husband and I look forward to watching netflix series!!
Michelle Garrity says
My fondest popcorn memory is eating it with my father when we were small. We both loved it with lots of butter!
Amanda Sakovitz says
My fondest memory was having a girls horror movie night and eating a lot of popcorn.
Sunnie says
I think mine would be watching movies and eating popcorn with my girls and husband in the basement.
Margaret Smith says
MY favorite #PopcornPartyTime is when I was a kid, on Saturday nights, we’d have family night and often watch a movie and enjoy popcorn together.
candy kratzer wenzel says
My favorite popcorn party time moment, is making popcorn balls with the grandkids and putting on various disney movies on and singing the songs from those movies.
Annmarie Weeks says
This past late summer, my daughter had her 16th birthday party here at home. She invited just a few friends over to order pizza, have popcorn & watch movies in the backyard! One of my favorite #PopcornPartyTime moments!
Holly Thomas says
My fondest memories were watching movies on my VCR with my boyfriend { Now Husband} and eating popcorn.
Sara K. says
I loved having movie nights with our children when they were little. We would put on our jammies, pop popcorn, and watch a family movie together. Sleeping bags, blankets, and pillows were all over the living room floor! So fun!
Leah C says
Our family has movie night once a month and during the holidays it’s almost nightly. My fondest memory is of all of us trying to agree on a movie and my husband picked on and we all loved it. I hope for more memories to come.
KJ Skib says
We love movie night. We have pizza, movie and popcorn on Friday nights as a family.
cherrie says
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Jill S says
My favorite memory was going to Blockbuster when I would have a friend stay for a sleepover, getting to pick out a movie to rent and going home to make popcorn and have a pop. Popcorn and pops were treats in my house so it was big deal to get those thing! We also added m&ms to the popcorn 🙂
Thomas Murphy says
Watching the new lord of the rings movie with lots of popcorn with my family.
Heidi S. says
My favorite memory is taking my niece and nephew to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. It was my favorite book when I was a kid, and it was wonderful to see it as a movie, and sharing that with my family.
Marissa C says
My favorite was letting the kids have their first party picking out movies, candy & popcorn. We piled pillows and blankets and started a fire in the fireplace. We let them stay up late watching several movies. I hope to do this again soon.
Tia says
My favorite popcorn memory is popping a big bag ourselves and taking it to the drive in as a kid.
Rebecca W says
My fondest #PopcornPartyTime moment was watch the new Cinderella movie with my husband and two daughters!
Betsy Rubendall Barnes says
One of my fondest #PopcornParty Time memory is when I was in college, my roommates and I would go to the drive-in. It was a small town and they had the best drive in and restored it to help it hang on 🙂
ken ohl says
my favorite popcorn moment is when my wife and I had our first date and we went to see the movie Author with Dudley Moore and Liza Minnellia it was wonderful we have been together every since
laura b says
I love the smell of movie theater popcorn. It reminds me of my first job where I worked in a theater.
Julie Lundstrom says
My favorite time is watching Movies with the kids and eating popcorn. It is a fun way to have a family quality time.
nicole krutz says
My favorite popcorn memory is my 4 year old and I making popcorn and watching Monsters Inc! We love that movie!
Jayne says
I don’t have a movie night moment but one of my favorite popcorn memories is the first time my youngest had popcorn. We were at Target and he liked it so much he refused to share it with anyone. He’s 24 and still loves popcorn that much.
Stephanie Shipley says
My favorite memory is walking to Blockbuster with my mom to rent movies. We would get candy and popcorn, and they used to have little kid’s goodie bags I would get.
Natalie Brown says
My fondest #PopcornParty Time moments were watching Forest Gump over and over again with my son while he was growing-up. So fun!!
Tara L says
My fondest #PopcornParty Time memory is when I was growing up every fourth of July we would make a big bag of popcorn and take with us to go watch the fireworks.
Jeanna Massman says
I grew up on a farm in Iowa. Before we popped our homegrown popcorn, we would have to shell it from the cob. That was hard on the hands but the popcorn was the best I’ve ever tasted! We would watch the old western movies on TV.
Linda Manns Linneman says
We occasionally have movie night with the family. We make a big tub of popcorn and have soft drinks. This is always a great time. thank you so much for this giveaway
Katie Bellamy says
Every time my kids & I watch movies we have to have our popcorn. It’s the little moments you treasure the most!
Emily N. says
My fondest #PopcornParty Time memory was watching What About Bob? for the first time and cracking up!
Christy caldwell says
I would say my fondest would be when my ex worked over nights and my son and I had popcorn and the old Psycho with his older brother and sister. They were terrified. Ha!
Jen Rodrigues says
We got a huge tub of popcorn when we went to see the hunger games mockingjay part 1.
hannah says
my favorite popcorn party time memory is the first time I learned how to make stovetop popcorn, it was such fun!
mrsshukra says
Just watched our first movie in a theater in 3 years this weekend, great popcorn moment watching Spectre!
jeanette sheets says
fondest memory i have that invoves popcorn and movies ,is when i was little girl my mom took my sister an di to our first theater movie and i saw et ,to this day i still smile when i think of it that was over 30 some years ago,just first time i had ever been to a theater ,and to have my mom go and see excitement in her face ,was such a moving thing ,never will forget !
Angela W says
My fondest #PopcornParty Time memory is going to the drive in the Summer together as a family.
Jenn Scott says
My craziest memory happened last week when I spilled popcorn all over the row in front of me at the movie theater. Whoops!!
susan smoaks says
my fondest moment is watching my husband eat popcorn i love it
Jacob says
My favorite #PopcornParty Time was when I was 6 years old and my dad took e tot he movies for the first time. I even got to play hooky from school (probably safe to say that now, haha!)
RussR says
I remember eating popcorn when I was watching a scary movie and jumping enough at a shocking moment to have popcorn all over the place.
Trisha says
My mom used to make colored popcorn balls. They were to die for!
PuffyBiggles says
My fondest #PopcornParty Time moment was watching Sherlock reruns with my daughter. Thanks for the giveaway!
jules m. says
my fondest memories are when both kids were here and we would pile onto my bed and watch something scary !
Crystal Cox says
When I was younger we rarely ever got to the movies so whenever they had a special movie playing on TV we would make a big event of it and I always got to make the popcorn! ( Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz, ect)
Kelly D says
My favorite moment is playing my kid’s favorite movie and enjoying popcorn with them.
Deb Ford says
Love movie nights with the kids with milkshakes and popcorn!
Jackie says
My favorite #PopcornPartyTime moment was Friday nights when I was a kid. My mom always made a big pot of popcorn and we’d all watch tv together.
Ty says
My favorite was when I went to go see the midnight opening for Lord Of The Rings Return of The King. It was crowded and I had to pee so bad but it was very memorable and very worth it.
Robin says
My #Popcornpartytime memory was my son helping me make popcorn for our family movie night.
Dorothy Boucher says
One of my fondest memory is being with my grandchildren, sitting around the yard and watching some silly cartoon movie loll they just loved it, and I truly enjoyed spending that evening with all 8 of them 🙂
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Jaclyn Reynolds says
My #popcornpartytime memory is having my first popcorn popper when I was 12. I loved making popcorn at home and adding some melted butter to it!
kate says
My best #PopcornParty Times are with my nieces and nephews all curled up on the couch!
Jillian Too says
I loved sharing a bowl of popcorn with my sisters as we snuggled up to our favorite Disney movie, Beauty and the Beast.
michelle k. says
My fondest popcorn memory is making popcorn balls at my Aunt’s house
Teressa Morris says
My favorite popcorn moment is when my mom used to pop popcorn on the stove for us when we were little.
Linda Kish says
My favorite popcorn times are at the movies.
Steph says
The other day my grandparents came over to visit my kids. They were so cute sharing a bowl of popcorn I made the 80+ Yr olds and preschoolers
Jeanna says
My #PopcornParty Time memory is going to the Drive-in movies and sitting in the back with the trunk open watching movies with my parents!
stephanie says
I love sharing time with my family on any movie night we have! You can’t have a movie night without popcorn!
sandra says
we were watching one of the lord of the rings movies and when it ended abruptly my son yelled “not fair!”
Tara says
I look forward to movie night every week because it involves sharing a huge bowl of popcorn with the whole family!
jill rivera says
I have fond momories at my aunt house watching tv and movies with my cousins.
Richard Hicks says
My #PopcornParty Time memory was when we went to see Jurassic World earlier this year.
Mina says
just having the family together was my favorite memory.
Tanya White says
My fondest #PopcornPartyTime was when I was about 7 and vhs was big we watched harry and the hendersons and had a ton of popcorn and we started throwing it at each other at the end of the movie.
Julie L says
My favorite #popcornpartytime memory was when my parents would let us stay up late watching movies and eating popcorn!
Crystal says
I have lots of good memories with popcorn. My mom and I absolutely love it. Ever since I can remember when ever we go to the movies we have to have popcorn. It doesn’t matter if we just ate and we are full we have to eat popcorn when at the movies.
Katherine King says
We do the same thing 🙂
Daniel M says
with all our friends going to the show!
Danielle Shulenburg says
It’s so hard to pick a favorite, because even though my kids are all teenagers or older and i have a granbaby now, we still do movie night every week! We take turns picking out movies and we have lots of popcorn and snacks! I love movie night because i love spending time with my kids, and it’s awesome family time and we are making so many memories! And my granddaughter just loves movie night!
Stacey b says
A movie and popcorn AKA #Popcorn party is always memorable especially when done with my kids! I don’t have a favorite nite that stands out, I cherish them all the same. One of the few times myself and kiddos and can all sit down, enjoy each others company and no arguments between the kids! Everyone is happy and content 🙂
Marlene says
Mom would always pop up popcorn and we’d take a few grocery bags of it to the drive in when we were kids. Loved that
Diann Pustay says
My favorite memory about popcorn is when my kids were little, we made the Jiffy Pop popcorn for the first time. They had always just made it in the microwave, but one day I saw it at the grocery store and bought it. I didn’t know they still made it. When it was popping up on the stove ,their little faces were so excited. After that we bought it all the time, even though it scratched up my glass top stove.
Cynthia R says
My fondest but craziest moments is watching frozen with her over and over and over again.
Edye says
My fondest #PopcornParty Time memory is going to see the newest animation movie! I think you never get to old for animation 🙂
Wendy Rozema says
My fondest #popcornParty time was when I was little and watching ET for the 1st time!!
Shannon W says
I have 2 fondest #PopcornPartyTimes, one as a child and one as an adult. As a child my mom was pregnant with my youngest brother so my dad took my brother and I to see the latest Star Wars movie (77ish) so mom could have a break. Dad bought us popcorn and even though he had a 7 & 3yo he made it a special occasion. Then when we took my oldest niece to see Charlotte’s Web. Of course we got popcorn & pop and everyone had a good time. Thank you for leading me back to these wonderful memories.
Lorena Keech says
We used to share popcorn on Saturday nights when my dad would read aloud from our favorite “tween” books.
Luna S says
My family and I love having family movie nights I have lots of fun #PopcornPartyTimes, any time with my kids is my fondest times!
Rich DMZ says
little family tradition of seeing the bond movies in the theatre
Kim Russell says
Our popcorn movie nights often devolve into popcorn fights when the credits roll!
Carolyn Daley says
My fondest #PopcornPartyTime was watching Cars 2 with my nephew and seeing his little face light up.
LeAnn H says
Watching Christmas movies with my sons and having popcorn to snack on
Eileen Richter says
Christmas Days gone by were always spent watching movies. Each child got a new movie and we’d eat leftovers and snack on popcorn and holiday treats all.day. long after brunch. I think my all time favorite year was when my son got the Jurrasic Park movies and he was completely engrossed and wouldnt leave his seat. He still says THAT was one of his favorite childhood movies. I so miss #PopcornParty now that the 6 kids are almost grown. Now it’s just mostly the two of us with Netflix almost every night!
misty w says
mine is making popcorn balls with the kids.
Katherine King says
I love making popcorn ball ornaments 🙂
Angela Saver says
My fondest #PopcornParty Time memory is having a family movie night & having Home Alone movie marathon & watching them all together!
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Tarissa says
My favorite #PopcornPartyTime is probably when The Prince of Egpyt came out (so many years ago!), as it was the first movie (popcorn included!) that I watched with my friends, or at least in my remembrance.
Sarah at Journeys of The Zoo says
Love the printables!
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Natalie says
My fondest #PopcornParty Time memory was attending my first outdoor movie with my friends
Teresa Bean says
Thanks for the cute printables!
Rosanne says
My sons are all adults and when they come home they all go out to visit friends or head to the bars/restaurants. Last year we all sat down to a movie and my 3rd son asked to make popcorn. I was happy.
Anita Duvall says
I remember movie night as a child when my mom would make the popcorn in a great big pan on the stove, shaking and swirling the kernels in the bottom. Then she would melt butter on the stove and put each kids popcorn in a paper lunch sack and add salt.
Ashley Chassereau Parks says
My favorite #PopcornParty Time moment was going to see The Peanuts movie last Friday night with my hubby and kids! We went to a drive in movie and sat in chairs in front of our car to watch. The kids loved it, especially the toddler (it was her first time going to a movie)!
Christy Maurer says
Popcorn was about the only snack we could afford when I was little so I have a lot of popcorn memories 🙂
Adriane says
My favorite popcorn time is New years day – snuggled up with a movie, popcorn and mom 🙂
wen budro says
I have many fond movie night memories. My best are when the whole family watches a family favorite together. And, popcorn and snacks make the movie night that much more special.
Sarah C says
My favorite #popcornpartytime are Netfix binges with my friends.
Susan Smith says
My favorite memory was sharing popcorn with my children on family movie nights.
Augustin says
My fondest #PopcornParty Time memory was going to drive-in with my family.
Terri Irvin says
Well..popcorn balls are my specialty..my grandchildren love them. Love movie nights with the family.
Katherine Riley says
We like to do movie marathons at my house, anything from Star Wars, Star Trek, Toy Story, Ghostbuster. And we love to have a giant bowl of popcorn while we watch.
Denise W says
When I was growing up, popcorn was the main treat attraction at all of my sleepovers. The best moments were those that involved sleeping beneath the stars, a huge bowl of buttered popcorn between the sleeping bags.
Tara Woods says
My fondest #PopcornParty Time memory is when my grandmother made popcorn in her heavy pot on the stove. We would gather around the television and watch The Incredible Hulk, Dukes of Hazard and then Dallas.
Jessica Miller says
I loved making the stove top popcorn on the stove:)
Valeen N says
We set up a sheet in the backyard and used it as a screen. Then we watched a movie outside with popcorn, and treats! It was so much fun! And we didn’t even care if we spilled, because the dogs were on popcorn clean-up duty!
Peggy Rydzewski says
we have the grand kids over and have movie and popcorn picnic on the floor.
Rebecca Peters says
I always love popping popcorn and cuddling up with my kiddos
Susan Christy says
My dad used to make tons of popcorn & we would take it to the drive-in in a big brown paper bag.
Michelle Macaluso says
My favorite #PopcornParty Time moment is when I took my daughter so see “The Fault In Our Stars”. It was nice to spend some bonding time with her since she is a teenager now.
Donna says
My favorite memory is having movie birthday parties for my children. We’d set up a giant screen and have popcorn galore. It was a lot of fun….for me LOL
CASSANDRA HUBER says
I want to start incorporating family movie nights into our schedule!!!
sherri Swain says
I use to be a foster care mother. Always having up to 12 teenagers in the home. We loved movie night. I would use 2 popcorn makers to keep the popcorn going. Then the side board was covered with topping they could use. From just hot butter to garlic butter. They would mix in pretzels or corn chips and make it their way. Then we would lay big thick blankets on the floor and they would all huddle together. The laughter was the best part.
Karen Drake says
My favorite popcorn memory is of my Mom making it every Saturday while we watched tv.
Sherry Conrad says
My two youngest daughters had a big sleepover/movie marathon when one of the movies they had been waiting on came out. The guests were all awestruck that I let them throw the (air popped) popcorn at each other and have a “food fight”. It gave me coolest mom ever status and of course was no big deal at all to clean up and now, over a decade later, some of them bring up “hey, remember when you let us have that popcorn fight at your house, that was so much fun” etc etc etc. That is probably my favorite #PopcornParty memory.
Leela says
I love popping a few buckets of popcorn and spending time with my family.
Quinn E says
This goes way back, but my favorite #PopcornPartyTime moment was dressing up as the Spice Girls with my friends and gathering around the TV to watch the Spice Girls movie on VHS in full blown slumber party mode 🙂
Nancy says
My favorite #PopcornPartytime memory is enjoying home-made popcorn balls we made with corn we popped.
sandra williams says
we went to our rustic camp and had a pile of kids over , the went sliding for hours then up to the loft for movie night
Melanie Montgomery says
My fondest memories are making popcorn with my hubby!
Vikki Billings says
When I was younger I spent almost every weekend with my Grammy, and she would pop popcorn and we would eat it while watching Friday Fright Night. Its one of the best memories I have.
Jerry Marquardt says
My favorite #PopcornPartyTime is seeing two movies and getting a nice double butter and extra salt popcorn at mid-time.
Amanda Whitley says
my favorite #PopcornPartyTime moment was doing a movie night each friday growing up with my family and having popcorn and making ice cream sundays
Joy says
Eating popcorn at the movies with my kids when they were younger. Seeing Harry Potter
after reading the books..is my fondest popcorn memory
Lily Kwan says
My fondest #PopcornParty memory is watching funny movies with loved ones.
Amber Rizer says
My fondest #PopcornParty memory is watching the Wizard of Oz with my dad when I was younger. I would make him watch it over and over and he gladly did it! We would get the big things of popcorn with the 3 flavors and eat it while watching it. Unfortunately he is no longer here and I wish more than anything I could watch it with him again.