DIY Movie Snacks

I decided to share some DIY movie snacks to go along with my one and only movie review. For some of us, some sweet or salty DIY movie snacks are just as exciting as having a fun family movie night on the theater screen. After eating the DIY movie snacks, I am just about done with the movie. But, that is not the case for everyone. So, here you will find a really nice combination of DIY movie snacks that you can make for your next family movie night!

Screen Projector for Home

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Fruits/Vegetables

As a health enthusiast, I have to at least mention fruits and vegetables as one of your ideas for DIY movie snacks. You can eat fresh fruits that are easy to snack on like grapes or cherries. Another option is to eat a small serving of unsweetened dried fruits like cranberries, blueberries, or cherries with mixed nuts. Or you can serve and eat drinkable fruit cups for movie night. Cucumbers, pickles, carrot sticks, and celeries sticks are some more really healthy DIY movie snacks that are easy to make or find.

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Popcorn

Popcorn is likely one of the most obvious DIY movie snacks! Just the smell of popcorn makes one feel like they want to watch a good movie. Well, you can keep this ideas as simple as possible with a bag of microwaved popcorn. Or, you can be a little more creative by making bags of fresh popcorn with popcorn seeds, popcorn oil, gourmet popcorn seasonings, and cute popcorn bags. This may require a little more effort, but the popcorn can turn out to be really delicious DIY movie snacks. Some that you may eat before the movie starts! You can also be really creative when you choose popcorn as one of your DIY movie snacks by adding a semi-homemade sweet mixtures to the popcorn like caramel syrup and peanuts or popcorn and candy coated peanuts. And, if you are a diabetic, or just happen to be cheating a little on your keto or low carb diet, you can use a mini microwave popcorn bag with the sugar free caramel syrup or sugar free candy coated peanuts.

Gourmet Popcorn Seasoning Variety Pack

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Trail Mix

Trail mix is another one of the DIY movie snacks that you can quickly and easily make! The cool part about trail mix is that you can make them as healthy or as unhealthy as you want and they still taste really good! You can make them no sodium, low sodium, or the normal amount of sodium. Then too, you can make these DIY movie snacks sugar free as well. You can find and make several different keto trail mix recipes. If you are not on a sugar free or low carb diet, just add regular chocolates and regular dried fruits as needed/wanted.

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Theater Box Candy

While this DIY movie snacks idea is not a complete DIY, these theater boxes of candy (at the time of this post) are pretty easy on the budget for a large family when you order a small bulk. Even the food you purchase to make your DIY movie snacks will cost a bit. So, being able to eat a box of theater candy is a good way to really have an authentic movie theater experience for movie nights!

Theater Box Candy – Mini Bulk

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Gummy Bears

These super easy DIY gummy bear recipes are another really nice DIY movie snacks idea. They can be a great alternative to buying theater box candy because they can be made with sugar free ingredients. So, if you are a diabetic or on a keto diet or low carb diet, these keto DIY gummy bear recipes are for you. And, if you want your gummy bears with regular sugar added, simply use ingredients with regular sugar in them.

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Popsicles

And last, but not least, if you are taking your home theater outside on the “big screen” during the warmer summer months, DIY popsicles are another one of the healthy and fun DIY movie snacks. The popsicles are sugar free, but can be made with regular sugar for the entire family to enjoy. You are welcome to read the story behind the “big screen” if interested.

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Screen Projector for Home

Conclusion

That is all I have for now. If you made it down the page, thanks for reading! Please be sure to like, share, and subscribe. Be sure to check back soon to see if there are more ideas for your DIY movie snacks!

Anne Frank’s Diary (Animated Film)

One of the first movies I watched with my “DIY” Smartphone Projector was an animated film of Anne Frank’s Diary. This movie was in harmony with my recent personal development project of enduring trials. So, the movies theme and tone is also highly consistent with some of my book reviews that deal with enduring trials.

As an animate film, it is well-suited for a young audiences. However, this animated film of Anne Frank’s Diary is also well-suited for young adults as well as old adults. Everyone may be pleasantly surprised as how this true story is captured in an animated film. With that said, however, you can also choose choose from a variety of non-animated Anne Frank’s Diary movies. You can watch some of these Anne Frank’s movies for free with a free Prime Video trial.

After telling a few friends about this animated film, I learned that some people read Anne Frank’s Diary in school or perhaps watched one of her movies in school. Well, I must have somehow slipped through the cracks – I had never seen any of the movies or read any of the books. Therefore, this free animated movie of Anne Frank’s Diary was very insightful and timely for my personal development project.

Anne Frank’s Diary is the true story of a young Jewish girl that lived in Amsterdam, Holland during the early 1940s. It is a sobering diary of things that she and her family had to deal with during that period of time. However, Anne dealt with her trials and difficulties with great optimism and hope for a better future.

I give this animated film five stars. So, I hope you can appreciate watching it on the big screen too.

ANNE FRANK’S DIARY – An animated feature film

Conclusion

I hope you can appreciate the animated film of Anne Frank’s Diary. If you have questions or comments, please share them below. Or additional movie recommendations please let me know.

DIY Smartphone Projector For Movies

I must start by telling you that this movie DIY smartphone projector project did not turn out as expected. But, it gave me a lot of great laughs along the way. So, I hope you tag along for the story. People that truly know me, know that I am typically always up to learning something new. Well, making this DIY movie smartphone projector was something that I was up to a little while ago.

For some reason I have always wanted a movie projector. So, with the pandemic situation, I decided to make my own projector! I started by watching this young intelligent kid on YouTube and promptly made a list of thing to purchase for my DIY smartphone projector.

Supplies

• Magnifying Glass
• Black Masking Tape
• Black Paint
• Box Cutter
• Small Cardboard Box
• Styrofoam Wedge (Optional)
• Glue Gun
• Mirror

Before starting, I did some more research and came across another exciting DIY smartphone projector by this guy. I was completely pumped and ready to go with this design.

Day 1

The next day, I jumped in the car only to discover a small box with a perfectly sized round hole already in the box! It was the perfect shape for the upright DIY smartphone projector idea I discovered in the second video. What a score, right?! I was all too excited to start my own DIY smartphone projector project. In fact, I made a special trip to the store to get the supplies that I needed. That night, I started painting what would be the inside of the DIY smartphone projector box black.

Day 2

The following day I painted the rest of the inside of the box black and cut the rectangular piece of Styrofoam into a 45 degree wedge for my mirror to rest on. I did manage to get the glue off of the mirror without breaking it or cutting myself. However, I never could get the lens out of the magnifying glass, so I just taped the whole thing in the box.

Day 3

I taped and glued the final DIY projector screen and tested it out that night. After several minutes of troubleshooting and trying to make it work, I gave up and decided to just read a book instead of watching a movie.

Day 4

The next day, I went back into research mode and came across this DIY smartphone projector YouTube video.

I could totally relate to her sentiments at the end…especially with the magnifying glass being completely snatched out of the box. So, I started looking into more smartphone projector options.

Day 5

After watching several more videos, I discovered that you CAN make your own DIY Projector with the correct angles, distance, and geometry. I still did not get the exact angles and measurements needed for the DIY smartphone projector to come out right. So, I decided to just buy an inexpensive projector that actually works really well!

I am totally liking and using this little projector! I use it with my laptop with a cord that come with the projector. However, you can also connect it to your smartphone with an adapter that is sold separately. This is an HDMI adapter for iPhones. And this is a type C adapter for Android phones.

That is all for now – I hope to share more soon. Please like, follow, and share my post for a DIY smartphone projector.