Movie Night Archives - Busy Moms Helper

The Jungle Book Activity Sheets

March 21, 2016 by Kelly Dedeaux

Does anyone else still sing ‘The Bear Necessities’ randomly with their kids? The Nerd Dad and I sure do – we loved The Jungle Book as kids. I’m so eager to see Disney’s new, real-life version when it hits theaters April 15th. Until then, we can enjoy these fun free printable Jungle Book Activity Sheets with our kiddos!

Can you spot the Difference in these sheets? Download here

Help Mowgli find his way – Download Mowgli’s jungle maze here

Make a Hexaflexagon – Download Here

Which character are YOU most excited to see in the new Jungle Book movie?

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Activity Book

January 4, 2016 by Kelly Dedeaux

Guys, I can’t even begin to describe my excitement for Star Wars coming out this month – we’ve been counting down for so long, and I swear it’s more exciting than Christmas morning! To have a little fun while we’re all going crazy waiting, here’s a super fun Star Wars: The Force Awakens Activity Book you can print out!

You’ve got pages of coloring sheets of favorite characters, a Millennium Falcon maze, door hangers, bookmarks, games and more! My kiddos are having a blast – and so am I, to be honest!

Download the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Activity Book

Hubby’s work Christmas party is just 2 days before Star Wars hits theaters on December 18th….and I told him flat-out that if I get invited to an early showing for the movie, I’m going with or without him! He just grinned and said ‘Star Wars trumps any work party’. I married the right man 😀

The Good Dinosaur Advent Calendar

December 31, 2015 by Kelly Dedeaux

I was able to attend an early showing for The Good Dinosaur to facilitate this post. All opinions are mine alone.

My girl was so excited that I was taking her with me to an early showing the The Good Dinosaur, and we had a wonderful girl’s night at the movies! Now we brought the fun home for my boys, too, with this Good Dinosaur Advent Calendar, plus other free printable activity sets! I can’t wait to bring the whole family to see the movie and discuss facing our fears, just like Arlo!

I admit it, I actually like crying at movies – and I do so very easily! Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge lover of happy endings, but if there’s some emotional moments along the way that bring tears, then to me that means the movie touched me – which is a win! The Good Dinosaur was no exception – and there were a couple parts that had me crying!

It’d be totally wrong for me not to mention the humor, as well, because this film is filled with it! This little boy, named Spot by his Dino Arlo, is like a little puppy – growling, tracking by scent, and being completely loyal. He’s adorable! He keeps Arlo, who became lost far from his family and is very frightful, safe during their journey.

There’s a few minor jumpy parts that startled my girl, but nothing I’d be hesitant to take my little 4 year old to.

The large message of the story is not only friendship and truly getting to know someone – the whole ‘don’t judge a book by it’s cover’ thing – but also about fear. Now, I’ll freely admit that I’m a fearful person, whether it’s by real dangers or my imagination getting away with me at night. The message this amazing story conveys, as put perfectly by Arlo’s Poppa, is “Sometimes you gotta get through your fears to see the beauty on the other side.” As Arlo and Spot learn, there’s so much beauty, and adventure, if you will face your fears.

Meeting unlikely friends along the way, like these crazy siblings…

….Arlo has many obstacles in his way in order for him to earn his ‘mark’ alongside the other members of his family. Will him and Spot find their way back to Arlo’s family? Or is there another path one of them must take?

Go see The Good Dinosaur, in theaters now, to find out – and face YOUR fear to see the ‘beauty on the other side’!

The Good Dinosaur Free Printable Activity Pages

Inside Out Candy Bar Wrappers

December 31, 2015 by Kelly Dedeaux

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #InsideOutMovieNight #CollectiveBias

Who else has been eagerly awaiting the release of Inside Out? We certainly have – especially after seeing it in theaters a few times and absolutely loving it! For our movie night once we nabbed the DVD/Blu-Ray, we wanted to really go all-out, including making these fun Inside Out Candy Bar Wrappers! Don’t worry, I’m sharing the free printables with you!

We had so much fun with the fun wrappers – featuring the goofiest emotions ever: Joy, Fear, Disgust, Sadness and (or course) Anger! Swing by Target and grab the DVD/Blu-Ray, plus everything else you need for a fabulous movie night!

And guess what? The Inside Out DVDs and Blue-Rays you get at Target have 20 minutes of EXCLUSIVE bonus content and deleted scenes included! I don’t want to spoil any – but you really need to check it out asap! Riley’s First Date, anyone?

I love so many things about this movie – the laughter, the tears, and even the discussions it’s brought from our kids! It leaves a little bit for them to think about – what would my ‘islands’ be? Why do certain things make me feel that emotion? It even inspired this ‘Today I’m Feeling…’ printable I shared a few months ago. I made these Inside Out wrappers to fit a typical chocolate bar – but with space to cut them shorter for smaller bars, as well. They print 2 per page on an 8.5×11 sheet – don’t forget to have them in color, since that’s half the fun!

Downloadable Inside Out Candy Bar Wrappers

Cut them out, fit them to the candy bars of your choice, tape closed, and enjoy! These would also make really fun gifts or party favors!