The other day, I found this fun company called "Fork and Film" that hosts movie nights at their venture and serves coordinating food items during the movie. It just looks so fun and after I showed Austin, we both got excited about hosting our very own version at home. He requested that I keep the movie a surprise, and to keep the food a surprise, too. I tossed around a few different movie ideas, but finally settled on the live-action version of Aladdin (which my kids hadn't seen, but had been on our list to watch). We invited the Ward kids to join with us and everyone was excited (and polite). It really turned out exactly as I had hoped and we had a great time with it.
Each time a food item appeared on screen, David and I served a dish. The biggest stretch was at 26:19 when Aladdin brings Jasmine a tea-tray service. She doesn't eat- but this was the appropriate time for the main dish to be served so we served butter chicken, naan bread, and juice in teacups. The rest of it was pretty true to the movie and it was really, really fun.
Aladdin Movie Night Menu:
Opening- Apples and nuts
6:00 - Dates
6:40 - Bread (hamburger bun tops toasted with garlic butter)
15:17 - Apple Juice
26:19 - "Diamond in the Rough" Chicken & Teacup
40:46 - Blue Cotton Candy/Genie Marshmallows
44:08 - Baklava (Apple tart), napkin, paper menu
49:05 - Grapes, apple
60:30/40 - Spices(cinnamon)/jams, toast
1:30:00 - Jam
1:55/1:56:00 - Genie Marshmallows and Ice Cream Fireworks
Opening - Aladdin in the Market
Bread - Jasmine giving bread to the children
Butter Chicken for the main dish when Aladdin brings Jasmine the tea service. Apple Tart for when Genie sings about "a little more baklava".
Fruit when Genie is eating fruit after escaping the cave of wonders
Ice Cream with sparkler candles for the final scene when Genie is freed and everyone celebrates the wedding.
After the movie, we pulled out some extra sparklers from the summer and let the kids light them to celebrate (to imitate the fireworks at the end of the movie). It was such a fun night with good friends, and the kids are already asking when we can do the next one.
