Movie Date Night Gift Idea

Now that Christmas is over and all the gifts have been exchanged, I can share with you what I gave my older siblings. Both my brother & his wife and Grace & her husband have newborns. I was trying to think of something creative to give them and remembered this movie date night from darlingdoodles.com that I've had pinned for quite some time.

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Brie used the gift idea for newlyweds because they tend to be on a tight budget. I thought the idea also fit well for new parents since they can’t get away from the house easily with a little one in tow.

So I gathered the contents:

• a movie (I thought Date Night was fitting)
• popcorn
• popcorn seasoning
• candy
• I substituted Brie’s idea of soda with a bottle of wine.

I got this cute popcorn bowl to put all the stuff in from the Christmas Tree Shop.

I also purchased the green and red filling from Christmas Tree Shop (isn’t that store great?).

I filled the bowl up with the filing and then just arranged the items in the bowl.

I also purchased these bags from Christmas Tree Shop. I thought I had purchased shrink wrap bags but I was mistaken. The bags were too big so I had to trim them down a bit and tape the excess to the side.

I tied the top of the bag with a rubber band and then tied a bow around the band with some Christmas ribbon I had lying around.

Brie included a cute little poem in hers about being newlyweds. Obviously that didn’t fit with what I was doing. I included a Christmas card in each one that said something along the lines of – ‘I know it can be hard to leave the house with a newborn so enjoy this date night on me...’

For my sister’s gift, I added the new Regis book underneath because we’re both big fans of his and are upset that he’s off the air.

So there you have it. I think they came out cute. And, they were pretty simple to make. What do you think?