Home Cinema

This summer has been (mostly) sunny, but sometimes it’s too hot to be outside. So, to break up the day, we had a cinema afternoon. I let the kids chose the film, and they chose Monsters Inc. I was just relieved that it wasn’t Cars for the millionth time. We drew the curtains, and pulled the sofa around in front of the tv.

Refreshments – we were helped out by 99p stores, and this is what we bought.

These brilliant carton drinks were 6 for 99p, and fitted in perfectly with our Disney theme.

The Disney tins were 99p each, and we filled them with make at home popcorn (also 99p). The kids liked this bit almost as much as the film itself!

And a trip to the cinema isn’t complete without pick and mix, and these were also only 99p each. There was a lot more sweets in these tubs, but I let them hold them on the drive home from the 99p store, and some accidentally got eaten.

And the verdict?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

I have no idea where the Teenage Mutant Ninja Obsession came from! We don’t have the TV channel it’s on, and I always thought it was aimed at older kids. But Hannah really loves pretending to be Raph, and making George be Donny. Apparently, they all have cool new names, what is wrong with Raphael and Donatello I ask?

We decided to make our own TNMT costumes.

We started with a couple of cereal boxes, and cut some oval shapes out. I used the sides of the boxes, and cut some straps off too.

I painted one oval green, and the other yellow.

I had a lightbulb moment when it came to the bumpiness of the shell! A use at last for the hundred milk lids I have been collecting! Fabulous!

Here are Raph and Donny…

Our local 99p store had these little 99 TNMT gems –

Hannah was absolutely thrilled with them, and got to work straight away, drawing a picture of the four turtles. At 99p, I am going to stock up on these sets!