This post is sponsored by Orville Redenbacher. All thoughts and ideas are my own.
Who needs an excuse to have a party? Not this family! The day after Halloween seemed like the perfect time to have a movie in the backyard “drive-in.” The weather, however, had other plans. So we had to bring the drive-in inside. Not to worry, everyone had a wonderful time! What made it so fun? This DIY Movie Night Popcorn Bar.
We used Orville Redenbacher’s Movie Theater Butter Popcorn, and lots of it. Why Orville’s? It’s fast. It’s easy to make. And it is so delicious! The Movie Theater brand has just the right amount of salt and butter to really make the popcorn bar a fantastic treat for everyone. Our guests enjoyed it so much they took goody bags home with them!
Here’s what you’ll need for the popcorn bar with links so you can order it all!
- 5 small containers Mini Metal Buckets,Pack of 12
- 5 plastic spoons Cool Change Reusable Color Change Spoons
- 1 big tub TableCraft BT1914 Remington Collection Galvanized Steel Beverage Tub, 19 Inch by 14 Inch by 9 Inch
- 1 large scoop Large 38 Oz. (Ounce) Bar Ice Scoop, Dry Bin Scoop, Dry Goods Scoop, Candy Scoop, Spice Scoop, Cast Aluminum (1, 38 Ounce)
- 10 bags of Orville Redenbacher’s Popcorn
- 5 different types of popcorn toppings- candy, gummies, pretzels etc.
- 3 popcorn flavorings: salt, pepper, and cheddar Amish Country Popcorn Pack of 5 Gourmet Popcorn Seasoning Variety Bundle Sampler Set White Cheddar Cheese, Sour Cream & Onion, Cheddar Cheese, & Ranch Includes One (1) 6-oz Ballpark Style Seasoning Salt
- 15 brown paper bags rolled down as shown in picture below
- LOTS of napkins
Popcorn Bar Instructions:
- Set out your containers, flavorings, and paper bags as you see fit. I like the toppings to be right in front of the popcorn tub for ease-of use.
- Pour popcorn toppings into smaller containers and place one spoon in each.
- Pop the popcorn last so it’s nice and fresh!
- Place the popcorn in the tub and set out.
- Make your bag of popcorn, top with deliciousness and ENJOY!
If you want to make the movie night even more fun for the kids, fold up some cardboard boxes and make them into mini cars! We added headlights cut from construction paper and a blanket to each box to make it more colorful. The kids AND adults had a great time. Thank you for the fun, Orville!
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I am not a fan of stuff mixed into my popcorn, but I LOVE popcorn with butter 🙂 NOM.
Those snacks looks amazing and I kinda wish I was invited to movie night. haha
this is a great prize’ we all love popcorn.
Such a cute idea!!
Perfect for movie night!
That looks delicious! Everything taste better with popcorn!
My little grandson loves Orville Popcorn! I often make it with him when he stays the night. I live your ideas. Will definitely be stepping up our popcorn parties!
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Spending time with my kids watching new kid movies #popcornmoviemoment
This would be perfect for my upcoming family trip to Texas!!
This is such a fun and cute popcorn bar! You did an awesome job putting it all together!
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This looks super yummy!
Adore this idea! I love popcorn with everything from jalapenos to m&m’s! Super cute idea!
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I love having popcorn and snacks when having a movie fest
love this idea!!!!!!!!
I love popcorn and eat a ton of it! My favorite is caramel with some peanuts mixed in, guess it’s because I so loved cracker Jacks when I was a kif!
My family enjoys popcorn with every movie. I love family movie night.
What a wonderful idea! The kids will love movie night! Perhaps this weekend 🙂
So cute! I love this idea! 🙂
yumm! I love popcorn! your popcorn bar is super cute – my go-to is popcorn with m&m’s all the way!!
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My kids love Friday movie night. Pizza and a movie is what they love.
I don’t have a #PopcornPartyTime, but this looks like a good way to get one!
#PopcornPartyTime moment was with my son who wanted to make some for me i was like o well o ok then and ever since he knew he could cook it in the micro oven he loves movie night its like my little helper
This is THE cutest idea ever! This is a pinterest must! Love the concept and Ill definitely be borrowing it!
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I love this idea! I was thinking of doing something similar for a stay-at-home date night for my husband and I.
I would love this deal.
My Fiance and I love Orville’s popcorn,we get the single serve pop up bowls…so convenient! We have movie nights(we’re movie buffs) on the weekend with this popcorn,its a lot cheaper then going to the movies.:) I would LOVE to win this!! #PopcornParty
the popcorn bar is adorable!! i’m more of a ice cream or cookie bar kinda girl because popcorn is annoying for me to eat since it gets stuck in my teeth immediately.
Sounds like the perfect evening at home with my kiddos.
Such a cute idea! I love the idea of making boxes into cars for the littles. My husband LOVES popcorn so this would be his perfect night-in.
This is such a cute idea, great giveaway too 🙂 I love popcorn !
This looks like so much fun! My kids would love it 🙂
I am totally having a girls night in to watch romcoms and have a #PopcornPartyTime! It’s such a great idea, especially now! Everyone needs some chill time around the holidays!
A movie night really is delightful! I love watching movies so this is the perfect get-together for me! I love the idea of a popcorn bar too!
My family and I love popcorn and we have a movie night every weekend. I love all of your ideas to jazz up popcorn.
We love having a movie night here and do it often. My husband loves trying new flavors and seasoning with popcorn, my favorite is always butter, salt, and some kind of chocolate candy!
So cute! I love this idea!
How cute, everything looks so good!
This is so adorable and looks like a delicious addition to any movie or game night at home!
What a great idea. I love those star tins!
We often have family #PopcornPartyTime nights where we make chocolate and caramel popcorn and then watch movies
We have a movie night once a week! This would be great!
This is a great idea! I love having movie nights but never have thought of a popcorn station
My #PopcornPartyTime moment would be watching a Vampire diaries marathon on Netflix.
This is so cute! Who doesn’t love popcorn?! The individual bags make it extra fun!
I love having movie nights with my daughters. We will pop some popcorn, get some blankets and cozy up with each other. Sometimes we watch a “scary” movie. I love every second of it!!
How fun! I would love to have a popcorn party with my family. Maybe we’ll do it tomorrow night. They would love being able to add candy and other treats right into the popcorn…yum!
I love the idea of a popcorn bar what a great idea and so many combo’s you can do.
What a great idea. I must try this next time we settle down to watch a film.
Love it great giveaway !!
My favorite #PopcornPartyTime moment is snuggling up with my sweetie, a bowl full of Orville Redenbacher’s Salted Caramel popcorn, and a scary movie. Thank you so much for offering such a fun giveaway!
#PopcornPartyTime We love our family time together during movie night.
This is such an amazing and creative idea! I absolutely L❤️️VE it! Also I am having major pregnancy cravings for sweet and salty, this is the cherry on top! I may even take this and turn it in to a care package for my husband since deployments make date nights impossible (he would love it as much as me) Thank you for sharing and giving us a chance to win??
Plain old popcorn with butter is my favourite and who doesn’t love a night like this – the best! Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂
First Friday of the month is #PopcornPartyTime
Everybody on the couch with a nice movie and Popcorn!
My kids like Movie Theater Style, hubby Cheese ones and Orville’s Naturals Lime & Salt
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What a fun giveaway!
My favorite #PopcornPartyTime is when we do redbox and get in the bed and watch a movie
That looks SOOOO good!! I’ll take one please!! 🙂
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Very smart idea! I love Orville, I’m sure my husband would love to win this. I’d like to spread this too.
This is a super cute idea. I want to do something like this for our movie nights.
Ours is always on Christmas Eve night. We watch a new release movie we have been aching to see. thank you
You had me at popcorn! I am truly a straight up butter popcorn girl – but everyone in my family would be doing the happy dance with your additions. Genious idea!
I always love movie nights with some delicious popcorn. This bar looks super tasty, I love the toppings you chose.
Salty buttery popcorn is the bomb. Cinemas here in Germany mostly serve sweet popcorn which is also pretty darn good! Great idea for a party.
You know, I have never had popcorn mixed with other ingredients. But the buttery it is, the better. 🙂
My kids and I love popcorn! So a popcorn bar sounds amazing!! Such a cute tin. This is going to happen while my kids are on Christmas break. Probably more than once 😉
i love the idea of a popcorn bar! how fun!
My favorite #PopcornPartyTime moments are when my best friend and her husband come over to watch a movie. So fun! Thank-you. 🙂
Oh this is so cute! Umm…can I have one? Great idea!
This is super cute!! Orville is my absolute favorite. I’ll have to try this idea sometime 🙂
My #popcornpartytime moment is definitely going to include a bar next time! I love the candies you have. We like to have movie night once a week!
This is so cool! I saw it on pinterest and just think this is so fun and well styled. I can’t wait to try this out for a movie night.
This popcorn bar is amazing! Although I would probably forego all popcorn and just eat the candy 😉 haha
How fun! Lovely post
My son and I love to watch movies together and if he could eat popcorn for breakfast lunch and dinner he would. I would love to win this for us to have our own movie and popcorn party!
We love movie nights at our house! Super cute popcorn bar set up 🙂
Every time I have friends over for a movie night, it’s always a discussion on how the popcorn is going to be made. We usually agree on M&Ms and buttered popcorn, but DUH a popcorn bar would easily fix this! Great idea.
My son really loves popcorn, we are going to have to do this soon! We love popcorn and a movie #PopcornPartyTime
My #PopcornPartyMoment is every time we watch a movie with the kids. We have to have popcorn and the kiddos love m & m’s added to theirs.
This is such a cute set-up! I love eating M&M’s in my popcorn!
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Popcorn is a universal treat that everyone loves. We regularly have game nights and movie nights in our home and popcorn is always a part of it.
I love most kinds of popcorn. : ) This is making me hungry.
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Love this idea – so much fun!!
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Can you tell me where you found your popcorn bar sign? Thanks in advance!
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I catered my nephew’s Birthday Party on February 9, 2018. I did a Popcorn Bar that I saw on your website. It went over Wonderfully Well ! It was a HUGE SUCCESS….. Everyone said that they would use the POPCORN BAR at their party. There were at least 7 different kinds of flavorings for the popcorn as well as dry ranch dressing ….regular seasoning salt. Just be creative as I was and see how well go over ! No POPCORN WAS LEFT.
Good Stuff all babies loves it. This is all time favorite.
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I love the way you have set up and decorated this popcorn bar! The white container holding the juice boxes looks really interesting. Do you mind if I ask where you got it?