Treehouse Movie Night! Plus $150 giftcard giveaway!

I think we may need a bigger treehouse.  Or perhaps it's just right, nice and cozy, where everyone is touching at least 2 other people, or more, if that person's name happens to be momma.  I put Drummer to bed, Ryan whipped up a big plate of chocolate pancakes to be eaten without fork OR plate, and we shooed the baby dills up the tree with pillow and blanket where a movie projected on a pillowcase was waiting for them: Treehouse Movie Night.

I set up the pillow case for our screen in the treehouse before everyone clambered up the ladder.

We needed provisions, of course: I prepared popcorn cones, just cut up paper bags and taped, mini water bottles, and theater candy boxes.

There was some disagreement about the movie choice, but I wanted a movie from a book, so we settled on Babar the Elephant, with promises of more treehouse movie nights down the road.

It was an evening of absolute perfection.  The kids kept asking what the pillow case was for, anticipating something exciting.  And it was.

The night was actually refreshingly cool with more of a breeze being up so high, and I was worried it would blow the pillowcase too much, but the movement made the movie kind of 3D :)

The 3M projector is SUPER easy to use.  All you do is plug it into your device (works with ipod touch 3rd, 4th generation, all ipads, iphones with the cable it comes with--you can also use it with your computer with an additional cable.)  You control the movie with your device, with just the volume controls on the projector.

Although it we used ours relatively close proximity, you can project an image of up to 80" diameter (perfect if you have an outside wall you want to use for big gatherings).  Ryan and I watched some youtube on the ceiling when I was first testing it out.

To sum up the 3M Mobile Projector:


✪ It's small and very portable.  There aren't any big clunky things you have to wrestle with.  You could take it with you, and use your apple device to show a movie to the masses anywhere--always ready for entertainment!
✪ Battery charge lasts--I've only charge it once and we've watched several things on it without it needing to be charged again.
✪ Simple!  It was so easy to use, just plug it in and you're set.
✪ My favorite and best feature of all: it's just plain fun.  It reminded me of the old drive-in movies I would go to when I was younger, being outside, snuggled up together!  The girls all thanked us for the fun movie night when it was over instead of whining that they had to go to bed.  Like I said, the best.


The only drawback we found was the volume.  Being inside and close to the projector, it wasn't a problem (plus the kids were in bed ;), but outside, the sound was muffled by the wind and leaves blowing, so we would use plug-in speakers next time for better sound.

The kids thoroughly enjoyed it, as did the parents who climbed up for the last portion of the movie to snuggle with sleepy girls.

We're already planning our next treehouse movie night.

The 3M Mobile Projector is available at Target. You can learn more and find special offers at this link.
And for you?  I have a $150 Target GiftCard (that you can use, of course, towards your very own 3M Mobile Projector if you'd like ;)!  Leave a comment here, how do you do family movie nights?

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