MOVIE BUFF BASKET IDEA

Container Ideas:

• Big bowl

• Chip and dip tray

• Flat basket

• Mixing bowl

• Oval wire basket

• Pizza pan

• Plastic bucket

• Plastic ice cream container

• Platter

• Popcorn bucket

• Tin
   

Content Suggestions:

• “Movie candy” (Twizzlers, M&M's, Whoppers, Sno-caps, Raisinettes, etc.)

• Blank videotapes

• Bottle of cola or root beer

• Butter-flavored seasoning

• Microwave or gourmet popcorn

• Movie DVD or VHS

• Movie rating book

• Napkins

• Two movie tickets or gift certificate for video rental store or online movie rental store
   

Decorating Possibilities:

• Use a black and white color theme.

• Fill the bottom of the basket with (unbuttered) popcorn.

• Place the items in a round tin or bucket and cover with red and white striped fabric (stripes vertical).

• Simple and inexpensive: Buy a pizza gift certificate and ask the restaurant for an empty pizza box. Place the gift certificate in the box, along with some microwave popcorn and a favorite video/DVD.

• Simple and inexpensive: Fill a basket or box with a classic video like “Casablanca,” a bag of microwave popcorn and a bottle of soda.

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