Nightmare Before Christmas-themed Movie Night

A fun night

Last Saturday, Michael and I threw the kids a fun Nightmare Before Christmas-themed movie night. It was one of my favorite movies when I was MJ's age and he loves it just as much as I did. We decided that we'd do one of these movie nights once a month while the kids are still young and can appreciate the simple times with Mom and Dad. We made the food and decorated our small kitchen table with our spread.

What we served

I searched Pinterest and utilized ChatGPT and got a lot of great inspiration. We decided to do an Italian theme for a fun spin on The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Entree

The Mayor's Two-Faced Pizza. We did Casey's half-and-half pizza to really emulate the Mayor's rotating face.

Sides

Oogie Boogie's Wormy Pasta. We used tri-colored pasta to look like different colored worms and homemade Alfredo sauce. It was a fun, gross twist for the kids.
Lock, Shock, & Barrel's Trick or Cheese Breadsticks. We used Casey's loaded 4 cheese breadsticks, and they worked perfectly.
Sally's Patchwork Fruit Salad. We made a fruit salad of strawberries, cantaloupe, grapes, blueberries, honeydew, and apples to really represent the patchwork on her dress.

Desserts

Dr. Finkelstein's Cupcakes. We decorated chocolate cupcakes with a fun Halloween mix of sprinkles to give it that mad scientist look

Drinks

Jack Skelington's Juice. This was an easy one. I used a black dry-erase marker on our pitcher and we filled it with milk. It looked just like Jack's pinstripe suit.

We got a purple spiderweb tablecloth for our small table and used a black tablecloth for a backdrop. The balloon garland has all the perfect colors to represent The Nightmare Before Christmas. The Jack balloon was a perfect addition to the backdrop. We decided to go with neutral servingware so we could use it for subsequent movie nights!

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Now it's your turn!

This was such a fun night and the kids had a GREAT time. To make it easy for you, we've made the food labels and menu available for download. Click HERE to download them.

We can't wait for our next movie night. We're already planning to do a Thomas the Train movie night! Let us know in the comments if you had as much fun as we did doing a The Nightmare Before Christmas movie night. We'd love to hear from you!