Guardians of the Galaxy Birthday Movie Party

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Once my kids saw Guardians of the Galaxy, they were sold.

They went without me to see it - a grandpa/kid date to the movie theater

and it was all they talked about for at least a month.

They also started the DVD release date countdown. Do your kids do that?

They ask at least every other day when a movie is going to come to DVD so they

can watch it over and over and over again.

Well, my kids do.

So, when JT found out that the Guardians of the Galaxy DVD would be released

right around his birthday, he started planning how we could have a family

movie night to celebrate and all the fun snacks we could make.

I perused Pinterest and headed to Walmart on December 9th release date to get supplies for
JT's birthday movie bash with the family
and to pick up our DVD copy of Guardians of the Galaxy!
I decided we need Gamora Green Caramel Corn, Drax the Destroyer Punch,
Star-Lord Star Cookies, and Dancing Baby Groot Chocolate Covered Pretzels.
There were a lot of copies of the DVD and Blu-ray available in the Electronics Department.
The Blu-ray copies had these cool exclusive character o-sleeves, music zinepack,
a 64 page magazine with cast and crew interviews, exclusive behind the scene photos,
plus a custom mix tape cassette laptop decal.

The Gamora Green Caramel Corn was so much fun to make!
I used my favorite caramel corn recipe and added some green food coloring
to make this bright green caramel corn.
Gamora was Isabella's favorite character, so she was excited to see me
mixing up some green caramel corn for the birthday party movie night.

GAMORA GREEN CARAMEL CORN RECIPE

1 bag plain microwave popcorn
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
Food coloring

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 250 degrees.
Pop popcorn, pour into 9x13 pan and remove kernels.
Mix butter, corn syrup, and brown sugar in saucepan. 
Cook on low-med heat for 2 min or until bubbly around edges, remove from heat. 
Add food coloring and 1 tsp. baking soda to cause foaming (helps coat them better). 
Pour caramel mixture over popcorn and stir until coated. 
Place in 250 degree oven for approximately 45 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
Remove from oven and pour onto waxed paper. Cool.
Break apart into desired piece size.

The Dancing Baby Groot Chocolate Covered Pretzels were messy and time consuming

to put together, but they turned out so cute, it was worth all the effort.

JT was so surprised and excited when he saw them, 

so that also made my chocolate covered counters worth the work.

I saw several version of these Baby Groots and improvised with mini chocolate chips

for eyes when I couldn't find black chocolate melts or mini M&M's.

The Star-Lord Star Cookies and Drax the Destroyer Punch were the easiest because

they were store bought (shhhh! I'm all about semi-homemade).

I also found these cool Guardian of the Galaxy cars that were a fun

little birthday gift, as well as the body pillow to snuggle up with for movie night.

We had a blast enjoying our Guardians of the Galaxy movie night,
munching our treats, and celebrating JT's ninth birthday.
Have you seen the movie? What's your favorite part?
If you head to Walmart by December 13th,  you'll get a $5 Walmart gift card instantly
when you purchase a Groot, Drax, or Rocket Raccoon Disney Infinity 2.0 figure.
Awesome, huh? I know that the Guardian of the Galaxy figures are on my
son's Christmas wish list!