Invite: I found some Home Alone images online that I incorporated into the invitation. These included the stack of Little Nero's Pizza boxes, the movie logo, and the pizza can.
Decorations: There are so many fun ideas for decorations that go with this movie. You could boobytrap your home with obstacles for guests to weave through! For my decorations, I kept it simple with just table and some other decor. I set the table with a red tablecloth & a centerpiece with some of the Battle Plan hazards from the movie.
I covered a small paint can with black construction paper and added the word tar on the front. I set this on top of piece of black sandpaper with the largest nail I could find sticking out the top for the part of the movie where Marv walks up the tar stairs and brings his foot down on the huge nail.
I purchased large paint cans and used my Cricut cutter to cut out paint drips in a few colors. Even empty, these were a bit too heavy to hang from the ceiling, but I did attach them to the ceiling above the dining table. These represented when Harry and Marv are clocked by the swinging paint cans in the movie.
Next on the table was a VHS movie of "Angels with Filthy Souls." I printed out the labels from images online, and attached them to an old VHS of a different movie. In front of the VHS, I had a crowbar and a BB gun like Kevin and Marv use in the film as wells hot wheels cars.
One of my favorite scenes in the movie is when Harry walks through the door into saran wrap covered in glue and then Kevin turns on a fan which covers him in white feathers! To incorporate this scene into my table, I added a box of saran wrap, a mini fan, and put some white feathers in the fan.
Another favorite scene is when Marv goes to turn on the light in the basement and an iron comes down the laundry shoot to smack him in the face. Hence...an iron as part of the centerpiece.
Lastly, I added a photo of Buzz's girlfriend with Kevin's famous line from the movie, "Buzz' girlfiend, Woof!"
For placecards, I printed out Kevin's mom's photo from when she realizes they forgot Kevin at home, and instead of her screaming out "Kevin!" I replaced it with each guest's name.
My daughter also drew out the Battle Plan from the movie on a piece of foam board that I used over the drink table. I would traced it, but she's so talented she did it all by hand!
Just for fun, I also put a photo of Marv's face coming through the dog door on my wall. I put some hot wheels in front it - another one of Kevin's hazards.
On my front door, I put a paper electric BBQ starter like Kevin uses in the movie to heat up his door handle. I don't have a real one, so I just used scrapbook paper.
Coming up with sayings to put my wine bottles is always fun. For my red wine, I decided to use the famous line from the movie during the battle when Kevin asks, "You guys give up or ya thirsty for more?" I simply added "red wine" to the end of this phrase! For the white wine, I played off the part in the movie where Kevin thinks he made his family disappear and then challenged the guests to make the white wine disappear. I also served a rose wine. For this label, I used the lines from when Kevin's mom calls the police station and talks to Rose, then gets transferred to another cop, then this cop sends the call back to Rose saying, "Rose, hyper on 2."
For wine charms, I cut out iconic people or items from the movie. Some of my favorites were the Michael Jordan cutout used to fool the robbers, the "Kenosha Kickers" jacket that John Candy wore with is polka band, a bottle of Brut aftershave for the famous "AAAHHH scene," and a toothbrush "approved by the American Dental Association."
Menu: I wanted to incorporate Buzz's tarantula from the movie into the evening somewhere, and I didn't think I could handle having even a fake one on my table while we ate, so I decided to incorporate it into my menu. I made mini tostada boats and cut olives to look like spiders. The boats were simple with refried beans, taco seasoned meat, cheese, tomatoes, and lettuce, sour cream was piped on to look like a spider web, and then the spider olives went on top of that.
For a main dish, we of course had pizza as Kevin orders "a lovely cheese pizza just for me" in the movie after he doesn't get any of the pizza when the whole family is there. I went to my local pizza joint, and purchased a pizza box. Then I covered the top with white posterboard and created a Little Nero's Pizza logo to put on the top. I made a pizza, but cheated a bit by adding pepperoni and mushrooms after asking the guests their topping preferences.
I also served a caesar salad. I took the line from the movie when Kevin's sisters taunts him with, "You are what the French call les incompetents" and just replaced the last two words with la salad Cesar (cesar salad in French).
Right before the robbers invade the McCallister home in the movie, Kevin makes himself a microwavable Mac and Cheese dinner. I incorporated this into my menu by making macaroni and cheese cups in muffin tins.
For dessert, we had Rubbish Ice Cream sundaes. A small ice cream sundae bar with toppings.
Favor: I was pressed for time and needed an easy parting favor for guests. I purchased cans of Pepsi and red striped straws. My tag read, "Fuller! Go easy on the Pepsi!" to go with that line from the movie when Fuller's parents are trying to limit his soda intake.
This was a fun night with my girlfriends. I did purchase or borrow a few things to make the decor happen, but most of it I had around my house (like Kevin did). This kept my costs for decor low. I would totally recommend this theme for a holiday movie night or dinner with friends.
