DIY BACKYARD DRIVE IN DATE

Now that it's starting to warm up and summer is getting closer I wanted to share one of my older, but most viewed blog posts I have ever written. Back in May of 2013 Matthew and I celebrated our three year dating anniversary. I love celebrating and I love surprises so I decided to surprise Matthew with a homemade drive in at my parents house.

You can read the whole post here, but I'm going to share some of my favorite images from that post now!

The whole set up!

I made a concession stand for us by using an old desk we had growing up and stocked it with some drive in treats.

I also made some "tickets" for the movie and handed them to him when he got there. So cheesy, but it made it even more exciting ;)

I borrowed my dad's truck and stuff the back with a small twin mattress, pillows and blankets to make it extra comfy!

And here is our DIY screen!

Watching our movie

I shared all about how we made the screen in this post, and here are a few pictures from that post!

My dad working on the screen.

By far one of my many favorite memories with Matthew and I was actually able to pull of a surprise without him knowing anything! We had perfect weather and enjoyed the movie together celebrating our 3 year anniversary! I would love to do this again, but I don't think our backyard is fit for something like this right now lol. Maybe one day we'll be able to pull this off again!

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DIY BACKYARD DRIVE IN DATE

DIY screen for backyard drive in

Remember that one time I surprised Matthew for our three year anniversary and had a drive in at my house in my own backyard? Well I am finally getting around to showing y'all how to make the screen! It's really simple to make actually..     All you need is: Hammer Nails Wood King size sheet Ladder Tree or pole to hang it up on Your daddy/boyfriend/husband/some type of male figure that is strong  

We were hoping we wouldn't scare our neighbors with this thing hanging up, ha!

  I had my dad help because obviously I couldn't ask Matthew since it was a surprise. So I let him put his manly mind to work to figure out how to do this and of course I watched and took pictures helped him nail the sheet into the wood.  

It actually wasn't too hard hammering those little nail things in y'all!

The hard part:

Hanging it up since we both can't go up the ladder it was a little difficult to hang up so I just let him handle that part... :)

We my dad hung this up on our telephone pole out in our yard and it worked perfect!

This really is very simple and cheap!

I spent $17 (for the king size sheet. my dad already had everything else) on this screen and that definitely beats buying a screen for $300!

Here are just a few pictures from that night, seriously I had a blast planning for this and setting everything up and he was so surprised!!

With fall coming up we'll be having those cool crisp nights that would be

P E R F E C T

for this so go have a drive in at your house in your own backyard!!

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DIY screen for backyard drive in