#OUTDOOR MOVIE SCREEN DIY INSTALL#

Ha! So I wanted to get this outdoor movie screen done so that maybe I can make a few of those nights happen over the next couple months! I keep telling myself maybe it’ll be an even better fall activity because we can light up the fire pit, wrap up in cozy blankets, sip some cider tea. Anyways… this realization made me get my butt in gear and finally make this project that has been on my list all summer! I had grand plans of having outdoor movie/game/snack nights every Sunday evening this summer and failed miserably… like I haven’t had a single one. (Affiliates included for your shopping convenience.You guys! Somehow we’re more than halfway through August and I’m sooo not ready for summer to be over! Even though I know that we’ll probably have decent weather for a couple more months, I still get a little anxious knowing that snow season is hiding around the corner. They sell similar rigs on Amazon but they’re all about $150 and up.Įnjoying a quiet evening at home with these kids was worth every minute of this DIY! It’s a simple project that everyone in the whole family will enjoy!

But as it got darker, we could see how AWESOME this will be throughout the summer and as the kids get older and can stay up later. We set it up a little early on one of the longest days of the year, so the kids were good sports about being able to see the movie. I used 12 grommets and grabbed a pack of velcro straps to tie the cloth around the PVC pipe. You’ll want to be on a sturdy surface for this step, but it’s very cathartic to bang a bunch of grommets in place if that makes any difference! Rest the grommet onto the included anvil, align the setter around the washer, and give a number of firm taps with the hammer to set the grommet. I trimmed the excess and inserted the grommet up through the hole. Because my grommets were going through the thick adhesive felt AND the hemmed curtain, I didn’t bother with the hole cutter and just made an X with an exacto knife.

#OUTDOOR MOVIE SCREEN DIY INSTALL#

Most grommet kits come with the tools needed to install the grommets (a setter, an anvil and a hole cutter). Have you ever done grommets? Me neither! They’re SO fun! And really easy. It’s adhesive so I added that to the four sides of my screen. I did a little research and apparently this black felt tape helps make the edges of the image nice and crisp. I made my screen the same height as the curtain’s width so I only had to hem one seem. A plain old sheet will work, but I stumbled across this heavy polyester curtain in the sale section of Homegoods, so I decided to make one a little more legit. These three “T” shapes attach to either end of the screen and then one in the middle. To make the feet, attach a 1.5 foot length to either side of a tee, and then stick the 2.5 foot leg into the middle. The final step is to add the three legs and their ‘feet’. You’ll also use tees to connect these to the sides of the screen. For the bottom of the screen, use the two 41-inch lengths with a tee in the middle to connect them. Using the elbows, attach each of the 4 foot lengths to the top of the screen. It’s pretty obvious, but… the top edge of the screen will be the 7 foot length.

Outdoor movie screen diy