After you’ve listened to the staff at GPL read you a new chapter of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum tonight on One More Chapter, consider adding an interactive movie watching experience to the fun!
Interactive movies are a great way to experience classic films that the whole family loves in a whole new way – all you need are a few items and the script of prompts that we’ve included below. As a scene, action, or song plays in the movie, follow the action provided on the script. It’s that easy! Don’t have one of the items on the list? Get creative and make your own fun!
ITEMS
Here are some starter ideas of items you might need. Feel free to add to or substitute items on the list for your own, personal interactive movie watching experience:
- Blank paper and crayons
- A piece of candy (or other sweet treat)
- Bubbles (Here are instructions for homemade bubbles!)
- A tissue paper apple (OR a rolled-up pair of red socks would work too!)
- A cup of confetti (OR mini marshmallows would work and are easier to clean up!)
- Diploma (an old piece of paper rolled up will do!)
- Paper heart
- Paper medal
- Song lyrics (for extra fun, sing along!)
** And a bowl of popcorn or a favorite movie watching snack
THE SCRIPT
There are two types of actions in the script : RECURRING are actions that you’ll do EVERY time they occur in the movie, while ONE-TIME actions occur only once. To make things easy, ONE-TIME actions are prompted in order by scene.
RECURRING
Everytime the…
- Song “We’re off to see the wizard” plays, skip along with Dorothy
- Scarecrow mentions a brain, do a thinking pose OR tap your head
- Wicked Witch comes on screen, do your best witch laugh/cackle
- Tin Man mentions a heart, put your hand over your heart
- Lion mentions courage, do a strong man pose
ONE-TIME
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow song, draw/color a rainbow OR look for items in your house – one for each color of the rainbow
- Toto escapes from Miss Gulch, yell “Run, Toto, Run!”
- The tornado comes, spin around like a twister
- Glinda, the Good Witch, appears, blow bubbles to match her bubble
- The Lollipop Guild song, have a piece of candy
- The trees throw apples, toss your tissue paper apple at Dorothy and her friends
- The Cowardly Lion appears, do your best lion impersonation
- Merry Old Land of Oz song, laugh along with the residents of Oz
** Note: It’s TOTALLY cool to skip through the scary parts! Fast forward, take a time out for a snack, or have the kids brush their teeth for bed before Dorothy and the gang make it back to Oz.
- Wicked Witch of the West melts, toss your cup of confetti at the Wicked Witch
- The Wizard gives Scarecrow his diploma, hand out diplomas
- The Wizard gives the Cowardly Lion his courage, hand out paper medals
- The Wizard gives the Tin Man his heart, hand out paper hearts
- Glinda shows Dorothy how to get home, tap your heels together and repeat with Dorothy, “There’s no place like home.”
If you plan your own interactive Wizard of Oz family movie night, we’d love to see pictures! Share them with us using #mygpl on Facebook or Instagram OR leave a comment with a picture on one of the One More Chapter Facebook posts each night.
