Brooklyn Moran, 8, holds an inflatible heart as she plays with beach toys. The City of Costa Mesa kicked off the Movie in the Park at Balearic Park Saturday with the Barbie Movie. There were crafts, coloring, face painting and a life size Barbie display box used as a photo booth in Fountain Valley on Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Emma Baker, left, and Kevin Clements, right, dressed as cowboy Barbie and Ken pose in the Barbie Box as The City of Costa Mesa kicked off the Movie in the Park at Balearic Park Saturday with the Barbie Movie. There were crafts, coloring, face painting and a life size Barbie display box used as a photo booth in Fountain Valley on Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Brooklyn Moran, 8, and Arrielle Wing, 7, play with inflatible dolphins as The City of Costa Mesa kicked off the Movie in the Park at Balearic Park Saturday with the Barbie Movie. There were crafts, coloring, face painting and a life size Barbie display box used as a photo booth in Fountain Valley on Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Mykaela Garcia as Disco Barbie poses for a photo with Aaliyah Serpas 6, in the Barbie box as The City of Costa Mesa kicked off the Movie in the Park at Balearic Park Saturday with the Barbie Movie. There were crafts, coloring, face painting and a life size Barbie display box used as a photo booth in Fountain Valley on Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Benjamin, 8, and Matthew, 3, have their photo taken in the Barbie Box by their mom Evelyn Gaitan as The City of Costa Mesa kicked off the Movie in the Park at Balearic Park Saturday with the Barbie Movie. There were crafts, coloring, face painting and a life size Barbie display box used as a photo booth in Fountain Valley on Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Joe Loubet dressed as Ken’s friend Alan, gets his photo taken in the Barbie box as The City of Costa Mesa kicked off the Movie in the Park at Balearic Park Saturday with the Barbie Movie. There were crafts, coloring, face painting and a life size Barbie display box used as a photo booth in Fountain Valley on Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
Moms take photos of their girls in the Barbie Box. From left are Avalon Moran, 4, Brooklyn Moran, 8, and Arrille Wing, 7. The City of Costa Mesa kicked off the Movie in the Park at Balearic Park Saturday with the Barbie Movie. There were crafts, coloring, face painting and a life size Barbie display box used as a photo booth in Fountain Valley on Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
With Barbies and Kens galore, the Costa Mesa park transformed into a sea of pinks and pastels and sparkles Saturday evening for a viewing of the hit 2023 movie “Barbie.”
Before the sun set and the film began, the “giant blowout party,” as Barbie would most likely describe it, got underway with mocktails, Ken’s Mojo Dojo Casa House of Games, crafts, dancing and a life-size Barbie doll box for photos.
Now that warmer weather is upon us, it’s that time of year when many cities across Orange County will start showing movies in parks. Check your city’s events calendar to find one near you.
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