{"id":113445,"date":"2026-05-01T12:09:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/not-very-scary-movies-for-kids\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T12:10:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:10:56","slug":"not-very-scary-movies-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/not-very-scary-movies-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Not very scary movies for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <\/p>\n<p id=\"top\" \/>On Monday on my birthday, Ryan, the boys, and I curled up on my bed for a birthday family movie night. On the docket was Little Giants, which was Ryan&#8217;s childhood favorite and he was confident our kids would enjoy it because it wasn&#8217;t too scary and fit in perfectly with their current obsession with all things football. I had never seen it before and enjoyed the movie a lot, but not as much as our kids, who were very happy to see it!<\/p>\n<p>When I shared our boys&#8217; new love for Little Giants on Instagram yesterday, I shared that one of the reasons they loved it was because it wasn&#8217;t scary at all. Our kids aren&#8217;t exactly brave when it comes to movies and shows (sometimes even ominous music is enough to scare them) and I&#8217;ve had a lot of DMs from you guys who have kids the same way. This inspired me to ask for your recommendations for movies your kids will enjoy that won&#8217;t scare our little ones, who may be a little more sensitive to scary stuff. I got so many great suggestions! I wanted to compile them into one blog post today so it&#8217;s easy to reference the next time you&#8217;re looking for a really scary movie to watch with young kids.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbfingers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Not-Too-Scary-Movies-for-Kids.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbfingers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Not-Too-Scary-Movies-for-Kids-819x1024.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-190211\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"494\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The list below comes from your recommendations but I have added an asterisk<\/p>\n<h2>Based on movies that I have added myself or based on movies that I agree with your instructions that our boys have watched and liked so you can easily see the movies that I stand by. I hope this list is helpful the next time you&#8217;re ready to eat some popcorn and sit on the couch with your kids!<\/h2>\n<h3>Not very scary movies for kids<\/h3>\n<p>Throwback Not So Scary Movie Favorites<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>This category includes movies from the 1990s\/2000s and older that have stood the test of time!<\/strong> homeward Bound*<\/li>\n<li><strong>    (There were a few tears in this one but the laughter at Chance and Sassy&#8217;s antics outweighed the tears &#8211; plus it&#8217;s not very long!)<\/strong> great running*<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Another time that absolutely freaked our kids out)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>space Jam* <\/strong>babe*<\/li>\n<li><strong>(I personally like this movie)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>air bud*<\/strong> Parent Trap*<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Lindsay Lohan version) <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Yogini*<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>little devil<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>first child <\/strong>cheaper than a dozen<\/li>\n<li><strong>(both 1 and 2)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>leave my dog <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>sandlot <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>freaky Friday <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>red Dog<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>mary poppins<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Honey, I shrunk the kids<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>rookie of the year<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>detective harriet<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>milo and otis<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>brady bunch<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>swiss family robinson <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>curious George <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>rescue workers down <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>a bug&#8217;s Life <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>monsters Inc.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ratatouille<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>fly away Home<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>mary kate and ashley movies<\/h3>\n<p>More Recent Not Very Scary Movie Recommendations<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>This category includes recent favorite movies that aren&#8217;t too scary. <\/strong>Madagascar*<\/li>\n<li><strong>(If you haven&#8217;t seen it you must!!! It&#8217;s entertaining for both kids and adults. A rare gem!) <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>cars* <\/strong>how to Train Your Dragon*<\/li>\n<li><strong>(The beginning can be a little scary but it calms down very fast.)<\/strong> despicable me*<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Those Minions are so much fun!)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Incredible* <\/strong>Zootopia*<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Note: The first time we tried it, it was a little scary in some parts, but now they love it!) <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>travel* <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Encanto*<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>sing* <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>hunting for wild people<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Mitchells vs. The Machines<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Flow<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>cocoa<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>the LEGO movie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>question of the Day <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Any movies for kids that aren&#8217;t too scary would you add to this list? <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbfingers.com\/not-too-scary-movies-for-kids\/\">Post<\/a> Not very scary movies for kids <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbfingers.com\">first appeared on<\/a>Peanut Butter Fingers<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday on my birthday, Ryan, the boys, and I curled up on my bed for a birthday family movie night. On the docket was Little Giants, which was Ryan&#8217;s childhood favorite and he was confident our kids would enjoy it because it wasn&#8217;t too scary and fit in perfectly with their current obsession with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[1656,8163,1069],"class_list":{"0":"post-113445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-daily-bread","8":"tag-kids","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-scary"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113448,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113445\/revisions\/113448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}