Football Party – A Salute to the Pigskin

Every football game that is broadcast on television is a reason to party with family and friends. Bring these game day occasions to life – here are some easy tips to make you the hostess with the most! This is NO yet another party plan, check it out! This article has awards from Touch Downs and Fouls, Jump-Up Activities, Gridiron Foods, and Game Day Desserts (including photo links to see the decorated cakes and cupcakes).

Wherever the TV is, decorate the room.

As if it were a college campus home football game, decorate in the team colors with lots of balloons and streamers. If you have football jerseys, helmets, footballs (borrow from your kids and their friends) and if you plan to have football parties again, think about investing in some football or cheerleading decorations.

Touchdown and foul awards

This will amuse your guests throughout the game… you can ask family, friends, neighbors and collect strange gifts, even strange, white elephant type. I bet that if you search your own drawers, closets, children’s rooms, garage, maybe even the garden or tool shed, you’ll find things; See a garage sale, stop by and take the opportunity. Place items individually in team-colored lunch bags and tie with team-colored curly ribbons; This festive look also colors your room and/or table. You’ll NO You’ll need a lot of items if you put each guest’s name in a ‘football cap’ and decide when a name will be drawn for a specific event, such as a touchdown, yardage, fouls, no score in a quarter, etc. The selected name collects a bag of prizes.

jumping activities

Ask each guest to select one of two teams and root for that team throughout the game – cheers for the good, boos for the bad!

Landing and Extra Point

The guests supporting that team should get up from their chair and hoot, dance, make noise.

personal fouls

Guests cheering on the team whose player or players have a personal crowd must stand up and shake hands or kiss guests from the opposing team.

grill food

Make it easy on yourself, especially if you plan to do this multiple times in one season. Provide the food or ask your guests to make a potluck; almost everyone loves potlucks and this saves on the budget as well as your time in the kitchen. Provide paper plates, napkins, cups in team colors.

Create football shaped food, here are some ideas:

Grill Hero Cupcakes

Fun cake cut to size

Game Ball Brownie

Ready to land! (a joy of two cakes)

JUST FOR FUN,


ordinary football bread also made these cakes:

Goodyear Airship

Space rocket

Clownfish (as Finding Nemo)

Noah’s Ark, no joke.
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Special note on alcoholic beverages:

Whether you provide alcoholic beverages or have your guests bring their own, be responsible and don’t let anyone drive home if you’ve had too much to drink.

First…Second Quarters

Provide chips, dips, fresh vegetables, crackers, and cheese in the TV party room so guests can snack during the first and second quarters.

Halftime

Let the grill party begin. Keep it simple if you’re making the entire buffet yourself: hot dogs, mustard, relishes, sauerkraut, ketchup, cold cuts or freshly baked beans and macaroni salad, nachos, chili. Ask your guests if they are on a diet or food program so they or you can provide more nutritious foods to support them.

Third Quarter and Fourth Quarter

This is a good time for dessert. Provide cupcakes to avoid having to cut and serve. If it’s a potluck, let the elections begin!

The day is over, the game is over

Reality returns, it’s time to say goodbye to your guests and clean up. It was fun and you made it memorable.

Photos and Directions

It can be found at http://thepartyworks.com/article_info.php/cArticlePath/152/articles_id/1309.