With the NFL playoffs underway and the Super Bowl drawing near, we have football on our minds! There’s nothing better than gathering with friends and family for a weekend game, complete with friendly rivalry, delicious food, and cold drinks. Make your house the one where everyone wants to gather for games by being the MVP of hostesses! Here’s how:
To start, you need some fun football party supplies! Our selection of football party decorations includes everything you need, from plates, napkins, cups, and trays to centerpieces, confetti, and cutouts. We have football-shaped banquet plates that are big enough for the largest of appetites, as well as football cupcake picks to make your confections game-day worthy.
Once you have everything you need to celebrate the game day in style, you need some good recipes and some fun entertainment. Here are 10 of our favorite playoff and Super Bowl party ideas:
1. Watermelon Football Helmet via National Watermelon Promotion Board
For a healthy addition to your game day spread of food, mix up a fruit salad and serve it in a watermelon football helmet! Click the link above to get simple, DIY instructions on how to make this watermelon helmet.
2. Kids’ Football Activity Sheet via Paging Supermom
Many kids don’t have the patience to sit through an entire football game, so give them a quiet activity like these printable activity sheets from Paging Supermom. Also check out Paging Supermom for print-out football helmets that your young guests can color and decorate.
3. Super Bowl Bingo via Studio DIY
Super Bowl bingo is another fun activity to keep kids occupied, and you’ll probably find several adults at the party who want to play as well. Studio DIY has football bingo boards you can print out yourself; you just need to get some bingo chips to use.
4. Super Bowl Commercial Rating Signs via Studio DIY
For many, Super Bowl commercials are more enticing than the game itself. Keep these non-football-fans engaged in the festivities with these Super Bowl Commercial Rating Signs by Studio DIY.
For another game for the kids, cut a field goal from a piece of poster board and print out paper footballs backed with double-sided, wall-safe tape. Play the game like Pin the Tail on the Donkey, but instead see who can pin the football within the field goal.
6. Football Brownies via Pretty Prudent
Add a sweet treat to your football party menu with these football brownies. To make them, simply bake your favorite brownie recipe, as usual, but use a football-shaped cookie cutter and white icing to transform your brownies into delicious footballs.
7. Football Field Table Runner & Coasters via Martha Stewart
This DIY football field table runner and DIY football coasters are perfect accents for your coffee table! Not only do they look great, but they’ll help protect your furniture from overzealous fans who might accidentally spill!
Kids and adults alike will have fun trying their hand at this turf table football game! Take the turf table to tailgates and bring it out for game days as well. Click the link above for full instructions on how to make the table.
9. Guacamole Football Field via Key Ingredient
Upgrade your bowl of guacamole by presenting it in a dish to look like a football field. Pipe sour cream onto the “field” to look like yard lines and use cherry tomatoes as the players.
10. Beef Queso Dip via Damn Delicious
Football parties and chips and dip go hand-in-hand! This beef queso dip recipe is cheesy and velvety with a kick. You just might want to double, triple, or quadruple the recipe because your guests won’t be able to get enough!
For more playoff and Super Bowl party ideas, check out our Football Party Ideas Pinterest board!