The Super Bowl Party

One of the most popular sports parties ever, this famous party celebrating the NFL championship bowl game is one of the great traditions. Whether you're throwing it for kids, adults, or both, there are a few definite necessitites to explore.

Football Party Supplies
For stress-free party planning, order your football party supplies online from Birthday in a Box! Also, combine this football pattern with basic football decorations.

Getting Started:

Invitations are easy - get out the scissors and brown cardstock and create footballs! Be sure to note the date and time of the party, as well as the time of the game so your guests won't miss the opening!
Invite your guests to come dressed in their team colors. You could even throw a costume contest as incentive. Or create your own easy-to-make football costume.
Decorate your table with a green tablecloth and set it up like the football field. You can even have different snacks on the different yard lines.

Food for the Fans:

Celebrate the big game without burgers, potato salad, wings, chips and dip.
Keep everyone well-fed with big bowl foods you can prep ahead of time such as chili, macaroni & cheese and nachos.
Get more fabulous football party snack recipes from our sister site, Kaboose.

Game-time Activities:

Challenge your guests to a football quiz at half-time.
Play a game of "football charades" using the classic football terms such as helmet, cheerleaders, coaches, team etc. as the charades to "perform". Have a football tossing contest using a mini foam football as seen below into a hula-hoop.
Collect a bunch of football whistles and give one to each guest. Any time someone uses the word "football" (or something that fits such as 'team') and are caught, they have to surrender the whistle. The person with the most whistles at the end wins a prize.

Mini Foam Football

Football Cake Pan

Football Party Favors

Football Birthday Party

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Football Party Supplies
For stress-free party planning, order your football party supplies online from Birthday in a Box! Then, add the football theme party games, decorations, birthday cakes and party ideas provided below to complete your party planning. Also, combine this football pattern with basic football decorations.

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MLB Baseball: Celebrate America's favorite pastime with this Official Major League Baseball pattern!

SPORTS PARTY INVITATIONS
Send invitations 2-3 weeks before your party date. Purchase matching invitations or make you own with card stick paper. If you are handy with your computer you can make pretend sports cards with your child's picture. Write MVP and his/her name on the front. The "stats" on the back will be the party details.

FOOTBALL PARTY DECORATIONS
Decorate with the colors to match your child's favorite sport, or sport team, using a lot of balloons and streamers. Add sports figure posters to the door and walls. For a football party, cover your party table with green butcher and use white paint, or adhesive tape to make yard lines. Place a a bottle of Gatorade or a referee whistle at each table place setting...The possibilities are endless!

Before the party, purchase large T-shirts or caps in different colors to represent two or three teams. This will be how the teams are created at party game time. So two or three colors will be needed. As each guest arrives, provide them with their team shirt, or cap.

FOOTBALL BIRTHDAY PARTY GAMES
The children will already be in teams designated by their shirts. Each team will participate in the activities and gather points. The players from the winning team will receive a special certificate or ribbon. You may want to consider giving awards for different categories, allowing all players to be winners.

Yard Line: This game is a standing long jump, so running starts are not allowed! Mark a bunch of yard lines with masking tape on the floor. See how many yards the kids can jump. Mark each jump with a piece of tape and write the player’s name on it. Record each player’s longest jump.

Training Course: Every athlete needs to be in top physical shape and this course will give the kids a workout. Set up an obstacle course using items you already have around the house; Chairs, tires, jump ropes...the teams will race the clock to go through the course.

Balloon Football
Use a balloon instead of ball the children need to keep the ball off the ground.

Ball Target Toss
Use a "Nerf" ball or real baseball to hit a target, or make it through a hula hoop.

Football Skills Relay
Set up cones as "defensive football players" that the teams will race through while holding the football.

Hide and Seek Sports
Hide small toy balls around the party area and send the kids to search for them. Just like an Easter Egg hunt.

Party Favors:
Say "Thank you for coming" by filling stadium cups with any of these sports related items: stickers, candy, football gumballs, fruit snacks, baseball cards, Gatorade, wristbands, power bars or sunflower seeds.

Football Party Cakes
You have a few cake options, ranging in difficulty for this party theme. Evaluate your skill level and time frame before choosing the cake that's best for your party. Get started with this fabulous football party cake recipe.

Easy Football Field Cake
Frost a sheet cake with green frosting. Use white decorating frosting to make yard lines. Add football figurines to the top.

Time Saving Tip
Save time by ordering a sheet cake from your local grocery store. They will frost in any color and you can add your personal decorating touches at home.