Football Party – Salute to the Pigskin
Every soccer game that is broadcast on television is a reason to party with family and friends. Spice up these game day occasions – here are some easy tips to make you the host or hostess with the most! That is NO yet another party plan, check it out! This article has prizes 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 television is, decorate the room.
As if it were a college campus home football game, decorate in team colors with lots of balloons and streamers. If you have soccer jerseys, helmets, soccer balls (borrow from your kids and their friends), and if you plan on having soccer parties again, think about investing in some soccer or cheer 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 if you look in your own drawers, closets, kids room, garage, maybe even the garden or tool shed, you’ll find stuff; see a garage sale, stop by and take advantage of the opportunity. Place items individually in team-color lunch bags and tie with team-color 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 on 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 prize bag.
jumping activities
Ask each guest to select one of two teams and root for that team throughout the game – hooray for the good stuff, hooting for the bad!
Landing and Extra Point
Guests supporting that team must get up from their chair and hoot, dance, make noise.
personal fouls
Guests cheering for the team whose player(s) 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 on doing this multiple times in a 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 food in the shape of a soccer ball, here are some ideas:
grill hero cupcakes
Fun cake cut to size
Game Ball Brownie
Ready to land! (a joy of two cakes)
Pictures of Cake and Candy Confetti Sprinkles – instant decorations!
Premade Edible Hard Sugar Forms
football helmet sugar shapes
football sugar shapes
Helmet Candy Confetti Sprinkles
Reusable soccer ball shaped mold for molding folds and baking cakes
JUST FOR FUN,
ordinary soccer bread also made these cakes:
goodyear blimp
Space rocket
Clownfish (as Finding Nemo)
Noah’s Ark, no joke.
See the photos at http://thepartyworks.com/article_info.php/cArticlePath/152/articles_id/1309
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 you home if you’ve had too much to drink.
First…Second Quarters
Provide chips, dip, fresh vegetables, crackers, and cheese in the TV party room so guests can snack during the first and second trimesters.
Halftime
Let the grill party begin. Keep it simple if you’re making the entire buffet yourself: hot dogs, mustard, relish, sauerkraut, ketchup, cold cuts or fresh baked beans, and macaroni salad, nachos, chili. Ask your guests if they are following a diet or food program so that 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 shared meal, 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.