You won’t have to wait for the
Super Bowl to experience the thrill this football party is sure create! This party fun
takes to the Gridiron! We’ve gathered many ideas you’ll need to decorate and
celebrate stadium style, and to guarantee field goal action for everyone! Decorating for
this football party can be fairly simple, because typically this party can be held at a football
stadium parking lot or field, backyard, den, family room, sports bar or maybe a gym and
the focus will be on the game. Try to greet guests with a festive welcome, and create
over-the-top football tables for eating, and for food and gift display!
Football Theme Outdoor decorations:
Use a Football Yard
Sign to mark the party site!
Line a walkway with red
Shimmer
Stars, writing each team members name on a star. Tape the stars with masking or
duct tape to the sidewalk, walkway or exterior walls leading to the site of the party. The
stars can also be used on the food table and as place cards.
Attach a bouquet of helium filled
Balloons
to a light post or mailbox so there will be no mistaking where the fun will be
that day!
Football Theme Indoor Decorations
Start your decorating with
Team
colors. Put together an ensemble which contains balloons, streamers, curling ribbon, a
cascading centerpiece, pennant cutouts, molded football candles, and even a
Football
Piñata to match your theme!
Use Cheerleader Phones
(sport cones) for running drills, and they will also add a great splash of color to any
party location! Stand life-sized stand ups of sports heroes around the table...or giant
number standees to represent players!
Football banners make a
Powerful Statement – use a huge 5’ x 5’ or 5’ x 11’ mural that
hangs with ease.
Pay tribute to your favorite pro
team by adding logo pennants, caps, bats, or imprinted footballs…things you may
around the house.
Balloons in team colors
can
economically transform any room or yard into a festive space in a matter of minutes by
using some of the following ideas:
-Use a Helium Tank to fill balloons. Tie Curling Ribbon to balloons, and
group them together. (Odd numbers look best: 3, 5, or 7) Place groupings of balloons
around the party site.
Use Mylar Football /Sports
Balloons - Tie a bunch of helium filled
balloons to the centerpiece, goal posts, or ties one balloon to the back of each chair.
If your party is indoors, or if
you are eating in a separate room, streamers offer an economical way to
splash lots of team color around the site of the party. Create a fun and colorful effect
by draping printed streamers from the center of the ceiling to the walls on each side of
the room. The streamers can be twisted after they are anchored to a ceiling wall or table
for a more dimensional look. They also look terrific hanging from doorframes or cascading
vertically down walls.
Football
Table Decorations:
Setting a table with the
Football Theme party ware, including the tablecloth, cups, plates, napkins, and cutlery is
the fastest way to create a focal point in a room. Start by setting your table with all
the goodies in the Championship Football Ensemble, creating a place
setting at the table for each guest. Setting the table with all the tableware creates a
much more dazzling effect.
Add one or a few of the following
touches to personalize your tables:
Cover the food table with either
Grass Green Sheeting Vinyl to create a clever surface that resembles a football stadium.
Use white athletic tape to create the yard lines and foul lines.
Place a football shaped piece of
the "field" (same material as the table cover grass) under each plate as a
placemat on the table where the guests will eat.
Hang personalized Vinyl Pennants
down the back of each chair around the table. A treasured pennant.
Set a personalized Football at
each place setting as a place card.
Turn well-washed helmets upside
down, and use them as serving bowls for dry snacks such as chips, pretzels or popcorn.
Display a Piñata or a Football
Cake in the center of the table…the guests will love the close up view!
Add other personalized items, such
as a Stadium Cups, Charms, Key chains to each place setting celebrate your favorite team.
These items will stir fond memories of the "best tailgate party ever" for many
years to come.
(ARA) - Whether you're
looking for a great munchie option for family movie night or something
to serve when folks come over to watch the next big game, you want
something that is fun to eat and easy to make for a crowd.
Homemade Chex mix fills the bill - it's quick to put together and always
gets rave reviews. Original Chex Party Mix has been a part of
celebrations for years. For a change of taste, try this sugar and spice
variation, it is sure to be a welcome addition to any party.
Sugar 'n Spice Snack
Prep time: 15 minutes
Start to finish: 2 hours, 5 minutes
Makes: 21 servings (1/2 cup each)
Ingredients:
2 cups Corn Chex cereal
2 cups Rice Chex cereal
2 cups Apple Cinnamon Cheerios cereal
3 cups dry-roasted peanuts
2 egg whites
2 tablespoons orange juice or water
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preparation directions:
1. Heat oven to 300 F. Spray with cooking spray or grease 15x10x1-inch
pan.
2. In very large bowl, mix cereals, corn snacks and peanuts. In small
bowl, beat egg whites, orange juice, sugar and cinnamon, using wire
whisk or hand beater, until foamy. Pour over cereal mixture, stirring
until evenly coated. Spread in pan.
3. Bake 45 to 50 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes, until light brown
and crisp. Cook completely, about 1 hour. Store in airtight container.
Recipe tip: The baked-on egg white and sugar mixture creates a unique
crispy coating on the cereals.
For great recipe ideas and party tips go to www.chex.com.
Courtesy of ARA Content
Editor's Note: Chex is a registered trademark of General Mills.
