Super Bowl Party 2012

This year's Super Bowl Party was great....I didn't watch any of it! I ate, talked with some great friends, monitored our playing children and got to host a little party. My husband is part of a fantasy football team with his law school buddies so we invited them all over. Then he performed the unveiling of their official trophy. He had it custom made. Each year that their fantasy football wins, they get their own name and team name put on a little plaque and attached to the side of the trophy. Then, as we are all moving onto our separate ways after graduation this spring, the winner this year will be responsible for mailing it to the next winner next year and so on for many years to come.

Chalkboard play chart thingy. I am not sure what the official name is. I just googled it and copied their layout. It's a chalkboard written on with a chalk marker. 

It was a potluck dinner party. You can see my Super Bowl Pinterest board for my inspiration and more ideas. Tyler and I made Bobby Flay's pulled pork and coleslaw. We still have leftovers!

I had seen this "doughnut on a thread spool stand" at Celebrations at Home and thought it was so clever. I thought they would work well for this sports themed party.  So I did a play on that. I used two small thread holders and used them as stadium stands. The doughnuts are the fans, if you couldn't tell. White jerseys on one side and blue on the other. The little Hostess powdered sugar doughnuts fit perfectly over the hooks. I worried the doughnuts would gunk it up (because I use mine for thread) but it didn't. I just brushed off any crumbs and rinsed off any icing.

For the tablecloth I made a 50 cent football field. I saw this online too for the idea. But instead of using paper numbers I used a chalk marker (white out would work great too). I bought a 50 cent plastic disposable tablecloth at the grocery store, glued on white crepe paper (with a glue stick) and labeled the lines! Easy and just toss away when the party is over.

I labeled each cup ahead of time. I know it's kind of tacky, but it's football! Plus, with the amount of children (10) and adults getting drinks, I didn't want a bunch of cups floating around the living room. It's just easier. 

Happy Footballing!

Super Bowl 2012

Do you celebrate the Super Bowl? I have to admit that I am not a huge football fan. Or a sports fan really at all. I'll go to the occasional baseball game (I LOVE Rockies Field because I was living there when it was first built) and football game for my alma mater (BYU) otherwise I'm not a huge sports fan. But my husband is. And he loves fantasy football. So we're having his teams and their families over for the bowl.

We kept it very simple last year. I will probably do something similar this year. What do you all do?

The colors are red, white and blue, for both teams! Keeps it super easy! Here are some images for inspiration! 

Red, white and blue marshmallow pops

I found this on Pinterest. Instead of guacamole I'll make a 7-layer dip 

Pomegranate Jello Salad anyone?

Super Bowl Party

Green and gold cupcake liners for the Green Bay Packers. Go cheeseheads!

I'm not really a football fan at all, except for my alma mater. But I do love to have people over for food and fun!

I had seen this on Ohdeedoh a while back and thought it was a practical way to explain a buffet style dinner. In this case, we had a nacho bar. Cover and label your table with brown paper tablecloth!

It's simple, inexpensive and festive. Cover your table with brown paper (in this case, I used postal paper, you could also recycle paper sacks) and then you can write directly on it! No need for food labels or explanations. You can even write the instructions on the paper, like "Cook in the microwave" with an arrow pointing in the direction of the microwave. You can see a corner of it on the bottom photo. Even kids can figure it out!

The kids table.