Football Watch Party Ideas, Football Themed Drink Cozy Craft & More

I love this time of year. It’s finally official…it’s fall! That means crisp fall days and football with friends and family. It’s one of my favorite times of the year. Of course, with the changing seasons comes new sports, like football. Football is one of those sports that seems to bring the community together. I love that. After a week of late-night sports practices, we are ready to celebrate with football-watching fun while supporting our local high school football team. Come on in, and I’ll share a fun craft idea to help you cheer at your high school football games. Then, stick around because the week isn’t over before the weekend Football Watch Party with friends and family. 

I love the memories that are made at parties like this one. It’s really all about coming together with a common bond and sharing laughs, love, and of course…food! 

Football Cup Cozies Craft

Let me show you how to make these fun Drink Cozies:

Supplies For the Game Plan Cozy:

• A Black Foam Sheet – at least 10 inches long
• Ruler
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Self Adhesive Velcro
• A White Chalk Marker

How to Make the Game Plan Cozy

• Cut a 3&1/2 inch by 10-inch strip of black foam.
• Place a piece of velcro on the center of one end and then flip the foam around and do the same thing on the reverse end, so when you wrap the foam around the cup, the velcro will meet together and fasten
• Wrap the foam piece around the drink and fasten
• Grab your chalk marker and draw some X’s and O’s with arrows like the finished picture above

Supplies for the Football Field Drink Cozy:

• A green foam sheet – at least 10 inches long
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Ruler
• Velcro
• White Chalk Marker

How to Make the Football Field Cozy

• Cut the foam into a piece 3&1/2 inches by 10 inches
• Using the same method as before, attach the velcro
• Use a white chalk marker to make lines for the field adding numbers starting with 50 in the middle for the 50 yard line and going down by 10 in each direction – Again, referring to the finished picture.

Supplies For the Referee Drink Cozy

• A black sheet of foam at least 10 inches long
• Scissors, pencil, and ruler
• White tape – I found some cute glitter duct tape in the craft section of Walmart
• A whistle – I found one in the sporting section of Walmart

Instructions

• Cut a foam piece at 3&1/2 by 10 inches 
• Adhere velcro just like the above instructions
• Tape straight lines all the way down the foam piece
• Fasten to the drink
• For added fun and a fun noise maker – Add a whistle to the neck of the drink

Supplies For the Brown Football Cozy:

• A brown sheet of foam – at least 10 inches long
• Scissors, ruler, and pencil
• Self-adhesive velcro
• White paint pen 

How to Make the Football Cozy

• Cut a strip of foam 3&1/2 inches by 10 inches long
• Adhere the velcro just like I showed you in the above instructions
• Wrap it around the drink and secure
• Use a paint pen to make laces

PVC Goal Post for Drinks

Bring the party home on the weekends, like I did for this College Football Watch Party! For my party, I stocked up on some essentials, like Coke Zero, and Coca-Cola  Classic.  I love using this fun galvanized tub for a cooler. With the football-themed party.

Supplies for PVC Football Post

4 (1 ft.) pieces of PVC pipe

1 PVC pipe (about 18 in.)

2 PVC elbows

1 T joint

How to Make a PVC Goal Post for a Cooler

Attach the longer PVC pipe to the bottom of a T-Joint

Attach a 1 foot PVC pipe on either side of the T-joint

Add elbow joints to the end of those pipes

Finally, attach the last two (1 ft.) pipes going up from the elbo

Football Plastic Cups

Use a chalk marker to make football laces on brown plastic cups

How to Make a Burlap Football Banner

In keeping with my rustic decor, I made a simple Burlap Football Banner to go with my theme.

Here’s what you’ll need for your own Football Banner:

• Burlap – I found a roll of Burlap in the wedding aisle of Walmart
• Scissors
• The template for the banner is found at the bottom of the post
• Spray Starch
• An iron
• White paint pen
• Rope to hang the banner with
• A warm glue gun and glue sticks

• Cut out several (6 or more) triangles using the template at the bottom of the post. 
• Use spray starch to spray the burlap triangles
• Iron the burlap on a medium/high setting to stiffen it
• I kept the frayed edges “as is” – It goes with my rustic theme
• Use a paint pen to draw stitches
• Flip the triangles around and glue the rope to the back sides, leaving about a 3-inch space between each.

Here’s a little video to help you even more.

After my banner was complete, I turned to some fun football themed foods.

Football Pudding Cups

This is so simple. I just used my paint pen to turn pudding into footballs.

Football Games

 

Footballs on a String Game

To make this yourself:

• You’ll need: – Chocolate Doughnuts, string or rope, and white frosting *You can put frosting in a baggie and snip the corner out of the bag, or use a piping bag with a straight tip, like I did.
• Tie a long string to each doughnut
• Squeeze out some laces onto the side of each doughnut with your white frosting
• Hang the doughnuts from a tree

Line everyone up in front of a doughnut. Have them put their hands behind their backs, and let the fun begin! The object is to be the first one (without cheating) to get a bite out of a doughnut. It’s harder than it looks!

Ring the Football Game

Then there’s glow necklace Football Ring Toss! We had a blast with this, too!

 

Just grab some glow necklaces, a football, and a stand for the football. Toss away with your necklaces, trying to ring the football! Go back later when it gets dark for nighttime fun!

Football Knock Down Game

This is always a big hit with my family.

Grab yourself a soft football and some brown cups. Use a white paint pen to make laces on the cups. Stack the cups upside down and knock them down with the football.

After the games, we headed inside to enjoy the football game on television, some more food, Coke Zero, and Coca-Cola Classic.

Pro Tip

* Here’s a little tip for you so you don’t have to miss any of the football action: Keep a cooler in the living room of drinks like the Coke Zero and Coca-Cola that I used for my party.

Later, when everyone is done with the munchies and drinks, enjoy some Coca-Cola Chocolate Sauce over ice cream.

Recipe for Coca-Cola Chocolate Sauce

Click and Print

Burlap Banner Printable

And, finally…Here’s the template I promised you for the Burlap Banner

 Just click and click again to enlarge, then print.

 

~Melissa – KidFriendlyThingsToDo.com