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TIPS FOR A GREAT SUPER BOWL PARTY
By Carol Stout
Super Bowl is the biggest party of the year; over
13.5 million parties will be hosted on February 6,
2005.
Even if a party isn't in everyone's plan over 40 million
households will be viewing.
Here are a few tips to make your Super Bowl Party
a big success without draining your pocketbook or
your energy!
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Send out invitations in the
shape of a football. Take two pieces of brown paper,
cut in an oval (football shape), one slightly larger
than the other, glue edges together and stuff with
a bit of cotton, glue end and use a metallic silver
or gold pen to write the invitation information.
You don't want to overstuff, you still have to get
it into the envelope.
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Make sure you invite your neighbors,
it can get noisy you know.
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When the calls come in to RSVP
people are going to ask if they can bring something.
Go ahead, have a list of things that would compliment
your menu.
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Make sure you have enough televisions, borrow one from
the other room or from a friend and set up more
than one so everyone can view.*
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For those non-football fan
guests, set up a TV in another room with a great
football movie playing. Some of the greatest, and
my favorites, Remember the Titans, Jerry Macguire,
The Replacements, The Longest Yard.*
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Drinks: Jell-O shots in the
shape of footballs or helmets can be made with Jell-O,
vodka, and ice cube molds from the party store.
Beer is essential: about 5 six-packs for ten people.
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Make sure that you have plenty
of coolers of Ice and Beer, you don't want a lot
of thirsty guys getting in and out of your refrigerator
all day. I've even seen people use their empty dishwasher
for iced down cans and bottles. Makes sense, the
melted ice drains away.
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Write your guests' name on
the beer cup so your guests won't be quibbling about
whose beer it is.
- Invite your guests to dress in
their favorite team colors. Hosts should wear referee
stripes. The guests don't have to necessarily dress
in the teams that are playing in the Super Bowl, if
they don't want to change their alliance. (Some people
are funny that way) Don't know the team colors? These
and other essential facts are provided in The Chicks'
Guide to Football.
- Decorate with throws, tablecloths,
shirts, jackets, hats and other team paraphernalia
or items in team colors. Go to the local Good Will
and you can buy almost any team clothing, jerseys
and other items for decorating.*
- Decorate your table in Astroturf,
or green felt. Use chalk or white medical tape for
yard lines. Set bowls in football helmets, cleats
and shoulder pads (courtesy of your local used sports
equipment store).
- Give out a treat bag with whistles,
Pom- Poms, Nerf balls, anything that is football themed.
- Set up a friendly football pool
using cash or entry slips for wagers. Build a football
score grid to identify the predicted scores. Sell
each box for a set amount. 100 squares, each square
for a certain amount of money, I suggest 5 dollars.
Put their name in whatever square they choose. After
all the squares are filled out you randomly draw numbers
zero through nine out of a hat and write the numbers
vertically, then draw again and write those numbers
across the top. Draw again for AFC and NFC and put
the first drawn on the vertical the second on the
horizontal. Place a value on each quarter and the
half. The person closest to the score at those times
receives that amount of money. The person at the end
of the game that is closest to the winning score gets
the rest of the pot.
- Play football trivia for fun prizes,
including hats, shirts, magnets, etc. Go to your local
novelty or party store for unusual sports and related
football items. Make sure you have your trivia questions
written out and hand the questions out during half
time.
- Bet on everything from the coin
toss to who's going to score first. Below are some
examples. You get the idea.
A. Which team will win the coin toss? ____________________________
B. Which team will throw the first interception?
______________________
C. Who will be ahead at the first quarter? ___________________________
D. Who will be ahead at the Half? _________________________________
E. Who will be sacked first? _____________________________________
- Make some fabulous football food!
Make some great chili, chips and dip, and hot wing
recipes. Finger foods definitely, this is football
remember, dips, chips, chili, hot dogs. For desert
make chocolate cookies (buy the cookie dough at the
grocery, cut them out, decorate them with a tube of
white icing for the laces, They are sure to be a winner!
- Give all of your women guests
a copy of The
Chicks' Guide to Football as party favors.
* Courtesy of PartyPlansPlus
the place for great party planning ideas.
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