Football Birthday Party Ideas
Planning a football birthday party? The hardest part is usually figuring out how to keep a bunch of excited kids busy for two or three hours. The good news is you don’t need a huge budget or a backyard full of inflatables to pull it off.
Most kids are happy with a few fun games, good food, and a birthday cake. You really don’t need much more than that.
Tips
A little planning makes the whole party feel a lot less stressful.
Have one or two games ready before the first guests arrive. Kids usually don’t all show up at the same time, so it’s nice to have something they can start doing right away.
Don’t try to fill every minute with planned activities. Kids usually end up making their own fun between games.
Keep drinks and snacks where kids can help themselves. It saves you from stopping every few minutes to hand something out.
If you’re outside, have a few indoor games ready just in case the weather changes. A simple pop-up canopy can also be nice if you’re planning the party in the backyard.
Football Birthday Party Games
Games are usually what everyone remembers after the party is over.
You can set up a football toss, relay races, or even a simple obstacle course in the backyard. Printable games are nice because you can pull them out whenever you need them. They work well while everyone is arriving, while you’re getting food ready, or while you’re cutting the cake.
Our Football Party Game Bundle includes 11 printable games including Football Bingo, Charades, Scattergories, a Scavenger Hunt, This or That, and more. Everything is ready to print, so you can spend less time planning games and more time enjoying the party.
Football Birthday Party Decorations
You don’t have to cover every inch of the house in football decorations.
A green tablecloth can look like a football field, and a few football balloons, football banner, and matching plates are usually enough to pull the theme together. If you want one thing that really stands out, make a balloon arch kit near the food table or where everyone will be taking pictures.
Football Birthday Party Food
The easier the food, the better.
Pizza is always a safe choice, but hot dogs, popcorn, chips, pretzels, fruit, and cupcakes all fit the theme too. Don’t worry about making everything football shaped. Kids are usually more interested in eating than matching the theme.
Serve everything on football-themed plates, cups, and napkins to make the food table feel festive without much extra work.
Football Birthday Cake
A football-shaped cake is always fun, but it doesn’t have to be anything fancy.
Cupcakes with football cupcake toppers, a football cookie cake, or even a grocery store cake with green frosting all work just as well. Even a simple cake looks festive with a few football decorations on top.
Football Birthday Party Favors
Party favors don’t have to be expensive to be a hit.
Mini footballs, sports stickers, temporary tattoos, sports pencils, whistles, or small bags of candy are all easy ideas. You can also let kids take home one of the printable games to play with their family later.
If you want an easy option that covers everyone, this 110-piece football party favor bundle is a great choice. It comes with 12 football drawstring bags, stress footballs, football straws, keychains, silicone wristbands, and stickers, so you can fill each child’s goodie bag without having to buy a bunch of separate items.
Photo Booth
A photo booth is one of those things kids get excited about once they see it set up. It also gives parents an easy place to snap a few pictures before everyone heads home.
You don’t need anything fancy. Hang a simple backdrop, add a few football balloons, and set out some fun props for everyone to use.
One of my favorite finds is this 42-piece football photo booth prop set. It comes with football signs, foam fingers, glasses, speech bubbles, and other game day props that make pictures a lot more fun without spending much money.
Try to grab one group picture before everyone starts heading home. Then let the kids have fun with the props and take all the silly pictures they want.
Make Planning Easier
If making party games from scratch isn’t on your to-do list, the Football Party Game Bundle makes it easy.
Inside you’ll get Football Bingo, a Football Scavenger Hunt, Football Charades, Scattergories, This or That, Team Match-Up, Roll a Football, Candy Dice, What’s Your Football Name, a Word Scramble, and an A–Z Game. Just print the pages and you’re ready to play.
