Rock Your Super Bowl Party
What really matters at a Super Bowl party? Food, football and friends! Yes, it’s great to decorate for the festivities, but your guests care more about good food, watching the game and the fun they’re going to have with each other.
So, put your focus on these things and don’t worry about the rest.
Here are 7 tips to make your party the best in town.
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Create Some Fun
Provide everyone with yellow penalty flags and adhesive football eye black upon arrival. They will most likely be wearing their favorite football jersey, so providing your guests with added props will make cheering and booing during the game more fun for everyone. -
Build-Your-Own Food Bar
Everybody loves a build-your-own food bar! Let your guests choose their favorites with a build-your-own snack mix bar, nacho bar, potato bar, taco bar and/or dessert bar. It’s easy for you and fun for your guests to be able to customize their meal to their own tastes. -
Spread Out The Goodies
Whatever your menu, be sure to make things accessible. Keeping coolers filled with ice, pop and beer within easy reach is convenient for guests, and helps prevent bottlenecks from happening in tight areas near the kitchen. Scatter food around the house on little folding tables or TV trays for easy access. This also helps keep you out of the kitchen so you can enjoy the shindig, too! -
Make It A Potluck
Feeding a bunch of folks can quickly get expensive. Besides that, it’s a ton of work if you have to prepare all the food yourself. So, make your party a potluck. It’s completely acceptable and most guests enjoy bringing a dish. Have your peeps sign up for what they’d like to bring, then ask them if they can transport it in a slow cooker. Be sure you’ve got plenty of power strips around to accommodate all the electricity needed. -
Guess the Score
If you want to opt out of a football betting pool, how about a fun game instead? As your guests arrive, ask each one to predict the winner’s final score. Write their name and score guess on their designated beer cup or koozie. Whoever gets closest to the actual score wins! Don’t forget to provide a prize for the winner. -
Make Some Art
It’s always fun to have something for guests to doodle on throughout the game. Purchase chalkboard contact paper and use it as your game day table runner. Draw yard lines on it with chalk and a ruler, then leave out the chalk (or use white paint markers) so your guests can plot their game plays. -
Share the Cost
Need help with beer money? Here’s an idea: sell tickets to your party at the door so you can collect the cash up front, before your celebration begins. Let your guests know about this ahead of time by stating it on your invitation. They will likely appreciate this since it makes it easy for them—all they have to do is show up, pay a few bucks and enjoy a some cold brews. (You can even ask for drink requests to make sure you have their favorites on hand.) Once you set up your beer stations, cut and tape your empty drink boxes to the tops of the coolers to let guests know what’s inside without having to open the cooler to see. To save some extra cash, prepare ahead of time by freezing individual water bottles to use them as ice packs in your coolers. Score!
Get Recipes
Throw the perfect Super Bowl party with these crowd-ready, game-day beef recipes are sure to please all the football fans at your snack table:
