Sports Game Day Party

Are you a sports fanatic and love to tailgate or have friends over for a sports event?  If so, then there’s no better way to celebrate than with a Sports Game Day party.  Here you’ll find ideas and recommendations from invitations to party games and even food & beverage trays.  You can also use these ideas and recommendations for a child’s birthday party with a sports theme – it’ll make all of your child’s pals feel like MVPs!

In this page, you will find ideas for:

1. Party invitations
2. Games
3. Food bar
4. Food & beverage trays
5. Cups/plates/napkins
6. Sports team clothing/decorations

 

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Party Invitations:

To start off the party right, you must send out party invitations to let your guests know when and where you are having the party.  There are essentially two ways to send out invitations: online or physical mail.  Here are the best invitations we have found whether you prefer sending out online or by physical mail.

1. Online invitation: with today’s social media world, people communicate through online channels or electronic devices.  Sending invitations online has grown increasingly popular over the past few years because you can access it anywhere, don’t have to hassle with buying stamps and sending through the post office and the online system organizes the guest list automatically of whose coming or not.  The best social-planning websites for creating, sending and managing online invitations are: Evite, Punchbowl, and PaperlessPost.  The best part is that all three social-planning websites are free to use.  You just sign up so that the site knows who the host/hostess is, find and personalize the right invitation that suits you and provide the guest list email addresses.  Your guests will then get an email with a link to the invitation and they can respond of their attendance and how many people in their party are going.  The websites will then manage the rest for you, including reminders a couple days before the party and storing pictures of the party for all to view.  It’s that simple!
2. Paper invitation: Evite, Punchbowl, and PaperlessPost also has paper invitations that you can physically mail out.  The service to use the sites are still free.  However, you do have to pay for the paper invitations (since it will be printed out) and if you want the website to physically mail the invitations to your guests for you there is also a fee for that.  But the beauty of going through these websites is that it’s easy to do because all you need to do is pick out the invitation, personalize it and provide the guest list home addresses and the website will take care of the rest for you.  You can do all this at the comfort of your own home or anywhere you may be so this hassle-free process maybe worth your money.

 

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Party Games:

Here are the top 5 popular games played at sporting events / sports parties.  Whether it’s a college team or professional team, there are many options to choose from to show your team’s spirit.

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Food Bar:

What’s a party without any food?  Food is one of the essential items to a party and depends on your and your guests’ preferences as to what food should be served.  For ideas, here are the top most served food and beverages at tailgates and other sports parties.

Tailgating food: since there will be no kitchen (for cooking or refrigeration) at tailgating parties, you want to make something that will be easy to carry, portable and food & beverages that won’t spoil fast.

1. Hot wings
2. Sausage meatballs
3. Super nachos
4. Sliders or hamburgers (if you bring a portable grill, you can grill at the party).
5. Hot dogs (if you bring a portable grill, you can grill at the party).
6. Chips & dips
7. Marshmallow crispy treats
8. Brownies
9. Beer, beer, beer

Oher sports party food: along with the items listed in the tailgating food section, here are other top food served at sports party that has a kitchen:

1. Mozzarella sticks
2. Deviled eggs
3. Taco bar (people can make their own tacos)
4. Fajita bar (people can make their own fajitas)
5. Quesadillas
6. Homemade salsa or other dips such as fondue
7. Cake or cupcakes
8. Cocktail, fruity drinks or wine

For recipes and cooking instructions, check out Foodnetwork.

 

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Food and Beverage Trays:

Food and beverage trays come in all sorts of sizes and shapes.  Once you’ve determined the food and beverages you’ll be serving, consider these trays to store and present your items to your guests.  When choosing a tray equipment, keep in mind there are 2 important factors to consider:

1. Dimensions that will fit the amount of food you’ll have and the space/location of where your food/beverages will be served
2. Material of the tray(s) as you want it to be of good quality to be able to hold your food/beverage without spilling or leaking.

 

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Cups/Plates/Napkins:

So, you’ve got the food, beverages and trays, now what?  The next step is to prepare yourself with supplies.  You’ll want to get paper or plastic cups, plates, bowls and napkins.  You do not want to use your fine china or other breakables at a sports party because it will get dropped.  Go for plastic when purchasing knives, forks and spoons so that you can recycle them at the end of the party.  Here are some recommendations for you to consider:

 

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Sports Team Clothing / Decorations:

Support your favorite team or athlete by wearing their jersey and putting up sports decorations.  Here are some recommendations on where to buy sports clothing that you can personalize with your name and trending sports decorations that’ll spice up your game day.

1. Personalized Clothing: the best online retailer of sportswear that we have found and used is FansEdge, Inc..  The company offers NFL, NCAA, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, Soccer, Golf, Lacrosse, UFC Fighting, Kentucky Derby and Olympics apparel and merchandise.  From clothing to blankets to kitchen products, FansEdge, Inc. has it all and can be personalized with your name.  The company also offers memorabilia that has been signed by specific athletes and flags of every country.  The products they offer are all licensed and certified.
2. Sports Decoration: you are finally at the last step in planning your party!  Consider these decorating items to complete your sports look.