How to Throw an Epic Football Watch Party at Home
Football season is back in full swing, and we think that’s something worth celebrating. As the season goes on, week after week, there will be those games that deserve a little special attention — the championships, the rivalries, the must-win scenarios. For those games, it's time to throw a watch party. Finger food, cold refreshments, and a few decorations set the scene for friends and family to sit down, stand up, shout with glee, groan in agony, and hold their heads in disbelief as the drama of the gridiron plays out.
Throwing an epic watch party is all about stoking the competitive fire and indulging the love of football, plus making sure guests have enough to eat and drink. Decorations, themed tableware, team jerseys and colors, and even games all contribute to a watch party that will have your guests asking you when the next one is.
Invite Fans of Both Teams
Yes, as much as you may not want to watch fans of the opposition cheer when their team scores, it makes for one eventful watch party. There will be trash talk. There will be celebrations. There may even be some friendly wagers. But most of all, the competitive fire will burn hot and that intense gametime energy will fill the room, making for one epic watch party.
Stoke the Competitive Fire With Opposing Team Décor
Sure, you could just decorate with just your team's colors, logos, and jerseys, but it sure is a lot more fun to rev up your guests' competitive spirit with opposing team décor. Devote one half of the watch party room to one team and the other half to the opposing team. Lines will be drawn anyway, so why not give it a helping hand? Hang each team flag, put up streamers and balloons in each team color, and go above and beyond with life-size standees of each team's quarterback. These also make for great photo-ops!
Decorate for the Love of Football
It doesn't have to be just about competition. At its heart, a watch party is about friends and family sharing in their love of football. So, a fail-proof watch party décor idea is to decorate with football-themed pieces, like a gridiron table runner, a football pennant flag banner, and game-day swirl decorations.
Hang a banner on the wall above the couch, have a bouquet of football balloons in the corner or at the entrance, and put a "Game On!" poster above the buffet table. You'll also want to decorate the buffet table itself: a turf field table runner, foam fingers, and a football on a stand combine to make a great decorative backdrop to your game-day buffet. Don’t forget to lay down football-themed plates, napkins, and cups, and provide cutlery in the teams' colors. Go the extra yard by serving food on football-themed trays and platters.
Capture the Game-Day Excitement With a Photo Booth
The highs and lows of a great football game will make for some exciting photo-ops. Set up a photo booth for guests to capture their emotions before, during, and after the game. A player standee, a poster, team flags, and a giant AirLoonz balloon are all you need to make a photo booth that will have your guests putting on their craziest fan antics. Plus, your photo booth doubles as a watch party decoration.
Take the Competition — and the Fun — to New Heights With Football Trivia
Keep the competition going during commercial breaks with Football trivia. Create teams and ask a few football-related trivia questions each break, then tally up the correct answers at the end of the game. Make sure to keep a couple tie-breaker questions in your back pocket. Go the extra yard by giving a small prize to the team that wins.
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