NFL Kickoff Party and Football Field Cake

Oh yeah! Football season has arrived and to kick it all off we had an awesome party yesterday. We are big-time 49er fans and have some seriously high hopes for their season this year 🙂  My husband just bought tickets this past week for one of their games and is BEYOND excited. While we can’t make it to every game we can certainly party for each and every one!You can’t have a football party without delicious food and that’s where I come in. We are pretty much always the ones hosting parties {of all sorts} and football parties are one of my very favorite types. You wanna know why? Because there is just no limit to the different food and fun you can have at a football party!

I picked up an undecodrated 1/2 sheet cake to give myself a head start. This year I made a pledge to myself to enjoy my parties more and one of the ways I’ve done that is by taking short cuts when I can. I think parties are supposed to be enjoyed by everyone – including the hostess! I had never done this before and I was suprised at how easy it was. I simply scraped off all the frosting from the cake and put it in a bowl. I added in the food color {and of course I couldn’t find my green so I used blue and yellow…} and mixed it up.

After getting the frosting the green that I wanted, I spread it on the cake. I used green sugar sprinkles for the center of the cake to make it look like grass and used whole snickers bars for the benches.

I used white frosting to outline the field and the yard lines. I used red and blue sparkly gel to create the end zones. Red for the the 49ers and blue for the Lions. {Go 49ers!!!}  Finally, I used Snickers Minis to create football offensive and defensive formations on the field. I used the red and blue gel again for the x’s and o’s. I love it!

I added a few more finishing touches including goal posts made from straws and pipe cleaner and the boys located the correct teams from the Snickers Minis bags to put in the end zones.

You  might be wondering how they found those two particular candies…here’s how:

They collected every cup they could find and proceeded to sort the Snickers NFL minis by team. We were surprised to hear that the Dolphins are Reece’s favorite team and also that there are “kid” teams and “grown-up” teams. Didn’t know that did you? Let me explain how that works {according to Reece} – if the mascot appears kid-friendly, i.e. Dolphins, Lions, or if the packaging contained recognizable letters – it went to the kid pile. The grown-ups got basically everything else 😉

This cake was definitely the centerpiece of the table and got lots of oohs and aahs as people walked in. Here’s an aerial shot 🙂

I made up the football and field containers using cans and construction paper. I was glad I had out lots of Snickers Minis because everyone was snacking on them throughout the party.

We had lots of other great food at the party including 7-Layer Dip, Loaded Mashed Potato Balls, Fruit Platter and Dip, Snickers Cheesecakes, Chili, Mac & Cheese Bites, and sausages. And of course I had to get this super fun table cover as well as football plates and napkins!

Everyone had a great time at the party and the food was amazing! Reece settled down in front of the seven layer lip and the fruit platter and everyone else headed for the couch.

The weather was great so we all headed outside for half time to throw the ball around and the kids jumped on their bikes.

When I got back inside I noticed a slight change to the cake…

Now why didn’t I think of that????

So to end a perfectly awesome party – the 49ers won! Yay!

Do you host football parties at your house? What’s your favorite treat to serve up to your guests? I know that my family would have a fit if I didn’t make up a seven layer dip 🙂

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