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We hosted a “Gather ‘Em Up for Game Day” football viewing party where I gave myself only an hour to get ready for the party! To make it even more fun this post is sponsored by Procter & Gamble.
We decided {pretty last minute} to throw a football game viewing party.
When I say last minute I really mean an hour before the game started. I would love to tell you why we decided to do this, but I don’t have an exact reason. As much as I’m a total planner, sometimes I just get ideas and run with it. This was one of those times. I was really happy with the way our party turned out too! Watching an NFL game was even more fun this way because I hadn’t stressed about everything being perfect and I just went with it!
Here is how I threw an awesome football viewing party in an hour!
First thing I did was wash our favorite team spirit shirts in Tide Laundry Detergent!
Clean, fresh smelling shirts are a must right? Pete and the girls are some of the biggest Eagles fans out there. Notice I didn’t include myself? I like the Eagles and all, but I like the party part of football more. I love getting together with friends and family and enjoying all the yummy food. The actual game is secondary. P&G has a lot of products to help you get game day ready including Gain, Tide, Head & Shoulders, Old Spice, Gillette, and Duracell.
Now it was time to go shopping.
I headed over to Family Dollar. Have you been in a Family Dollar recently? I love how it has everything you need but isn’t so huge that it takes hours to shop and checkout. Family Dollar is totally a convenient place to get your favorite P&G and Pepsi brands so you could provide your family a perfect Game Day experience! It took me less than 15 minutes to get everything I needed. I bought Pepsi, Lays, Tostitos, Doritos, Bounty, Charmin, and Duracell. The last thing I wanted was to run out of toilet paper or have our remote run out of power. These are the things that are often forgotten.
After I had everything I needed for the party from Family Dollar I started on the decorations.
I printed this editable welcome sign and banners. The banners are available in your favorite NFL team logos. I also used the banner to make a flag for the little one to cheer with. She came up with the idea herself and we just taped it onto a glow stick. You could also use a plastic straw.
With ten minutes to go I set out the food and beverages.
The girls were so excited to sip on Pepsi during the game. It was over 100 degrees out and they were melting. I really believe that less is often more so I stuck with just Pepsi and Diet Peps or “DP” as we call it. Does anyone else call it that? My Grandma used to drink DP all the time and she loved football too so I love to carry on the tradition and give the girls a special treat and share the memories! Back to the food, I decorated a tray and filled it with cups of ice and big bags full of chips for snacking! I also brought over Tostitos Salsa for some extra fun!
Before I knew it the party was over.
Thankfully I had Dawn and Swiffer to help me out. I washed all the dishes in Dawn and did a quick once over with my Swiffer Sweeper and I was done. What a difference it makes to have the right tools to make the job quicker and easier.
I love Family Dollar. I am at my local store at least once a week.
Looks like you had a great tailgate party and I am a hug fan of P&G products.
So am I! P&G is seriously one of the most consistent quality brands I know.
I’m a diehard Bears fan., DA BEARS! My favorite snack is chips and dip. So messy, but so good for game day!
Oh, I always forget about Family Dollar! Thanks for the reminder!
My wife goes there all the time.. it is really great to go and get what you need asap!
I don’t think I have A Family Dollar nearby, but they sure do have great deals.
Looks like a great party. Love all of the tips and printable!
What an easy way to have a party! Love your ideas!
I love the Family Dollar! They always have the best deals! I’m sure I will be doing some football party shopping there!
I am such a fan of Tide, their Tide Sport is the only detergent I can find that stays up with our active family. Proctor and Gamble has a lot of great products.
This sounds like totally something I would do – pull together a party in an hour! We have a Family Dollar less than a mile from our house. It came in handy when I needed a lot of last minutes items for my son’s birthday party recently!
Great idea and I LOVE Family Dollar! 🙂
What some great idea – I have to admit crisps are definitely the best snack food when you are watching something as a family. x
A party I can pull together in an hour? I love it! Frankly, I don’t have more than an hour to devote to anything.
Wow! That’s an impressive get together in an hour! I love the flag decorations and the party treats were perfect.
I can feel the football spirit in your house. You did a great job with much thanks to Tide.
I love Family Dollar, and looks like you got a lot of great products! I love Tide it works great at getting our clothes clean!
I love football season. I miss living in a college town where I could go watch the games every weekend. I am just not one for watching sports on tv. I enjoy it in person so much more.
I love Family Dollar. They have great brands and awesome prices.
Really? I never thought of shopping at Family Dollar for our game days… thanks for the idea… 🙂
We love finding great deals at Family Dollar
Sounds like you had a great party. I don’t watch much football but I am all for a good party.
How I wish we have a Family Dollar store nearby. Those P&G products have high quality. The snacks are delicious.
What a great way for a great viewing party without breaking the bank.
I love shopping at my local Family Dollar. They have some great prices.
Looks like Family Dollar has all party needs! Snacks and cleaners to clean up the mess after the party!
How fun! I don’t like football, but I do enjoy attending football parties. There is always good food!
Sounds so fun! We’re planning a football party here in a couple of weeks. We’re really excited about it.
Snacks and clean up items are a must! I live right by a DG and get all my things there as well.
A clean house on game day! I’ll take it!
I can’t argue against these products, they’re all my favorites! For the extra mile, make your own nachos with cheese and peppers, delicious!
This football viewing party would be right up my husband’s alley. Me, I’m not such a big football fan but I do like to see Hubby happy.
Wow, Family Dollar has everything one would need for a party! We have 3 in our city too, but I don’t go to them nearly as much as I should!
We love P&G and Pepsi products! I never thought about shopping at Family Dollar for our football party needs! Will definitely do that next week!
Such great ideas! We often have friends over to watch the games.
Love it that having such a lovely family event doesn’t break the bank 🙂 Creating great memories is what really matters.
I love to shop at Family Dollar. They have everything you need for a party and they have great prices. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, you got a lot done in an hour. Looks like you had a great party. I will be sure to shop at Family Dollar for my next get together.
I love Family Dollar. They have awesome prices AND name brands.
I don’t really do the party planning around the house, but I LOVE this idea. I’m all about anything that’s affordable, and Family Dollar is certainly that!
That looks like one awesome party. I want to be invited next time! 🙂 Family Dollar is so awesome and I have one conveniently down the street (about 3 miles away).
Looks like a great place, pity we don’t have those here.
Hubby goes all out for these kind of parties. I tend not to stick around since I have no idea when it comes to sports.
Wow, I’ve been sleeping on the Family Dollar store! I can’t wait to visit it this week. I have one right down the street! Hooray!
My BF is glued to his TV watching the games. I am not really into football. No clue about it, but I could go to a fun party!
We are Miami Dolphins fans. I love to have some Doritos and Coke when watching the game.
For a last minute party I think you put together a fantastic shindig! Our favorite team is Da Bears of course (Illinoisan here) and I’d have to say our favorite game day snack is chips. Our family are big chip eaters!
Kayla you won!!! Congrats!
My husband would love this. I can’t wait to throw him a football party!
I love Family Dollar. They have a lot of great items there.
me too! I think it is the perfect football party snacks headquarters
I love Football season, just the food choices alone make it so much fun.