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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.
we’re in Eagles country too. Looks like a great party
Great post! I can’t believe you did all that in under an hour! Looks awesome.
We’re in Eagles Country but we’re the minority around here with a house of Steelers and Giants fans. Looks like you threw a great party!
our favorite is cincinnati
Awesome, I love it! How fun! Dawn is awesome too. That’s what we use.
The Detroit Lions rank as my fave (stop laughing, it’s a location thing). My favorite game day snack is veggies cut with an awesome dip!
Lots of great party ideas! Those last minute printables definitely add finishing touches
What good tips to get a party started in an hour! Awesome printables too!
Great tips – you really thought of everything from pre-game prep to post-game clean-up. Love how your family gets all into the games – we’re Broncos fans in our house!
It looks like you had everything you needed for a fun party! My little brother is a huge Eagles fan, he’d love your banner.
I love the printables! And I didn’t know that Family Dollar carried those cleaning products.
Super cute football decor! Go Eagles! 🙂
Looks like you know how to have a football party! Delicious treats and great company. Love this!
Great ideas i might have to use some for our next Hockey party. It is always fun to throw a party. Thanks for sharing.
Our favorite team is the Pittsburgh Steelers, our team from “home”! We love having nachos while watching the games.
The Kansas City Chiefs!!!! And Velveeta and Rotel are great for game day!!
I really like cheese cubes as a football snack of choice. Since I have no dishwasher except my own two hands, I enjoy Bounty paper towels and Dawn dishwashing soap. The are both strong enough for the work that needs done while gentle on my hands. Thanks for sharing your football party and the hints to get it ready to go in such a short amount of time.
I haven’t been to Family Dollar in years, but we do throw a ton of football parties. Looks like they do have everything I would need to have another successful one. I’ll have to stop by and stock up for our next game day gathering!
Wow how awesome! We don’t have family dollar here in Canada but I wish we did! What a great little party too!
Great printables! Family Dollar is such a great store. I love how they always have coupons for their sales making things even cheaper than the other dollar store.
This is a musical house. We don’t do sports, but I love family dollar for everything, and they have everything there now even a frozen food section now! Woo Hoo
Great post! I love parties that you can whip together and one stop shopping is where its at for this busy mama!
Oh my gosh I love that you did this in an hour! Its simple but festive . 🙂
1 hour!? That’s amazing. Looks like the perfect viewing party to me. I’m not a huge football fan, but I am a huge fan of football themed parties and food. Cute signs.
Can I come over? lol.
I’m all for quick, throw together parties! Love that you did this in one hour. Love the Family Dollar giveaway, too! IT reminds me to get over there and check out their goods!
It looks like someone had a wonderful viewing party!
we like the falcons and nachos
I really need to check out family dollar more often. Those printables turned out great! What cute photos!
Loaded potato skins are my favorite game day food. And my favorite team is the New England Pats
Love shopping at the Family Dollar store for all of their great bargains and items. I love that it is a one stop shop and I don’t have to shop around.
They really have some cute kids craft ideas at the Dollar store!
Yum – looks like you got some great snacks there! Some Doritos and a hot bowl of chili is all I need on game day.
So nice to see how easy game day was with P&G products. Doritos are a fan favorite always!
You did all this in just 1 hour?? WOW, Impressive and I am jealous too.. I am so lazy :/
We are more into College football but we also like the Dallas Cowboys. My favorite snack is chips, salsa & guacamole
We are Chicago Bear fans living in Wisconsin! Looks like a great party – Lays is my hubby’s chip of choice!
Nothing better than a party with the family. I’m not a football fan but I would totally attend a football party. lol
I love Family Dollar! And it looks like you had a great party; I’d be chowing on those snacks for sure!
We cheer for the Kansas City Chiefs in our home! Hot wings are perfect on game day.. However, I am more of a college football fan!
Definitely looks like you had a fun football-watching party! We don’t watch a lot of football at my house.
I really don’t follow NFL but I love snacking on Doritos when I watch TV. 🙂
Love your welcome sign and banners … those are great ideas!
The Buffalo Bills are my favorite team, and favorite game day snack is……Buffalo style Chicken Wings!!
Love my STEELERS!!
fav game day snack is nachos!!
Da Bears!
The Giants are my favorite and I like soft pretzels and cheese dip.
My favorite team are the Chicago Bears and my favorite snack is cheese pizza.
I am a Cowboys fan! My favorite game day snack is nachos.
I like the New England Patriots and my favorite game day snack are Doritos!
My husband is a Washington DC fan. I like the 49ers.