The Football Birthday Bash (still playing catch up)

This year Palmer wanted to do a "home party". So, we searched the internet and found all the cool stuff we could for a "home football party"!

All of the boys took turns having their picture taken in this football cut-out.

Boys being boys :)

They each got a t-shirt to decorate and make into a "jersey".

I just used plain white t-shirts, and fabric markers.

I cut out cardboard and placed inside the t-shirs, so the boys could easily color.

I also had cut out the number 8 (for his age), and traced onto each shirt beforehand.

The food table.

All foods were free of nut, dairy & egg due to P's food allergies (food did contain wheat & soy products, fortunately P is not allergic to wheat or soy) .

Snacks included:

Fruit

Raw veggies

Turkey sandwiches cut into the shape of footballs. I used a small amount of frosting to make the little white lines on top of the bread...they loved it!

(I use Boars Head brand turkey, and we purchase it from a local market that will completely clean their slicing machine before cutting turkey for us)

Regular & BBQ chips (Lays brand)

Cherrybrook Cake Mix (an allergen free mix that only requires a small amount of milk & butter. I use Rice milk or soy milk, and Fleishmans unsalted butter in this mix).

The homeade football cake!

I just use Pilsbury brand frosting which is allergen-free for P (it only contains soy).

We played several games.

1-We put 3 pop cans on the ledge of the front porch, and they took turns trying to knock down a can

2-They played a game where they came up with a category (ie: professional teams etc.), and then sat in a circle and randomly tossed the football to each other. Whoever had the football had to quickly name something in the chosen category, or they were out.

3-They also had a football game outside, as well as played a little football on PS3!

After they finished coloring their "jerseys", we painted their faces to look like football players.
All in all, I think it was a very fun afternoon!