My husband loves football – especially college football. We love hanging around with our friends and family and watching the games. It’s funny because the team he roots for is the arch rival of the university all of my kids attend or have attended. But everyone is a good sport about it LOL!

Easy Football Game Food

Of course my favorite part of watching football is the FOOD. I love making dips and appetizers for everyone to eat while we watch. A few easy football party foods we love to make are:

Touchdown Football Dip

Cheesy Pizza Dip

Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip 

Milky Way Caramel Apple Dip 

Make a 5-Minute GAME DAY Football Banner

And if I’m making food I also want to decorate! That’s normal, right? LOL!! So the other day I created a really simple GAME DAY banner with a football in the middle. It’s a simple banner that you can whip up in under 5 minutes.

GAME DAY Banner is so easy to make!

Just download the GAME Day Banner and print it off.

Game Day Banner One 

Game Day Banner Two 

1. Cut out the pennants.
2. Punch holes at the top of each pennant and string twine through.
3. Hang it up!

Take the banner Tailgating

I also took it tailgating last week when we tailgated with the kids down at the university! I just hung it up on the back of my car. It was so fun!

Jalapeno Artichoke Dip

I also tried out our new camp stove and make the yummiest Japapeno Artichoke Dip! I will share that recipe with you in the next couple of days. You can make it in the oven OR outside if you are tailgating. It was so fun!

And here are a couple other free printable banners you can use too!

Touchdown Printables 

Free Football Banners 

Does YOUR family enjoy watching sports together? 

Have a HAPPY day! 

xoxo

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Did you know that Plaid Crafts has a new line at  Walmart?? 

They sent me a selection of their new products and a challenge to make a project using a surface from Walmart. How fun is that??

I took my little helper Ella with me to check out the new line AND to find a surface to try the Plaid products out on. We had such a blast!!

Since it’s Summer and we are excited to be outside, we ended up getting some beautiful painted galvanized containers in Walmart’s Outdoor Living section. I love the colors and the galvanized look. Plus, the price was amazing.

And I thought Plaid’s Outdoor Paint would be perfect for these surfaces. The Outdoor Paint line is available at Walmart and is perfect for surfaces that will be exposed to weather. I tested it out on the metal of my surfaces and it adhered great. It held up well to hand-washing.

Here’s what I did:

I also was sent some of Plaid’s Chalkboard Paint. I thought it might be wonderful to make a chalkboard area where I can change up the labels, depending on the occasion. I used chalkboard markers to write with — they are amazing.

I taped off a square section on each of the galvanized surfaces and then painted them with Plaid’s Chalkboard Paint.

Once dried, I used thin tape to tape off a area around the circumference of each of the containers. Once that was taped off, I added a layer of painters tape.

Then I painted the stripes I had taped off. I used different colors that coordinated with some woven placements I also found at Walmart.

Once that paint was dried, I used the Plaid Polka Dot stencil to add polka dots in white to the border on each surface.

Then I painted around the edges of the chalkboard paint with white paint.

And the last thing I did was I used Chalkboard Paint Pens to write on the chalkboard squares on each surface. That way I can change out the message depending on the occasion!

For the Tailgate Party I layered the back of my trunk with the Walmart woven placements, and then added the metal drink container filled with Raspberry Lemonade, and made up some customized lunch bags which I transported and displayed in the galvanized pail. I also purchased some canning jars from Walmart and used them as drink containers.

I also painted the middle of a plastic flower pot and some stripes for color. A fast way to add color to a party!

 My guests could get their lunches from the back of the car and then bring them over to the picnic blanket for a delicious picnic lunch!!

An easy and a fun idea for a Summer’s afternoon!

Here are more great ideas:

– Walmart Crafts on Pinterest

You can also follow Plaid on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest

And check out some other fun ideas bloggers have made with Walmart’s new line of Plaid Products:

Have a Creative Day!!

xoxo

I wrote this post as part of a paid campaign with Plaid Crafts and Blueprint Social. The opinions are 100% mine.

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