Superbowl Sunday - Party ideas and free printables

Free Football Printables

Brady from 9 to 5 Mom has created some FREE Giants and Patriots printables to make your parties even more fun!

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Go Giants!!

Go Patriots!!

Use these as food labels, place cards, or for anything you can think of…

Hang up this “Touchdown” banner for a little fun…

How great are these cupcake toppers…

The collection includes: party circles, cupcake toppers, tented cards, and a “touchdown” banner. 

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Fun & Creative Big Game Bash + Free Football Themed Party Printables

All from Hostess with the Mostess

You can download the printables right here. (Just scroll down to the “Print everything from cupcake toppers and buffet labels to patterned papers and player silhouettes.)

Aside from the game itself, Big Game parties are all about the FOOD, and Tyson Any’tizers are an easy way to serve up crowd favorites like Boneless Buffalo Chicken Bites (YUM!) and Hot Wings without spending tons of time in the kitchen. This also frees up some time for kicking up the presentation style a notch with creative add-ons like referee striped buffet labels, chili served in embellished mason jars, and cornbread muffins with “Big Game” pennant flags! And of course it’s always more fun to serve football party food straight from a make-shift “football field”, right?! ;)

Click here for all the details on these ideas and more, as well as links to download the free printables.

download them all below:

• Buffet Labels - Pre-Filled

• Buffet Labels Blank

• Cupcake Toppers

• Party Circles (Chalkboard Football and Helmet)

• Pennant Food Flags

• Embellishments

• 11x17 Paper Patterns (5 designs)

• Football Guy Silhouettes


Fresh Chick Design Studio created football field cupcake wrappers – download HERE.

These football party printables created by Little Sprout Creations and featured on Hostess With the Mostess includes Beverage Labels, Cupcake Toppers, Pretzel Bags, Popcorn Boxes, and Snack Baskets (love these!).  Click HERE to download all of the printables.

Football Food Ideas

from the celebration shoppe

 FREE download! ~ UPDATE: Downloads posted!

Here are a few Super Bowl bite ideas for your party!

1. Stadium Brownies from Betty Crocker (peanuts, popcorn and chocolate!)
2. Football Brownies from Betty Crocker
3. Chipotle Cheeseburger Sliders from Snackpicks.com
4. Oreo Cookie Footballs from Kraft
5. Kickoff Pizza from Kraft
6. Cheez-It Stadium from me on Snackpicks.com (printable downloads tomorrow!)
7. Summer Sausage, Cheddar, Ranch football bites from Give Me Some Oven

Seven Layer Football Dip

How do you turn seven-layer dip into a football appetizer? Flip it upside down. Find tips to make it HERE at Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons.…

Think portable and handheld, like these individual seven layer dips from Savory Sweet Life or these smokey sweet chicken wings from Steamy Kitchen.

Use toothpicks to adorn your bite-size snacks with these free printables from Anders Ruff.

Double Chocolate Football Cupcakes from The Baker Chick

Football Crafts

Football-Field Runner and Football Coaster from Martha Stewart - click HERE for the details

Fleece Football Hat

http://www.makeit-loveit.com has provided instructions on how to make this adorable hat.  Click HERE for more details.

Now you can easily (and cheaply) add some style to your next football party.

Chinese New Year!

Expect this to be a very energetic year, filled with optimism, power and entrepreneurship.  However, the year is of water dragon, which means that even the most powerful will give a patient hearing to the weaker, and will try to see through their point of view.  Better alliances and decision will take place.

When is Chinese New Year 2012?

Chinese New Year is observed for two consecutive weeks, and is popularly known as Spring Festival. It usually starts from late January and early February. The variation in the date of festival is due to the changes in the track of the new moon. The Spring Festival ends on the 15th day when the Lantern festival is celebrated.

Chinese New Year 2012

In 2012, Chinese New Yearâ??s Day will be celebrated on January 23. The New Year festival will start from January 22 (Chinese New Year' Eve) and end on February 6 (Lantern Festival). 2012 marks the 4710th Chinese New Year, and this time it is the year of dragon according to the Chinese zodiac calendar.

The dragon is the 5th sign of the Chinese zodiac and it is regarded as an auspicious symbol which stands for power, good luck, success, and happiness.

History of the New Year Celebration

Since ancient times, the Chinese New Year was considered as the time to honor ancestors and heavenly deities. In addition, it was the time to organize family gatherings and grand feasts. There is a legend associated with the celebration of New Year in China. There was a monster named Nian who used to harass the villagers by eating their crops, cattle and taking away their kids. The villagers had no other option but to place food at the entrance to their homes so that the monster would eat it and go away without harming them. Our 2012 Chinese New year: The kids had a blast going through our Chinese New Year craft box this year and reminiscing on our past years crafts.  We actually loved that Matthew made a huge dragon several years ago.  So of course, because its the year of the dragon we used this in our decorations this year. This year we ordered Chinese food for dinner and will be taking a day trip to China Town.  In previous years we have shopped at our local Chinese Grocery and attempted to make our own Chinese meals. our place setting Matthew's dragon our fruit bowl Celebrate the Chinese New Year with a free printable dragon mask. Made for you over at Alpha Mom. Click HERE to download PDF file Click HERE to download PDF file Click HERE to download PDF file Celebrate Chinese New Year by crafting this mini version of the monster-size dragon used during holiday parades and festivities. Materials Craft foam Colored glitter glue Wired ribbon Tacky glue Instructions  Cut out the body shapes shown here from different colors of craft foam -- or use our template. Decorate the shapes with colored glitter glue and let them dry.  Cut a length of wired ribbon (ours is about 3 1/2 feet long by 2 1/2 inches wide). Lay it flat and use tacky glue to attach the body shapes. Be sure the glue is dry before curling the ribbon. Check out this amazing Chinese Dragon cake from Couture Cakes by Angela.  Wow! Here's a beautiful plush Dragon by Melissa & Doug--a perfect gift to celebrate Chinese New Year in the Year of the Dragon.    Make a Dragon Puppet Provided by Family Fun - click HERE to learn how Year of the Dragon Party Ideas this awesome party is from Kara's Party Ideas! this is from another post from Kara's Party Ideas Flying Dragon Puppet Miya at Jellyfish Jelly Plastic cups and card rolls comprise the main body. By adding puppet strings the dragon can move as it flies. Click here for full instructions (Pdf). The instruction sheet also features a range of dragon head designs (including the ones pictured below) to print and color. A recipe for "Magic Dragon Puffs" from Pillsbury.com INGREDIENTS 3/4 cup water 1/4 cup butter or margarine, cut up 1/2 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 3 eggs 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh chives 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh basil leaves DIRECTIONS 1 Heat oven to 425°F. Line 2 cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper. In 2-quart saucepan, heat water, butter and salt to rolling boil over medium heat. When butter is melted, remove from heat; stir in flour all at once until blended.  2 Return to medium heat; cook 1 to 1 1/2 minutes, stirring constantly, until dough forms a ball and leaves a slight film on side of pan.  3 Remove from heat; stir in eggs, one at a time, stirring until thoroughly mixed. Stir in Parmesan cheese, chives and basil. On cookie sheets, drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart into 1 1/4-inch mounds, making 30 mounds.  4 Bake about 20 minutes or until golden brown and set. Remove from oven; with tip of sharp knife, make small slit in side of each puff to allow steam to escape. Bake 5 to 8 minutes longer or until dry and firm. These airy little puffs can be cut in half and filled with 1 tablespoon of your favorite salad such as egg salad, tuna salad, ham salad or seafood salad. Puffs can be baked in advance and stored in airtight containers. Reheat on ungreased cookie sheets at 350°F 5 to 10 minutes.