12 Easy Super Bowl Party Ideas

Are you ready for Super Bowl LIV {54 }?

Ready or not the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs will meet for the Championship Game next weekend so if you are in need of some quick and easy game day party ideas here is a little inspiration for food, favors and decorations. 

You can never go wrong with cupcakes and these Hamburger Cupcakes and Sugar Cookie fries are easier to make than they look and definite crowd pleasers. 

Classic FootBall Cupcakes are always a winner and if you are in need of some party favors these Paper Football Favors can be made with items on hand such as recycled paper grocery bags and twine. It doesn't get easier than that. 

Stamped Sugar Cookies can be personalized however you choose. Option: add a little icing around the edge for an extra special touch. 

Better yet, a 2-in1 dessert, Gingerbread Football Cookies on top of Cupcakes. Green Dyed Coconut on on top of the chocolate frosting completes this festive dessert. 

Meat and Cheese Football Sandwiches with cream cheese laces make a healthy snack. 

No football cookie cutter, No Problem! Try gently squeezing the bottom of a paper cup or the end of a clean, empty can until it bends just enough to resemble a football. Both work well in a pinch. 

The paper cup cookie cutter worked well for cutting out the gingerbread cookie footballs however the can has a nice sturdy edge and is more versatile. 

It worked perfect for these football sandwiches and .... 

the pie crust for these hand pies.

These little Apple Football Hand Pies were fun to make and festive too. 

And why not use another recycled can to make a Football Goal post decoration for the table? Just wrap it with brown construction paper and cut a white strip of paper into laces and glue to the side. Use popsicle sticks for the goal posts and styrofoam, dried beans or rocks to hold it steady. Easy Peasy!

Just for fun how about a Stein full of Butterscotch Buttons and Mini Marshmallows? 

I'll TOAST to that! 

Our Super Bowl plans are still in the works however I will be making something for the big game and will be sure to share. 

CHEERS!

SUPER BOWL 51 ~ party snacks

This year our oldest son and his wife had the family over to their house to watch the Super Bowl which was so much fun. They provided lots of delicious snacks however I didn't want to go empty handed so I made a few things to share. To start, I made a simple little goal post table decoration using an empty can and some craft supplies I had on hand and 

a cute dollar store beer stein full of butterscotch candy and marshmallows.

As for snacks, I made football Apple Hand Pies,

and football sandwiches. 

Since I do not have a football shaped cookie cutter yet I had to make my own again and the new version turned out to be much better. 

I used the open end of an empty can that I squeezed into a football shape. This was much sturdier than my older version....

...which was the bottom of a paper cup. The can was a great improvement!

Mr. Wonderful also made a bunch of smoked chicken wings so we had a good variety of snacks to choose from during the game. 

Happy Monday!

Tomato & Roasted Red Pepper Soup

It's beginning to feel a lot like Autumn

a chill is in the air; 

with highs of seventy two, its time for sweaters and boots,

the perfect things to keep us warm and dry.

It's beginning to feel a lot like Autumn

soon the schools will start;

And we will be warming up, with some SOUP in our portable cups,

while we watch the football game...

{ GO BEAVS! }

The weather here in the Northwest has definitely shifted from summer to fall, almost overnight, which means SOUP is back on our menu! The first batch of the season was Tomato & Roasted Red Pepper Soup which I made last weekend when it was so stormy along with warm BLT sandwiches with fresh tomatoes from our garden. Since the soup recipe makes a lot I was able to freeze some, however, it tasted so good that we have already eaten all of the extra soup I put in the freezer. Looks like I will be making a new batch of soup very soon.

For the Tomato Roasted Red Pepper Soup recipe go here

Have a wonderful FALL Saturday!