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How To Plan A Football Party

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This do-it-yourself” football party discussion is sponsored by CVS’ exclusive Gold Emblem food and snack line.

How To Plan A Football Party

It’s the perfect time of year for you and some friends and family to get together and enjoy a football party.  While most people, including my husband, enjoy hanging out and watching the big game together, I love football parties just for the food and company!  Anyway, it was high time we threw a party at our house so when CVS pharmacy offered to provide exclusive Gold Emblem drinks and snacks for our football party, I said, “Let’s do this thing!”

Select Your Football Party Guests

Select your guests.  Now this is trickier than it sounds.  First you should consider your target number of party goers.  I was thinking around 15 would be good so we invited around 20.  About 30 people showed up because we kept inviting people that we had left out!  It is hard to stop inviting once you get started:)

Invite Your Football Party Guests

The more formal the party, the more notice you should give.  I like to send out invites about 2 weeks out but let’s face it, there is no set limit and if you invite me to a football party tomorrow, I’ll still show up!  How to invite your guests?  Well you can use the phone, email, or an invite system such as Facebook groups or evite.com– whatever works for you!

Pre Football Party Prep

Ahh- they are coming!  Now it is time to clean.  I planned to give each room a through cleaning and do one room a day but the toyroom got totally neglected because I figured no one would notice or care (and they didn’t.)  You should, of course, focus on your main party rooms and the bathrooms.  Don’t do just your guest bathroom because you know that there will be multiple people wanting to go at once.  This time of year, you may also want to consider where your guests will put their coats and get that area cleaned up and ready too.  You may also need to rearrange furniture to provide enough seating.

It is also time to shop!  Plan your food and snack menu.  You want to consider having a variety of snacks, sweets, and food to please your guests.  You may want to have some lighter options like popcorn and some more filling protein packed snacks like nuts.   Plan your drink options- be sure to think of adults and kids and again provide varitey.  Make sure you have serving supplies on hand- you will need plenty of plates and it is a good idea to have large and small available.  If you are using plastic cups, have a Sharpie on hand to label people’s cups so they don’t get mixed up. Don’t forget get supplies like toilet paper and soap for the halftime bathroom break!

My son planned ahead for our football party by reserving his seat near the snacks!  Kids are so funny.

Reserve your seat by the snacks

CVS provided a handy dandy checklist and I found it useful to review before the party to make sure that I hadn’t overlooked anything.

Free Printable Football Party Game Day Essential Checklist

football party checklist

Sometimes a checklist is just what I need to help me visualize everything that needs to be done and help put me at ease that I have done everything I needed to do.

Gold Emblem Snacks And Drinks For Your Football Party

Whether you planning a football party  for the football itself or for the ads and time with family and friends, Gold Emblem can make sure that you have everything you need to host a party with delicious snacks, beverages and treats.

Here are a few of the Gold Emblem products we served at our football party over the weekend just to give you some ideas of snacks and beverages you may enjoy at your football party.

CVS Gold Emblem Ranch Flavored Pretzel Bites

ranch pretzel bites- football party snacks

Gold Emblem Pistachios with Sea Salt

pistachios- football party snacks

Gold Emblem Select Soft Baked Brownie Cookies

gold emblem cookies- football party snacks

football party

CVS Gold Emblem Classic Blend Trail Mix- (I absolutely love this stuff and it has REAL M&Ms.)

Gold Emblem Trail Mix- football party snack

CVS Gold Emblem Deluxe Mixed Nuts No Peanuts and Butter Popcorn
mixed nuts and popcorn football party snacks

You can view the full line of Gold Emblem food and drinks at your local CVS pharmacy or you can check out the Gold Emblem Shop on CVS.com
#GoldEmblem @CVS_Extra

Gold Emblem party favor bags

As you can tell, we had fans representing the Seahawks and the 49ers.  It is always fun to have people cheering for both sides!  Who were you cheering for?

Have Fun!

Now that you have planned your football party, sit back and enjoy your company, snacks, and of course, maybe the football too!  Are you hosting any football parties this year?

CVS Gift Card Giveaway:

CVS gift card giveaway
One lucky reader will win one $25 CVS Gift Card so they can get their favorite Gold Emblem snacks.

CVS Gift Card Giveaway Dates:  January 21- January 27, 2014 Midnight CST

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This post brought to you by CVS. Opinions expressed are my own.

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Comments

  5. Mary Diehl says

    I love their CVS Gold Emblem Deluxe Mixed Nuts No Peanuts. I just love to munch on nuts and these are great. So many has more peanuts than anything, so I like these without the peanuts.

  7. Janet W. says

    My favorite CVS Gold Emblem snack is the CVS Gold Emblem Absolutely Divine Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies .

  12. Peggy D says

    my favorite Gold Emblem product would be the Gold Emblem Trail Mix Energy Blend, great for a healthy snack

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  22. Michele P says

    while I too love the macadamia nuts, I also like the CVS Gold Emblem Select Colossal Cashews, Lightly Salted.

  43. Anne says

    I’m a big fan of Gold Emblem nuts, like the CVS Gold Emblem Deluxe Mixed Nuts. Good right from the can, or coated with egg white and spices for an extra treat.

  47. Terri Moore says

    My favorite would be the honey roasted almonds. The key is to have lots of snacks some sweet, some salty and some healthy like the nuts to munch on.

  52. Catherine Shaw says

    My fave is CVS Gold Emblem Cashew Halves and Pieces Lightly Salted — delish and pretty healthful too!

  65. lissa crane says

    I love the Gold Emblem Gummy Bears! My whole family goes crazy for them, I usually have to hide them just so my husband and I can have a few before we hand them over to the kids and they disappear!

  66. Christina Marie says

    My favorite snack is the CVS Gold Emblem Dry Roast Honey Roasted Peanuts. Thanks for the giveaway!

  80. DESIREE H says

    My tip: Do not clean the whole time guests are over. Clean at the end, enjoy the time you have with your guests!

  89. Kimberly Hilbert says

    CVS Gold Emblem Absolutely Divine Chocolate Chip Macadamia Cookies are one of our favorites.

  120. Susan Ladd says

    I like the CVS Gold Emblem Tropical Trail Mix. I want to thank you for this awesome sweep 🙂

  126. Wild Orchid says

    I love their morning blend trail mix.

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  134. Jennifer T. says

    I like the Absolutely Divine Lemon Creme Shortbread Cookies.
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  159. Brian E. says

    Thanks for the giveaway… we would stock up on a variety of nuts for our SB viewing party !

  163. Sarah L says

    Tip: do as much as you can beforehand. Make something in the crockpot and forget about it.
    Thanks for the contest.