The big game is here. But good luck even enjoying the commercials, because you have kids.
Managing nachos and your toddler doesn’t have to be a problem. Try some of these 30 easy and fun activities to get your kids involved in the Super Bowl.
Games
1. For older kids, play Super Bowl Bingo. Offer a small prize and bragging rights for the winner. It’s fun for adults, too.
2. A picture-based Bingo game could be fun for little ones.
3. And don’t forget TV commercial Bingo.
4. Pin the ball on the field goal. Use yellow washi tape or blue painter's tape to mark out a goal post on your wall. Blindfold the kids and have them try to stick footballs between the posts for a prize. You can cut the footballs easily out of brown paper.
5. Football corn hole.
6. ...or mini football corn hole.
7. Hide football-themed items around the house for a scavenger hunt.
8. If you feel brave, make some origami footballs and let the kids play some rounds of flick football.
9. Football I Spy
10. Football word search
Crafts
12. With some streamers and empty toilet paper rolls, your kids can make some cheerleader pom poms.
13. Cut out football shapes out of brown paper and have kids decorate them with stickers, glitter and the colors from their favorite team.
14. Print out NFL-themed coloring sheets.
15. Make mini foam fingers and megaphones. On second thought, maybe not the megaphones.
16. Football shrinky dinks
17. Turn toilet paper tubes into football players. Bonus game: Set them up and use them as bowling pins.
18. Mini goal posts
19. Lace-up football
20. Penalty flags (just don’t throw them near the TV)
I'm excited for the super bowl, all the good snacks mom is gonna fix— Lisa Bowman (@wobble_D_whop) January 25, 2016
Food
21. Cake pops that look like little footballs
A photo posted by Karyn (@pintsizedbaker) on Jan 28, 2016 at 2:53pm PST
22. Turn sugar cookies into footballs with some brown and white icing. Bonus craft: Let kids decorate them.
A photo posted by Mona Flood (@merci.bakery) on Jan 27, 2016 at 10:15am PST
23. Turn ice cream sandwiches into footballs.
24. Super Bowl cupcakes
25. Popcorn bar
26. Wrap mini hot dogs in crescent rolls and decorate them with mustard for tasty footballs in a blanket.
27. Pretzel bites
28. Football pretzels