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Game Day Decor (two-for-one!)

2 February 2010 6,818 views 11 Comments

by Care

I came across this cute mini football field idea a couple months ago, and have been hanging onto it to share in time for the Superbowl. It's super easy -- you just need an astroturf-type rug (my dollar store has them!), some white tape, and some white sticker numbers. Simple and so fun! [Here's where I found it.]

Project Estimate:

astroturf mat, $1
white tape, on hand
number stickers, $2 and up

Total: $3 and up

Of course I couldn't stop there; I had to make a cute felt football garland to go with it! It was really easy and took less than 30 minutes to make.

Project Estimate:

brown and white felt, $.35/sheet (I used two sheets of brown and 1/4 sheet of white for a 24-ball garland)
sewing machine and thread

Total: about $1 and up

To start, I simply cut football shapes from brown felt, and long strips (for stripes) and stitch shapes from white felt.

To attach the stripes on the ends of the footballs, I fed each football through my machine as shown in the photo, attaching the stripes as I went. (I didn't do any backstitching.)

Ah, wouldn't it make the most lovely football necklace? No? Okay, cut them apart and trim the stripes.

I then attached the "stitches" and strung the garland all at the same time by feeding the footballs end-to-end through my machine. I alternated the curve of the stitches on every other football for a little more "football-y" dimension.

Ta-Da! One football garland, ready to hang!

Caroline Sanchez (Care) has been sewing since her mom taught her the basics at around six years old. She has always been driven to CREATE, even from a very young age. She is mommy to two little boys and one baby girl, and almost every spare moment she has is spent in her sewing room or working on her blog, Obsessively Stitching

11 Comments »

SewCraftyMeg said:

Oh my gosh what great ideas! I have a boy that loves football and always wants a football theme for his B-day parties… I am tagging this in my reader for future reference! Thank you for sharing them. :)

# 2 February 2010 at 8:52 am

Lori said:

So this is just way too cute for me!! If I were having a Superbowl party I’d so be making all of this!!

I’ll just have to save it for another time!

Go Saints!

# 2 February 2010 at 9:13 am

Adrienne said:

I love these! I love how inexpensive it is too! Thanks for sharing!

http://kitsch-a-licious.blogspot.com/

# 2 February 2010 at 10:37 am

heather said:

Cute ideas!! Thanks for sharing. Ha ha about the football necklace. :)

# 3 February 2010 at 5:27 pm

Stephanie said:

What a great idea! I just thought of how I am going to make the grass look like a track field for a birthday bash I am doing! Thanks for the post!

# 3 February 2010 at 7:01 pm

Rachel said:

I love the garland! Thanks so much, I’ll be linking.

# 5 February 2010 at 9:30 am

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# 1 February 2011 at 1:17 pm

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week | An Eclectic Blog said:

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# 4 February 2011 at 4:29 pm

Jen S said:

I LOVE the garland! I’m going to try to make some for the Superbowl! I’m glad to know they are fast!

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# 30 January 2012 at 7:16 am

Let the Games Begin | said:

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# 1 February 2012 at 7:14 am