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Touchdown!  A Football Bar Mitzvah

A Bar or Bat Mitzvah Theme

This theme is perfect for a child you loves football.  It can be tweaked a bit though and used for any sport played in a stadium!

Football Bar Mitzvah Invitations

Let everyone know they are invited to a game at [Your Last Name] stadium!  Use a football theme invitation for the party, inserted with the formal Bar or Bat Mitzvah invitation.  You can also send it after your formal invitation is sent. 

Or use a great photo ticket invitation with your child's face or a personalized ticket invitation to invite your guests!  What could be better than a ticket to the game?  You can even write that they need the ticket for entry to the party and have someone standing at the door as a ticket taker.  You can even rent turnstiles for your guests to walk under.

A caricature or semi-custom caricature invitation is also a great option for such a special party.  They are completely personalized for your child and are great for centerpieces, sign in boards, seating cards and other decorations at your party.  You can even throw some football confetti in the envelope.

Greet guests with a life-sized cutout of your child dressed as football player with a speech bubble welcoming everyone to the game. 

Fill the cocktail area with bouquets of Mylar football balloons mixed with latex balloons in colors to match your party.  Create them yourself with helium or hire a balloon company.  Any balloon company can help you create these bouquets or fun football theme balloon arches for your party. 

Imprinted cocktail napkins are great for cocktails and dessert at a Bar Mitzvah.  Why not try something witty, like, "Wipe your mouth before you score at (Child's Name)'s Bar/Bat Mitzvah (include the date)."  Or choose a fun preprinted football theme cocktail napkin.

Serve adults beer right out of the can with a ref shirt drink holder or in 14oz NFL football cup like at the stadium.  Better yet, serve them in light up pilsner glasses.  The first drink for the kids can be served in a football water bottle complete with straw.  Don't forget plenty of water for your stadium.  Bottles with personalized labels are great at each place or at the bars.  Bars and buffets can be decorated with football lights.

Use a football theme sign in board or a 3D sports theme sign in book for a wonderful memento! 

Instead of just using table numbers, you can name each table after a different football stadiums, teams or specific players.  Your guest's seating cards should indicate a table number (it's easier to find the table this way) and the table name. 

For seating cards, use a football theme seating card showing the name of the table where the guest is sitting, the guest's name and table number.  Or look for a small football and write the guest's seating information right on the ball.   

You may want to have a bouquet of balloons at this area to draw people over to this area!
 

The Party Room

At the next door into the party room, display a sign saying …"(Child's Name) welcomes all Football Bar/Bat Mitzvah Super Stars!"

Have fun with linens at the party!  If each table is named for a different team, then use those team colors on that table.  You can also have the balloons match the team colors.  If you're party is focusing on one team then use the colors of your team. If if the party center you are using only has white linens, see if they can get you napkins in the colors of your teams.  Don't forget to decorate your napkins!  Wrap football beads or football whistle around the napkins. 

Football Party Favors

Have a handful of football tambourines, football clackers, football maracas, and football whistles on hand for the DJ to pass out. 

Here are a few more fun football theme party favors ideas:

• As your guests are leaving have someone pass our personalized football candy bar with either milk or dark chocolate as a sweet way to say thanks for attending.

• Personalized jersey style t-shirts or footballs

• Hats from your favorite team (most stores will give you a discount for buying bulk)

• Personalized football mint or candy tins

And, of course, Party411 can help with t-shirts, boxer shorts or any other favor you can think of for your football party!  Send us an e-mail for more information on personalized party favors.

Here are some pictures of a fun football theme Ohio State University Theme Bar Mitzvah that we planned at Party411!