Personalized Store: Sports Party Ideas

Is your child a sports star? Is he or she playing basketball or soccer in the summer, and every other sport in between? Then throw him or her a fan-tastic birthday party with our Sports Party Ideas and Favor. We have provided suggestions for everything from lunchbags to party games that will make winners out of all of your guests!

Planning & Invitations

What Do I Need For the Party?
In adition to basic Sports party supplies, like plates, cups, napkins and decorations, you may want to consider purchasing, borrowing or renting the following items for your Sports themed party:

A Sports Movie Air Bud (Rated PG) or else kind of that.
Sports uniforms and sweatbands
Sports equipment (basketball, baseball, baseball bat, soccer ball, etc.)
Water bottles
Coach whistles
Posters of famous althetes
A Pinata

Decorating & Food Ideas

Sports Party Decoration Ideas

Continue your sports theme with decorations that will create a fun atmosphere and set the mood for the party.

Use your child's school colors for your traditional decorations like streamers and balloons. Tie groups of three or four balloons together and anchor them around the party area with balloon weights.
Set mounds of different sports balls and equipment around the party area. Fill a wire basket with sports equipment as well and use it as a centerpiece.
Hang pairs of high tops or cleats by their laces throughout the party area.
Turn a table into a sports field or court using markers or colored tape on top of a colored tablecloth. For example, you could place white "yard markers" on a green table cover to turn it into a football field, or create a basketball court by marking the free throw area over a pale yellow tablecloth.
Hang a banner over the entranceway to the party that says, "Are You Ready to Rumble?"
Hang posters of famous sports stars or stadiums on the walls of the party area.
Tape trading cards and Sports Illustrated photos to the table cover.

Sports Party Food Ideas

Whether you are holding an at-home party, or hosting a party at a ball field, it can be fun to include some sporty snacks that fit your theme!

Serve traditional ballpark fare, such as peanuts, hot dogs, soft pretzels, root beer, and lemonade.
Serve popcorn in traditional popcorn bags. Set out various toppings your guests can add, such as caramel sauce, powdered cheese, melted butter, and cinnamon.
Make "All-Star Sandwiches" by using a cookie cutter to cut sandwich bread into star shapes.
Serve drinks in sports bottles and snacks in toy baseball or football helmets.
Bake or buy a round cake, then ice it to look like your child's favorite sports ball. We have a variety of different ideas for sports cakes in our article on Birthday Cake Ideas.