Halftime Tips:

Plan halftime activities to give your guests something to do other than eating. Stock up on fun prizes, such as footballs, pennants, cups, and team clothing, so that everyone will go home with a party favor. Consider the following halftime games:

1. Football-tossing contest. If you can play outdoors, the person who can toss a football the farthest wins. If it needs to be an indoor contest, use a foam football, and have guests toss it through a hula-hoop or into a basket.


2. Play football charades. Create teams, and give each team five word cards that are prepared in advance. Every person takes turns trying to get his or her team to guess the football-related word that they're acting out. The team with the most correct guesses wins. Possible Super Bowl words include:
1. buffalo wings
2. helmet
3. team
4. touchdown
5. field goal
6. coach
7. football
8. referee
9. beer
10. cheerleader


3. The “Don't Say Football” game. Pass out small paper footballs at halftime and have guests stick them to their chests. Guests are not allowed to say "football" while in conversation during halftime. When one guest hears another use the word, that guest can take the football from the offending party. The guest with the most footballs in the end wins.


4. Hot Potato. Organize a game of hot potato with a football, and the last person left in the circle wins.