Mardi Gras Super Bowl




 
We here at Party411 think it's great that Super Bowl falls in the same month as Mardi Gras! Two of the most festive holidays of the year can now be celebrated with one big bash! Your guests will love this Mardi Gras Super Bowl party!

Mardi Gras Super Bowl Invitations
We have great Super Bowl invitations and Mardi Gras invitations. Even better, we've got a personalized Mardi Gras Super Bowl Invitation! What could be better? To add to the excitement, I'd add football confetti to the envelope.

You can also make your own invite, just layer cardstock in Mardi Gras colors (purple, green and gold) and add a foam cutout of a football in one corner. Throw some Mardi Gras beads in the envelope to seal the deal!

Or choose a football ticket invitation in green, purple or yellow to match the Mardi Gras colors. You get to use your own wording, and can order as few as 30. These are great for a Mardi Gras Super Bowl bash.

Mardi Gras Super Bowl Decorations and Party Supplies
This is a great party because you can really mix Super Bowl decorations and Mardi Gras decorations! Any combination will work as long as you've got a good mix of football and Mardi Gras.

Hang a Mardi Gras party banner at the door welcoming everyone to Mardi Gras and Super Bowl 2012! Surround it with inflatable footballs.

Inside you're guests will LOVE a personalized Mardi Gras Football player cutout with your face and a speech bubble welcoming them to Mardi Gras and Super Bowl. Or get the photo op for your guests!

Nothing screams Mardi Gras more than beads, so greet your guests with football beads. Football maracas will help your guests cheer on their favorite team.

Here are a few more of our favorite Mardi Gras and Football decorations that are perfect for mixing and matching. Use what works for you!
By combining these two fantastic themes, you can't go wrong!

Super Bowl Party Menu and Table Decorations
This is a casual party, so paper goods are perfect. We've got football party paper goods and Mardi Gras paper goods. I personally love the Super Bowl paper goods. I'd use these for dinner and and use the Mardi Gras napkins and small plates for appetizers and snacks.

Set the table with a grass field tablecover. Centerpieces can be Mardi Gras jester hats with a lime green boa wrapped around the base. You can put an inflatable football in the center of the hat, or have latex and Mylar balloons coming out of the center.
 
Give your food a Mardi Gras feel with Gumbo and other New Orleans style food. For dessert, stick with the traditional Mardi Gras King Cake.

Make sure your drinks look as fabulous as your table. Provide everyone with tasty hurricanes! Get the Pat O’Brien’s Hurricane Mix. It’s been a staple in New Orleans and at Mardi Gras parties since World War II.
 
You should also personalize your beer bottles (a must for Mardi Gras AND Super Bowl) with a personalized Mardi Gras Super Bowl beer bottle label! Put your cold drinks in a big cooler (just like tailgating!) or get this fun inflatable goal post cooler. Remember to pick up plenty of ice!

Mardi Gras Super Bowl Activities
It is Mardi Gras, so make your guests work for their Mardi Gras beads! Have Super Bowl betting contests and give out beads to the winners. Football trivia is another fun idea. Grab some facts from our Super Bowl History and put together some simple questions. You can have a variety of difficulty levels and offer Mardi Gras metallic beads for the easier contests and more fancy blinking mask beads for more difficult contests.
 
At halftime you can have a bead scavenger hunt (this works well for kids), with beads hidden around the house.

A Super Bowl Pool Board betting game is perfect for your Super Bowl XLV party. Use ours or create your own. Here's how it works:
  • Sell each square on the grid for a set amount of money. Play big or small.
  • Numbers 0-9 are assigned randomly across the rows and down the columns after bets are places and squares are bought. (Draw out of a hat for the order of numbers for each row and column)
  • The numbers beside each team name represent the last digit in the score for that team. For example, if the score were "AFC team 14- NFC team 3", then who ever's name is in the square under the "4" of the AFC team and the "3" of NFC would win.
The betting board is a great way to keep people interested in the game! You should also check out our Super Bowl Games and Activities and Mardi Gras Party Games for some fun ways to entertain your guests!

Super Bowl Party Favors
At the end of the game, pass out a personalized Mardi Gras Super Bowl Candy Bar to thank everyone for attending. And since the party would not have been the same without your guests, crown them King or Queen with a Kings Crown or a Queens Crown!