DIY Game Day Banner Using Paper Plates

When we have a large crowd, I will use paper plates, paper napkins, and plastic forks.

I bought a package of 50 foam plates. I had a few extras that we used to create a banner.

This game day banner is easy enough to make that you can have your children create it while you are making the appetizers for the Big Game party. The colors and the number of paper plates you need will vary based on your favorite team.

DIY Game Day Banner Using Paper Plates

Items Needed:

• 8 1/2 – 9 1/2 Paper or Styrofoam Plates (I used Simply Value 8 7/8 Foam Plates)
• Colored Paper in your team’s colors
• 2 sided tape or glue
• 4 – 6 inch letter stickers (I used  4 inch for the letters and 6 inch for the numbers)
• Paint pen or markers
• hole punch
• string  or twine

Directions:

1. Use a marker or paintbrush to add your team’s colors to the edge of the paper plate.

2. Cut out the center of one unpainted paper plate to create a template. You will use the template to cut out circles from colored paper in your team’s colors.

3.  Trace around the template on colored paper and then cut out the circles.

4. Tape or glue your paper circles to the center of the paper plates.

5. Use sticker letters (and in my case numbers) to spell out your team’s name. I recommend putting one letter per plate. If you don’t have large stickers, you can use Word to print out the letters, but that will involve more cutting. My team uses white numbers that are outlined in black, so once we adhered the white letters to the paper, we traced the letters with a black marker.

6. Use a hole punch and place a hole at approximately 1 and 11 o’clock on the plate:

7. Run string or twine through your paper plates. Have the string go in from the front on the first hole, run the string across the back of the plate, and then have the string come in through the back on the second hole, so that the string doesn’t run across the front of the banner.

8. Attach your banner to push pins to hang it up.

If you have invited fans from the opposing team, you can let the kids create a banner for both teams. Don’t worry about perfection, this is just meant to be a fun activity to let your kids show their team spirit.