I’ll talk about the snack stadium in two parts, how to build it and how to fill it.
Snack Stadium
Supplies:
- 14 Cardboard Magazine Files, unassembled
- Ruler, Hot Glue, Scissors
- 2 Half Size Foil Pans
- Parchment Paper or Aluminum Foil
Directions:
- Open up the magazine file until it is in one flat piece. This will probably require that you separate two pieces that are glued together. Cut the top 3.5 inches off the magazine file. Keep the piece you cut off as a template for the other magazine boxes.
- Repeat the process until all 14 boxes have been trimmed down by 3.5″ inches. With a hot glue gun, reassemble the magazine file. There will be 6 boxes along the back and three on each side. The final two will serve as a stand for the soda cans. They are assembled the same way but turned on their side. The soda cans stand up on the side of the magazine files.
- Line 12 of the magazine holders with foil or parchment paper. It will protect your food and the cardboard.
- This snack stadium is salty vs sweet so I decided to split the field in half. That is why you need 2 half size foil pans. If you want to make the field one thing, just pick up a full size foil pan instead.
Filling the Snack Stadium:
- A snack stadium can hold a wide variety of snacks, so I went to Walmart to find the best selection of treats and snacks for my snack stadium. My must have items were:
- Pepsi™ and Diet Pepsi™ 12 oz. 12 packs
- Skittles®
- SNICKERS® FUN SIZE®
- TOSTITOS® Scoops and TOSTITOS® Original
- TOSTITOS® Chunky Salsa
- I filled in the rest of my sweet and salty sections with goodies from the chip and candy aisle at Walmart. There were a tons of choices at a great price.
- Stack 8 cans on each corner of the stadium. Add some books to the magazine file to keep it from collapsing from the weight of the cans.
- For the salty half of the field I went with a pretty traditional layered dip. The layers were beans, sour cream, cheese, and salsa verde. I added yard lines with sour cream.
- The sweet half of the field is green rice cereal treats. The photos don’t look very green but I was trying to match the shade of the salsa verde, so it’s pretty light. The yard lines on the sweet side are piped on frosting.
- To finish it off, I added some football shaped bowls and added TOSTITOS® Chunky Salsa and some Skittles®.
- Just to add to the football theme I added some plastic football helmets, #1 “foam” fingers, and megaphones that say “Go Team.” These are meant for cake decorations and therefore are food safe. Always be cautious about what items you put in contact with your food.
Here’s the whole stadium once it was finished. If you were going to build and serve the Snack Stadium it would probably feel pretty overwhelming. I made a few of the magazine files at a time and then it was time to serve I just had to set it up and fill with food. It is totally manageable. Your game day guests are going to love it too!
Okay, I have one more quick little how-to I want to tell you about. Skittles® on a diagonal is a challenge. I tried all kind of things to make my Skittles® section look full.What finally worked was taking three small bowls and duct taping them to the box. A small piece of tape on each side of the bowl did the trick. I stuffed the magazine file with colorful tissue paper to hide any gaps in between the bowls.
Here’s a shot of the empty bowls. You can see the tissue paper and the duct tape.
Here it is full of Skittles®. You can still see the tape a little bit, but once it in the snack stadium next to other magazine files, it really is not noticeable at all.
There is a lot going on in this snack stadium so here are a few more shots up close. Go Team Salty!
Go Team Sweet!
Okay, so which side are you on? Team Salty or Team Sweet? Leave me a comment and let me know what belongs in your ultimate snack stadium! Visit the #GameDayGlory hub for lots more ideas for Snack Stadiums.
I absolutely love this! It looks impressively amazing! Hopefully my lack of skills doesn’t keep me from making this.
You can totally do this!
I’d be willing to take on the entire field! The salty and sweet both look delicious.
Flag on the play. Too many nom noms on the field. 10 pretzel penalty. First down (of your pop).
That is absolutely awesome! We have a Super Bowl party in a couple weeks this is going to be perfect thanks for the idea!
I am not a football fan at all and hoped my children wouldn’t be either, but I have one little boy who would love this.
What a beautiful table setting of snacks. I would never think to be so creative. I love both salty and sweet.
What a cute idea! This would be perfect for a SuperBowl party! I love it.
Aww, this looks so cool! I want to build something like that for a game day. This is so creative!
This is a very creative way to watch football! I would really love to do this for the finals!
Nice mix of salty/savory and sweet snacks! Variety is the spice of life right? 🙂
How creative! My kids would love to have this while watching those exciting football games! Great for a party too. Love those pretzels! Yum!
Thanks! I was super excited to find some football shaped pretzels!
I too love any occasion that has people gathering and of course the snacks to go along with the occasion. This snack stadium is an amazingly brilliant idea and what a great little video I might add. Thanks for sharing the stadium idea.
Now those looks like some tasty snacks. We used to get together when there is a major game and I kind of missed it.
This is so adorable for the occasion. I’m having a super bowl party for friends and family members and have been looking for something creative to do.
I have seen snack stadiums before but this one blows all the others away!! This looks amazing and would be perfect for Super Bowl weekend!!
Aw, thanks! It was fun to put together.
This is super cute! I want to try something like this. I am sure this is going to be a big hit.
This is a wonderful idea! I think this would be a huge hit during the SuperBowl! I may just have to try this out at a SuperBowl party this year!
I have a sweet tooth, but I do crave for salty snacks sometimes. That snack stadium is so fun. My boys would be delighted to see that. 🙂
This is by far one of the cutest Game Day stadium set ups. What I like about it is that you can also change it up a bit and use the same basic set up for a hot dog bar or something. So cute.
This is so perfect for game day! I might even be able to pull it off myself and impress our guests.
This is so cool! I must copy this for my next Sunday game Day party.
This is so pretty! You’ve inspired me to host a party just to make something like that!
This is such a brilliant idea. Will work so well for a birthday party or sports get together at home.
That looks like so much fun! While I never entertain for that many, it would be cool to try and make.
Great job! I love your creativity and how easy you make it all look!
Making it Salty vs. Sweet was a great idea! It turned out amazing! (client)
That is awesome! And looks like something that even I could do and I am not crafty at all!! I love it!!
Thanks Leila! You could totally do it!
Awesome work on this!!! I’m rooting for SWEET! 🙂
I really like how you did a salty vs sweet theme. That looks amazing. Congratulations on being one of the top 10 influencers in the campaign.
Thanks so much!!
Salty vs. Sweet – that’s so clever! Love it!
Thanks Rose! I love how your stadium came out out.
This looks wonderful! I love the football helmets. So cool!
Thanks! The helmets were one of my favorite details too!
Thank you so much for this very cute idea! This would be helpful for anyone who would want to create a snack/candy table under this kind of theme. Not only is this ideal for kiddie parties, this is also nice for adult house parties who are fond of sports games.
These are all pretty awesome.
all of them but chocolate is best