This Sunday Super Bowl 50 will be taking place in San Francisco with the Carolina Panthers versus the Denver Broncos. Whether or not your household is a fan of the sport or tuning in there are plenty of ways to get your family charged up about the big game or just football in general.

We’ve put together a list of great football books, as well as games and crafts you can do with your lot this weekend to get everyone in the football spirit.

Football Themed Books via PlayDrMom

• Dino-Football, by Lisa Wheeler
• Family Huddle, by Peyton Manning
• T is for Touchdown, by Brad Herzog
• My Football Book, by Gail Gibbons
• Kick, Pass, and Run, by Leonard Kessler
• Little Granny Quarterback, by Bill Martin Jr and Michael Sampson

Materials

• Football Helmet print out (via Free Kids Crafts)
• Star stickers
• Marker

Football Helmet Sticker Game via PlayDrMom

This is a great way to work on numbers and counting with your child. Depending on how far along they are you choose how many helmets to print out.

• Print out as many helmets as you need provided by Free Kids Crafts.
• Number them each helmet with the numbers 1-10, 1-20, or 1-30 etc. Again this depends on how many numbers your child has mastered.
• Taking one helmet at a time sit with your child and have them identify the written number.
• Now have your child place the correct number of star stickers on the helmet.
• Repeat steps 3 an 4 until you and your child have completed all the helmets.

Paper Football via PlayWorks.org

Materials

• A few sheets of paper. Xerox paper will do just fine.

1. Fold paper into three equal parts the long way.
2. Fold the bottom edge of the paper up to a side edge forming a triangle.
3. Continue folding triangles until a small flap is left.
4. Fold the flap into the triangle. You have now made your football.

Rules of the Game

1. Paper football is played with two people on a long rectangle table.
2. Each player gets four tries to slide the football across the table and score. A player scores a touchdown by getting the football to sit partially on and partially off the end of the table.
3. If a player scores, they get one attempt to “punt” the football through their opponent’s fingers (by making an L with their index finger and thumb on each hand and joining them together to make a goal post).
4. You can choose to apply the rules of football as far a points for scoring and quarters.

We hope these activities get your family excited about the big game this weekend. These activities are the perfect combination of learning and fun! Try them out and let us know how it goes.

Have a bee-utiful weekend!