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    Home » Entertaining Ideas » Party Ideas

    Published: Mar 7, 2016 · Modified: Dec 14, 2020 by Rachel

    DIY Basketball Party Ideas

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    Basketball themed birthday party table with DIY crafts and orange and black color scheme.

    Basketball season is in full swing as we countdown to the championships! I am sure there will be lots of parties for The Big Tournament. I completely understand that throwing a party, especially a sports themed one, can be daunting. However, think of it this way- cakes, cookies, pizza, OREOs and many classic party dishes are all round. Guess what else is round? A basketball! So, this theme is actually a cinch to do. A few snacks and some festive themed crafts really help everyone to get into the spirit!

    Basketball Party Cupcake stand with popcorn boxes like referee stripes.

    Everyone loves a cute table, and a setup is easy to do with a few items you may already have on hand. I always like to add at least one decorative area with some height. This can be a cupcake stand or even some stacked crates. I love a stack-able cake stand with a lip like this one. For this basketball party, I used a cupcake stand and balanced a basketball on a glass to add height.

    White party table with orange table runner and black concessions banner on burlap tags.

    The table is layered with a coordinating piece of felt cut to size and some wood-look floor tiles. While you may not have scrap tile laying around the house, another festive tea towel or even painted scrap wood would look beautiful.

    Wooden table filled with Basketball painted mason jars, basketball cookies, and bottles of Coca-cola next to pizza.

    All of these basketball party goodies have to come from somewhere, right? For this party, I kept with my ’round’ theme by purchasing some OREOs, pizza, queso dip and chips, and drinks. Although I kept my basketball party classic with orange and black, you could use your favorite college team’s colors. Another idea that easily coordinates is using the colors of two rivals if they are playing each other. That would be really fun!

    One thing I love about parties is creating crafts and decorating for the party. We threw around quite a few ideas about what to serve and I wanted to do something special with the drinks. Usually, I put cold sodas in a giant ice bucket and just go with it. However, the ice melts so fast and the bucket gets so heavy that I can’t lift it on my own. That was how I decided to serve individual mason jars with ice. Of course, I gave them the full basketball party theme treatment!

    Painting glass mason jar orange for DIY basketball inspired mason jar project.

    For these jars, use paint specifically made to bond to glass – the symbol on the top of this one indicates that it is for glass. You can find it at almost any craft store in the craft paint section. Paint several coats or until desired opaqueness is achieved with about 30 min to 1 hour between coats. Since they will be used for drinking, you do not want to paint the rims around the lid area or any area that will come in direct contact with food.

    Hand painted basketball mason jars with metal lids and black and white paper straws.

    To make the paint more resistant to scratching, you can either allow the paint to air dry for 3 weeks or bake them. If you are baking glassware, place the completed, painted glass in a cool oven. Turn the oven to 350ºF and bake for 30 minutes. Turn the oven off and allow to completely cool in the oven. You definitely don’t want to jostle or allow the glass to change temperature too quickly, which results in possibly breaking. After completely cool, set aside for a day or two.

    Oreo in orange tinted white chocolate in glass bowl for making basketball cookies.

    Easy and SO cute… and of course, you can’t beat OREOs for when that desire for something sweet hits. These simple decorated OREOs are pretty awesome, you guys… so let’s talk about that for a sec. I dipped the OREOs in orange candy melts, covering both sides. I scooped them up with a fork and shook off any excess chocolate. Allow the candy coating to cool on wax paper or my favorite silicone baking mat. Using a #1 Cake Decorating tip (very, very tiny round hole) and black candy melts, write the stripes on the basketballs.

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    Now, who wants to party?!

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    1. Cristi Comes says

      March 11, 2016 at 11:01 am

      5 stars
      What a fun and festive basketball party! I love how you added the basketball on top of a glass for decor. That’s brilliant. It really does add a nice height and is something I have lying around so no extra expense. Your mason jars are adorable too. #client

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    2. Emily, Our house now a home says

      March 10, 2016 at 12:12 pm

      5 stars
      I love these! How fun and simple!

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    3. Christina @ The DIY Mommy says

      March 09, 2016 at 10:32 pm

      5 stars
      What great ideas for a basketball party! I LOVE the covered Oreos, and those painted mason jars are fantastic.

      Reply
      • Rachel says

        March 11, 2016 at 9:03 am

        Thank you so much, Christina! The kids loved them.

        Reply
    4. Sarah @ The Gold Lining Girl says

      March 09, 2016 at 9:29 am

      5 stars
      These are such adorable ideas for a party! The Oreos look sooooo cute! I love that you included pics that are step-by-step for the Oreos and the Mason jars!

      Reply
    5. Elise says

      March 09, 2016 at 1:53 am

      5 stars
      I LOVE the mason jars! They turned out so well (I actually thought you had purchased orange jars!) and chocolate covered Oreos??? YUM!

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    6. Ruthie says

      March 08, 2016 at 11:33 pm

      5 stars
      The mason jars are adorable and the cookies look delicious!! Great job!

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    7. Katy-ashadeofteal says

      March 08, 2016 at 6:16 pm

      5 stars
      I love any craft involving mason jars! Soo cute, and I want to eat those cookies!!!

      Reply
    8. Heart says

      March 08, 2016 at 8:40 am

      5 stars
      This is so cool, Rachel! My husband loves basketball and these projects will add up to our excitement. Thanks for sharing your creativity.

      Reply

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