Basketball is one of my son's favorite sports to watch and play! Whether you're planning a birthday party or a March Madness watch party we have tons of party ideas to help you throw a memorable and fun event!
Set The Scene
Make your child the star of their own party with this life-size wall decal! Simply send in a photo of your child in their favorite basketball jersey or uniform and you can have it printed as a 3, 5 or 7-foot wall decal! For me, this was the perfect way to set the scene for a personalized basketball party. My son walked in the room, gasped out loud and jumped for joy when he saw himself at the center of his party table! I also used a wood paper roll to cover the walls to bring in the look and feel of a basketball floor.
Pick a Color Scheme
Add a pop of color to the orange, black and white color scheme of traditional basketball parties. Choose a color that matches your child's favorite basketball team or even their own team's colors. Purple just so happened to be the color of my son's team uniform AND his favorite team, the Lakers! Win-win for mom! Many of the purple items used here like these School Spirit Foam Hands come in a variety of colors so you can match the decorations to your team's colors.
Decorate with Basketballs
Use full-size basketballs to decorate your party space. Create amazing basketball centerpieces by placing a basketball on top of a 10-inch gold trophy. Place it on top of a stained wood plank sign and surround it with three smaller Basketball Trophy Party Favors. TIP: The full-size basketballs come in a pack of 6, so you can use them all throughout your party space and then give them to your party guests as an amazing party favor. If you have more than six guests, you can use them as game prizes for the top 6 winners.
Basketball Party Favors
These Basketball Trophy Party Favors are super easy to make with this tutorial that also comes with free printable labels.
Set up a Dessert Station
Add this fun interactive Dunking Donut Hole Dessert Station to your party for a fun way to serve basketball-themed desserts at your party. The step-by-step tutorial HERE will show you exactly how to do it. Your guests will have a ball dunking their donut holes for a yummy, sweet treat!
Serve other snacks concession style in easy-to-hold basketball popcorn boxes.
Send other sweet treats home with each guest. Fill round plastic containers with wrapped basketball chocolate balls and you have an easy take-home party favor.
Create a Fun Party Game
What's a basketball party without a basketball party game, right? Set up this game and it instantly becomes another wow-factor for your party space. Be sure to check out the step-by-step tutorial on how to make it and how to play. You'll want to have lots of fun basketball toys on-hand to give out as prizes like these basketball kickballs, basketball whistles, and bouncy balls.
Basketball Party Dining Table
Your guests will love to gather around this basketball party dining table complete with a show-stopper basketball trophy centerpiece.
Add a pop of your team's color by layering a colored round dinner plate in between a charger and a basketball dessert plate. Place a colored dinner napkin under a basketball beverage napkin. Finish it off with basketball cups and gold cutlery that match the gold, shiny trophy centerpiece perfectly!
Be sure to check out all the coordinating tutorials like the DIY Basketball Party Game, Dunking Donut Holes Dessert Station and DIY Basketball Trophy Party Favors so you can recreate this fun basketball party yourself.
And, don't forget to make your child the star of their party by having a life-size custom photo wall sticker made. Trust me, you will want your camera out when your child walks in to the party and sees themselves on the wall!
