DIY Super Bowl 2026 Party Favors – Easy Football Penalty Flags!
These DIY football flags serve a dual purpose: they are a great decoration and a fun treat for your party guests!
Make these DIY Football Penalty Flags for a fun and interactive Super Bowl party favor!
The Super Bowl 2026 matchup is officially set, and the countdown to game day has begun! What could be more fun than making DIY Football Party Favors penalty flags for your Super Bowl party? These DIY penalty flags are so easy and inexpensive to make by using inexpensive stretch fabric, plastic snack bags, twist ties and a choice of candy treats. They can be used as a fun prop while you are watching the game or a great football decoration.
These can be made very quickly and add another element of fun to the Super Bowl party. If anyone is frustrated with a call in the game, a penalty flag party favor can be tossed. I like to make both the yellow penalty flag and red challenge flag to add more color to the football party decor and be more realistic. The yellow flag is the penalty flag and the red is the challenge flag.
Its fun to make football-themed decorations and football party food to at to the Super Bowl Decor. These penalty flags are not only a fun Super Bowl party prop, they are filled with delicious tasty treats so they serve a dual purpose. They can be displayed on a mini football field shown above on a piece of green felt with lines and numbers drawn with a white marker. If you are making multiple favors to give to your party guests, they can also be placed in a DIY NFL Uprights Decoration or a DIY Yard Marker Serving Tray.
Watch the 10-second tutorial below to see how to make them or scroll down for full instructions:
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Materials
- Red and Yellow Stretch Fabric
- Twist Tie
- Small Plastic Snack Bag
- Candy (small items like jelly beans work perfectly)
How to Make the DIY Football Party Favors Penalty Flags
- Cut a square piece of the fabric 12×12 inches.
- Fill a snack bag with candy.
- Twist the bag and secure it with a twisty tie.
- Place the candy bag in the center of the fabric square.
- Fold one of the corners up to the opposite corner.
- Fold the remaining two corners together.
- Cinch the fabric at the top of the candy to form a ball and secure it with a twist tie.
