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March is here! Are you ready for spring AND some basketball? I know I’ll be cheering on my favorite team from Kansas! If you’re planning to watch some basketball games with your family or friends, I’m going to show you how to make this great DIY Tabletop Basketball Game for shooting some hoops while watching the games. Plus, I’ll show you how to create some fun basketball cookies to serve for snacking.
Make this fun DIY Basketball Game for your tabletop!
Supplies you’ll need:
- 7/8″ wood dowel (found in hobby wood dept at Home Depot)
- PVC conduit support strap / bracket (found in electrical section at Home Depot)
- 2″ C clamp
- Black spray paint
- White foamboard
- Red marker
- White plastic canvas / mesh sheet (from hobby store like Michaels)
- Hot glue gun
- Duct tape
- Cheez-It Crunch’d for “basketballs”
Supplies: wood dowel, pvc conduit strap / bracket, c clamp
Saw off a 10″ piece of wood dowel and lightly sand.
Spray paint dowel and bracket.
Affix the bottom of the dowel into the bracket and close (use some duct tape to keep the bracket clamped onto the wood dowel.
Cut a 3″ x 5″ piece of foamboard and draw red edging and shoot box.
Cut a 8″ x 2″ piece of white mesh for the net.
Hot glue together the mesh to create about a 2″ diameter basket (I overlapped 10 squares).
Center and hot glue the net to the foamboard at the bottom of the shooting square.
Affix the bracket and dowel to the table with the C clamp then tape the foamboard onto the wood dowel.
Gather your snacks and use the Cheez-It Crunch’d (with 100% real cheese!), as your basketballs for your tabletop basketball game.
Family fun times!
Fun for the whole family shooting hoops with this DIY tabletop basketball game!
Shoot hoops with Cheez-It Crunch’d and this tabletop basketball game.
Snacks and tabletop basketball game – ready for a basketball party!
You can pick up your Cheez-It Crunch’d and Grooves at Walmart.
Add some great basketball cookies to your basketball party snack food table! Here’s a look at how I created these great basketball cookies for our game party.
I made royal icing using this recipe which used egg whites, vanilla extract, and confectioner’s sugar. Then added some Wilton orange gel food color. Used an icing bag to flood the cookies and the premade black bag icing for the stripes.
What do you think? Will you try to make the DIY tabletop basketball game or perhaps some basketball cookies for your next party? Be sure to check out the Most Valuable Cheese Contest that is taking place from Feb – April 2015. Users can vote on their favorite flavors/varieties from six popular Cheez-It flavors and play games for a chance to win $10,000.
Jen says
This is such a cute idea! My son would love this! Thanks for sharing. Found you through the SoFab Facebook group – Cheez-It thread :)
Kimberly says
Thanks so much Jen! I appreciate you hopping over to check it out!
Samantha K says
I love the tabletop basketball game! My kids would have something to keep them busy while we watch the game ;) #client
Kimberly says
Glad you liked it Samantha! Our girls are still having a blast with it!
Melanie says
This makes “playing with your food” look so much fun!
Kimberly says
Ha! Yes, definitely a rare chance when it’s ok to throw your food. :)
Renee's Kitchen Adventures says
Loving all these ideas! How fun is that hoop with those Crunch’d products? I am a huge lover of the Cheezit grooves. So good!
Kimberly says
Thanks so much Renee! We also LOVED the Cheez It Groove Cheddar Ranch. Yum!
Kristin Wheeler says
How fun is this? Perfect project to make eating a treat (and game)! Nice for the BIG basketball event happening soon! #client
Kimberly says
Yes, I’m really looking forward to that big event! Hoping my birds from Kansas can go far this year!
Wendy @ ABCs and Garden Peas says
I love the game! My son always gets told about throwing things in the house, but this would give him an outlet for his skillz! haha… Definitely looks like a fun way to involve the kids on game day, since watching the real game gets a little long and boring for them.
Kimberly says
Great Wendy! You can also make it more difficult by setting the distance from your shooting “line” to the hoop. Just be sure you’re ready for handling the misses that land on the floor!
Kelly from @KellysLuckyYou says
We are big Notre Dame and Indiana University fans at our house. Looking forward to an exciting tournament! Thanks for sharing the game tutorial – it looks professional quality!
Kimberly says
Thanks so much Kelly! Looks like there’s a chance we’ll be cheering against each other on March 22nd & 26th… :)