Easy Football-Themed Frozen Balloon Drink Cooler + $100 Gift Card Giveaway

Thank you Dollar Tree for sponsoring this Football-Themed Frozen Balloon Drink Cooler.  As always, all opinions are 100% mine.

Practically all of San Diego was tuned in to the Chargers game a couple weeks ago, when our home town football team here in San Diego was seeking their first playoff win since 2008.  This was a big deal for our city, and we used it as a great excuse to eat some great food and cold drinks while watching the game!

I wanted a unique way to serve some retro style glass bottle sodas that I had been saving up for the game, so I used a fun idea from the Dollar Tree Value Seekers Club that I just love!

Although ice and coolers are very effective at keeping drinks cool, they can also make a huge mess, so their solution was just perfect for my football game get together.  

You can find the directions for the Dollar Tree Frozen Balloon Drink Cooler HERE, on Dollar Tree's website.  While you're checking out the directions, be sure to sign up for the club! 

The Dollar Tree Value Seekers Club is a club full of crafts, recipes, decor, tips, contests, insider information, frugal fun ideas, and more!  Membership is totally free, and the ideas and tips change every month, so there are always fresh new ideas for you to discover.  Project sheets that are found online can be saved or printed, and are perfect for taking with you to the store as your shopping list.

Supplies I used:

• Balloons (from Dollar Tree- I picked out the blue and yellow colored balloons) 
• Large metal tub
• San Diego Chargers Sticker (or your favorite football team's sticker- make sure it's repositionable if you don't want it there permanently)
• Mini footballs (from Dollar Tree)

I used frozen balloons, as suggested in the directions, but chose to pick out and use the light blue, dark blue, and yellow balloons to go with my San Diego Chargers team colors.  Instead of using a large bowl, I used a large drink tub that I already had that was perfect for holding our drinks and ice!

After adding the Charger bolt to the front of the basket, and some frozen mini footballs to the inside of my tub cooler, we were all set to cheer on our team in style!  Much more festive than plain ice, don't you think?

Would you like to make your own?  Great, because I'm giving away a $100  Dollar Tree gift card to one of my readers!!  Exciting, right?  $100 goes a long way at Dollar Tree... that's 100 awesome items!  And the entry couldn't be any easier!  

Here's how to enter to win a $100 Dollar Tree gift card:

1.  Sign up for the Dollar Tree Value Seekers Club (it's FREE).

2.  Leave a comment on this blog post, and make sure to include the email address you used when you signed up (to validate your entry).  I'd love to hear which project you'd like to try first!

The contest will end on Sunday, January 26th, 2014 at 11:59 pm, and I'll pick a random winner on Monday, January 27th.  Winner will be contacted by email.  Good luck!

If you'd like to see more great ideas from the Dollar Tree Value Seekers Club, you can click on any of the photos below to see what other bloggers are creating.  Don't forget to join the club, and then leave a comment on this post with your email address.

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xo, Laura

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