How to make wooden goalposts for your mantel:
What you will need: Mini flower pots, floral foam, eight wooden rods / thin craft sticks, yellow duct tape, yellow and brown acrylic paint, paint brushes, roll of astroturf (optional)
Wooden goalposts make the perfect Super Bowl decor for your mantel or snack table. Cover the mantel with astroturf to complete the football field look, and use any leftovers – astroturf comes in giant rolls – to make table runners, a mat for your cooler, or even koozies (thanks, Ross!) To make the goalposts, I first taped four cylindrical rods together with yellow duct tape. In hindsight, it would have been easier to work with flat surfaces that could be glued together, such as thin craft sticks, but you live and you learn!
Once the goalposts were secure, I painted them with yellow acrylic paint, letting them sit for a half hour or so between coats and using two coats on each side. While the goalposts dried, I got to work on the bases.
I painted the mini flower pots brown with acrylic paint, and cut pieces out of the floral foam that fit snugly in each pot. Floral foam is fairly malleable, so make the pieces slightly bigger than needed and press them into the pots to make your goalposts more secure.
Once the pots were ready and goalposts were dry, I pushed the goalposts into the center of the floral foam, adjusting them until they stood up straight. The more compact your goalposts, the easier it is to manage and adjust them in the pots (another note for next time).
To complete the look, I painted the top of the foam brown, placed the goalposts on my mini football field mantel, and got ready for kickoff!
