So a few weeks ago Hubs and his fantasy-football-loving buddies decided to have their annual draft shindig at our house. He had mentioned casually the day before that he wished they had a trophy to pass around each year for the winner. So of course I decided that the boys needed a trophy. Laugh all you want, but as I laid in bed that night, I was mentally trophy-building, and as soon as I got up the next morning it was off to purchase the necessary supplies.
First on my shopping list: a football player action figure which I finally located in the toy section at Target for about $5.00. (Those suckers are hard to find! The salesclerk kept suggesting Spider Man and various Star Wars characters and I had to explain my project before he finally helped me locate one of the two figures they sold) Then it was off to Home Depot for a can of gold spray paint ($3.00 ish) and finally Michael's for a wooden plaque similar to the one from my "belt hanger" project to serve as the base of the trophy.
I managed to keep Hubs out of the shed while I sawed an extra 2x4 to my desired height, spraypainted by football player gold, nailed the base to the 2x4 and stained the whole thing with stain left over from some previous furniture-revitalizing project. I also spraypainted two pieces of cardstock to look like "metal plates" and "engraved" them using a fine-tip-sharpie with the name of the league on the front and the previous year's winner on the back....the back plate is big enough to add the winner each year.
I think the boys thought I was mildly weird for having made it...but thought the trophy was just kitchy enough to be awesome. The "Aresnal" coach looked pretty happy as he took it home at least....or maybe that was just because I sent some left-overs of my home-made "Tennessee Titans" themed cookies home with him as well.
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