“Half this game is ninety percent mental.” - Danny Ozark, Philadelphia Phillies manager. You could also use a thicker baking pan, if you wanted to make a 7-layer dip, instead of just the basics like I did. My secret to making the lines nice and even is to use kabob sticks - those type that you get at Walmart in the BBQ section. Outline your “field” with sticks, and fill in with guacamole.
Once you have it full - fill your other sides with salsa, and then nacho cheese. You can cover the sticks with the dips, and you won’t even see them. To finish your field, scoop a bunch of sour cream into a plastic sandwich baggie, snip off a tiny end, and pipe it out like frosting to draw lines on your field. Now you’ve got your football field - Easy peasy, right,
Next you want to build your goal posts. We used a package of pepperoni sticks - so good. As you can see in the picture, I used toothpicks to hold the pieces together. To get them to fit together tightly, you can push a spoon against the outside edge, to keep the toothpick from poking out through.
Then cut a big square of cheese for the base, and attach it with another toothpick. For the outside wall of the Snack Stadium we used Rice Krispies Treats cut into squares, and held together with more toothpicks. I tried using homemade ones, but they were too soft. The store bought type worked MUCH better! And just one treat sheet gave me enough pieces to go all the way around, with a bit leftover.
Now you’re ready to assemble the stadium! You’ve got your playing field filled with dips, the Rice Krispies walls are ready to assemble, and your pepperoni goals are built. So - start putting together the wall all around your field, as large as you want to make it. Use a toothpick in between each Rice Krispies Square to keep it together. Then, fill the space in between the field and the wall with chips.
Lay out desired fabric for the outside of your book. Make sure to lay fabric right side down! Cut your fabric 1 inch larger than the size of your book. Fold edge in half and then fold over again to hide all unfinished edges. Run a bead of hot glue down the edge and glue in place.
Do one edge of your book first, then the corners on that side. And, then repeat for the other side. To finish the corners, fold point up to edge of book as shown above. Next, fold remaining fabric up to meet book. Now, pull the entire piece up and over the edge - hot glue in place. Before you finish the other side, you will want to make sure that your fabric is properly cared for in the middle near the binding.
I'll show mine for an example. Go ahead and fold fabric as if you were ready to glue it, and slide under binding in the middle if possible. If your book has a different kind of binding, you could cut a notch here and let it go around the binding.
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