DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Sports Buddies:
Sammy Soccer (or Franky Football) Paper Craft

With the 2014 FIFA World Cup coming up, Sammy Soccer is a great craft for young soccer (football) fans to put together.  Make the black and white version and color him your favorite team's colors.

Here in Canada we call the sport soccer but I realize it's called Football in other parts of the world...  If you live in one of these places, you can call him Franky Football instead.

Materials:

• paper,
• printer,
• something to color with (B&W version),
• scissors,
• glue

Craft Instructions:

• Print out the template of choice (you can mix and match the B&W and color versions if you want less coloring).
• Color the template pieces (if using the B&W version) -- feel free to use different materials for coloring to add creativity/personality to the project (paint, markers, pencils and crayons are all fun choices).
• Cut out the template pieces (young children may need help with this step).
• Glue the soccer buddy together:
  • Glue the face on the soccer head
  • Glue the hair onto the head
  • Glue the head onto the neck (shirt)
  • Glue the shorts under the shirt
  • Glue the arms under the shirt sleeves
  • Glue the legs under the shorts
• If you want the craft to be a smaller project, you can just print the first template and make a soccer face

Templates:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Template 1     color  or   B&W

Template 2     color  or   B&W

Template 3     color  or   B&W