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

With the Olympics coming up, I thought I'd start some Sports Buddies crafts for the kids to enjoy.  Sammy Soccer is my fifth addition to the Sports Buddies (this is my oldest daughter, Tasha's favorite sports buddy -- she's 10 and LOVES to play soccer).  I'll be adding others to the Sports Crafts index as I make them.

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.

I wince a little bit doing these buddies because I can imagine all the requests for buddies with specific country or team colors.  Sammy Soccer was made with Greece in mind -- I figured Greece deserved some consideration as the birthplace of the Olympics and the host of the 2004 summer games.  Sammy would work for a number of other countries as well including Israel, Argentina, Finland and El Salvador.  I will try to make each Sports Buddy a unique color scheme so that hopefully you can find at least one of them that suits your preferences.  And keep in mind -- you can always print the templates in B&W and then color them in whatever way you like!
 

Materials:

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

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

 

 

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