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DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Sports Buddies:  
Tommy Table Tennis Paper Craft
(Or Paulie Ping Pong)

With the Olympics coming up, I thought I'd start some Sports Buddies crafts for the kids to enjoy.  Tommy Table Tennis is my seventh addition to the Sports Buddies.  I'll be adding others to the Sports Crafts index as I make them.

I wince a little bit doing these buddies because I can imagine all the requests for buddies with specific country or team colors.  Tommy Table Tennis was made with colors that would work for China or Spain.  I will try to make the each Sports Buddies 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:

bulletpaper
bulletprinter
  
bulletsomething to color with (B&W version)
            
bulletscissors
bulletglue

Instructions:

bulletPrint out the template of choice (you can mix and match the B&W and color versions if you want less coloring)
  
bulletColor 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)
  
bulletCut out the template pieces (young children may need help with this step)
  
bulletGlue the table tennis buddy together:
bulletGlue the face on the ping pong ball head
bulletGlue the hair onto the head
bulletGlue the head onto the neck (shirt)
bulletGlue the shorts under the shirt
bulletGlue the arms under the shirt sleeves
bulletGlue the legs under the skirt
bulletGlue the paddle into one of the hands
   
bullet

If you want the craft to be a smaller project, you can just print the first template and make a tennis face

 

Printing the Template:

bulletClose the template window after printing to return to this screen.
    
bulletSet 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

 

Printable version of these instructions