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

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:

• 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 table tennis buddy together:
  • Glue the face on the ping pong ball 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 skirt
  • Glue the paddle into one of the hands
       

• 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:

• 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

Printable version of these instructions