Here’s a fun and simple football craft you can do with your grandchildren — perfect for creative together-time!
Materials (all easy to find):
- Brown and white construction paper or cardstock
- Scissors
- Glue stick or school glue
- Markers or crayons
- Optional: free printable football outline to trace (you can find templates online)
Steps:
- Draw or trace the football shape:
Use a printable football outline or draw a long oval with pointy ends on the brown paper. ✏️
Tip: If your grandchildren are young, you can draw the shape beforehand. - Cut out the shape ✂️
Help little hands with the scissors if needed! - Add the white stripes and laces 🟨
Cut thin white strips of paper for the stripes on each end of the football and a longer thin strip for the laces down the center. Glue them on. - Decorate 🎨
Let the kids add their own designs with markers or crayons — maybe their favorite team colors or initials. - Display your football 📌
Tape it to the wall, make multiple ones for a mini gallery, or turn it into a card to send to someone who loves football!
⭐ Craft tips:
- If you want to go even simpler, use a printable outline as a coloring page before cutting and gluing.
- Little ones can practice fine motor skills by helping place the stripes and laces.
- This can turn into a whole session of football-themed crafts — like paper plate footballs or lacing footballs — if you’d like more!
