Soccer Football Crafts and Activities For Kids
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Whether you love or loathe the ‘beautiful game’ you can make any football tournament both a fun and educational experience for your kids!
As well as national tournaments there are international events such as the FIFA Women's and Men's World Cup and UEFA European Championships.
It is the perfect opportunity to give the kids some activities which will be fun and educational
- Geography
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Get out an atlas or globe and find out the capital cities of all the competing nations. You can check the full list of teams at the website of whichever tournament you are following.
Find out where each country is and what continent each country is in. Then see what else you can learn about both the host country and the competitors.
Of course a big part of the fun of a major sporting event such as the World Cup is following a team, so persuade your children to randomly choose a team (not your own national team if they have reached the finals!).
Then help them to become a mini expert on that country so as they can then cheer on ‘their’ team with a little bit of background knowledge of that nation.
They could find out about the customs of the country, the language, the teams top players and whether soccer is a major sport in that country.
- Art
Try and make drawings or collages of the national flags of the countries taking part. Some will be easier than others!
Many, such as France, Italy and Holland, are simple and so are good choices for younger children. Countries such as Saudi Arabia, Angola or Ecuador will be more of a challenge!
You can find templates for lots of national flags to colour in to help you find these.
- Cookery
Try out some national dishes from competing nations.
You may know you like Mexican food or Pasta from Italy, but how about trying some Sushi from Japan or Couscous from Tunisia? And you could always have some good old Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding from England.
- Get Outdoors!
Get a football out and have a kick around – especially if you’ve been sitting in front of the matches all week!
- Football Crafts
There are lots of fun crafts that you can do with a football theme.
From rock painting and decor ideas here is a way that you can join in the footie fun indoors!
Football Themed Art & Craft Ideas
Here are some fun Football crafts and art activities to try.
Use this free printable template to design your own football and make your own soccer-themed art project.
Thse cool sports ball ornaments are made from styrofoam balls.
Here are instructions to make your own Cardboard and Pom Pom Soccer Game. This is also known as Blow Football.
Kids who love using Hamer or Perler beads will have great fun trying out these football-themed beading ideas.
These Poppy Cat Finger Football templates are easy to make using this free printable.
These lovely painted rocks use football themes.
Football Printables For Kids
And why not download our free Football Themed Colouring Pictures.
Can you find the football related words hidden in these free printable Football Wordsearch and Anagram puzzles?