| If you are like so many of us with children, you are constantly running around to different tournaments and games.
After long hours in the sun, the kids get tired and want something fun to do. Make sure you set yourself up with a kit of supplies and start to do kids sports crafts. There are a ton of things that you can do to keep your kids and their team mates happy and calm. And hey around the holidays this is a great way to help them give gifts to someone they love.
Let's begin with some fun lanyards. These are not just for the soccer kids, this can be done for any sport.
You will need:
- Wide shoe strings (the team colors is a good way to go) ; round wooden circles (can be found at most craft stores)
- White, black acrylic paint, you may want other colors as well.
- Paint brushes
- some dish soap and of course water
- some small containers to hold the soap and water in (this is for rinsing the brushes out.
- craft glue
- pencils
Here is what you do:
Have each kid pick a lace, a few circles (balls)
Have them design their balls this can be fun to see what they come up with, have them drawn the design with a pencil onto the circle, then paint as desired. (you will want to write their names on the back of the circles so you know which ones belong to which kids) after the paint has dried, have them glue the balls at different points of the lanyard. Once it is dry, it can be worn by any proud member of the family.
The great thing about this kids sports craft is the items are small enough you can fit all the supplies into a tote bag for easy travel.
How about some fun floppy visors.
You will need:
Craft glue
foam visors, you might want to get these in team colors or multi colors.
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some fun foam shapes, or even round ones that can be made to look like balls for the particular sport.
To do:
Each child chooses a visor, they can then decorate the visor with their name or other designs using the markers and gluing on the shapes. Set the visors aside to dry.
This craft also takes up a small amount of room and is great for those traveling tournaments that we often go on.
How about making team t-shirts. This may cost a little more, but it makes a memorable item for the kids on the teams.
You will need:
t-shirts in the team color/s
paint pens, or fabric pens (can be found at most craft stores)
maybe some fun rhinestones or buttons, little findings (mixed packages can be found at most craft stores)
washable fabric glue for the findings.
small pieces of cardboard-about the size of a normal sheet of paper works best especially for traveling.
To do:
Have each child pick a shirt.
Give them ideas on how to decorate
provide them with all of the findings and watch the imaginations grow. The shirts may need to dry overnight, but if you are doing this during the day in open air, usually only a few hours and then the kids can just take them with them, make sure you remind them to be careful for the first day or so at least until the glue sets in.
The important thing about kids sports crafts is the entertainment value and the time spent together for each of them, it can help increase their imaginations, keep them out of trouble, and build team spirit.
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