How to make handmade football crafts

Many kinds of football crafts can be made by hand. According to the shape, it can be divided into three categories.

Category 1: Polyhedral football with 32 sides and 60 vertices. It can be made with hard paper, thin woodblocks, or plastic sheets. It requires 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons. You can draw them yourself or print them. Scissors/blade and glue are enough; you can also make them on small pieces. Punch holes on the edges and tie them with string. As long as all sides are the same length and the pieces fit together closely, the finished product will look beautiful.

Category 2: Filled soft-sided round football. Generally, cloth is used, and the filling can be made of various fibers, shredded paper, rags, etc. If you want to make a black and white football, you can also use 12 sides and 20 sides, respectively in black and white. If you want to make a FIFA football or other special pattern football, you can design the cloth surface yourself. If you have the conditions to print the star’s signature on the cloth, you can also make it into a pocket-sized “signature ball”!

Category 3: Assembling balls. In the 1990s, a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle-like spherical pendant was popular, which was composed of several irregular-shaped parts assembled into a ball. DIY can be cut with rubber or wooden blocks. Different parts can be painted in different colors, and an abstract color block pattern will be formed on the surface of the finished product, which is very interesting. However, this kind of handicraft is very difficult to DIY, and it will be difficult to assemble if the size is slightly off.

Category 4: Chinese knot football. This is also quite difficult and emerged after entering the 21st century. You can use ice flower knots or diagonal curl knots. The finished product has a round appearance, solid colors and various patterns, and is unique and unique. To make it, first learn Chinese knot! It is also about promoting the quintessence of the country.