Hama Beads Football Gift Box (Large)

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These would be a great craft to do with your children to help get them excited during the World Cup build up, and you could also extend the activity into some sneaky geography lessons by making flags and shirts for all the different countries taking part.

When I shared our free printable football activities with my boys, they had a blast. I knew that I wanted to combine this type of fun with one of their new favorite crafts. My dad was a football high school coach. My brother played football for years. And then I moved to the Pittsburgh area and now I’m surrounded by Steelers fans 😉 With the World Cup 2014 in Brazil approaching, I’ve been thinking about some football themed designs. They are all made using the simple square pegboard and some basic colours. Firstly I want to say a huge thank you to Maggy for inviting me to guest post here at Red Ted Art. I’m a big fan, and constantly in awe of all the fantastic ideas shared here! You could turn the finished Hama bead masterpieces into keyrings or fridge magnets, or use them to decorate at a World Cup party – perhaps as cake decorations, or make them slightly larger to use as coasters. I always iron my Hama bead designs on both sides to make sure that they are nice and solid before giving them to the children to play with.Some of you may have heard of the UK Blogging Awards “BiBs”. This year, I am in crafts and outstanding categories (thank you for those of you who nominated me)… but I wanted to spend a little time on my fellow Craft Nominees… for me, events like the BiBs, is an opportunityt to explore and celebrate my peer group and get excited about all things crafty. So I have asked the other nominees if they would like to stop by and do a guest post for me. A chance for me AND you, to get to know them beter! So.. first up, we have Jenny, sharing a super cun World Cup Craft – Hama Bead Soccer! Yay. Need simple yet cool ways to help your football fans (or football player) enjoy their favorite sport? Try perler bead crafts! Your kids may prefer using perler beads tweezer tools. These types of tools are totally optional – my boys like to work with their fingers.

You may print as many copies of these football perler bead patterns as you need for your homeschool, classroom, or co-op. If you have co-workers or friends who’d enjoy these free printables, please share this post. Thank you for sharing – I appreciate your cooperation! If you don’t have the exact colors, don’t worry. You can totally use a different color. Use what colors you have and enjoy your designs. In fact, you can easily customize these football crafts to match your favorite team! It’s a great way to boost game days, too. My boys love crafting with perler beads. They use these small plastic beads (also called fuse beads or Hama beads) to make all sorts of cool stuff. The boys turn these DIY crafts into little toys, keychains, and decor. You need an iron to fuse your perler beads. I set the temperature of my iron to a medium heat. When your iron is warm, press firmly on the ironing paper and slowly move around. I sneak a look at the perler bead creation about every 30 seconds to see how well the beads are melting together.

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The set of perler bead pegboards that I have includes reusable ironing paper. I’ve found that you can also use parchment paper or waxed paper. This type of paper is placed over your completed creation.