Let your students leave their marks on an actual soccer ball as part of an engaging art project. Purchase some inexpensive soccer balls, along with permanent markers in various hues. Group students or have them complete the task individually. Direct them to decorate the balls and make them their own. Have the students vote for which ball is best and award the artist or group of artists who made it a prize.
Build your students' art skills by engaging them in independent art projects that are all about soccer balls. Give each student a full-size or mini soccer ball to use as a model. Ask students to create four representations of the soccer balls they have been given using whatever mediums they wish. One student may elect make to a pencil sketch while another may uses pastels to capture his soccer ball. Hang up all of the finished products to show off your students' stellar work.
Give your students the opportunity to have some fun with clay by engaging them in the creation of soccer ball sculptures. To begin this activity, give students soccer balls to reference, along with pieces of clay and dental instruments to use in their sculpting efforts. Have the students roll the clay into balls and use the dental implements to create the grooves indicative of a soccer ball.
Get your students creating and craft a classroom decoration at the same time by creating a soccer ball sketch garland. To create this simple craft, have each student sketch a soccer ball on a piece of standard white paper. Give your students dimensions to stay within to ensure that the soccer balls are relatively similar in size. Create copies of each student's creation on thicker card stock, cut them out, and attach them to ribbon or string, creating a garland to suspend around your room space.