Here's a quick and easy football garland you can make with your kids to help cheer on your favorite high school, college, or pro football team to victory. Older kids will have fun cutting and stringing, younger kids can help glue things together.

Hang your football garland from the doorway, from the tailgate for your tailgate party, or on the front of the food table.

Materials

• 1-12 inch x12 inch piece of brown card stock
• 1-12 inch x 12 inch piece of card stock in your favorite team's color
• 1-12 inch x 12 inch piece of card stock in your favorite team's color
• Small scrap of card stock in a contrasting color to the team favorite above

• Craft glue
• 6 foot thin ribbon or yarn
• Hole punch
• Football garland pattern

Instructions

1.
Print and cut out one each of the football, helmet, football thread, and helmet air hole circle patterns.
2.
Use the helmet pattern to trace and cut out 6 helmets from a sheet of cardstock in your favorite teams color.
3.
Use the football pattern to trace and cut out 6 footballs from the brown card stock.

4.
Use the football thread pattern to trace and cut out 18 threads.
5.
Use the small helmet circle pattern to trace and cut out 6 small air hole circles.

6.
Punch 2 holes (one on each end as marked on the pattern) in each helmet and in each football (see photo).
7.
Glue 3 football threads to the center of each football, so they look like the white stitching on a real football.

8.
Glue one small air hole circle to each helmet where marked on the pattern.
9.
Use a piece of ribbon to string the helmets and footballs together, alternating one football and one helmet, until all twelve pieces are strung. String the helmets and footballs about 1 to 2 inches apart.
10.
Hang your football garland above the doorway, on the fireplace mantle, or the front of your party table. You can also use it to decorate a kids bedroom, or a game room.

Tips

Print and add your favorite team's logo to the helmet.