This game's called Bottla Soccer because it's made almost entirely from these plastic water bottles!
It's the perfect training ground for your free kick technique and for would-be goalies to practice the perfect save.
The bottles have a loop at the top which comes in very handy.

They're perfect for swinging.
If you can't get them, any other plastic bottles will do as long as they're the same size.

Just cut a strip of card, bend it into a loop and stick it around the bottle top, like this.
Take three bottles. Fill two with sand and leave an empty one in the middle.
Take a length of garden cane and thread it through the bottle loops.

Secure it in place by putting some sticky tack under the tops of the hoops at either end, and pressing the cane into the sticky tack.
The defence is made by sticking together four same-size small pop bottles.
Paint them a nice bright colour - we chose orange.

Cut out some strips from coloured paper and stick them on.
For added realism, on the back, add a number to the back of each bottle.
You'll need a free kick ramp for the ball.

Make this by cutting out a strip of green card. Score in two lines and then fold it up as you can see opposite.
If you like, you can add some green card to either side, cut to look like grass!
The goalie is made from another water bottle. The loop isn't needed, so remove that.

Carefully pierce holes in the side of the bottle and thread a garden cane through.
A fruit box makes the goal. You can get these from most greengrocers or large supermarkets.

Cut a slit right across the back at the right height for the cane to fit into, so that the goalie can save all potential goals!
Paint the players any colour you like.
The footballs are just decorated ping pong balls. They even fit snugly into any spare loops from the water bottles!
Paint the box for the goal white and draw on netting with a black marker.
The goalie also needs painting up, and then you can play!
Just pull the player back, and let it swing!



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