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If you're a footie fan, why not make our table top football make and enjoy your favourite game without even leaving the house!
It's fun to play, and fun to make too. Here's how...
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To make the pitch, you'll need a large sheet of green card from any art or craft shop.
Add the pitch markings by painting them on with poster or acrylic paint. It's a good idea to draw them in pencil first to prevent any mistakes from being too disastrous!
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Next, make the rest of the stadium.
Start with the two goals. You'll need six bendy straws and a piece of orange netting (from a bag of oranges or satsumas) to make each one.
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Take a straw and open out the bend to a right angle.
Repeat this with a second straw, then slot the two longer ends into each other - do this by pinching one and sliding it into the other.
This will make the crossbar.
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Build the rest of the goal (two sides and a bottom) using the same principle.
When it's completed it should look something like this.
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Lie the goal flat and stick the orange netting to the corners with sticky tape.
Repeat these steps to make a second goal, then put both of them in place on the pitch
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The players are made from empty crisp tubes!
They can easily be painted in the colours of your favourite football team.
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The crisp tubes are used upside down so that the open end faces down and the base is at the top, covered by the plastic lid.
You'll see why in a moment...
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Make some football boots for each player now.
Start these off by putting the crisp tube on a plain piece of card and drawing round it.
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Cut the circle out, then fold it in half.
Using a pair of scissors, carefully cut down the crease.
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You should now have two semi-circles.
Fold each one in half again!
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Now stick half and half together.
The single piece that sticks out will be the boot, and the remaining two flaps will be stuck to the side of the player.
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But before you stick them on, design the boots the way you'd like them and remember to paint or colour in the flaps so that they match the strip that the player is wearing.
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Draw or cut out from a magazine or photo the face of your player, and stick this to the top of the crisp tube lid.
If you like, why not cut out more than one? Store them in the area between the top of the tube and the plastic lid and change them whenever you fancy!
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That's the players completed.
If you want to jazz up the stadium even more, why not make a backdrop of adoring, cheering fans?
You could either draw this yourself, or cut faces from old magazines and newspapers to make a collage instead.
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And for an extra realistic touch why not add on some advertising boards?
Plus, painted sweet tubes make great corner flags!
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Now you can get playing!
Players can trap and flip the ball with their boots. They can also trap the ball inside the crisp tube to enable accurate dribbling!
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Remember: players cannot cross into the opposite side of the pitch and they're only allowed to touch the ball three times before they shoot!
The first player to score three goals wins!
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