How to Draw a Football
7 easy strokes · ages 3+ · free printable worksheet
To draw a football with a 3-5 year old, break it into 7 simple strokes: a pointy oval ball, a long line in the middle, one lace, two laces, three laces, a stripe at this end and and at that end. Doodle Turtle draws one line at a time and then pauses, so little hands have time to catch up before the next line appears. Doodle Turtle is free, runs in any browser, has no ads and needs no sign-up.
Step by step: 7 easy strokes
- STEP 1A pointy oval ball
- STEP 2A long line in the middle
- STEP 3One lace
- STEP 4Two laces
- STEP 5Three laces!
- STEP 6A stripe at this end
- STEP 7And at that end
Free printable tracing worksheet
Prefer paper? Print a football as a faint tracing outline — your child draws straight over the lines, then colours it in.
Tips for grown-ups
- Watch first, then draw. The first pass is just for looking — no pressure to keep up.
- Let the pause do the work. If your child is still drawing when the next stroke starts, tap to pause. Slower is the point.
- Big paper, fat crayons. At 3 the wrist is still learning; large movements are easier than small ones.
- Praise the trying, not the likeness. A wobbly football that they drew themselves beats a neat one you fixed.