{"id":3418,"date":"2020-04-17T09:25:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T09:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pendlesportswear.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3418"},"modified":"2024-09-19T08:50:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T08:50:35","slug":"indoor-football-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pendlesportswear.co.uk\/blog\/indoor-football-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Indoor Football Activities &#8211; Indoor Football Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t worry, we&#8217;re not trying to encourage your children to start a kickabout with their favourite Pendle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pendlesportswear.co.uk\/footballs\/\">footballs<\/a>\u00a0in the house. Instead, we&#8217;ve come up with a few suggestions for how they can get their football fix while they&#8217;re stuck inside.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pendlesportswear.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2775-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Be creative\" width=\"308\" height=\"308\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>1. Blow Football<\/h2>\n<p>This is a fun game that definitely won&#8217;t cause any damage and is really easy to set up. You&#8217;ll probably already have everything you need at home.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pendlesportswear.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/3074598-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Drinking straws\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>What you&#8217;ll need:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2 straws<\/li>\n<li>2 pieces of paper\/card<\/li>\n<li>Scissors<\/li>\n<li>A pen<\/li>\n<li>A ruler<\/li>\n<li>Some foil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pendlesportswear.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/611-1-1024x587.jpg\" alt=\"Children making crafts\" width=\"351\" height=\"201\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>How to:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Fold a piece of paper in half.<\/li>\n<li>Make a fold along each end of the paper so the goal will stand up.<\/li>\n<li>Mark out your goal on one half of the paper. Cut out the middle.<\/li>\n<li>Do the same thing on the other piece of paper.<\/li>\n<li>Scrunch the extra paper into a ball and cover in tin foil.<\/li>\n<li>Set up your goals on either side of a table and start playing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To see what you&#8217;re aiming for, check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QIuoRJ2ta98\">tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pendlesportswear.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1361-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Football stadium\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Make your own stadium<\/h3>\n<p>You can play this game on a normal tabletop but you could also take inspiration from our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pendlesportswear.co.uk\/blog\/create-your-own-table-football\/\">DIY table football<\/a> and turn an old shoebox into a stadium. Get your children to decorate it however they want.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pendlesportswear.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/142955-OT8E6E-795-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"DIY Craft Supplies\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>2. Finger Puppet Football<\/h2>\n<p>This is another great little game that gives your kids something creative to do as well.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pendlesportswear.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/286-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"Finger puppets\" width=\"350\" height=\"244\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>What you need:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Card\/paper<\/li>\n<li>Scissors<\/li>\n<li>Coloured pens and pencils<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can either design your own footballers or you can search for free templates on the internet to print out:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/familyliteracyfirst.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/FLF-Finger-Puppet-Soccer.pdf\">Football finger puppet templates<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/parents\/play\/view\/soccer-player-finger-puppets\">Female football finger puppet templates<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pendlesportswear.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/174028-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Child painting\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>How to:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Cut out your football players.<\/li>\n<li>Colour them in. Try copying your favourite Pendle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pendlesportswear.co.uk\/football-kits\/\">football kit<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Cut out the finger holes.<\/li>\n<li>Scrunch a piece of paper into a ball.<\/li>\n<li>Play.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you wanted to, you could make your own goals and draw out a football pitch on a piece of green paper.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pendlesportswear.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/157-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Football penalty shoot out\" width=\"351\" height=\"233\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>3. Penalty Game<\/h2>\n<p>This is another great tabletop game that you can make with your children. You&#8217;re basically creating a form of catapult using elastic bands that will shoot your ball towards a goal. It&#8217;s a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pendlesportswear.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/70-1024x906.jpg\" alt=\"Elastic bands\" width=\"350\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Method<\/h3>\n<p>The method for this game is a little more complicated. We&#8217;ve found a great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/How-to-Make-FIFA-Penalty-Football-Board-GAME-From-\/\">tutorial online<\/a> that is easy to follow and has a handy video guide. Or there is a slightly simpler version in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xOt_JCx4Xjc\">YouTube video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t worry, we&#8217;re not trying to encourage your children to start a kickabout with their favourite Pendle footballs\u00a0in the house. Instead, we&#8217;ve come up with a few suggestions for how they can get their football fix while they&#8217;re stuck inside. 1. 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