How to Draw a Soccer Ball (Easy Step-by-Step for Kids)
To draw a soccer ball, start with a big circle and a pentagon in the middle. Add five lines from its corners and five half pentagons at the edge. Finish with five curved lines and color the middle pentagon and edge shapes black.
- Steps
- 6 easy steps
- You need
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Black marker
- Black crayon
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Teaching this to a class?
Show one step at a time on the board and wait for the class before the next. The directed drawing for kids page explains how to run it.
How to draw a soccer ball step by step
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Step 1 of 6: Draw a big circle.
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Step 2 of 6: Add a small pentagon in the middle, with one point at the top.
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Step 3 of 6: Draw five straight lines from the pentagon corners out to the edge of the circle.
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Step 4 of 6: Add five half pentagons at the edge where the lines end. Erase the line ends inside them.
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Step 5 of 6: Draw five curved lines just inside the edge, from one half pentagon to the next.
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Step 6 of 6: Color the middle pentagon and the five edge shapes black. Leave the rest of the ball white.
Tips for little artists
Tip: Press lightly with the pencil first. Trace the lines you like with the marker, then erase the rest.
Tip: Keep the middle pentagon small. It should sit right in the center of the circle.
Tip: Use a ruler for the five straight lines if your lines wobble.
Make it yours
Ball in a goal
Draw a goal net behind the ball with crossing lines.
Bouncing ball
Add three short curved lines under the ball to show it bounce.
Team colors
Color the shapes in your favorite team's colors instead of black.
Common mistakes and easy fixes
The pentagon is off center
Mark the middle of the circle with a dot first, then draw the pentagon around it.
The lines don't meet the corners
Start each line exactly at a pentagon corner and draw it straight out.
The black runs into the white
Color the black shapes slowly and stay inside the outlines.
Fun facts about the soccer ball
The Adidas Telstar soccer ball has 32 hand-stitched panels: 12 black pentagons and 20 white hexagons. (Source: Smithsonian National Museum of American History)
The white and black panels of the Telstar made the ball more visible on television. (Source: Smithsonian National Museum of American History)
The first Telstar ball was used in 1970 for the FIFA World Cup. (Source: Smithsonian National Museum of American History)
Questions grown-ups ask
How to draw a soccer ball easily?
Draw a circle and a small pentagon in the middle. Add five lines from its corners, five half pentagons at the edge and five curved lines, then color the pentagon and half pentagons black.
How to make a pattern for a soccer ball?
Start from one pentagon in the center. Draw lines from its five corners to five half pentagons at the edge, then join the half pentagons with curved lines.
How to draw a soccer ball for kids?
Draw the circle, the middle pentagon, the five lines, the edge shapes and the curved lines in that order. Color the pentagon and edge shapes black last.
If your ball's shapes came out a little uneven, that's fine. Your ball is ready for the game. More easy drawings for kids are on the home page.