Soccer Coloring Pages

A soccer ball is the one subject on this site that most children color wrong on the first attempt, and the fix takes ten seconds to explain. The classic ball carries 12 black pentagons and 20 white hexagons, and only the five-sided panels are black. Fill every panel and the ball flattens into a dark circle. These 50 soccer coloring pages cover the ball itself, players, goalkeepers, referees, kit, trophies and a full stadium on match day. Every design downloads as a free printable PDF sized for US Letter paper.

Start with the equipment if the colorist is young. Soccer Ball on the Grass, Soccer Cleats and Shin Guards, Goalkeeper Gloves, Training Cones and a Ball and Water Bottle Beside a Soccer Ball use big closed shapes and finish fast. Soccer Ball and Referee Whistle, Referee Cards and Whistle and Stopwatch and a Whistle put the officials' kit on the page, which is a short lesson in the rules as well as a drawing. Soccer Duffel Bag With Boots, Soccer Ball in a Mesh Bag and Soccer Boot With Patterned Panels carry more line work for older hands.

The pitch deserves a second thought before anyone reaches for a single green pencil. Groundskeepers mow real pitches in alternating directions, so the grass reads as wide stripes of light and dark green running across the field. Lay one light green over the whole pitch, then go back over every other stripe with a firmer hand. That one extra pass does more for a soccer scene than any amount of detail added to the players standing on it.

The player sheets split cleanly by difficulty. Boy Kicking a Soccer Ball, Girl Dribbling a Soccer Ball, Player Taking a Throw-In, Player Stretching Before the Match and Player Tying Up Their Cleats keep one figure and large open shapes. Player Heading the Ball, Penalty Kick From the Spot, Goalkeeper Diving for a Save, Goalkeeper Catching a High Ball and Soccer Practice With Cones and Balls catch a moment mid-action. Two Players Racing for the Ball, Player Passing the Ball to a Teammate, Two Teammates High-Fiving, Team Celebrating a Goal, Team Huddle Before Kickoff and Team Lined Up Before Kickoff hold several figures at once. On any sheet with a team on it, pick two kit colors first and hold them across every player, because a real squad wears one strip and a page of mixed shirts stops looking like a team. Save the third color for the opposition.

Match day has its own set. Soccer Stadium on Match Day is the longest project here, and Fans Cheering in the Stands, Ball in the Back of the Net, Corner Flag and Ball, Soccer Goal With a Net, Coach Holding a Clipboard and Referee Blowing the Whistle fill in the rest of the ground. Playing Soccer in the Rain and Soccer Ball Resting Against a Wooden Fence move the game off the pitch, which is where most children actually play it.

Anyone who would rather design than draw should go straight to the kit. Soccer Jersey With a Blank Number Panel, Row of Soccer Jerseys on Hooks, Soccer Scarf With Bold Stripes and Pennant Flag on a Pole are all blank by design, so the child invents the club. The silverware does the same job at the end of a season: Soccer Trophy With Ribbons, Medal Hanging From a Ribbon, Trophy Shelf With Medals and Balls and Wreath of Pennants and Soccer Balls, which leaves an open center for a team name or a final score.

Three sheets sit outside the game and tend to be the first ones taken. Dog Chasing a Soccer Ball, Cat Playing With a Soccer Ball and Bear Cub Playing Soccer bring animals onto the page. At the other end of the range, Soccer Ball Mandala and Soccer Ball Inside a Star Border are pattern work rather than scenes, and the mandala is the most detailed sheet in the set by a distance. Soccer Ball Surrounded by World Flags sits between the two, with one ball at the center and a ring of flags to invent.

Most of the world calls this game football, and the sheets work under either name. Nothing on these soccer ball coloring sheets is tied to one country, so a child printing free football coloring pages for kids in London gets the same line art as a child in Ohio. The goal, the pitch markings and the ball are identical everywhere the game is played.

If a team wants a second sport to color, the Basketball set runs to 32 sheets and takes the same two-kit-colors rule. Related line art: Playground, Birthdays and Summer.