How to make a soccer ball pillow

This is a real new craft idea - Make a SOCCER BALL Pillow - with pattern and step by step pictures and instructions.

When I was teaching high school in the Philippines, I created an origami model of the soccer ball with recycled papers and a balloon. I also shared it to my co-teachers during a regional training in mathematics as one of the models of spheres in geometry.

I also demonstrated this project in one of the middle school mathematics classroom in Matsue prefecture, Japan, during the In-service training program for teachers under Monbukagakusho scholarship program that I was attending for 18 months. Now, I made another innovation of the project, it is not just a paper and a balloon but a cloth and stuffing and it is called - the soccer ball pillow.

Who inspires me to do this? I am working as a special education assistant in the Garden Island of Hawaii. I love all the kids in our class and I was thinking to a give something nice before the school year ends and as a prize for doing well in the class. I was thinking about it for few weeks and suddenly, an idea of a soccer ball pillow popped up in my head. So I tried to make one and I loved it. I made 6 soccer balls last year. The students were all so happy and thankful. When they came back to school I received a thank you note and good words from them.

This is ideal for your boy's birthday gift, son's graduation or even an additional unique pillow for your sofa. Use a feminine fabric design and color and I'm sure girls will love this too.

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