Sports Murals for Kids

Sports murals provide a way for kids to use their artistic inclinations to celebrate school sports. You can have your class create an entire scene using students' talents or hire a professional. The sports mural can display a single sport or multiple sports.

  1. Selecting a Medium

    • Use paint to create wall mural scenes.

      Find a medium for the artist or artists to use for the mural. Painted murals last on walls for extended periods with little maintenance. Murals designed on large sheets of paper and applied to a wall allow the scene to change as sport seasons change, providing the opportunity to cheer each sport individually. Use markers, colored pencils, crayons and paint to create sport murals on paper.

    Select Sports

    • Select sports for the mural. For changeable mural options, depict the school sport in season. Include all school sports to promote them with painted wall murals. Examples of school sports include football, baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis, swimming, wrestling, golf and track and field.

    Design the Mural Scene

    • Allow kids to help create murals made on paper to hang for display.

      Design the sports mural scene in the style of your choice. Examples include a sports collage of pictures of each sport or a scene of a game or meet. Collages are suited for painted wall murals. Include recognizable items to depict chosen sports. Use soccer balls and net, basketball and hoop, football uprights and players from each sport to highlight the variety in a collage. Individual sport scenes are more suitable for murals on paper mediums. Pick a specific play or activity to portray a scene from a particular sport. Possible scenes for school murals include a scoring drive, a winning home run or a pass play.

    Create the Mural

    • Create the mural by drawing the outline for the scene on the wall or paper. Color in the drawings. Use students, teachers or professionals to draw or color in the scene. Hold contests for students to design or create school murals. Allow each grade to create and produce a sports mural for each season collectively.