March Madness Classroom Activity: Basketball Hat Craft for Kids with Writing Prompts
A Fun Craft For The Basketball Season
If you’re looking for a fun and meaningful March Madness classroom activity, this basketball hat craft for kids is the perfect way to combine creativity, literacy, and social-emotional learning.
March is one of the most exciting months in elementary classrooms. Students are full of energy, spring is around the corner, and March Madness creates a natural opportunity to introduce a sports themed classroom activity that feels exciting and engaging. Instead of just celebrating basketball, why not turn that excitement into a growth mindset lesson?
This printable basketball craft for kids includes a wearable headband and basketball writing prompts designed to help students reflect on perseverance, goal setting, and good sportsmanship.
Why Teachers Love March Madness Classroom Activities
A strong March Madness classroom activity does more than decorate your bulletin board. It should:
- Reinforce writing skills
- Support fine motor development
- Encourage positive classroom behavior
- Connect to social emotional learning (SEL)
This basketball craft does all of that.
Students create their own basketball headband and respond to meaningful prompts like:
- Being a good sport means…
- I never give up when…
- I feel proud when…
- My goal this month is…
- My biggest challenge is…
These prompts transform a simple March craft for elementary students into a powerful goal setting activity for kids.
The basketball craft printable comes with three different hat designs.
More sports crafts for kids
Football headband – If your kids also love football, here is a fun and easy football paper crown for them to make while watching their favorite team play or the Super Bowl.
Soccer paper hat – If soccer is your kid’s favorite sport, we have an easy soccer headband for them. Kids will have to color, cut, and tape the paper hat printable.
Basketball paper hat
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Supplies:
- Basketball paper hat printable
- 65lb white cardstock paper
- Colored pencils
- Scissors
- Tape
Hot to make a basketball paper hat
Print the headband on white paper.
Color it, if using the black and white template.
Tape the two side panels to the front piece.
Bend the headband into a circle. Wrap the band around the kid’s head to check for fit. Tape the ends together.
