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back of the CD jewel case to display the card. Adhesive picture frame hangers are available
from Michaels, on-line at www.michaels.com, and from other hobby stores.
Design Your Own Baseball Card
Materials
Cardboard (cut to 3.15” by 2.17” pieces)
Lined paper (cut to same size as cardboard)
Pictures of baseball players
Glue sticks
Pencils or pens
Directions
Gather pictures of baseball players from old magazines or discarded books, or copy or download
some from copyright free sources, such as The Great Baseball Players from McGraw to Mantle:
With 248 Historic Photographs from the Archives of Photo File, Inc. by Bert Randolph Sugar.
Provide a piece of cardboard for each child. Let the children select a picture of a baseball player
and glue the picture to one side of the cardboard. Provide reference books or the Internet for the
children to find basic information about the player. Let the children write information such as
the team, position, birth date and location, and statistics about the player on the lined paper.
Alternatively, the children could enter this information into computers and print it. The children
then glue the statistics to the back of the cardboard.
Catcher’s Mask
Make a Pop-up Catcher’s Mask following the directions provided in How to Make Super Popups
by Joan Irvine.
Guest Speakers
Invite a baseball player or coach from a local team to talk about the game.
Videos/DVDs/Film
Angels in the Outfield. (103 minutes)
It’s Arbor Day, Charlie Brown. (25 minutes)
The Magic School Bus Plays Ball. (30 minutes)
Miss Nelson Has a Field Day. (13 minutes)
Players in Pigtails. (12 minutes)
CD-ROMs
Backyard Baseball.