Cartoon football player number 88 kicking a ball at the 50-yard line as fans watch from the stands.

Number 88’s Midfield Kick

Number 88 swings one cleated foot high at midfield, sending the football along a dashed arc above the 50-yard line.

🎨 How to color it

Color number 88’s jersey royal blue, his helmet silver with a red P, the football chestnut brown, and the little crowd signs sunny yellow. Use sharp colored pencils for the helmet bars, jersey numbers, laces, and small yard-line dashes, then fill the larger uniform panels with smooth marker strokes. Try a pale sky-blue wash behind the dashed kick path so the brown football looks like it is popping off the field.

The story behind this coloring page

The Kick Nobody Counted — Every afternoon, Nico zipped along the pop-up charity field with a pouch of spare snack tickets, tucking one under each bench bolt for kids who forgot lunch money. Read the full story →

Every afternoon, Nico zipped along the pop-up charity field with a pouch of spare snack tickets, tucking one under each bench bolt for kids who forgot lunch money. The metal stands smelled like warm pretzels, and nobody noticed his quick fingers. Until one day, the wind flipped the 50-yard marker mat and showed a tiny flap underneath.

Because of that, Nico found not money, not a bug, but a folded roster of the volunteer ushers who had skipped dinner to set up the game. Because of that, he stuffed his hidden tickets into the flap and whispered, “Kick it loud, Percy.” The kicker in number 88 swung so hard his cleat squeaked and the ball whoomped over midfield, making every usher look up just as Nico slid the mat back.

Finally, when the snack cart rolled by, the ushers found tickets poking from the secret flap like little flags. Nico only grinned at the clouds and chased the echoing kick, and if you spot the 50 at midfield, maybe you can guess where his quick fingers worked next.