WonderMonkey wrote:

I'm making some yard items for youth activities. One of them is a
football. Here is a picture of somethig real close to what I will
be doing: http://www.henrynet.com/stuff/yard/football1.jpg .

Easiest way to get football shape is to layout a camber.

See Fred Bingham's book, Practical Yacht Joinery, for details.

Been there, done that.

Lew