Olympics

Donuts and Chocolate at the Winter Olympic Medal Ceremony

by Marie February 22, 2010

Yay for the Olympics! It’s been a fun week of Winter Olympic Crafts, and now it’s time to award medals to our winners! We’re awarding tasty medals to the athletes for their efforts in this week’s games! For one event, I placed a donut Gold medal on the winner! I looped a piece of yard [...]

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Who Will Win the Downhill Bobsled Race?

by Marie February 20, 2010

This is our last Winter Olympic Game before the medal’s ceremony. We’re going to see who will win the Downhill Bobsled Race. The objective: to get your “bobsled” down the track first! Supplies for the Downhill Bobsled Race: empty wrapping paper tube scissors and tape 2 toy cars paper and marker First, cut your empty [...]

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Dude, We’re Shredding Down the Half Pipe

by Marie February 19, 2010

I love to snowboard. It’s my winter sport of choice (love these Utah mountains)! So today’s Winter Olympic Game is throwing a few tricks on the Half Pipe! Supplies for Snowboarding on the Half Pipe: paper tube – empty paper towel roll or wrapping paper tube white paper tape pipe cleaner To make the half [...]

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Winter Olympic Snowball Ring Toss

by Marie February 16, 2010

Today’s Winter Olympic event is the Snowball Ring Toss. We’re trying to get 5 snowballs (or marshmallows) into each of the 5 Olympic rings! It may look like a simple task, but it’s harder than it looks! We had to go around a few times and practice as this event takes some skill! Supplies for [...]

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Miniature Figure Skating with the Stars

by Marie February 15, 2010

As part of our Winter Olympic Games for Kids series, we’ve come up with a fun Miniature Ice Skating Rink. Our pair figure skaters are warming up on the ice as we speak! Supplies for Mini Ice Skating Rink: cardboard box top – or 9×13 cake pan tinfoil pipe cleaners, aka chenille stems tape snow [...]

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Make a Toss for the Olympic Ring Hoop Loop

by Marie February 15, 2010

The first event on our Winter Olympic Games for Kids series is the Olympic Ring Hoop Loop. The objective: to get 5 rings hooped around 1 bottle! Supplies for Olympic Ring Hoop Loop: 5 embroidery hoops (could be any type of hoop that can fit around a bottle) 2-liter plastic bottle ribbon, crepe paper, or [...]

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Lighting our Ice Cream Cone Olympic Torch

by Marie February 15, 2010

The Winter Olympics are here, and as part of this week’s Winter Olympic Games for Kids series, we started things off by lighting our Ice Cream Cone Torches! With sugar cones filled with orange sherbet flames, it’s the perfect treat to get us off on the right foot! However, these torches won’t be lit for [...]

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Weekend Make and Takes: Winter Olympic Crafts for Kids

by Marie February 13, 2010

Let’s the Winter Olympic Games begin! I love the Olympics and am happy to share some sporty crafts, games, and activities to celebrate the games. All week long I’ll be posting an Olympic craft series called: Winter Olympic Games for Kids! First up, I’ve found some fun Olympic crafts for kids from around the web. [...]

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