Hamster’s school has been having Olympic “events” all week. Even something as simple as what colour they wear to school gives them the sense of competing. I decided today that it would be great to get some of this “fever” at home as well.
Today, I made our family medals for our games. I cut out circles from my old cardboard boxes heading to the recycle bin. I cut two circles for each medal as the corrugated cardboard kinks easily. I glued them together back to back making sure the lines went in up & down on one side and then across on the other (makes them stronger).
tracing the shape onto cardboard
(I sat soup cans on top of the medals as the glue dried to keep them flat.)
letting the pieces dry
Lastly, I painted each one with metallic craft paint I had on hand, cut out numbers I printed from the computer. I used Modge Podge to stick the numbers on and coat the medals and decorated with a white paint marked with dots for embellishments. Add mini rings and twill tape ribbon (on hand). And voila.
our olympic medals
Gold, Silver and Bronze.
Tomorrow I will be making the games (bean bag toss, etc) for us to compete.
