Help the kids make their own Olympic medals

The Summer Olympics in Rio are almost here and it’s time to get some Olympic craft happening at your house.

My kids love watching the Olympics and we love hosting our own mini Olympics with fun actvities. It’s easy to make your Olympic games even more exciting by making some medals to award to the kids.

Gold medal

What you’ll need:

Air dry clay
Circle cutter or lid
Knife
Paint
Ribbon

Method:

Roll out your air dry clay on wax paper.
Lightly press a circle shape in the clay – don’t cut all the way through.
Get the kids to decorate the circle.
Cut a rectangle holder for the ribbon and then cut out your medal shape.
Leave clay to dry.
Paint the medals and leave to dry.
Add ribbon.
Host your own Olympic games.

These are easy to make and so much fun to give. Make your own family Olympics or even an Olympic birthday party with friends.

What do you think, will you make some? Please add comment below.

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17 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 05 Jul 2021
    12:40 pm
Very cute and can be used for so many things,

- - mom81879 said
  - 28 Nov 2019
    5:36 pm
I have made some. I remember having our own backyard Olympics for the kids. The medals were a big hit

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Sep 2016
    5:59 pm
this is a great idea for partie game prizes also. cheers

- - ella12 said
  - 23 Aug 2016
    2:24 pm
Those looks fantastic, thanks for sharing!

- - Melissa89 said
  - 29 Jul 2016
    11:29 am
Oh what a fantastic idea!

- - mom112217 said
  - 26 Jun 2016
    1:25 pm
The medals look amazing and handy for many occasions!

- - not_amanda said
  - 23 Jun 2016
    10:45 am
these look lovely! I can only hope that if we try this they’ll turn out as well. Just one question – where can you find waxed paper nowadays? I think it’s vanished from the supermarkets, replaced with silicone baking paper and zip-lock bags.

- - rovermum said
  - 23 Jun 2016
    9:54 am
Cute and great idea. We bought the cheap version at the Reject Shop years ago when my son was younger and created our own mini Olympics in our back yard. It was great fun.

- - mom101628 said
  - 23 Jun 2016
    12:40 am
These would be great for a school participation event – hope it would be done in off Olympic years to keep the idea alive in children’s minds.

- - rachelvk said
  - 25 May 2016
    9:32 am
These are so cool. As a kid my brother had an Olympics themed birthday party and this would have been a great activity for them to do.

- - mum4107 said
  - 25 May 2016
    5:46 am
Oh wow. I love these. So easy. Thank you

- - Nas01 said
  - 24 May 2016
    10:32 pm
What a great idea. My kids will love these and i love that it’s so simple. Definetly going to make these.

- - Shelley O'Connor said
  - 24 May 2016
    7:04 pm
Great idea

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 24 May 2016
    6:43 pm
I love this idea! It is a great thing also as a party bag stuffer!

- - mom160421 said
  - 24 May 2016
    6:32 pm
Teachers could make these to hand out at a school olympics event.

- - mom81879 said
  - 24 May 2016
    6:31 pm
I looked and looked at these medals. I can’t believe they are made from clay. They look amazing. A great activity for kids

- - mom90758 said
  - 24 May 2016
    5:23 pm
They are really nice. I love the colour of the ribbon too!