Amy's 9th Birthday Party - Olympics

Amy turned 9 years old during the Olympics this year.  So we decided that it would only be fitting to celebrate as Olympians.

 

 

We started with a craft (not pictured).  The girls each got to create a flag using Perler beads, which were later melted together with the iron.  Matt printed out some pages wtih various flags of the world to use as templates.  The girls were very creative and chose some very obscure countries.  Some even made up their own flags.  We used the flags as markers for the discus and javelin throw (shown below).

 

We used frisbees for the discus and corn stalks (minus their leaves) for the javelin, which works surprisingly well.  The girls each got a few tries and then we measured their best distance.  (Matt was the score-keeper/timer for all events).

 

We had 4 other events besides the discus and javelin.  Softball toss, basketball shoot-out (they each got 1 minute to make as many baskets as possible), obstacle course (designed and tested by Amy and Emily)

and everyone's favorite:

hurdles - over laundry baskets (Mom's idea).

 

We finished with fish 'n' chips for lunch in honor of our host city, London. Then we had a Medal Ceremony and opened presents.

 

I made the medals out of frozen juice concentrate lids (spray painted gold, silver and bronze).

 Everyone seemed to have a lot of fun, in fact many of the parents wanted to try some of the events too!