Make Your Own Olympic Medals

We are planning on having a Homemade Olympics with some friends this week..  One of our first crafts for this event  was to make our own medals.

At the dollar store, I found a 24 pack of pre-cut  foam circles and packages of  metallic glitter.

Using some paint I already had on hand, I painted 12 of the circles.  I used yellow circles for the gold medals, and orange for the bronze.  I didn't really have an appropriate color for the silver medals, so I used green which I thought might be the easier to cover.  Once painted, I added the glitter while it the paint was still wet.   The craft foam is thin enough that we were able to use a hole punch.  Since we would need a lot of ribbon which would run up the cost, we decided to use yarn we had on hand.

Once dry, we took the medals outside.  I love how they shimmer in the sun.

Kara pretending to be Michael Phelps.  They funny thing is, she is  only  wearing 12 medals.  She would need 7 MORE medals to have as many as he does.  She would also need a lot more gold.

I will be linking up this craft at these great linky parties HERE.