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You’re a winner! Medals

15 Minutes: 2 and up: Olympics
Olympic Medals

You're a winner! Medals

Olympic Medals
An Activity for Preschoolers:

Everyone's a winner with these dazzling medals!

Before You Begin:

Discuss with the children how the Olympics work and which athletes get 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. You'll need the following materials: wood photo ornaments, glue, glitter, paint, brushes, construction paper and glitter glue.

Activity Goals:

To create a wearable craft to role-play Olympic winners in 1st, 2nd and 3rd places!

Furthermore:

Let children choose a medal to create or create all three. Optionally, create a layer of gold, silver and bronze to represent all three medals on one.


Let's Get Started

STEP 1

Remove the backing and plastic cover from the ornament.

STEP 2

Brush the ornament with glue and cover it with gold, silver or bronze glitter; or, paint the medal with metallic activity paint.paint

STEP 3

Allow the medal to dry.

STEP 4

Create a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place marker circles that fits into the photo-holder. Then, cut them out.

STEP 5

Once the ornament is dry, insert the place marker circles into the medal and replace the backing.

STEP 6

Replace the ornament holder with ribbon to make the medal complete and ready to wear!

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