I love the Olympics and I am so excited to cheer on my country . This craft is easy to make and can be made by one child or as a group. My kids and I all pitched in for a team effort which is rather appropriate for an Olympic craft don’t you think? You don’t have to use the contact paper but the craft will last much longer if you do!
- Gather your materials. You will need 5 coffee filters, scissors, markers, and contact paper.
- Start by covering your table with something to protect it. I used contact paper ( with the back still on) because I will sandwich the rings in it later to protect it. Since you throw the backing away I figured I’d use it first as a drop cloth.
- Next cut the middle out of the coffee filters.
- Color! My daughter was in charge of the yellow.
- My son started with the blue. He soon asked if he could use the permanent markers and I grabbed them for him.
- He was fascinated by how the colors spread on the coffee filter.
- After we did all the Olympic rings they both did a multicolored one too!
- This is what you can expect when you let a toddler use smelly markers. Have baby wipes on hand , they are not washable!
- When all the filters were done I peeled the backing off the contact paper and arranged the rings.I made one cut in each to interlock them.
- Then pressed a second piece over top.Trimmed and put it up in our window.
melissa says
awesome idea! thanks for sharing – happy 4th!
Melissa M says
I’ve only had half a cup of coffee so pardon me if I’m missing something. 🙂 How did you get the rings to interlock? Did you cut them?
admin says
I did and you aren’t missing – I missed writing that. I tell you late night blogging is not working for me !
Laina says
Mr. Sketch? (We use them at my work, lol.)
admin says
I love them – my favorite preschool project when I was in preschool used them. Been a fan ever since.
Laina says
I like the way they smell myself 🙂 And for work, I like that they can take a bit more abuse than your average marker.
Megan @ CoffeeCupsandCrayons says
Cute idea! I’m super psyched for the Olympics too! Pinned this. 🙂
admin says
Thanks – we have at least one more Olympic themed post planned !
tricia says
Seriously easy! Gotta do this- my kids don’t know what the Olympics are yet- But, my sister only has a Keurig. Hmmmm….modify, modify. 🙂
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Kim says
Possibly a silly question . . . did you need to cut each filter or just the 2 on either side of the one in the middle to interlock them? I was just wondering if I only cut the yellow and green can’t I interlock them to hold the other 3 together? BTW . . . I love this idea. I was going to use paper plates, but the colors bleed so much better with the coffee filters. Plus, if they don’t get the whole ring colored, we can always use an eye dropper with water to make it spread throughout. Thanks for the idea. 🙂
Allison McDonald says
Not a silly question at all. You don’t have to cut all three. I hope it turned out for you!