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Olympic hurdles and a chocolate medal

When Maggy set the task of an Olympic theme, I thought it would be a great opportunity to introduce the kids to some new sports. My favourite part of the Olympic’s is the athletics, so we talked about the different running races, long jump, javelin etc. They were all quite intrigued by the pole vault, but we though that might be a bit difficult to replicate so decided to make a hurdle instead.

 

I set the girls the challenge this morning, and this is what they came up with. Its not the prettiest, or the most functional ( the wind blew it over ) but they had a LOT of fun, which is all that matters!

Great fun for practising hurdle technique.

Then every Olympian needs a medal, preferably one made of chocolate! I just sellotaped a chocolate coin to some ribbon for this!

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  1. Multiple Mummy says

    April 30, 2012 at 12:50 pm

    Brilliant! Where did you get the chocolate medals from? My three would love those!
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    • admin says

      May 1, 2012 at 8:21 am

      they are chocolate coins, but I think you can get actual chocolate Medals from Morrisons!
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  2. Liz Burton says

    May 1, 2012 at 9:28 am

    What a great way to discover a new sport. That looks a whole lot of fun. (slightly disappointed you didn’t try pole vaulting hahaha!)
    Liz Burton recently posted..Olympic Rings T-shirtMy Profile

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  3. Fiona Cambouropoulos @coombemill says

    May 2, 2012 at 7:41 am

    I love this idea and remember doing something similar myself as a child. Brilliant idea and great out door exercise. I wold love you to link this with me on Country Kids too.

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  4. Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says

    May 7, 2012 at 7:03 pm

    I love this idea – just wanted to let you know that I’m featuring you on Tuesday Tots this week with some of the other Olympic crafts linked up last week on Tuesday Tots
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    • admin says

      May 7, 2012 at 8:46 pm

      Oh wow! Thank you Cerys!

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  5. Katie says

    May 10, 2012 at 11:01 am

    So simple and so cool!

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    • admin says

      May 10, 2012 at 9:20 pm

      Thank you. xx

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  6. Carrie says

    May 11, 2012 at 3:02 am

    What a fun lesson/day. Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday! I hope you are having a great week!
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  7. HELEN says

    May 24, 2012 at 9:43 pm

    love the medals..ingenious idea! x
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  1. Red Ted Art's Blog » Blog Archive » Olympic Crafts: 20+ Crafts, Activities & Ideas to Inspire says:
    May 1, 2012 at 6:46 am

    […] Get crafty and then get active! A great craft to include if you are having an Olympics Party or Olympics Street Party… and then when you are all done, of course you will need chocolate medals. Check out more from Mummy Mummy Mum! […]

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  2. Mini Olympics says:
    July 13, 2012 at 2:51 pm

    […] Make mini hurdles then jump over them. See who has the fastest time! From MummyMummyMum […]

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