The Summer Olympics are such an exciting event for children to witness. For toddlers and preschoolers, the Rio Games will be their very first introduction to the global competition! This Easy Olympics Craft for Toddler and Preschoolers is a great way to get the kids involved in summer games and teach them about the Olympics rings.
Materials Needed for Olympics Craft
5 Pipe-cleaners: red, blue, black, yellow and green
How to Make the Olympics Rings
- Twist the blue, black and red pipe-cleaners into circles.
- Form the yellow and green circles by interlocking them according to the pattern.
- Sometimes the ends can poke out. Use wire cutters or give them a strong adult finger pinch to make sure they won’t stick out.
What Kids Learn
This easy craft introduces children to the Olympics and the Olympic flag, something they will see a lot of in the coming weeks.
It’s a great color lesson.
Manipulating pipe-cleaners strengthens the pinter grasp, essential for writing.
Learning how to interlock the rings requires attention to detail.
It’s fun!
Super cute & simple!
Thnaks, Jacki! I like that they are so easy.
These are so cute!! I wish I was in school right now so I could these crafts!!
This is adorable!! And super easy for even me and my daughter to do haha
Yes! It’s so much fun to share the Olympics with kids. I expect we’ll be doing lots of races once the games start.
All kids are different. Maybe he or she could make a general circle and then you could do the twisting.
Yay! I love finding crafts that I already have the materials for!
I love this idea and so will my kids! Plus we already have the pipe cleaners so yay!!!
This is a cute activity! I don’t think my two year old could complete it, but for sure by the next olympics!
Love it! I was just looking for some ideas to do with my 4 and 6 year old. We are all soooo excited for the Olympics!
This is fun. I am sure my kid will love here!!