Since Salt Lake City hosted the 2002 Winter Olympic Games one week after my son's 6th birthday, we thought it would be fun to have a Winter Birthday Olympics party. Our invitation had a torch
on the front of it, the flame was actually a cake with 6 lit candles on it. Then we put 2002 Birthday Olympic Games below. The inside read, "Let the Games Begin"
Please join us to participate in the Birthday Olympics to be held at Sullivan Resort in Ogden, UT. Opening Ceremonies are on (date) and begin at (time).Please RSVP to John's headcoach
at (telephone #). At the bottom it read, please come dressed to compete and play in the snow. At the party we played games like, pin the goldmedal on the USA skier.
We had an Olympic Ring Toss which we threw diving rings over stakes in the snow. We divided the kids into teams and played hockey, which we put cones leading up to the goals and they had to manipulate the street puck around the cones and into the goal. We had a snowball throwing contest, which I painted with snowpaint a bullseye in the snow with numbers on each ring, handed the teams buckets of pre-made snowballs and the team with the most points won. We also had a torch relay in the snow that we placed pictures of Olympic Children, such as, an ice skater, a boy on a sled, a skier, and a hot chocolate drinker in the snow and the kids ran to the music "I'm Proud To Be an American" holding cardboard torches around the obstacles in the snow. This was their favorite game. They didn't want to stop. At the end of the games we had a closing ceremony, and everyone was gold medal winners! Then it was in for cake which looked like a bobsled with the Olympic Mascots riding in it, and we served torch ice-cream cones and of course, hot chocolate with red, white and blue marshmallows in it. Their treatbags had Olympic tattoos, chocolate gold medals, bubbles, a small cowbell with Olympic stickers on them, and a package of USA hot chocolate. The party was a real big hit! For thank you cards, we purchased 2002 Winter Olympic Games postcards and mailed them out. The kids in my son's class are still talking about it.
