My daughter was turning 8 and has always been very athletic so we decided to have an Olympic Birthday Party, complete with ribbons and medals.  We went to our local track which was adjacent to the community pool and had the following events: 1.  100 yd. dash – Track 2. Long Jump – Field 3. Cartwheeling – Gymnastics 4.  Water Balloon Toss (aimed at my 9 yr. old son) – Archery 5. Then over to the pool for the Out and Back Swim – Swimming 6. Then Cake and Ice Cream (the cake was designed with the Olympic theme) Everyone got ribbons and the winners of the swim received medals.  Everyone had a blast!!