Cub Scout Olympics Blue and Gold Dinner

Scouts made the centerpieces. They are soft styrofoam rings with shiny colored paper squares pushed in. The center torch is black paper rolled up with red and orange tissue paper for the flames. The torch is in a cup of sand to hold it upright.  Also stuck in the styrofoam, are olympic rings, the scouts cut out of paper, taped together and then stuck on a stick.  Table cloths were in the olympic colors.

At the front we had and banner painted on butcher paper.  Our olympic cauldron (more below) and cupcake table.

Cupcakes in the shape of olympic rings served as our dessert.

Each scout made a flag in den meetings.  They chose a team name for their families and decorated this name on a flag.  The flags are an old bed sheet cut into rectangles and attached to dowels.  On the table was a pre-opener craft for younger siblings where they could make a torch out of rolled paper and tissue paper for the fire.

Our olympic cauldron was a large black garbage can with a fan and a light inside.  Tissue paper was attached on a wire across the top.  When it was plugged in, it lit up and the paper swayed in the wind.

After dinner, we had an eagle scout in full uniform run in while an olympic fanfare played over the sound system.  He carried a torch around the gym, and then "lit" the cauldron, which we simultaneously plugged in.  Our MC announced "Let the games begin!"

After the cauldron lighting we played olympic music and had the boys with their flags and siblings with their torches march around the gym.  The lights flashed on and off and the MC announced the names of the competing "teams" while we all clapped.  I think the kids could have done this all day!

After the opening ceremony we had 8 different events for the boys and their families to compete in.  Each boy could choose 4 to do Events included such things as relays, basketball, and nurf gun shooting.After the events we gave out medals to the winners.  We had them stand on a stand and gave out gold, silver, bronze. At the end of the evening we gave out large chocolate medals to all the scouts, and then smaller medals to all the sibling who participated.  The entire event, dinner included, lasted 2 hours.