Gymnastics continues to be a growing sport among men and women and the interest in the sport is going to continue growing for years to come! And it's quite fun to watch. So, you have a child that is nuts about Gymnastics and is repeatedly bothering you about having a Gymnastics Themed Party but you don't know where exactly to start, but don't worry help is here! We've compiled a hefty list of Gymnastic Party Ideas that will help you on your journey to throwing the best flippin' party in all the lands.

Location

First things first, you have to determine where the party is going to take place. You most likely don't want a dozen or so kids running around your house making a mess or ruining anything (not mention, kids are like the energizer bunny...they never stop).  If it's nice outside, you can set up small things like small trampolines, soft mats, or rent inflatable playground bouncer. Or you can take all the pressure off yourself to figure out things to do and finding things to rent and just book your party at a Gymnastic Center. Yeah, that's what I said, a Gymnastics Center! A lot of people aren't aware that almost all Gymnastic Centers allow you to book the center for your party and some will even set up and clean up for you.

Invitations

Make sure you invite all your gymnasts to your party with some cool invitations like the ones below! Or make your own with our invitation tutorial!

Gymnastics Party Invites & Envelopes

DIY Golden Medal Invitations

Materials

• Shiny gold card stock
• Light yellow card stock
• Drawing compass or circle stencil
• Glue stick
• Envelopes 5x7
• Marker
• Red, white and blue ribbon (1 type of ribbon w/ all 3 colors)
• Tape
• Scissors

Directions 

1. Using your drawing compass or circle stencil, create circles for the base of your "medal" using the shiny gold card stock (make sure your main circle is 5 in. in diameter or smaller)
2. Using the same technique, create smaller circles on the light yellow card stock (you want to make these about 1/2 in. smaller than your base circle)
3. Once you've created both circle, cut them out
4. Using the glue stick, glue the smaller circle onto the base circle. Let dry
5. Using a marker write down all of your party information (name, location, day, time, and any other information you see fit)
6. Cut 8 in. worth of ribbon for each invite
7. Turn invites over and tape the ribbon onto the back and you're all set to send the invites off!

Decorations

If you end up at a Gymnastics Center, some places have staff that take care of setup and tear down so you won't have to worry about decorating. But, if you want to make it more personable we have a few decoration ideas to help you out.

Discount Party Supplies a wide selection of Gymnastics Party Supplies such as:

• Party Signs
• Decorative Fans
• Door Signs

Painted Trophies

Materials 

• Cheap plastic gymnastic trophy (you can use old ones)
• Surface Spray Paint of any color (make sure it bonds to plastic)

Directions 

1. Find some old newspaper or cardboard you have lying around
2. Make sure you do this outside!
3. Stand your trophies up on the newspaper or cardboard
4. Use the spray paint to fully coat the trophies. Let dry
5. If needed, add an extra coat of spray paint and then let dry completely and you're ready to go!

Uneven Bars Wall Decoration

Materials 

• Streamers(we used black because we have white walls)
• Scissors
• Tape

Directions 

1. Find a large empty space on the wall
2. Cut 6 pieces of streamer ( 2-5ft, 3-4ft, 1-3ft)
3. From the base of the wall, tape down the two 4 ft. streamers vertical on the wall (3 feet apart from one another)
4. Take the 3 ft. streamer and tape it horizontal at the top of the vertical streamer (this is the bottom bar)
5. Now, take the two 5 ft. streamers and tape vertically on the wall outside of the shorter vertical streamers (4 feet apart from one another)
6. Last, you're going to take the 4 ft. streamer and tape it horizontally across where the two 5 ft. streamers meet (this is the top bar)
7. Once all your steps are complete you have a set of uneven bars right in your house!

Award Ribbon Banner

Materials 

• Small Clothespins
• Award Ribbons
• Twine or Rope

Directions 

1. Cut a strip of twine or rope about 5 ft. long (you can change this depending on what you need)
2. Starting at one end of the twine or rope, take one clothespin and clip it to the rope and insert one of the award ribbons
3. Continue this down the length of your rope/twine leaving about 4 inches between each ribbon
4. Take one end of the banner and tape it to one end of the wall or whatever you may be taping it to
5. To complete the look, straighten the banner out and secure the opposite end with tape

Tableware

One of the most important parts of the party is probably the food..let's be honest. So, you need an equally awesome table setup! Below we'll show you some cool things for your party table and tutorials for DIY tableware!

At Discount Party Supplies we have a variety of items to make your table perfect like:

• Dinner plates
• Dessert Plates
• Cups
• Napkins
• Tablecovers
• Placemats
• Drink Labels

Gymnastic Mat Tablecover

Material

• Royal Blue Tablecover
• White duct tape

Directions 

1. This one is super easy! First things first, place your blue tablecover onto your table
2. Take your white duct tape and place it along the border of your table like the image below. That's it and you've got yourself a gymnastics mat!

Gold Medal Dinner Plates

Materials

• Yellow or gold dinner plates
• Red, white and blue ribbon (1 type of ribbon w/ all 3 colors)
• Tape

Directions

1. Cut pieces of ribbon into 8 in. pieces
2. Turn the dinner plate over
3. Loop the ribbon in half
4. Tape to the back of the plate and ta dah! Now everyone at your table will be gold medal winners!

Food

After hours of running around, kids are going to be hungry. That's a given. We're going to share a few easy treats you can make to fit your gymnastics theme!

Tumble and Rolls

Ingredients 

• Gymnastics Cupcake Toppers (dual uses)
• Cheese (whatever type you like)
• Ham
• Turkey
• Flour tortillas

Directions 

1. Lay out your flour tortillas
2. Choose whichever meat you like (we used turkey and ham) and lay a few pieces across the middle of the tortilla
3. Now, do the same thing with the cheese
4. Starting from the end, roll up your tortillas
5. Using the cupcake toppers secure the wrap, placing the picks about 1.5 inches apart from each other
6. Take a knife and cut between the picks and then arrange on a plate

Gold and Silver Medal Cookies

Ingredients 

• Oreos or any other sandwich cookies
• Gold Food Color Spray
• Silver Food Color Spray (these can be found at craft stores like Joann)

Directions 

1. Place your cookies on a plate or napkin giving space between each one
2. Take your food color spray and spray the front and sides of the cookie as well as you can. Let the front dry
3. Flip cookies over and spray the back of the cookies. Let dry. Once dry, place the cookies onto a plate for all your winners!

Candy Foam Pit

Ingredients 

• Different flavors of Starburst candies
• Transparent glass or plastic bowl

Directions 

1. This one is really simple. All you have to do is open a bag of starburst and place them in your bowl!
2. That's it and you're done. If you'd like, you can put a label in front of the bowl saying 'Candy Foam Pit'

Balance Beam Twinkies

Ingredients 

• Crisp-wafer chocolate candy bars
• Melting chocolate
• Small pretzel rods
• Twinkies

Directions 

1. Prepare a small bowl of melted chocolate
2. Dip one end of the pretzel stick into the melted chocolate (you're going to do this twice)
3. Stick the two pretzel stick into the middle of the crisp-wafer chocolate bar and hold until the chocolate has hardened
4. When chocolate is set and the pretzels are sturdy, gently place the Twinkie on top and press down

Activities/Games

The last thing you want is to not have anything for the kids to do at a party, then they'd just be bugging you! So we took care of the stress of coming up with games and activities for the party

Musical Hula Hoops

Materials

• Hula Hoops
• Your quickness
• Speakers

Directions

1. This is like musical chairs. If you have 12 guests, you want to set out 11 hula hoops
2. Have everyone walk around while the music plays
3. Once you stop the music, everyone must find a hula hoop to stand in and the person that does not have a hula hoop to stand in, is out.
4. You'll take away one hula hoop every time someone gets out

Don't Lose the Foam Square

This may only work if you go to a Gymnastics Center

Materials

• Rainbow Parachute
• Foam square (you can use one from a foam pit)

Directions

1. Have everyone circle around the parachute
2. Place the foam square in the middle of the parachute
3. Have everyone shake the parachute in a up and down motion
4. If the foam square comes towards you, you have to hit it back to the middle to keep it within the parachute

Obstacle Course

An obstacle course is an activity you can get very creative with. If you do have your party at a gymnastics center, you will probably have all different types of gymnastic supplies you can use to create your own obstacle course. You can have each child go through the obstacle course and see who has the fastest time or you can make it a competition between two teams. The options are endless for ideas!

Party Favors

Don't let the guests forget how much fun they had at your party! Let them go on their way with fun and memorable goody bags filled with awesome party favors. Discount Party Supplies offer some cool party favors like:

• Gymnastics Stickers
• Gymnastics Bookmarks
• Gymnastics Tattoos
• Bracelets
• Jump Ropes

DIY Wand with Ribbons

Materials 

• Adhesive picture hanging strips (available at hardware stores)
• Assorted colors of satin ribbon
• Painters tape
• Assorted colors of acrylic paint
• 6 inch dowels
• Tack
• Small metal eye hooks
• Washi tape

Directions 

1. Take the wide satin ribbon and cut into strips of 50 inches, cutting one end straight across and the other end at an angle. With a lighter, seal off the edges of ribbon
2. Attach the straight end of the ribbon and attach to the adhesive hanging strips
3. Tape off the dowel about 1/3 of the way up
4. Paint the bottom third of the dowel with the acrylic paint. Peel off the tape once the paint is dry
5. Poke a hole in the top end of the dowel with a tack. Screw the eye hook into the hole as far as possible until secure
6. Hook the metal picture hanging hook onto the eye hook attached to the dowel and squeeze tight with pliers
7. If you plan to put this into a goody bag, wrap the ribbon around the dowel lengthwise and tape washi tape around the ribbon

Water Bottles

Materials 

• Cheap water bottles
• Candies
• Bracelet

Directions 

1. Take a water bottle and open the lid
2. Fill with an assortment of candy
3. Place a bracelet on the top before putting the lid back on and put a water bottle in each goody bag

 Thank You's

Let your guests know how thankful you are that they came and had a flippin' good time with them by sending a fun Thank You card! These cute Thank You Notes have plenty of room to leave a personal message for your guest.

Head over to DiscountPartySupplies.com for all of the Gymnastics Party Supplies you could ever need! Check back to our blog for other great party ideas and tips!