An Olympic sleepover theme or Olympic themed party is a great party theme for any time (summer or winter), but especially during times of the Olympic games!
Whether you’re looking for home Olympics ideas for games, need Olympic party decorations or themed party supplies, want red, white, and blue food, or want an Olympic games birthday party, we’ve got you covered for your own Team USA games or other teams!
Best Olympic Sleepover Theme Ideas For Kids Parties
Don’t limit your Olympic party sleepover or Olympic party theme to just Olympics times. It’s a great theme for any time of the year!
Almost anything can be turned into Olympic themed party activities with a little imagination!
Use these as inspiration and ideas for your party theme.
Olympic Themed Party Activities and Ideas
How do you celebrate the Olympics?
- Plan a watch party of the opening ceremonies
- Play Olympic watch party games like Opening Ceremony Bingo
- Use country flags as DIY Olympic party decorations
- Create your own friends and family olympics ideas obstacle course games
- Give medals to winners of Minute To Win It Olympic themed games (great for Olympics birthday party game ideas too!)
- Make Olympic theme recipes like patriotic recipes or sample dishes from a variety of Olympic countries
- Have an Olympics craft table with kid-friendly crafts
- Split guests into teams and play Olympic theme games
- Create silly Olympic games for kids (or fun homemade Olympic games)
- Hand out gold wrapped chocolate medals as Olympic party favors
- Create a specialty theme Olympics cocktail / mocktail
- Serve red, white, and blue layered drinks (learn how below!)
See the full party olympic sleepover ideas below that also work for any Olympic parties and Olympic opening ceremony party ideas!
OK! Let’s get to the good ideas for Olympic themed party!
How To Plan An Olympic Party
Food For Olympic Themed Party
Food for a theme Olympic party can be really fun!
Don’t worry about it being super formal food. Instead, go for Olympic themed appetizers, party dips, and finger foods and even patriotic red, white & blue foods for Team USA.
Then, add fun Olympic party names to the dishes to stay in theme.
Olympic Opening Ceremony Party Food:
- Olympic onion rings with dipping sauce
- Mini Olympic ring pizzas
- Olympic rings sugar cookies (cookies colored with colors of Olympic rings)
- Gold medal cookies (cookies made into gold medals)
- Olympic snack board with fruit arranged in Olympic rings, Lifesavers become Olympic rings food, etc.
- Olympic ring donuts
- Silver Medal Soup (any soup)
- Flag cupcakes (use international Olympic flag picks like these)
- Bronze Banana Pudding
- Gold Medal Graze Table
- Patriotic popcorn
- Red white and blue layered parfaits
- Fruit salad topped in a cone topped with lemon yogurt become edible Olympic torches
- Red white and blue fruit dip
- Olympic apple rings
MORE OLYMPIC PARTY IDEAS: Olympic Party Food Recipes
Olympic Party Drink Ideas
For your Olympic theme party drinks, create a signature drink and then use fun drink names like Gold Medal Winner or names after athletes or events.
- Olympic Torch (any gold drink)
- Go For The Gold Water (infused water)
- Olympic Games Gatorade (decorate the bottles with mini medals)
- Patriotic Punch layered drink
- Go Team USA red white and blue drink
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Decorations for Olympics Party
- Anything red, white, and blue or Team USA
- Posters and signs of different sports and a description
- Cards of Team USA athletes participating and their sports and stats
- Spray paint hula hoops the colors of the Olympic Rings for easy DIY Olympic decorations
- Olympics paper supplies (plates, napkins, cups, etc.)
- Print out Olympics trivia cards and spread them around the food tables
- Outdoor American Flag lights
- Blow up torches
- Red white and blue decorations
- Olympic Ring flag
- International flags banner
- Flag whirls
Olympic Theme Party Favors
- Go For The Gold party bags filled with Rolos or gold wrapped chocolates
- Red white and blue beads
- Gold coin chocolates
- Mini international flags (with stands!) – great for Olympic favor bags and decorations!
- Gold, silver, and bronze medals
- Gymnastics dance streamers
- Olympic Rings temporary tattoos
- Hockey Stick pencils
- American Flag favor bags
- Flags of the world pencils
- Design your own olympic medal
Don’t Miss These Other Fun Sports Theme Party Ideas: Basketball Party Ideas and also How To Throw A Football Party That Rocks!
18 Olympic Party Games for Kids & Adults
Olympic games party ideas:
- Olympic themed plastic wrap ball
- Olympic themed charades of your favorite athletes or sport
- Olympic Rings Toss
- Olympics Card Game Uno
- Giant bowling
- Olympic Pictionary
- Balloon games
- Bean bag toss competitions
- Tabletop Curling
- Painted Hula Hoops Olympic Ring obstacle course
- Tug-o-war
- USA Cornhole
- Archery
- Air hockey
- Potato sack races
- Olympics party trivia competition
- Head hoop basketball
- Beat That! Challenge Games
Also check out these Olympic theme party ideas: Ultimate Backyard Summer Olympics Party Games for Family Fun!
What do you wear to an Olympic party?
Olympic themed party outfit ideas:
- Patriotic red, white, and blue outfits
- Shirts, hoodies, or sweatshirts of your favorite country competing in the Olympics
- Fun Olympics gear like Red white and blue beads necklaces
- Costumes for olympic themed party
- Crazy patriotic hats
- Silly Olympic headbands
- Jerseys of your favorite Olympic athletes or sports (or Team USA jerseys)
- Team USA beanies
- USA flag pants
- Team USA glasses
What are your ideas of Olympic themed party? Let us know and we’ll add them to our party list of ideas!
Have fun with your Olympic sleepover theme or Olympics party!
