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Let’s tumble and twirl with the birthday girl for Grayce’s 9th gymnastics<\/a> birthday party<\/strong>! \u00a0I’m thrilled to finally share\u00a0with you Grayce’s birthday party from this summer. \u00a0How could you not love this party with all the cool\u00a0gym props – from a pink mat and beam… to hula hoops and jump ropes, I made sure the overall feel of the party was a fresh take to a typical\u00a0gymnastics party. \u00a0I blended traditional meet elements (like printable 1st, 2nd, 3rd place ribbons, meet scores & score sheets) along with Printable Olympic medals of gold, silver & bronze. \u00a0The best part – I kept the party on a very small budget even though you would never know it from all the details!<\/p>\n

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See more sports themed parties:
\n<\/strong>– Chevron Pool Party
\n<\/a>–\u00a0Retro Bowling
\n<\/a>–\u00a0Basketball
\n<\/a>–\u00a0Preppy Equestrian Horseback Riding
\n<\/a>– A League of Her Own<\/a><\/p>\n

Background behind this party: \u00a0<\/strong>Grayce\u00a0made our local gymnastics team this spring and insisted on having a gymnastics birthday party this year. \u00a0She asked for bold fun colors including pink, aqua, lime green and purple to make it girly and fun! \u00a0Grayce also asked for glitter and stars to be a part of the design collection along with including it in\u00a0the table decor. \u00a0I set up the room so that the girls could participate\u00a0in gymnastic events as well as timed gym sports (we had a triple\u00a0hula hoop contest and jump rope contest in addition to our “Birthday Meet”).<\/p>\n

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I\u00a0did a pre-photo shoot to show off the most adorable custom Biketards <\/a>by Just Dance Customs<\/a>\u00a0along with these fabulous large crepe hanging paper twirls by Paperwhite Designs<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I set out trophies<\/a> and ribbon wands from Oriental Trading<\/a>\u00a0along with printable medals and ribbons<\/a> from our Gymnastics Collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Then I\u00a0had the full blown party with all the girls!<\/p>\n

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I set the room with a simple backdrop with a printable gymnastics silhouette and banner. \u00a0I added printable gymnast silhouettes to the cake and on either side of the shelves as well. \u00a0I added a hanging printable medal ribbon banner with twine from The Twinery<\/a> and tiered snacks and tropies on colorful blocks with desserts in front on white trays. \u00a0Both shelves also had take home bright colored canvas bags with extra favors included. \u00a0I put out a small table in front that had score boards (erase boards) and printable score sheets, along with water bottles.<\/p>\n

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Grayce made the stars out of fondant with cookie cutters and I placed them around a store bought cake. \u00a0Didn’t she do a great job??? \u00a0I added printable cake toppers<\/a> for the final details. \u00a0This was a perfect way to have the look of a designer cake for low costs. \u00a0We also put the fondant stars on chocolate covered medal cookies I made, and added a printable party logo medal<\/a> on top.<\/p>\n

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I made pink and green versions of these chocolate covered oreo cookies, and put them on plates with lined patterned paper. \u00a0Each cookie came in gold, silver or bronze.<\/p>\n

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I set out sports drink bottles and filled them with popcorn and added giant pixie sticks which I turned into ribbon wands. \u00a0Then I gave the girls energy drinks (water bottles) and power bars (chocolate bars) when they needed a little pick me up!<\/p>\n

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All gymnasts receive flowers when they compete, so I made sure to set out chocolate covered marshmallow flower bouquets with printable leaves.<\/p>\n

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I lined each ribbon with glitter patterned paper for extra bling which hung from the flower vases!<\/p>\n

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Another sweet treat I made\u00a0included chocolate covered pretzel bars (i.e. my version of uneven parallel bars).<\/p>\n

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I created colorful canvas bags with glitter stars to hold the gymnast’s goodies. \u00a0Each bag had silly string wrapped in printable patterned paper, and clear cello bags & printable bag toppers with glitter star foam stickers (stuffed with matching tissue paper from Nashville Wraps)<\/a>. \u00a0I designed personalized star favor tags for each bag as well.<\/p>\n

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We filled the bags with other favors sitting around the room! \u00a0Take home items included: \u00a0hair bands, jump ropes, trophies, silly string, star stickers and various sweets & treats!
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I gave each child a dry erase score board and printable score cards for our “Birthday Meet”.<\/p>\n

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Here are some more detailed shots I love from this gymnastics birthday party!<\/p>\n

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And onto the party….. \u00a0below are some fun shots from the actual birthday celebration! \u00a0We started off with our “Birthday Meet”.. and ended up doing a triple hula contest and jump rope contest! \u00a0The girls LOVED scoring each other and watching each girl do their tricks! \u00a0The meet included: floor, beam & ribbon events.<\/p>\n

Kicking off with the first\u00a0event of Floor Routines<\/p>\n

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Next up was Beam!<\/p>\n

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<\/a>The judges weren’t too hard on the girls (they mostly gave 9’s and 10’s) lol.<\/p>\n

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The girls had a great time with\u00a0rhythmic gymnastics using the Ribbon Wands. \u00a0The moves they created were hysterical!<\/p>\n

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1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners from the “Birthday Meet”!!! \u00a0They received\u00a0trophies along with printable medal ribbons (gold, silver & bronze)!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0For the hula hoop contest we used 3 hoops… whomever\u00a0was able to keep them up longest won!<\/p>\n

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1st & 2nd place winners of the Hula Hoop Contest (below)! \u00a0No-one could beat Grayce and they tried several times!!!<\/p>\n

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These silly girls were the perfect group to be a part of “Team Grayce” for Grayce’s 9th Gymnastics Birthday Party.<\/p>\n

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CREDITS & RESOURCES:<\/strong>
\u2013 Printables, Concept & Styling:\u00a0<\/span>Anders Ruff<\/a>
\u2013 Photography & Desserts:\u00a0<\/span>Anders Ruff<\/a>
\u2013 Trophies, Pink Ribbon Wands: Oriental Trading<\/a>
\n\u2013 Tissue Paper &\u00a0Cello Bags:\u00a0<\/span>Nashville Wraps
\n<\/a>\u2013 Label Material for Printing<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Onlinelabels<\/a>
\n\u2013\u00a0Twine: \u00a0The\u00a0Twinery<\/a>
\n\u2013 Large Crepe Hanging Paper Twirls: \u00a0Paperwhite Designs<\/a>
\n<\/span>\u2013\u00a0<\/span>Custom Biketards: \u00a0Just Dance Customs
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PRODUCT SOURCES to help you create\u00a0your own Gymnastic Party
\n<\/strong>–\u00a0Star Trophies<\/a>
\n– Bright Pink Ribbon Wands<\/a>\u00a0and Light Pink Ribbon Wands<\/a><\/span>
\n– Hoola Hoops here<\/a>\u00a0and here<\/a>
\n– Pink, Blue, and Green Sports Water Bottles<\/a>
\n– Ribbons<\/a> with places 1st through 4th
\n– Dry Erase Board <\/a>for writing scores or here<\/a>
\n– Pink<\/a> and Purple<\/a> \u00a0Jump Rope
\n– No Crease Hair Ties<\/a>
\n– Striped Paper Straws
\n<\/a>–\u00a0Gymnastics Mat<\/a>
\n– Pink Balance Beam<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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