Olympic Ring Prints

From Sherri Osborn, former About.com Guide

People of all ages will have fun making these prints that look like the Olympic rings. All you need are a few basic craft supplies and a few toilet paper rolls.

• Age Guideline: 3 Years and Up
• Time Required: 30 minutes (Does not include drying time)

The above age and time guidelines are estimates. This project can be modified to suit other ages and may take more or less time depending on your circumstances.

Materials Needed:

• Acrylic Paint (Blue, black, red, yellow, and green)
• Cardstock
• Toilet Paper Rolls
• Paper Plate

Instructions to Make Olympic Ring Prints:

I used three toilet paper rolls and cut them each is half. You need to have five ends (circles). Use as many or as few toilet paper rolls as you like.

Squirt a little of the blue, black, and red paint onto a paper plate. Dip an end of a toilet paper roll into the blue paint and press it onto the paper. Using two other toilet paper roll ends, make a black circle next to the blue circle and a red circle next to the black one. I made sure my paint was really thick! Let the paint dry.

Once those circles are dry, squirt some yellow and some green paint onto a paper plate. Make yellow and green circles the same way you did the other circles. Use the picture as a placement guide. Let that paint dry.

To finish your Olympic rings. Use a scrap piece of cardboard or even a toothpick, dipped in the appropriate paint color, to dab onto the rigs where they are supposed to over lap and under lap.