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LED Light-Up Cheer Bows
White bows with built-in LEDs that glow any color at the click of a button, one bow per athlete.
$66 USD per bow · 10-bow minimum
For coaches ordering for a whole squad: one style, one size and one order keeps every bow matched. For competition day, night games and showcases, add our light-up cheer bows, which every athlete sets to the team colour with a button. See the light-up cheer bows page for current pack sizes and team pricing.
What should a coach decide before ordering team bows?
Six decisions, made once, before anyone places an order:
| Decision | The question to settle |
|---|---|
| Who wears one | Every athlete and alternate, plus two spares per style for the coach’s bag |
| How many styles | A practice bow, a sideline bow, a competition bow, or all three |
| Size | One size for the squad, chosen on real athletes, not from a photo |
| Finish | Grosgrain, glitter, rhinestone, sublimated print, custom or light-up |
| Who pays | Athlete fee, booster club or program budget |
| Your first date | Camp, the first game or the first competition |
Settle them with the athletic director or the booster president in one meeting and the order goes out in one piece. Split orders are how a squad ends up with two shades of the same red.
Which cheer bow material fits which job?
| Finish | What it is | Where it fits |
|---|---|---|
| Grosgrain | Ribbed ribbon; the ION jumbo cheer bow sold at Academy is grosgrain, 3 inches wide | Practice, camp and the sideline, all season |
| Glitter | Glitter-finish ribbon; Varsity suggests a gold glitter bow in September for childhood cancer awareness | Theme games and awareness nights |
| Rhinestone | Stones set on the bow; Omni Cheer lists rhinestones among its bow finishes | Competition, where bows run flashier |
| Sublimated | A printed design dyed into the ribbon; Omni Cheer sells sublimated bows | Team prints and patterns |
| Custom | Your colours, logo or names; Varsity reps offer competition bows with a school’s custom logo | A program look that lasts several seasons |
| Light-up | Ours: white bows with built-in LEDs; click the button on the bow to change the colour. See the product page | Competition day, night games, lights-out openers, showcases and banquets |
Sources: Academy Sports + Outdoors: ION jumbo cheer bow, Varsity: Celebrate Bow-vember, Omni Cheer: hair bows and ribbons. Varsity’s own rule of thumb is a useful one: competition bows have “a little more bling and shine” than classic sideline bows.
What size cheer bow should a team order?
Cheer suppliers describe bows by ribbon width and overall size. Two published examples:
| Bow | Size as published | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Varsity’s suggested sideline bow | Solid colour, 3-inch | Varsity: Celebrate Bow-vember |
| ION Cheer Girls’ Essential Jumbo Hair Bow | 7 inches by 6 inches, 3 inches wide, grosgrain | Academy Sports + Outdoors: ION jumbo cheer bow |
| Superior Cheer & Dance bow sizes | 6, 7 and 8 inches wide; 7 inches is its most popular size | Superior Cheer & Dance: bow size guide |
| The classic cheer pony bow | About 7 by 7 inches overall, tails about 5 inches, on 3-inch ribbon | Common supplier standard |
| Our light-up cheer bow | About 6.1 by 5.9 inches (15.5 by 15 cm), about 60 g | Measured sample |
For every size side by side, with how to measure a bow, see the cheer bow size chart.
Omni Cheer describes competition bows as “often larger and much flashier” (source: Omni Cheer: hair bows and ribbons). For bows on the mat, see competition cheer bows.
How to choose: put two sizes on your tallest and your smallest athlete, look from the top row of the stands, and order the one that reads without swamping the ponytail. Then order every bow in that size, at once. For our light-up bows, see the light-up cheer bows page.
How many bows does each athlete need?
More than one. Juab High School in Utah lists “3 sets bows” at $45 in the clothing and gear line of its 2025–26 cheerleading fee (source: Juab High School 2025–26 athletics fee schedule). Varsity makes the same case: a solid sideline bow for camp and football, a sparkle bow for competition, a patterned bow for basketball and a pink bow for October games (source: Varsity: Celebrate Bow-vember).
| Bow | When it’s worn | Per athlete |
|---|---|---|
| Practice or camp bow | Practice and camp | 1 |
| Sideline bow | Football and basketball games | 1 |
| Competition bow | Competitions, with the competition uniform | 1, plus team spares |
| Theme or awareness bow | Pink out, senior night, holiday games | Optional |
| Light-up bow | Competition day, night games, lights-out openers, showcases, banquets | 1, or make it the competition bow |
Keep two spares of every style in the coach’s bag. Bows get left in cars and lost at away games, and a spare from the same order keeps the line matched.
What do cheer bows cost, and who pays?
Published fee schedules show how programs handle it:
| Program | How bows are billed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Juab High School, Utah, 2025–26 | Three sets of bows at $45, inside a $1,032 cheerleading clothing and gear fee that also covers uniform pieces, shoes, socks and poms | Juab High School 2025–26 athletics fee schedule |
| Cheer Infinity Allstars, 2026–27 | Uniform and bow billed together at $250, outside monthly tuition; a new hair piece is $25 for athletes who already have the uniform | Cheer Infinity Allstars 2026–27 handbook |
| Showtime Elite Atlanta, 2024–25 | Bows listed with uniform, shoes, warm-up and backpack as not included in tuition and program fees | Showtime Elite Atlanta 2024–25 handbook |
The pattern: the athlete’s own bows go on the athlete fee, billed up front with the uniform, so nobody chases $15 in October. Team-held items, such as spares, senior bows given as a gift and any light-up set the program keeps, sit better with the booster club or the program budget. Cost the order at your full roster plus spares, and get every quote in writing for the booster treasurer.
Should you order custom cheer bows?
Custom is worth it when the bow is part of the program’s look for several seasons. Varsity reps offer competition bows with a school’s custom logo, suggest a glitter logo on the tail of a solid bow, and personalise senior bows with the athlete’s name or graduation year (source: Varsity: Celebrate Bow-vember).
- Logo or name on the tail, where it reads from behind.
- Match the colour to the uniform under the lights you perform in, not on a screen.
- One maker, one order, so the colour and finish match across the squad.
- Senior bows with the season’s order, not in the week of senior night. See cheer senior night ideas.
- Reorders from the same maker, quoting the original order.
Colours, names, tails and finishes, option by option: custom cheer bows for teams.
Where do light-up bows fit in a team bow order?
As your competition bow, your night-game bow, or both. Our light-up cheer bows are white cheer bows with built-in LEDs: click the button on the bow to change the light colour, or let it cycle through the colours. Set every bow to the same colour and the whole squad glows together. They glow in regular room lighting and under stage lights. Our light-up pom poms change colour together by remote; each bow changes with its own button. To match, every athlete clicks the bow to the pom colour before the squad goes out.
See the light-up cheer bows page for current pack sizes and team pricing. Keep a standard bow for practice and camp, and bring out the light-up set on competition day, on the mat and at awards, at night football, lights-out openers, showcases and banquets. Competition rules vary by event, so check with your event producer before using anything lit in a judged routine. See our light-up cheer bows guide.
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Light-Up LED Pom Poms
Metallic streamers with LEDs built into the pom, a rechargeable pack, and one remote that changes the whole team’s color at once.
$145 USD per pair
When should a coach place the bow order?
| When | What to lock in |
|---|---|
| Tryouts | Roster set; count athletes, alternates and two spares per style |
| Before camp | Practice and sideline bows in hand; size checked on real athletes |
| Before the first night game | Light-up bows and poms, if your squad performs after dark |
| Before the first competition | Competition bows, standard or light-up, ordered with the competition uniform |
| Midseason | Lost bows replaced from the same maker; senior bows in hand |
| End of season | Count what’s left; note what to reorder |
Email or DM us with your team size, your colours, your first night game and whether you also need light-up poms. We make our light-up products ourselves and will tell you plainly what fits your date. See team orders for how a group order works.
Frequently asked questions
What size are cheer bows?
Suppliers describe them by ribbon width and overall size. Most are 6, 7 or 8 inches wide, and 7 inches is the usual standard; Varsity suggests a solid 3-inch sideline bow, and the ION jumbo cheer bow sold at Academy is 7 by 6 inches on 3-inch grosgrain. Pick one size for the whole squad.
What size is the light-up cheer bow?
About 6.1 by 5.9 inches (15.5 by 15 cm) and about 60 g, close to a 6-inch cheer bow. Tails come straight-cut, or we can cut them into classic triangle cheer-bow tails for your team.
How many cheer bows does each cheerleader need?
More than one. Juab High School’s 2025–26 cheer fee lists three sets of bows. Plan a practice bow, a sideline bow and a competition bow, plus spares in the coach’s bag.
Who pays for cheer bows?
In the fee schedules we found, the athlete, through the season fee: Juab High School puts bows in its cheer clothing and gear fee, and Cheer Infinity Allstars bills the bow with the uniform. Spares, senior bows and program-owned light-up sets fit the booster or program budget.
Can we order cheer bows in bulk?
Yes. Order the whole squad plus spares at once, from one maker, so every bow matches. Our light-up cheer bows are white bows with built-in LEDs. See the light-up cheer bows page for current pack sizes and team pricing.
Are custom cheer bows worth it?
When the bow is part of the program’s look for several seasons. Varsity reps offer competition bows with a school logo and senior bows with names or graduation years.
Can a light-up bow be the team’s competition bow?
Yes. Ours are big white cheer bows with built-in LEDs, made for the mat and the sideline, and every athlete sets the bow to the team colour with its button.
More cheer bow guides:
- Light-up cheer bows for teams: the hub: what the bows do, matching poms, how many to order.
- Cheer bow size chart: 6, 7 and 8 inch bows, jumbo bows and our light-up bow measured.
- Competition cheer bows: light-up bows for all-star teams on the mat and at awards.
- Custom cheer bows: team colours, names, tails and light-up bows.
- Cheer bow colors: white, red, blue, purple, black, two-colour and cause-night bows.
- Glow bows and light-up cheer bows: LED vs glow-in-the-dark vs neon bows for glow nights.
- Senior cheer bows: what coaches and booster clubs order for senior night.
- How to make cheer bows, or order them: supplies, hours and cheer bow placement.
- Cheer accessories checklist: everything a squad orders each season.
- Shop light-up cheer bows: current packs and team pricing.
See also the cheer pom poms buying guide.
Sources: Academy Sports + Outdoors: ION jumbo cheer bow, Varsity: Celebrate Bow-vember, Omni Cheer: hair bows and ribbons, Superior Cheer & Dance: bow size guide, Juab High School 2025–26 athletics fee schedule, Cheer Infinity Allstars 2026–27 handbook, Showtime Elite Atlanta 2024–25 handbook, USASF Cheer Rules 2026–27.
School, gym and supplier names are used only to identify their public pages and documents. None is affiliated with or endorses Neon Cowboys.
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