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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
Pop Warner cheer squads use light-up pom poms for the nights a youth season is remembered by: the last game of a Saturday, the league championship sideline and the banquet. Neon Cowboys makes them in your league colors, switched together by one remote, at $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs.
Planning a Pop Warner cheer season around one set of poms
A Pop Warner cheer squad works a long season. According to Pop Warner, its spirit teams cheer on the football sideline at home games and most away games, then go on to qualifying spirit events at the league and region level, with the National Cheer and Dance Championships held every December (source: Pop Warner Cheer & Dance). That is three months of Saturdays, plus the competitions, plus the banquet. A set of light-up poms is bought once and used at every one of them.
The order usually starts with the head cheer coach or the league’s cheer coordinator, a team parent does the legwork, and the league board approves the spend. This guide is written for that conversation: how many pairs, what they cost, which nights they are for and what the board will ask. For the whole picture across every kind of squad, see light-up pom poms for every kind of team.
How many pairs does a Pop Warner cheer squad need?
One pair per cheerleader, plus a spare pair or two for the night a battery runs low or a new athlete joins mid-season. For competition, Pop Warner sorts show cheer and sideline performance teams into three sizes: small (5 to 10 cheerleaders), medium (11 to 20) and large (21 to 35) (source: Pop Warner National Championships). Here is what each size looks like at our team rate, which starts at 10 pairs.
| Pop Warner team size | Cheerleaders | Pairs we suggest | At $120 a pair |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small | 5 to 10 | 10, the team-rate minimum; the extras become spares | $1,200 |
| Medium | 11 to 20 | Squad size plus one, e.g. 16 pairs for 15 athletes | $1,920 |
| Large | 21 to 35 | Squad size plus two, e.g. 30 pairs for 28 athletes | $3,600 |
| Two squads, different game times | e.g. 14 and 12 | 14 pairs, handed from the early game to the late game | $1,680 |
Of the 54 teams that applied to us for team pricing this fall, the median request was 17 pairs, and 36 of them asked for between 10 and 20. That is the size of a typical youth football cheer squad, and it is why the 10-pair minimum rarely gets in the way.
Which Pop Warner nights are worth lighting up?
- The last game of the day. When the oldest division plays the late slot on a fall Saturday, the second half can run into dusk. That is where lit poms read best from the bleachers.
- Homecoming and the oldest players’ last home game. Line the run-through with poms lit in league colors and let the parents film it.
- League championship Saturday. The sideline everyone records, and the photo the league uses next spring to recruit.
- The send-off before region. A parking-lot pep rally with every pom switched to team colors on the count.
- The end-of-season banquet. Lights down, each cheerleader called up holding a lit pom. Our cheer banquet ideas has the running order.
- A December holiday parade. If your league marches in its town’s parade, lit poms are visible from one end of the route to the other.
For more sideline moments, see youth football cheer ideas for game day.
Video still: @braypartyof5
Using light-up poms around Pop Warner competitions
Use them everywhere around the mat: in the stands, at the awards ceremony, in team photos, at the send-off and at the welcome-home. For anything inside a judged routine, check first. Pop Warner keeps one set of spirit rules for its squads, and its competition divisions include Sideline Performance Cheer and Pom Performance (source: Pop Warner Cheer & Dance). Read the current rule book and ask your region’s spirit coordinator before you build lit poms into a scored routine. Our post on light-up poms and cheer competition rules lists the questions to ask, and the 2027 youth competition season plan maps where the poms fit month by month.
Who signs off on a Pop Warner pom order?
If your league’s spending runs through its board, bring the board a number and a reason, in one line: a squad of 15 is 16 pairs, which is $1,920 at the team rate, paid once. Poms have no sizes, so when a cheerleader ages up to the next division the poms stay with the squad and go to the next group. Pop Warner’s cheer and dance age divisions include Tiny Mite, Mitey Mite, Junior Peewee, Peewee, Junior Varsity, Varsity and Bantam (source: Pop Warner National Championships), so a league with three or four squads can order once for the whole program.
Three ways to fund it: a line in the cheer registration fee, a local sponsor whose name goes on the banner, or one fundraiser sized to the order. Our youth cheer fundraiser guide does the math for 10, 15 and 20 pairs, and how booster clubs approve a pom order covers the approval steps.
Can we get them in our league colors?
Yes. Pick the metallic streamers first: teal, orange, hot pink, purple, green, silver, red, blue, gold or white. The full-color LEDs then change by remote, so the squad runs your league colors every Saturday and switches for a theme game. One pair can also carry both colors, raised pom in one and low pom in the other; our setup page shows green and white, red and blue, and blue and white. White was the most requested color among this fall’s 54 applicants (22 teams), followed by blue (10) and red (7), and six teams asked for two or more colors. See the team color guide for common pairings and how two-color pom pairs work.
How do light-up poms work for young cheerleaders?
The diodes are built into the pom itself, through the metallic streamers, not a single light in the handle, so the whole pom shows color. Each pom weighs 7 oz. An adult does the charging: a USB-C cable into the battery pack on the handle, with a red light while it charges. A charge runs 3 to 4 hours, and white and rainbow modes use more. The coach keeps the remote. W sets white, MODE steps through the colors and AUTO runs the rainbow, and every pom in range switches together, so the cheerleaders only have to hold them up. Our setup videos show each step.
Get your league’s poms lined up
Look at our light-up LED pom poms and the team pricing page, then send us the squad details. One application can cover every squad in the league.
Apply with your league, each squad’s size, your colors and the date you want them for (a game, the banquet or region). We make the poms ourselves and will tell you plainly what fits your date. Team pricing is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs.
Frequently asked questions
What is your team pricing for a Pop Warner squad?
$120 a pair on 10 or more pairs. A squad of 12 with two spares is 14 pairs, or $1,680. The diodes are built into every pom, each pom has a rechargeable pack, and the squad switches colors together by remote.
Can we get them in our team colors?
Yes. Set the whole squad to one league color by remote, or split a pair so each pom shows one of your two colors. Tell us your colors when you apply.
How do they work for little kids?
Adults charge the poms by USB-C and the coach keeps the remote; the cheerleaders just hold them. Each pom is 7 oz, and a charge lasts 3 to 4 hours.
Can we get them in time for our banquet or championship?
Send us the date when you apply. We make the poms ourselves and will tell you plainly what fits that date.
Can we use them in a Pop Warner competition routine?
Check the current Pop Warner rule book and your region’s spirit coordinator first. Squads use them on the sideline, at send-offs, at awards and in photos.
Do we need new poms when kids age up?
No. Poms have no sizes, so the set stays with the program and passes to the next squad.
See also: LED pom poms for every kind of team, youth football cheer ideas and teams that use LED pom poms.
Sources: Pop Warner Cheer & Dance, Pop Warner National Championships.
Pop Warner is a registered trademark of Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. It is named here only to describe the leagues our readers coach in; it is not affiliated with and does not endorse Neon Cowboys.
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