Autumn Leaves ideas for OSHC
16 DIY activities for Autumn Leaves at before and after school care or vacation care. Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.
Back to Nature Day
Children spend the day outdoors making nature collages, building cubbies and taking leaf rubbings with found materials.
Gardening Day · Autumn Leaves · Nature Play Day +3Flower Pressing
Children collect flowers and leaves, press them in heavy books and later use them to make cards or pictures.
Camp Out Day · Nature Play Day · Enchanted Forest +3Leaf and Flower Crowns
Children collect fallen leaves and flowers and attach them to card bands to make nature crowns.
Autumn Leaves · Nature Play Day · Animal Theme +3Leaf Animal Creatures
Children collect fallen leaves and arrange them into animals and creatures, using shape and colour imaginatively.
Gardening Day · Autumn Leaves · Clay and Pottery Day +2Leaf Clay Impressions
Children press leaves into rolled clay to make textured tiles that show off the patterns of veins and edges.
Nature Play Day · Autumn Leaves · National Tree Day +2Leaf Rubbings
Children place leaves under paper and rub crayons over them to reveal veins, edges and shapes.
Autumn Leaves · Nature Play Day · Seasons Day +3Leaf Sort and Classify
Younger children collect leaves and sort them by shape, size and colour, building early science and maths skills.
World Art Day · Nature Play Day · Outdoor Explorers +2Nature Land Art
Children collect leaves, sticks, flowers and stones to create temporary outdoor artworks, photographing them before nature takes them back.
Nature Play Day · Mindfulness Day · Outdoor Explorers +2Nature Mandalas
Children arrange leaves, petals and stones in circular patterns to create calm, colourful nature mandalas.
Treasure Hunters Day · Nature Play Day · Outdoor Explorers +2Nature Treasure Hunt
Children use a picture or word list to search the yard for natural treasures like a feather, a smooth stone or something yellow.
Earth Day · Nature Play Day · Outdoor Explorers +2Nature Walk Bracelets
Children wear masking tape bracelets sticky-side out and collect small leaves, petals and seeds on a nature walk.
Flying High · Science Week · Rocket and Plane Day +2Paper Helicopter Spinners
Children make paper spinners that twirl like falling seeds and test how design changes the drop time.
Down on the Farm · Gardening Day · Autumn Leaves +1Scarecrow Building
Small groups stuff old clothes with straw or newspaper and tie them together to build a scarecrow for the garden.
Seasons Day · Weather Watchers · Autumn Leaves +1Seasons Wheel
Younger children make a card wheel divided into four seasons, drawing what they see and do in each one.
Art Attack Day · Budding Artists · Halloween +2Straw Blow Painting
Children blow drops of watery paint across paper through straws to create branching trees or wild monster shapes.
National Tree Day · Nature Play Day · Outdoor Explorers +2Tree Bark Rubbings
Children rub crayons over paper held against tree bark to reveal and compare the textures of different trees.