Emoji Day ideas for OSHC
8 DIY activities for a emoji day at before and after school care or vacation care, usually run around 17 July or Second Thursday in September. Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.
Design a New Emoji
Children invent an emoji that does not exist yet and pitch it to the group, explaining when people would use it.
Emoji Day · Games Day · Board Games Day +1Emoji Bingo
Children play bingo using emoji symbols instead of numbers, matching faces as the caller describes them.
Emoji Day · Mental Health Month · R U OK Day +2Emoji Feelings Check-In
Children choose an emoji card to show how they feel and share why, building emotional vocabulary.
Emoji Day · Puzzle Day · Escape Room Day +1Emoji Story Decoder
Children decode titles of well-known stories, songs and sayings written only in emoji, then write their own puzzles.
R U OK Day · Mental Health Month · Dramatic Play Day +2Feelings Charades
Children act out emotions for others to guess. Builds emotional vocabulary in a playful way.
Craft Day · Block World Day · Emoji Day +1Fuse Bead Art
Children create designs on pegboards with fuse beads, which an educator irons to set.
Emoji Day · Paper Crafts Day · Mental Health MonthPaper Plate Emoji Faces
Children paint paper plates yellow and add card features to create expressive emoji faces.
Block World Day · Gaming Day · Coding Unplugged +3Pixel Art on Grid Paper
Children colour squares on grid paper to create pixel pictures of animals, objects or characters of their own design.