Fairy Tale Day ideas for OSHC
29 DIY activities for a fairy tale day at before and after school care or vacation care, usually run around Book Week (August) or Summer. Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.
Biscuit Gingerbread Houses
Children build small houses from plain biscuits stuck together with icing, then decorate them with lollies.
Book Week · Superhero Day · Fairy Tale Day +2Book Character Parade
Children dress up as a favourite book character and parade for each other, celebrating stories and reading.
Knights and Fairies · Medieval Times · Cardboard Box Day +2Box Castle Building
Children build castles from boxes and tubes, adding towers, drawbridges and flags.
Medieval Times · Knights and Fairies · Cardboard Box Day +2Cardboard Castle Building
Children build castles with turrets, walls and working drawbridges from boxes, tubes and string.
Medieval Times · Knights and Fairies · Mythical Creatures +3Castles, Dragons and Stories
Children build cardboard castles and make sock dragon puppets, then stage their own adventure story for an audience.
Fairy Tale Day · Book Week · Dramatic Play Day +1Character Charades
Children act out a story character without words while their team races to guess who it is.
Fairy Tale Day · Book Week · Dramatic Play Day +1Character Dress-Up Parade
Children dress as a favourite story character and walk a red carpet while others guess who they are.
Mad Hatter's Tea Party · Crazy Hat Day · Fairy Tale Day +2Crazy Hat Tea Party Parade
Children design and build wild, whimsical hats from card and craft scraps, then show them off in a tea party parade and picnic.
Fairy Tale Day · Crazy Hat Day · Knights and Fairies +1Crowns and Character Ears
Children decorate card crowns or headband ears with gems and glitter to wear for the rest of the day.
Birthday for Everyone Day · Knights and Fairies · Fairy Tale Day +2Decorated Birthday Crowns
Younger children decorate card crowns with gems and stickers so everyone can feel like the birthday star.
Enchanted Forest · Knights and Fairies · Tiny Things Day +2Fairy Door Making
Children paint and decorate tiny doors made from pop sticks to place at the base of trees or in the garden.
Knights and Fairies · Fairy Tale Day · Enchanted Forest +2Fairy Flower Crowns
Children decorate card crowns with paper and real flowers for fairy-tale dress-up.
Fairy Tale Day · Dramatic Play Day · Book Week +2Fairy Tale Retelling
Small groups choose a well-known fairy tale and act it out with props, adding their own twist to the ending.
Book Week · Fairy Tale Day · Silly Stories Day +2Felt Board Story Retelling
Younger children retell favourite stories by moving felt characters and props on a board, building narrative and language skills.
Fairy Tale Day · Movie Day · Game Show Day +1Film and Song Trivia
Teams compete in a picture-round quiz about children's films and their songs, using buzzers for a game-show feel.
Fairy Tale Day · Movie Day · Music and Dance Day +1Film Songs Freeze Dance
Children dance to well-known children's film songs and freeze in a character pose whenever the music stops.
Music Festival Day · Spring Fair · Fairy Tale Day +3Flower Crowns
Children twist pipe cleaners and add fresh or paper flowers to make festival flower crowns.
Gingerbread Day · Christmas · Fairy Tale Day +1Gingerbread Chase
An energetic tag game where a runner plays the gingerbread person and everyone tries to catch them.
Superhero Day · Knights and Fairies · Fairy Tale Day +2Heroes and Fairies Dress-Up Day
Younger children come dressed as heroes or fairies and spend the day designing capes and wands, then celebrate with a parade.
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.
Wizard School Day · Magic Day · Fairy Tale Day +3Magic Wand Making
Children decorate chopsticks or twigs with glue, beads and paint to create their own magic wands.
Mythical Creatures · Puppet Day · Fairy Tale Day +2Magical Puppet Show
Children use puppets to plan and perform a magical story with creatures, quests and surprises.
Gardening Day · Enchanted Forest · Fairy Tale Day +3Mini Fairy Garden
Children design a tiny fairy garden in a pot using moss, pebbles and small natural or recycled bits.
Book Week · Craft Day · Under the Sea +2Picture Book Craft Response
Younger children listen to a picture book and then make a craft linked to the story, deepening their connection to it.
Puppet Day · Dramatic Play Day · Book Week +2Puppet Show
Children write and perform a short puppet show behind a puppet theatre. Builds storytelling and confidence.
Book Week · Sensory Day · Fairy Tale Day +2Story Small-World Tray
Younger children build a small-world tray based on a favourite book using sand, figurines and natural items, then play out the story.
Fairy Tale Day · At the Building Site · Science Week +1Three Little Pigs Build
Children build houses from straws, sticks and blocks and test which one survives the big bad wolf's fan.
Enchanted Forest · Book Week · Nature Play Day +2Under-the-Tree Storytelling
Children sit in a circle under a tree and build a magical forest story together, one sentence at a time.
Mythical Creatures · Dinosaur & Unicorn Day · Knights and Fairies +2Unicorn Horns and Dragon Wings
Children make wearable unicorn horns and dragon wings from card and glitter, then use them in imaginative play.