Flying High ideas for OSHC
12 DIY activities for a flying high at before and after school care or vacation care, usually run around Spring or Summer. Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.
Bird Nest Building
Children collect twigs, grass and wool and weave them into a nest, learning how birds build their homes.
Rocket and Plane Day · Brick Building Day · Planes, Trains and Automobiles +1Building Brick Planes
Children design and build planes from building bricks, testing different wing shapes and sharing how their designs would fly.
Flying High · Bird Watching Day · Bug Day +1Flying Animal Mobile
Children make card birds, bats and insects and hang them from a coat hanger to create a flying mobile.
Kite Day · Flying High · Weather Watchers +2Kite Flying
Children fly kites on the oval, learning how wind and movement keep them in the air.
Kite Day · Flying High · Inventors Day +2Kite Making
Children build simple kites from paper, dowel and string, then test them outside.
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.
Holidays and Travel Week · Flying High · Rocket and Plane Day +2Paper Plane Airlines
Children fold paper planes and decorate them with their own airline name and logo, then test how far they fly.
Rocket and Plane Day · Flying High · Paper Crafts Day +3Paper Plane Challenge
Children fold and test paper planes, adjusting their designs to fly furthest, stay up longest or loop the loop.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles · Rocket and Plane Day · Flying High +2Paper Plane Distance Contest
Children fold different paper plane designs and test them for distance. Simple science of flight.
Rocket and Plane Day · Space Explorers · Science Week +3Stomp Rockets
Children stomp on an empty bottle to send a paper rocket flying through a tube, then experiment with rocket shapes to go further.
Weather Watchers · Kite Day · Flying High +1Wind Sock Watchers
Children make wind socks from paper and streamers, hang them outside and observe wind strength and direction.
Flying High · Rocket and Plane Day · Planes, Trains and Automobiles +2Wing Design Challenge
Children design and test paper wings and gliders to see which shape flies the furthest.