Fruit and Veggie Day ideas for OSHC
35 DIY activities for Fruit and Veggie Day at before and after school care or vacation care. Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.
Ants on a Log Snack
Children make a classic bug-themed snack by filling celery sticks with spread and adding sultana ants.
Beach Day · Milk Day · Café Day +3Blended Fruit Milkshakes
Children help blend milk and fruit into fresh milkshakes, learning about healthy ingredients and simple kitchen skills.
Big Kids Club · Cooking Day · Ice Cream Day +2Buddy Banana Nice Cream
Older children partner with younger ones to blend frozen bananas into a simple dairy-free 'nice cream'. Builds leadership and connection across ages.
St Patrick's Day · Art Attack Day · Fruit and Veggie DayCapsicum Shamrock Printing
Younger children stamp cut capsicum halves into green paint to make shamrock-shaped prints.
Rabbit Garden Day · Gardening Day · Sensory Day +2Carrot Playdough
Children shape orange playdough into carrots with green tops for a garden play scene. Soothing sensory play.
Chocolate Day · Cooking Day · Fruit and Veggie Day +1Chocolate Dipped Fruit
Children dip fresh fruit into melted chocolate and let it set, making a simple treat to share.
Cooking Day · Fruit and Veggie Day · Healthy Heart Day +2DIY Salad Cups
Children build their own salads in cups from a choice of chopped vegetables.
Fruit and Veggie Day · Craft Day · Art Through the AgesDried Bean Mosaics
Children glue dried beans and lentils onto card to create colourful patterns and pictures.
Farm to Table Day · Fruit and Veggie Day · Down on the Farm +1Food Origins Scavenger Hunt
Children hunt for food items or pictures around the room and sort them by whether they came from a plant, an animal or a farm.
Feel Good Friday · Fruit and Veggie Day · Healthy Heart Day +1Fresh Fruit Juice Bar
Children choose fruit combinations and help make fresh juices or blended drinks to share.
Junior Chef Challenge · Fruit and Veggie Day · Cooking Day +2Fruit Kebab Plating
Children thread fruit onto blunt skewers and plate them creatively for a judging panel of educators.
Beach Day · Fruit and Veggie Day · Summer Holidays +3Fruit Kebabs and Ice Blocks
Children thread fruit onto kebab sticks and pour juice into moulds for homemade ice blocks, creating cool healthy treats.
Fruit and Veggie Day · Games Day · Healthy Heart DayFruit Salad Seat Swap
Children sit in a circle, each given a fruit name, and swap seats when their fruit is called.
Cooking Day · Fruit and Veggie Day · Healthy Heart Day +2Fruit Smoothie Making
Children choose fruit and help blend smoothies, learning about healthy drinks.
Fruit and Veggie Day · Healthy Heart Day · Café Day +1Fruit Smoothies
Children choose fruit and help blend creamy smoothies to taste and compare.
Gardening Day · Farm to Table Day · Fruit and Veggie Day +3Gardening Club
Children prepare a garden bed, plant strawberries and sunflowers, and share the care through a watering roster.
Silly Stories Day · Games Day · Fruit and Veggie DayGiant Fruit Pass
Younger children sit in a circle and pass a big round ball like a giant piece of fruit, following silly instructions as the music plays.
Healthy Heart Day · Fruit and Veggie Day · Cooking Day +2Healthy Snack Plate
Children build a snack plate with something from each food group and talk about balanced eating.
World Bee Day · Fruit and Veggie Day · Farm to Table Day +1Honey Tasting
Children taste and compare different honeys, describing their colours, smells and flavours and learning how bees make honey.
Matariki · Cooking Day · Wild Aotearoa +2Hākari Shared Kūmara Feast
Children prepare roasted kūmara wedges and winter vegetables for a shared meal, reflecting the Matariki tradition of gathering to share food, remember and celebrate together.
Art Attack Day · Café Day · Cooking Day +3Juice Mocktail Bar
Children mix fruit juices, sparkling water and chopped fruit into colourful mocktails, practising measuring and creating their own recipes.
Cooking Day · Fruit and Veggie Day · Healthy Heart Day +1Make Your Own Wraps
Children fill wraps from a choice of simple fillings, building a healthy lunch themselves.
Songkran · Cooking Day · Culture Celebration Day +2Mango Sticky Rice Cups
Children assemble small cups of coconut sticky rice topped with fresh mango, a sweet treat enjoyed in Thailand during the hot season when Songkran falls.
Farm to Table Day · Junior Chef Challenge · Cooking Day +1Mystery Ingredient Cook-Off
Teams receive a box of surprise ingredients and plan, prepare and present a simple dish to share.
Cooking Day · Healthy Heart Day · Junior Chef Challenge +1No-Bake Bliss Balls
Children mix and roll oats, dates and coconut into energy balls, a simple no-cook recipe.
Gardening Day · Farm to Table Day · Fruit and Veggie Day +1Quick Veggie and Herb Patch
Small groups plant spring onions, capsicum, cucumber, chives and mint in about half an hour, creating a patch they can harvest later.
Rainbow Day · Fruit and Veggie Day · Cooking Day +1Rainbow Fruit Skewers
Children thread fruit onto skewers in rainbow order. A healthy and colourful snack.
States Day · All About Australia Day · Farm to Table Day +2Regional Food Tasting Stations
Children taste foods grown or made in different Australian regions and talk about where food comes from.
World Smile Day · Cooking Day · Fruit and Veggie Day +2Smiley Face Fruit Toast
Children make smiley faces on toast or rice cakes with spreads and fruit, building a healthy snack that makes everyone grin.
Cooking Day · Japan Day · Fruit and Veggie Day +1Vegetarian Sushi Rolls
Children roll vegetarian sushi with rice and colourful vegetable fillings.
Farm to Table Day · Gardening Day · Fruit and Veggie Day +2Veggie Patch Planting
Children plant vegetable seeds or seedlings in garden beds or pots and learn how to care for them.
Fruit and Veggie Day · Art Attack Day · Budding Artists +1Veggie Stamp Printing
Children dip cut vegetables into paint and stamp prints, exploring the patterns inside each one.
Gardening Day · Farm to Table Day · Fruit and Veggie DayVote on What We Plant
Children vote on three or four easy crops, then plant the winner, giving them a real say in the garden.
Pacific Islands Day · Cooking Day · Summer Holidays +2Watermelon 'Otai Drink
Children make 'otai, a refreshing watermelon drink most closely linked to Tonga and also enjoyed in Samoa, Niue, Tuvalu and Tokelau.
World Food Day · Around the World Day · Farm to Table Day +3Where Did It First Grow?
Children place everyday foods on a world map where they first grew, discovering that many foods in an Australian kitchen began on other continents.