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Gaming Day ideas for OSHC

12 DIY activities for Gaming Day at before and after school care or vacation care. Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.

Children run, crawl and climb through an obstacle course built from boxes and mats, styled like a blocky pixel video-game world.

Children cut, fold and glue printable templates into blocky 3D characters and objects in a block-world style. Builds fine motor and spatial skills.

Groups invent a board game and play-test it with friends, refining the rules based on feedback.

Children animate small brick figures using a stop-motion app on a tablet.

Children make pickaxes, shovels and swords from cardboard and paint them in chunky pixel patterns for block-world pretend play.

Children play tag where everyone, including the chaser, can only move along painted court lines, adding strategy to a classic chase.

Children search the service for hidden pixel-art face cards, ticking them off a checklist as they find each one.

Children become the counters on a giant chalk board game, rolling big dice and completing challenges on each square.

Children recreate a classic arcade maze game as a tag game on court lines, with chasers and runners staying on the lines.

Children paint paper plates into creature-catcher balls for a pretend creature hunt. Simple craft and play.

Children colour squares on grid paper to create pixel pictures of animals, objects or characters of their own design.

Children follow on-screen dance routines together, copying moves and competing for the best effort.