Theme days / Gingerbread Day

Gingerbread Day ideas for OSHC

7 DIY activities for a gingerbread day at before and after school care or vacation care, usually run around December. Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.

Build a Gingerbread Day

Cooking Day · Junior Chef Challenge · Café Day +1

Baking Cookies

Children measure, mix and decorate their own cookies, practising maths and kitchen skills along the way.

IndoorModerateSome prepPrep to Year 6 Fairy Tale Day · Gingerbread Day · Christmas +2

Biscuit Gingerbread Houses

Children build small houses from plain biscuits stuck together with icing, then decorate them with lollies.

IndoorCalmSome prepPrep to Year 6 Gingerbread Day · Christmas · Fairy Tale Day +1

Gingerbread Chase

An energetic tag game where a runner plays the gingerbread person and everyone tries to catch them.

OutdoorHighGrab-and-goPrep to Year 3 Gingerbread Day · Christmas · Christmas in July +2

Gingerbread Decorating

Children decorate gingerbread people with icing and toppings, then share or take them home.

IndoorCalmSome prepPrep to Year 6 Gingerbread Day · Christmas · Christmas in July +3

Gingerbread House Build

Children construct small houses from biscuits and icing, solving building problems as they go.

IndoorCalmSome prepYears 4 to 6 Gingerbread Day · Sensory Day · Christmas +1

Gingerbread Sensory Dough

Children squish, roll and cut spiced playdough that smells like gingerbread.

IndoorCalmSome prepPrep to Year 3 Christmas · Cooking Day · Gingerbread Day +2

Paint Your Own Festive Biscuits

Children paint plain iced biscuits with edible food colouring, creating festive designs they can eat or take home.

IndoorCalmGrab-and-goPrep to Year 6