Glow Party ideas for OSHC
17 DIY activities for Glow Party at before and after school care or vacation care. Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.
Glow Bowling
Children bowl at bottle pins lit up with glow sticks in a darkened room.
Glow Party · Disco Day · Neon Day +3Glow Stick Dance
Children dance in a darkened room with glow sticks, making light trails and copying moves.
PJ Disco · Glow Party · Disco Day +2Glow Stick Disco
Children dance in a dimmed room with glow sticks and lights. A fun end-of-term party.
Earth Hour · Glow Party · Camp Out Day +2Glowing Jar Lanterns
Children decorate jars with tissue paper and cut-out silhouettes of Australian night animals, then light them with battery tea lights for a lights-off glow.
Science Day · Science Week · After School Quick STEM +2Homemade Lava Lamps
Children layer oil and coloured water in a bottle, then drop in a fizzing tablet to make bubbly blobs rise and fall.
Disco Day · Glow Party · PJ Disco +2Kids' Disco
Dim the lights, add coloured lighting and a playlist, and let children take turns running the dance floor with freeze-dance breaks.
Wild Aotearoa · Bird Watching Day · Full Moon Night +1Kākāpō Torch Hide
In a dimmed room, kākāpō players hide and freeze while an owl seeker searches with a torch, learning how this night parrot relies on staying still.
K-Pop Dance Party · Glow Party · Music Festival Day +2Lightstick Craft
Children make concert-style light sticks from tubes and cellophane to wave at a dance party.
PJ Disco · Disco Day · Beach Day +2Limbo Contest
Children bend backwards under a pool noodle bar that gets lower and lower. Simple, silly and very inclusive.
New Year's Party · Disco Day · Dance-Off Day +1Midday Countdown Dance Party
Children count down to a pretend New Year at noon, then celebrate with a dance party.
Neon Day · Glow Party · Disco Day +2Neon Dress-Up Day
Children wear their brightest neon clothes and accessories, then show them off in a neon parade.
Neon Day · Slime Lab Day · Science Week +3Neon Glue Slime
Children make stretchy slime in neon colours using a borax-free recipe, then explore how it stretches and moves.
Space Explorers · Space Disco · Glow Party +2Space Disco Party
Children dance under glow lights to space-themed music, with games like freeze dance and astronaut moves.
Halloween · Disco Day · Glow Party +1Spooky Party
A party session with spooky music, simple party games and costume celebrations to round off the day.
Earth Hour · Glow Party · Disco Day +2Spotlight Freeze
With the room dimmed, children dance and move freely until the educator's torch beam lands on them, when they must freeze in an animal pose or sit out a round.
Gross and Messy Day · Halloween · Obstacle Course Day +1Torchlight Spooky Obstacle Course
Children navigate a simple obstacle course in a dimmed room using torches, ducking under webs and crawling through tunnels.
Glow Party · Neon Day · Art Attack Day +2UV Glow Painting
Children paint pictures with fluorescent paint and watch them glow under a black light.