Halloween ideas for OSHC
21 DIY activities for a halloween at before and after school care or vacation care, usually run around Spring or 31 October. Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.
Bugs in Mud Cupcakes
Children decorate chocolate cupcakes with 'mud' icing and gummy worms poking out. A fun, slightly gross treat for an explorers' day.
Halloween · Dramatic Play Day · Superhero Day +1Costume Parade
Children dress up in spooky or silly costumes and walk a parade route while everyone cheers.
Halloween · Bug Day · Craft Day +1Creepy Egg Carton Crafts
Children turn egg cartons and paper into bats, spiders and other creepy critters.
Wizard School Day · Science Day · Halloween +3Fizzing Potion Making
Children mix coloured vinegar into bicarb soda to brew bubbling magical potions.
Halloween · Volcano Day · Science Day +2Fizzing Pumpkin Eruption
Children add vinegar to bicarb soda inside a hollowed pumpkin and watch it foam up and spill over like a spooky volcano.
Gross and Messy Day · Slime Lab Day · Science Day +2Gelatine Slime
Children make a stretchy, gooey green slime from gelatine and syrup, exploring how ingredients change texture.
Halloween · Rocket and Plane Day · Science Day +2Ghost Rockets
Children decorate small canisters as ghosts, then launch them with fizzing tablets and water.
Halloween · Dramatic Play Day · Escape Room Day +2Haunted House Role-Play
Children design a spooky room with sheets, torches and props, then guide small groups through it as tour guides.
Halloween · Science Day · Science Week +3Lolly Colour Chromatography
Children separate the hidden dyes in coloured lollies using filter paper and water, discovering the colours inside.
Halloween · Ancient Egypt · Teamwork Day +1Mummy Wrap Race
Teams race to wrap one member from shoulders to feet in toilet paper like a mummy.
Ancient Egypt · Halloween · Time Travellers Day +2Mummy Wrapping Race
Teams race to wrap one teammate from shoulders to feet in toilet paper like an ancient mummy, creating lots of laughter and teamwork.
Gross and Messy Day · Halloween · Sensory Day +1Mystery Feely Boxes
Children reach into covered boxes to feel squishy, slimy and strange objects and guess what they are.
Bug Day · Halloween · Craft Day +1Pom-Pom Spiders
Children craft fuzzy spiders by attaching pipe-cleaner legs and googly eyes to pom-poms, practising counting to eight and fine motor skills.
Down on the Farm · Gardening Day · Autumn Leaves +1Scarecrow Building
Small groups stuff old clothes with straw or newspaper and tie them together to build a scarecrow for the garden.
Slime Lab Day · Halloween · Gross and Messy Day +1Slime Monsters
Children turn blobs of slime into silly creatures with googly eyes and beads, then give them names and back stories.
Bug Day · Halloween · Craft Day +1Spider Web String Art
Children wrap wool around a notched paper plate to create their own spider web, building patience and hand-eye coordination.
Halloween · Slime Lab Day · Messy Play Day +2Spooky Cornflour Goo
Children make a squishy, gooey slime from cornflour and conditioner, add colour and hide plastic spiders inside.
Halloween · Disco Day · Glow Party +1Spooky Party
A party session with spooky music, simple party games and costume celebrations to round off the day.
Art Attack Day · Budding Artists · Halloween +2Straw Blow Painting
Children blow drops of watery paint across paper through straws to create branching trees or wild monster shapes.
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.
Halloween · Treasure Hunters Day · Dramatic Play DayTrick-or-Treat Trail
Children travel around decorated doors and stations within the service, collecting a treat or token at each stop.