Lost Creatures ideas for OSHC
6 DIY activities for a lost creatures at before and after school care or vacation care, usually run around 27 February. Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.
Cotton Bud Dino Skeleton
Children arrange cotton buds on black card to build a dinosaur skeleton, learning how fossils show what animals looked like.
Lost Creatures · Threatened Species Day · Environmental Day +3Extinct Animal Research
Children research an extinct or endangered animal and present their findings to the group.
Creature Catchers Day · Mythical Creatures · Lost Creatures +1Invent a Creature
Children invent and draw their own original creature, naming its powers and habitat. A creative writing and drawing activity.
Mythical Creatures · Lost Creatures · Dinosaur & Unicorn Day +2Invent a Mythical Creature
Children dream up their own mythical creature, draw it and describe its habitat, diet and special powers.
Lost Creatures · Science Day · Polar Day +3Mammoth Ice Melt
Children test which methods melt a block of ice fastest to free a hidden toy mammoth or animal.
Wacky Wednesday · Clay and Pottery Day · Mythical Creatures +1Mixed-Up Clay Creatures
Children sculpt wacky animals that combine parts from two different creatures, like an elephant with wings, using air-dry clay.