Medieval Times ideas for OSHC
16 DIY activities for a medieval times at before and after school care or vacation care, usually run around Any time / Talk Like a Pirate Day (19 September) or Summer. Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.
Box Castle Building
Children build castles from boxes and tubes, adding towers, drawbridges and flags.
Medieval Times · Knights and Fairies · Cardboard Box Day +2Cardboard Castle Building
Children build castles with turrets, walls and working drawbridges from boxes, tubes and string.
Medieval Times · Knights and Fairies · Mythical Creatures +3Castles, Dragons and Stories
Children build cardboard castles and make sock dragon puppets, then stage their own adventure story for an audience.
Medieval Times · Knights and Fairies · Time Travellers Day +1Design a Coat of Arms
Children learn how shields showed who people were in medieval times, then design their own coat of arms with symbols that represent them.
Knights and Fairies · Mythical Creatures · Medieval Times +3Egg Carton Dragons
Children paint egg carton strips and add wings and tails to make friendly dragons.
Gross and Messy Day · Time Travellers Day · Medieval Times +1Gross History Facts
Children explore surprising facts about how people kept clean in the past and rank which ones they find the most gross.
Knights and Fairies · Medieval Times · Gladiator Day +1Hobby Horse Joust
Children ride hobby horses and gently aim pool noodles at a target, a safe take on medieval jousting.
Knights and Fairies · Medieval Times · Dramatic Play Day +1Knight Helmets
Children make knight helmets from card and foil to wear in medieval play.
Gladiator Day · Medieval Times · Knights and Fairies +2Pool Noodle Duel
Children balance on a low beam and try to gently tap each other off-balance with soft pool noodles.
Pirate Day · Knights and Fairies · Medieval Times +2Pool Noodle Sword Duels
Children fence safely with halved pool noodles inside a chalk circle, scoring for a tap below the shoulders. Active, rule-based play.
Medieval Times · Science Week · Science Day +3Pop Stick Catapults
Children build simple catapults from pop sticks, rubber bands and plastic spoons, then test and improve how far they can launch a soft missile.
Medieval Times · Knights and Fairies · Vikings Day +2Royal Feast Without Cutlery
Children set up a royal banquet hall and enjoy a shared feast of finger food, eating the medieval way without cutlery.
Pioneer Day · Time Travellers Day · Medieval Times +2Safe Candle Dipping
Older children dip wicks into warm wax repeatedly to build up old-fashioned candles. An educator-run heritage activity with strict safety steps.
Beach Day · Summer Holidays · Knights and Fairies +2Sandpit Castle Contest
Children build their best sandcastles in the sandpit, using buckets, moats and decorations in a friendly building contest.
Time Travellers Day · Games Day · Medieval Times +1Time Zone Capture the Flag
Teams represent different eras, such as dinosaurs, knights or the future, and play capture the flag across the yard.
Vikings Day · Medieval Times · Knights and Fairies +1Viking Paper Plate Shields
Children design and paint round Viking-style shields on paper plates, adding a card handle so they can hold them up.