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Milk Day ideas for OSHC

11 DIY activities for Milk Day at before and after school care or vacation care. Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.

Children help blend milk and fruit into fresh milkshakes, learning about healthy ingredients and simple kitchen skills.

Children shake cream in sealed jars until it separates into butter and buttermilk, a simple food science activity with a tasty result.

Children add drops of food colouring to milk, then touch it with soapy cotton buds and watch the colours burst and swirl like magic.

Children drop dish soap into coloured milk and watch the colours burst outwards in bright patterns.

Children choose fruit and help blend smoothies, learning about healthy drinks.

Children shake cream, sugar and vanilla in a bag surrounded by salted ice until it freezes into ice cream.

Children turn empty milk cartons into bird feeders, then hang them outdoors and watch for visitors.

Children watch warm milk and vinegar turn into curds, then mould the curds into shapes that dry into a hard plastic-like material.

Children squeeze water from a pin-pricked rubber glove udder into a bucket, racing to fill a cup line first.

Children take turns shaking cream in jars until it turns into butter, then taste it on crackers and talk about where food comes from.

Children build their own sundaes from a selection of ice cream, fruit and toppings.