Seasons Day ideas for OSHC
10 DIY activities for a seasons day at before and after school care or vacation care, usually run around Autumn or Spring. Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.
Flower Pressing
Children collect flowers and leaves, press them in heavy books and later use them to make cards or pictures.
Autumn Leaves · Nature Play Day · Animal Theme +3Leaf Animal Creatures
Children collect fallen leaves and arrange them into animals and creatures, using shape and colour imaginatively.
Nature Play Day · Autumn Leaves · National Tree Day +2Leaf Rubbings
Children place leaves under paper and rub crayons over them to reveal veins, edges and shapes.
Autumn Leaves · Nature Play Day · Seasons Day +3Leaf Sort and Classify
Younger children collect leaves and sort them by shape, size and colour, building early science and maths skills.
Weather Watchers · Science Week · Seasons Day +2Make a Rain Gauge
Children make a rain gauge from a plastic bottle and a ruler, then check and record rainfall over the following days.
Bug Day · Science Week · Gardening Day +2Pasta Butterfly Life Cycle
Younger children glue pasta shapes onto card to show the stages of a butterfly's life cycle, from egg to butterfly.
Seasons Day · Weather Watchers · Dramatic Play DaySeasonal Clothing Sort
Younger children sort a pile of clothes into the season they suit, talking about weather and what we wear.
Seasons Day · Weather Watchers · Autumn Leaves +1Seasons Wheel
Younger children make a card wheel divided into four seasons, drawing what they see and do in each one.
Weather Watchers · Kite Day · Flying High +1Wind Sock Watchers
Children make wind socks from paper and streamers, hang them outside and observe wind strength and direction.
Winter Wonderland · Book Week · Seasons Day +1Winter Story Time
Children read a selection of winter-themed picture books and compare the stories, settings and illustrations.