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Silly Stories Day ideas for OSHC

25 DIY activities for a silly stories day at before and after school care or vacation care, usually run around 13 September or Book Week (August). Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.

Build a Silly Stories Day
Wacky Wednesday · Talent Show Day · Silly Stories Day +1

Comedy Joke Circle

Children sit in a comedy circle taking turns to share jokes and riddles, practising timing and having a good laugh together.

IndoorCalmGrab-and-goPrep to Year 6Before School Calm Start · Budding Artists · Art Attack Day +1

Daily Drawing Prompt

A fresh drawing prompt on the whiteboard each day gives early arrivals a calm, creative way to settle in.

IndoorCalmGrab-and-goPrep to Year 6Superhero Day · Book Week · Silly Stories Day

Design Your Own Superhero

Children invent an original hero with a name, power, weakness and origin story, then draw a profile card.

IndoorCalmGrab-and-goPrep to Year 6Silly Stories Day · Mindfulness Day · Wellbeing Wednesday +2

Dream Jars

Children decorate a plastic jar and fill it with written or drawn dreams, wishes and happy thoughts to keep.

IndoorCalmSome prepPrep to Year 6Book Week · Fairy Tale Day · Silly Stories Day +2

Felt Board Story Retelling

Younger children retell favourite stories by moving felt characters and props on a board, building narrative and language skills.

IndoorCalmBig set-upPrep to Year 3Book Week · Silly Stories Day · Paper Crafts Day +2

Folded Mini Book Making

Children write and illustrate their own small folded books, becoming authors and illustrators for the day.

IndoorCalmGrab-and-goPrep to Year 6Silly Stories Day · Games Day · Fruit and Veggie Day

Giant Fruit Pass

Younger children sit in a circle and pass a big round ball like a giant piece of fruit, following silly instructions as the music plays.

EitherModerateGrab-and-goPrep to Year 3Rhyme Time Day · Cooking Day · Silly Stories Day +1

Green Scrambled Eggs

Children help cook scrambled eggs coloured green with spinach or food colouring, inspired by silly rhyming stories.

IndoorCalmSome prepPrep to Year 6Superhero Day · Book Week · Silly Stories Day +1

Hero Comic Strips

Older children plan and draw a four-panel comic where their own hero solves a local problem.

IndoorCalmGrab-and-goYears 4 to 6Creature Catchers Day · Mythical Creatures · Lost Creatures +1

Invent a Creature

Children invent and draw their own original creature, naming its powers and habitat. A creative writing and drawing activity.

IndoorCalmGrab-and-goPrep to Year 6Mythical Creatures · Lost Creatures · Dinosaur & Unicorn Day +2

Invent a Mythical Creature

Children dream up their own mythical creature, draw it and describe its habitat, diet and special powers.

IndoorCalmGrab-and-goYears 4 to 6Silly Stories Day · Chocolate Day · Inventors Day +1

Invent a New Sweet

Children dream up a brand new lolly or chocolate, give it a silly name and describe how it tastes and what it does.

IndoorCalmGrab-and-goPrep to Year 6Talent Show Day · Dramatic Play Day · Silly Stories Day +1

Joke and Skit Stage

Small groups invent a two-minute skit or joke routine using a box of props and perform it for an audience.

IndoorModerateGrab-and-goPrep to Year 6Greek Myths Day · Mythical Creatures · Dinosaur & Unicorn Day +3

Mythical Creature Mash-Up

Children invent a new mythical creature by combining parts of different animals, then draw it and give it a name and story.

IndoorCalmGrab-and-goPrep to Year 6Book Week · Silly Stories Day · Rhyme Time Day +2

Newspaper Word Collage

Older children cut words from newspapers and magazines to build silly sentences and poems, playing with language.

IndoorCalmGrab-and-goYears 4 to 6Reconciliation Week · Rock and Gem Day · Silly Stories Day +2

Painted Story Stones

Children paint their own simple pictures on smooth stones, then use them as prompts to make up and retell stories in small groups.

IndoorCalmSome prepPrep to Year 6Pirate Day · Silly Stories Day · Dramatic Play Day +1

Pirate Name Generator

Children roll dice to build a silly pirate name, then introduce themselves in their best pirate voice. Instant laughs and storytelling.

IndoorCalmGrab-and-goPrep to Year 6Puppet Day · Dramatic Play Day · Book Week +2

Puppet Show

Children write and perform a short puppet show behind a puppet theatre. Builds storytelling and confidence.

IndoorModerateGrab-and-goPrep to Year 6Movie Day · Film Club Day · Book Week +2

Rewrite the Ending

After a movie, groups rewrite or act out a new ending or retell the story from another character's view.

IndoorModerateGrab-and-goYears 4 to 6Rhyme Time Day · Book Week · Silly Stories Day +1

Silly Rhyme Games

Children play quick rhyming games, making up silly words and chains of rhymes for others to continue.

IndoorCalmGrab-and-goPrep to Year 3Wacky Wednesday · Silly Stories Day · Book Week +1

Silly Story Chain

Children take turns adding one sentence to a story that gets sillier with every turn, then read the finished tale aloud.

IndoorCalmGrab-and-goPrep to Year 6Slime Lab Day · Halloween · Gross and Messy Day +1

Slime Monsters

Children turn blobs of slime into silly creatures with googly eyes and beads, then give them names and back stories.

IndoorCalmGrab-and-goPrep to Year 6Movie Day · Film Club Day · Book Week +1

Storyboard Workshop

Children plan a film scene in comic-style panels, sketching shots and writing dialogue.

IndoorCalmGrab-and-goYears 4 to 6Camp Out Day · Puppet Day · Full Moon Night +3

Torchlight Shadow Stories

Children use torches and their hands to create shadow puppets and tell stories in a darkened room.

IndoorCalmGrab-and-goPrep to Year 6Enchanted Forest · Book Week · Nature Play Day +2

Under-the-Tree Storytelling

Children sit in a circle under a tree and build a magical forest story together, one sentence at a time.

OutdoorCalmGrab-and-goPrep to Year 6