Space Explorers ideas for OSHC
24 DIY activities for a space explorers at before and after school care or vacation care, usually run around Mid-Autumn Festival (September/October) or Any time / World Space Week (October). Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.
Biscuit Moon Phases
Children scrape cream from sandwich biscuits to show each phase of the moon, then eat their work.
Space Explorers · Science and Space · Rocket and Plane Day +2Cardboard Rocket Ships
Children build rockets from tubes, boxes and foil, designing fins, windows and a launch pad.
Science Day · Rocket and Plane Day · Science Week +2Fizzy Canister Rockets
Older children add a fizzing tablet and water to small snap-lid canisters and watch the gas build up and pop the lids skyward.
Space Explorers · Science and Space · Mindfulness Day +1Galaxy Jars
Children layer cotton wool and coloured water in a jar to create a swirling galaxy they can keep.
Space Explorers · Slime Lab Day · Science and Space +1Galaxy Slime
Children make sparkly purple and black slime with glitter stars, then compare their galaxy swirls.
Halloween · Rocket and Plane Day · Science Day +2Ghost Rockets
Children decorate small canisters as ghosts, then launch them with fizzing tablets and water.
Full Moon Night · Space Explorers · Mooncake Festival +1Moon Biscuit Snacks
Children decorate round biscuits with spread or icing to look like the moon, using a fork for craters.
Full Moon Night · Space Explorers · Science and Space +1Moon Crater Experiment
Children drop balls of different sizes into a tray of flour topped with cocoa to see how craters form.
Space Explorers · Sensory Day · Science and Space +1Moon Sand
Younger children mix flour and oil into soft, mouldable moon sand and make craters, footprints and moon bases.
Space Explorers · Science and Space · Space Disco +1Paper Plate Alien Masks
Children design a wild alien mask from paper plates and pipe cleaners, inventing where their alien comes from.
Space Disco · Space Explorers · Science and Space +1Planet Costumes
Children choose a planet, research a fact and make a simple costume to wear in a solar system parade.
Space Explorers · Science and Space · Science Week +1Planet Mobile
Children paint foam balls as planets and hang them from a frame to make a solar system mobile.
Space Explorers · Science and Space · Knights and FairiesPool Noodle Space Swords
Children decorate pool noodle sections as glowing space swords, then use them for gentle choreographed duels and training moves.
Space Explorers · Robot Day · Recycle Day +1Recycled Space Robots
Children build friendly space helper robots from recyclables, inventing what job each one does on a spaceship.
Space Explorers · Obstacle Course Day · Teamwork Day +1Space Cadet Training Course
Children work through a space cadet obstacle course with balance, crawling and blindfolded trust challenges, guided by a partner's voice.
Space Explorers · Space Disco · Glow Party +2Space Disco Party
Children dance under glow lights to space-themed music, with games like freeze dance and astronaut moves.
Science and Space · Robot Day · Space Explorers +2Space Robot Crafts
Children build space robots and rovers from boxes and foil, imagining what jobs they would do on other planets.
Science and Space · Space Explorers · Art Attack Day +1Sponge Galaxy Painting
Children sponge dark paints onto paper and flick white paint for stars, creating swirling galaxy artworks.
Science and Space · Space Explorers · Cooking Day +1Star Biscuits
Children roll out biscuit dough, cut star and moon shapes and bake them for a space-themed afternoon tea.
Full Moon Night · Space Explorers · Science and Space +2Star Chart Constellation Viewers
Children learn star patterns from charts and make constellation viewers by poking holes in cups to shine a torch through.
Rocket and Plane Day · Space Explorers · Science Week +3Stomp Rockets
Children stomp on an empty bottle to send a paper rocket flying through a tube, then experiment with rocket shapes to go further.
Space Explorers · Rocket and Plane Day · Science Week +2Straw Rockets
Children make paper rockets that slide over a straw and launch them with a puff, measuring how far each one flies.
Balloon Day · Science Week · Rocket and Plane Day +3String Balloon Rockets
Children tape a balloon to a straw on a string line and let it go, watching it zoom along and exploring how air pushes it forward.
Space Explorers · Science and Space · Full Moon Night +2Torch Constellation Cups
Children pierce star patterns into cups and shine a torch through to project constellations onto the ceiling.