Wheels Day ideas for OSHC
15 DIY activities for a wheels day at before and after school care or vacation care. Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.
Bike and Scooter Skills Course
Riders practise weaving through cones, slow races and controlled stops on a chalk track, building safe riding skills.
Wheels Day · Life Skills Day · Learn to Day +1Bike Care Basics
Children learn simple bike care: checking tyre pressure, pumping tyres, checking brakes and keeping the chain clean.
Wheels Day · Emergency Services Day · Life Skills DayBike Safety and Hand Signals
Children learn road safety basics and hand signals for turning and stopping, then practise them on a chalk course.
Wheels Day · Planes, Trains and Automobiles · Summer HolidaysBring Your Wheels Day
Children bring bikes, scooters or skates from home for a supervised riding circuit, with helmets on at all times.
Movie Day · Cardboard Box Day · Planes, Trains and Automobiles +2Cardboard Car Drive-In
Children build cardboard-box cars and make driver's licences, then park in front of the screen for a drive-in movie.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles · Wheels Day · Cardboard Box Day +2Cardboard Car Racers
Children build cars from boxes, bottle caps and skewers, then race them down a ramp. Hands-on design and testing.
Jungle Safari · Cardboard Box Day · Planes, Trains and Automobiles +2Cardboard Safari Jeep
Children build a jeep from large boxes and use it for safari role-play.
Wheels Day · Chalk Festival · Planes, Trains and Automobiles +1Chalk Road Town
Children draw roads, roundabouts and crossings in chalk, then take turns acting as cars, pedestrians and traffic lights.
Wheels Day · Inventors Day · Planes, Trains and Automobiles +2Design a Dream Vehicle
Children draw or build futuristic vehicles from boxes and bottle caps, adding wheels that really turn.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles · Wheels Day · Holidays and Travel WeekLand, Sea and Air Sort
Children sort picture cards of vehicles into land, sea and air groups. A quick classifying game.
Wheels Day · Extreme Challenge Day · Learn to DaySkateboard Basics
Children learn to balance, push and stop on a skateboard on flat ground, with helmets and pads on.
Wheels Day · Graffiti and Street Art · Art Attack DaySkateboard Deck Design
Children design their own skateboard deck artwork on a paper template, exploring street art styles and colour.
Wheels Day · Science Week · Planes, Trains and Automobiles +1Toy Car Ramp Science
Children test how ramp height and surface change how far toy cars travel, measuring and recording their results.
Wheels Day · Obstacle Course Day · Ninja Obstacle Day +1Tyre Obstacle Relay
Teams roll, hop through and stack old tyres in a relay race, working together for speed.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles · Wheels Day · Toy Day +1Wooden Train Layout
Younger children build a big wooden train layout with bridges and tunnels. Cooperative play with plenty of problem-solving.