Office of Inclusive Design

Child-Friendly Activities for Events

List of Child-Friendly Activities for Events 

First:

  • Figure out parental consent/liability

Activities that can take place in the room of the event:

  • Coloring books
  • Sensory playsets
  • Educational apps

Activities that can take place within the venue in a separate room with volunteer childcare providers:

  • See if you can get any volunteers to teach kids arts & crafts
  • Modge podge jewelry
  • Painting
  • Circle games:

    • 1-2-3 look
    • 3-6-9 clap
    • Action syllables
    • Animal alphabet
    • Animal guessing game
    • Button, Button
    • Categories

Potential groups to get involved in childcare and do some educational programming:

  • ECFS students
  • Music/art students
  • CS/programming students