Witches, Wizards & Magical Mischief – October Curriculum Box (Printed DIY Edition)
A month of spells, potions, magical mysteries and wonderfully mischievous learning
Welcome to Witches, Wizards & Magical Mischief – your October Early Years Curriculum Box, thoughtfully planned, beautifully printed and delivered straight to your door.
There’s something about October that already feels a little bit magical. The evenings grow darker, pumpkins begin appearing, leaves crunch under tiny feet... and this month, we’re adding just a little more magic of our own.
Throughout October, children will step into a wonderfully playful world of witches, wizards, mysterious potions, runaway broomsticks, invisible cats, friendly monsters, dancing ghosts and spells that may – or may not – go quite according to plan!
But this isn’t simply a collection of Halloween activities. Every magical experience has been carefully designed around meaningful early learning, giving children opportunities to communicate, investigate, problem-solve, create, move, imagine and discover across all seven areas of the EYFS.
Because when you’re three years old, magic can be very real.
Where Magical Play Meets Meaningful Learning
The magic gets children interested. What we do with that interest is where the curriculum comes in.
Children might think they’re rescuing spiders from a giant web, tracking down an invisible cat or discovering how to make a ghost grow all by itself. Behind the scenes, they’re developing fine motor control, mathematical language, scientific thinking, communication skills, creativity, confidence and so much more.
Witches, Wizards & Magical Mischief has been designed to help children:
• develop communication through exciting mysteries, clues and conversations
• build confidence, independence and perseverance through meaningful challenges
• explore number, position, capacity and shape through playful mathematical experiences
• investigate materials, reactions, forces and change through real hands-on discovery
• develop creativity through music, movement, imaginative play and art
• strengthen physical skills through active, purposeful play
• become completely absorbed in the joy of imagination and make-believe
To the child, it is magic. To the practitioner, there is so much more going on.
Why You'll Love the Witches, Wizards & Magical Mischief DIY Box
✔️ Printed and Delivered to Your Door
No printer stress and no spending your evenings hunting Pinterest for Halloween ideas. Everything arrives printed and ready for you to prepare and use in a way that works for your setting.
✔️ A Full Month of Learning – Completely Planned
Inside you'll find 28 carefully designed activity ideas, with 4 activities for each EYFS area of learning, all tailored for children aged 1–4 years.
Every activity is differentiated for:
• 0–18 months
• 18 months–3 years
• 3–4 years
so babies, toddlers and preschoolers can experience the magic together, with learning that is appropriate for their stage of development.
✔️ Activities Children Will WANT to Join In With
This is where October gets really exciting.
Children won't simply be completing activities about witches and wizards. They'll become part of the magic.
They'll hunt for a wizard's runaway broomsticks, follow clues to find an invisible cat, create potions in a magical laboratory, rescue spiders from a giant web and discover a spell book whose spells have mysteriously disappeared.
They'll make a ghost grow all by itself, watch a potion come alive, use static electricity to make tiny ghosts dance, create spells using sound and discover a mysterious wand that seems to control how everybody moves!
The learning is carefully planned.
But they don't need to know that. To them, they're making magic.
What's Inside?
You'll receive:
✔️ 28 detailed activity plans across all 7 EYFS areas
✔️ Differentiation for babies, toddlers and preschoolers
✔️ October Fun Days calendar
✔️ Fiction and non-fiction book list linked to the theme
✔️ Weekly planning templates and reflection pages
Every activity includes:
• clear setup guidance
• teaching tips
• open-ended questions
• key vocabulary
• learning opportunities
• support and extension ideas
Printed Resources Included
October's printed resources bring the magical world to life without creating hours of preparation for you.
Across the month, you'll receive resources to support magical mysteries, communication activities, mathematical challenges, imaginative experiences, investigations and creative play.
Expect mysterious notes to appear, magical missions to complete, suspects to investigate, spells to create, challenges to solve and plenty of opportunities for children to wonder...
“How did THAT happen?!”
All resources arrive printed and uncut, giving you the flexibility to prepare and use them in the way that works best for your setting.
Sensory, Outdoor & Craft Idea Banks Included
Want to take the magic even further?
Your box also includes:
✔️ Sensory Play Ideas Bank
✔️ Outdoor Activity Ideas Bank
✔️ Craft Activity Ideas Bank
giving you even more quick and easy ways to bring Witches, Wizards & Magical Mischief into your continuous provision throughout October.
Learning at Home Letter Included
The magic doesn't have to stop at your setting.
You'll also receive a beautifully written Learning at Home Letter to share with families, with simple ideas for continuing the theme through playful experiences, conversations and discoveries at home.
Created by Someone Who Understands Early Years
Hi, I'm Becca – The Childcare Fairy.
As a qualified teacher and early years provider myself, I know that the best activities aren't necessarily the ones that look the most “educational”.
They're the ones children become completely absorbed in. The ones that make them wonder, investigate, talk, experiment, imagine – and ask to do it AGAIN.
That's exactly what I've tried to create with this box.
Meaningful learning for them. Less planning and preparation for you. And a whole lot of October magic in between.
Ready for a Little Magical Mischief?
The Witches, Wizards & Magical Mischief Curriculum Box is:
* bursting with imagination
* packed with potions and investigation
* filled with witches, wizards and magical mysteries
* wonderfully spooky without being scary
* designed to create real moments of wonder
* created with busy early years practitioners in mind
This October, ordinary sticks will become broomsticks. Invisible cats will need finding. Potions will come alive. Ghosts will dance. Spells will be cast. And there may be just a little magical mischief along the way...
The children will think they're making magic.
You'll know they're learning.
Witches, Wizards & Magical Mischief is coming to your setting this October.
Order your October Curriculum Box now and let the magic begin.