Preschool Medieval Fantasy and Fairy Tales Theme

​On this page you'll find a variety of Preschool Medieval Fantasy & Fairy Tales Themed Activities
to add to your own Medieval Fantasy lesson plans.

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Planning your Medieval Fantasy and Fairy Tales  Theme

Club Members can download all of ​our Medieval Fantasy & Fairy Tales activities and this related Theme Guide for free! ​Not a member? Learn More Here

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Download our Free Medieval Fantasy and Fairy Tales Preschool Sample Lesson Plan

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This theme lends itself to create Crowns, Princess Hats, Jester Hats,
Gold, Dragons, Coat of Arms, Castles and more!

Catapult Painting

Preschoolers will love this paint exploration!
Build a catapult just for painting. Check out our easy to follow tutorial for step-by-step instructions. 

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*Create a Paper Bag Dragon Puppet

Provide materials for preschoolers to create their very own Dragon Puppet from a paper bag. 
See suggested materials and tips on my blog post Invitation to Create Paper Bag Puppets. 

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Stained Glass Craft 

Mix glue and water together. Pour onto a plastic plate. Have children add drops of food coloring. Then add a few drops of dish soap. Then let it dry. It's a fun craft that allows preschoolers to see the beauty of stained glass. Find more details on how to make this Stained Glass craft here on our blog. 
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Make Royal Crowns

Set out a variety of construction paper, craft scissors, gems, stickers, and glitter glue to invite your preschoolers to create a royal crown! This is a great opportunity for preschoolers to express their creativity and then wear their design with pride. 
Pre-K Printables Club Members, we have a printable craft included in our Paper Bag Princess Pre-K Book Companion pack!

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Music & Movement

Dance and move to fun royalty related songs such as the "Grand Old Duke of York"!
Listen to some music that was popular during the Medieval ages, such as baroque. Some of the instruments that were popular during this time included: pipes, drums, fiddles, harps, and bagpipes.

Create Your Own Magic Wand

Have students create their own wands by using crafts sticks, ribbon, beads, etc.

More Medieval Fantasy Art & Creativity Ideas

Stained Glass Art from Teach Beside Me
Paper Plate Knight Craft from It Happens in a Blink
Paper Crown Craft from My Kid Craft

Fire Breathing Dragon Craft at All Kids
Create Castles on a Light Table from Frog in a Pocket

*Create a Cardboard Castle for Royal Pretend Play

Add a variety of capes, crowns, or play silks to this space for pretend play. Create a castle using a cardboard box. Provide a treasure chest and play gold (poker chips spray painted gold) for pretend play. Provide a box of assorted table items for a feast: such as plastic goblets, chargers, and wooden candlesticks.

This cardboard castle was created by community member Darlene G.
A large sponge dipped in gray paint makes great stones!

Community Member Stephanie J. created this DIY castle in her space
using a variety of cardboard boxes!

Fairy Tale Play

Set up a theater with chairs, a ticket booth, and stage. Have children put on fairy tale and medieval themed plays. Some children can be the audience and others can be the actors.

Fairy Tale Charades

Have a child act out a character from a popular fairy tale while the other children guess who they are. The Word Wall Cards from our Medieval Fantasy & Fairy Tales Pack is a perfect tool for this!

Medieval Fantasy and Fairy Tales Preschool Activity Pack

Make a Fancy Crown

Pre-K Printable Club Members be sure to get this  Paper Bag Princess Pre-K Book Companion to compliment the book The Paper Bag Princess By Robert Munsch. Included in this pack are a Book Review, Extension activity ideas, vocabulary and discussion questions as well as a printable
This pack is exclusive to club members, download it in our shop

Pre-K Printables Club Members click here to download this in our shop!

*Construct Castles & Bridges

Add a variety of small world play items to your construction space such as: castles, Knights, Horses, Dragons, Kings, Queens, Princes and Princesses. Add a variety castle building block sets, and print rich items such as photos of real castles (Calendars are great for these) and the castle images found in my Let's Build Poster Pack.

Let's Build Poster Pack

Three Billy Goats Gruff STEM
Bridge Building Challenge

Set up a fun invitation to engineer a bridge to help the goats cross the river. Our Three Billy Goats Gruff STEM Bridge Building Pack has all you need to get this invitation started. Pair with play dough, or other building materials, then invite your preschooler to plan and build their bridge. 

Three Billy Goats Gruff STEM Bridge Building Challenge

Medieval Castle Small World Play

Set up a small world play with a castle and figurines of kings, queens, knights, peasants, dragons etc.

Jack & the Beanstalk STEM Building Challenge*

Invite your preschooler to engage in this fun Jack and the Beanstalk STEM Cup Stacking Challenge!
Pair with the classic story of Jack and the Beanstalk, after reading encourage your preschooler to design a building plan and then build a beanstalk for Jack to climb up to the castle!

Jack and the Beanstalk STEM Challenge

Learn new vocabulary related to castles, and other royal terms. To make it easier use the In the Kingdom I Spy… game in our Medieval Fantasy & Fairy Tales Preschool Activities Pack, or the Castle related words in our Let's Build Poster Pack.

*Knights & Shields Letter Matching

Practice matching uppercase and lowercase letters with this royally fun file folder game!
Flip a shield card, identify the letter, then find and mark the letter on the knight. Find this activity included in the Medieval Fantasy & Fairy Tales Preschool Activities Pack pack from PKPF.

Medieval Fantasy and Fairy Tales Preschool Activity Pack

Pre-Writing and Cutting Practice

Follow the line between these little dragons and their fire breath for some fine motor fun!
Practice following lines from left to right and reading a page from top to bottom for literacy development. This page is ​included in the Medieval Fantasy & Fairy Tales Preschool Activities Pack pack from PKPF.

Medieval Fantasy and Fairy Tales Preschool Activity Pack

*Create Your Own Fairy Tale

Work independently or as a group to create your own fairy tale! 
You can create story sticks to get the creative juices flowing. All you need is large craft sticks, or you can use stones, and a marker or stickers. Draw or put stickers on each stick of something that could be part of the fairy tale. Some examples: castle, prince/princess, troll, wand, animals, magic sparkles, crown, and dragons. 
Take turns drawing a stick and then adding a couple lines to the story based on what is on the stick. 

Princess & The Pea Rhyming Mats

Practice rhyming skills with these cute princess and the pea rhyming mats! Included in the ​Medieval Fantasy & Fairy Tales Preschool Activities Pack from PKPF

Medieval Fantasy and Fairy Tales Preschool Activity Pack

Read Aloud: ​The Paper Bag Princess

Pre-K Printable Club Members be sure to get this  Paper Bag Princess Pre-K Book Companion to compliment the book The Paper Bag Princess By Robert Munsch. Included in this pack are a Book Review, Extension activity ideas, vocabulary and discussion questions as well as a printable
This pack is exclusive to club members, download it in our shop

Pre-K Printables Club Members click here to download this in our shop!

Storybook Theater: Goldilocks & the 3 Bears

Work on identifying the parts of a story and retelling a story through storybook theater.
This Goldilocks & the 3 Bears Storybook Theater encourages preschoolers to use the story to enhance literacy, social, and problem-solving skills. 

More Medieval Fantasy & Fairy Tales Language & Literacy Ideas:

Chants and Rhymes are great for building literacy skills.
One fun one for this theme is:  The Queen of Hearts.

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The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
No Dragons for Tea: Fire Safety for Kids (and Dragons) by Jean E. Pendziwol
Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie dePaola
Puff, the Magic Dragon by Peter Yarrow

Crown Counting Mats
*Freebie*

Practice counting skills and recognizing numbers represented in a variety of ways. 
This activity included in the Medieval Fantasy & Fairy Tales Preschool Activities Packfrom PKPF or can be downloaded for free here. 

Medieval Fantasy and Fairy Tales Preschool Activity Pack

Crown Jewel Color Matching

Preschoolers love anything with a little sparkle! Capture their interest and engage preschoolers in this color matching activity ​included in the Medieval Fantasy & Fairy Tales Preschool Activities Packfrom PKPF.

Medieval Fantasy and Fairy Tales Preschool Activity Pack

*Counting Gold in the Dragon Cave

This fiercely cute dragon is hoarding her coins in her cave!
Flip a number card then add coins to the ten frame to practice essential math skills with this set included in the Medieval Fantasy & Fairy Tales Preschool Activities Pack from PKPF.

Medieval Fantasy and Fairy Tales Preschool Activity Pack

Create Royal Patterns

Use colored gems/jewels or sparkly pom poms to create and extend patterns. 

Practice Using Non-Standard Units of Measurement

Part of early math development is learning to measure using both standard and non-standard units of measurement. This adorable activity is great for introducing measuring using non-standard tools for measuring. 
​You can find this activity in the Medieval Fantasy & Fairy Tales Preschool Activities Pack

Medieval Fantasy and Fairy Tales Preschool Activity Pack

Catapult Measuring

Use a simple small catapult to send cotton balls flying, measure the distance they flew.
Try other objects and compare

Grow a Beanstalk

Grow your own beanstalk. Discuss what you'll need to make it grow. Measure it's growth weekly.

Make a Catapult

Learn how to make your own catapult using simple materials around the house. Use it to create process art, or to practice measuring distance.

Fizzy Dragon Eggs

With a few household ingredients your preschoolers can create their own fizzy eggs to watch dragons "hatch" from their eggs! A super fun science experiment for little learners. Get all the details on how to easily make this all on your own on our Make Your Own Fizzy Dragon Eggs blog post. 

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Fine motor and Gross motor development

During festivals, people would engage is sports activities such as archery, jousting, hammer-throwing, and wrestling. In some areas they played early versions of football (soccer), cricket, bowling, or golf. Recreate kid friendly versions of these activities outside this week!

Loose Part Play

Add some fun loose parts for fine motor and creativity development this week. 
Some ideas: large colorful jewels, large sparkly pom poms, silk scarves, cylinders (paper towel tubes), and cubes (tissue boxes).

*Medieval Count & Clip Cards

Count up royal items for some math skill development then use clothespins to clip the total at the bottom to support fine motor development! This activity ​is included in the Medieval Fantasy & Fairy Tales Preschool Activities Pack from PKPF.

Medieval Fantasy and Fairy Tales Preschool Activity Pack

Jump the Moat

Create a moat by taping blue paper to the floor, or spread out a blue blanket. Then invite children to jump back and forth over the "moat"​

Fine Motor Practice: Trace & Color 

Support fine motor development with a Trace & Color  page that compiments your theme. 

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Build fine motor skills and improve vocabulary using these Medieval Fantasy and Fairy Tale Dough Task Cards.

Medieval & Fairy Tale Dough Task Cards*

Medieval Fantasy and Fairy Tales Preschool Activity Pack

Target Practice

Let your students use plastic bow and arrows (you can get them with suction cups on the ends)
and have them take turns shooting at a target.

Fairy Tale Obstacle Course

"Set up a fairy tale themed obstacle course. Here are some ideas:

Turn over a wiggle broad to make a bridge from Billy Goats Gruff
Stick Horses to gallop with
Jump Rapunzel's hair- jump ropes
Balance Beam- Walk across the drawbridge

Fly Like a Dragon

Decorate tricycles, wiggle bikes, scooter boards, etc like dragons and have students cruise around.

Royal Table Setting

Research how to set the table for a formal meal. This is a great life skill for kids to learn and can be a lot of fun. Keep it going by having the kids be a part of setting the table each day for meals or snacks. 

Calm Down Strategy: Dragon Breathing

Introduce a new breathing technique to your preschooler. 
Learning breathing techniques is an important part of regulation development for children. Adding this tool to their calm down strategies supports behavior management and self-regulation. 
Check out this tutorial, including a video, from yoremikids.com

Play a Game Together: Valiant Knight Castle Game

This game is great to play in a small group!
Grab a friend or two then take turns rolling the playing cube and adding the pieces to complete the castle. This game is ​included in our Medieval Fantasy & Fairy Tales Preschool Activities Pack .

Medieval Fantasy and Fairy Tales Preschool Activity Pack

Make a Class Crest

Introduce students to family crests that were used during medieval times. Have students work together to come up with a design for a class crest. Then have them create it so that it can be displayed during your theme.

Medieval Instruments & Music

Introduce children to medieval music and instruments that were popular during Medieval Times. You can listen to it, watch a video, show pictures of different instruments, and teach students to play instrument, like the recorder, tambourine, or Cymbals!

Medieval Games

During Medieval times, kids enjoyed playing hide and seek, and tag.

EDUCATOR RESOURCES : CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT  & PARENT ENGAGEMENT

Theme Communication

In your newsletter for this theme be sure to ask parents to bring in any colorful scarves and capes they may have. Some parents may be interested in helping create other fun royal costumes as well! This is a great time to engage any parents that are handy with a sewing machine. 

Be sure to review your lesson plan and ask for other materials you may want in advance such as large boxes for castle making, fancy sparkly craft items, and fabric for dress-up. 

Family Feast

Set up a time either during program hours or outside or hours for a fun family feast! Invite families to attend dressed as royalty for added fun.  Be sure to ask for parent volunteers for setting up, materials, and clean-up. 

Research how to properly set a table for a formal dinner, this is a great time to practice a life skill!

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Preschool Medieval Fantasy and Fairy Tales Activity pack

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears Puppet Theater

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Crown Number Mats Free

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Jack and the Beanstalk STEM Building Challenge

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Three Billy Goats Gruff STEM Bridge Building

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The Paper Bag Princess Book Companion

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