7 Fun, Low-Prep 100th Day of Preschool Activities

Why the 100th Day of School Matters in Preschool

No matter what grade level I’ve taught, the 100th Day of school has always been a special celebration for both my students and me. It’s a celebration of the fact that more than half the school year is complete. Since I’ve found that my absolute favorite age group is Pre-K, I decided it was time to create a 100th-day-of-preschool activities packet!

How to Plan Low-Prep 100th Day of Preschool Activities

Preschoolers need hands-on ways to learn–especially on the 100th day of school. This special day should be filled with sensory and fine-motor experiences, as well as lots of exploration of the numeral 100. You can even sneak in some fun counting practice to get to 100–which is so far away when you’re 4 or 5 years old! Mainly, focus on keeping the day simple, playful, and manageable for your class.

Quick printables that require little to no prep, hands-on materials you already keep nearby, and a few additions like Froot Loops and stickers will make your 100th Day of Preschool activities simply magical and memorable!

7 Fun, Low-Prep 100th Day of Preschool Activities

While I’m sharing seven of my favorite 100th day of preschool activities and printables, the full printable packet includes several other resources. I’ll share more about the full packet at the end of this post.

My 100th Day Booklet

Kids say the darndest things…it’s true! I love this low-prep printable booklet because you never know how the children will answer. And you better believe I write down what they say word-for-word! With responses pages like “I could eat 100_____”, “If I had $100 I would buy ____”, and “When I am 100, I will _______,” this memorable keepsake is one of my absolute favorite 100th day of preschool activities!

And you better believe the kids will have a ball looking back at these answers as they grow older. It’s a memory and a keepsake. I print the pages on white paper, cut each page in half, and staple them to assemble them in a sweet little booklet. Students draw the pictures and dictate their answers while my parapro and I record them in the booklet.

Roll and Dab to 100

When you’re four or five years old, 100 seems infinitely far away. This blank 100’s chart makes the number reachable and visual for children. Children can work as a team or independently to complete this fun activity.

Give each child (or team) the paper chart, a Bingo dabber, and a die. We love large foam dice in our classroom! Have them roll the die, dab that many spots on the grid, and keep going until every last box is full, bringing them to 100!

This is a fun way to incorporate addition as well if you let them roll two dice and count that many blocks in all to dab. To add some challenge at the end, have them count how many blocks are left and they must roll exactly that number to dab those blocks.

This is an activity that is easy to differentiate and will keep them engaged for a good while! It’s also a sneaky way to bring in math skills during your 100th day of preschool activities.

100th Day Bling

While you may have to explain to your children what “bling” means since it’s a relic of the early 2000’s, once they get it, they love it! And they absolutely love creating a Froot Loop necklace that is as blingy as jewelry can possibly come!

I ask a parent volunteer to send in a giant bag or box of Froot Loops (generic ones are fine). Each student receives a 100th Day Bling page (with a grid for placing exactly 100 Froot Loops). Cut a piece of yarn long enough to hold all those pieces of cereal. Then have them string each of the 100 pieces onto the yarn.

Print the 100th Day Bling tag on colorful card stock, cut it out, and place it on a piece of stringing yarn when they’ve placed about half the pieces of cereal on it. Then they continue stringing until their necklace is full.

My Sticker Collection of 100 Stickers

Here’s another one of my favorite 100th day of preschool activities, and it may just be because I grew up in the 80’s and 90’s when sticker collections were all the rage! I had literal albums FULL of stickers!

For this fun activity, print a sticker-collection page for each child and provide them with exactly 100 tiny stickers. I love to use the small smiley stickers from Amazon. Believe it or not, stickers are the perfect fine-motor activity, so this activity is not only fun and engaging, but it’s building valuable fine motor strength as well! If you love the idea of using stickers for fine motor practice, check out these ideas also!

This is one of those prep-ahead activities, for sure. It’s easy prep-work. I count out 100 stickers (which usually just means snipping off the edge of the sticker page) and clip one set of stickers to each sticker collection page. That makes this 100th day of preschool activity grab-and-go!

100th Day Fine Motor Mats

In case you didn’t notice, I’m obsessed with fine motor practice in preschool AND kindergarten. These four print-and-use fine motor mats use materials you already have on hand, like colorful paper, pattern blocks, snap cubes, and scissors and crayons.

I print 6-8 copies of the pattern block page and the snap cube page and let one small-group of students use tubs of pattern blocks and cubes to build the number 100, while my other small-group table works on tearing paper and gluing the scraps to the 100 Colorful Days template. Both are working fine motor skills, just in different ways.

Then, we rotate centers and switch up! The kids love this activity and it gives them a good visual representation of the number 1-0-0.

Build it with 100 Challenge Cards

If you ask my students, this just might be their favorite 100th Day activity because it involves communication, connection, and creativity with their friends! I give each group a challenge card directing them to use exactly 100 objects to build something as a team.

One group gets magnet tiles, one group gets pattern blocks, one group gets colorful plastic cups, and one group gets Legos. They have 20 minutes to work together as a team to build something. I like to set a timer on the Activboard so they can race against it. (Let me save you some counting…this box of Picasso Magnet tiles has EXACTLY 100 pieces in it. And I promise they’ll use it again every single day at center time. You’re welcome!)

Cooperation and compromise are important skills for preschoolers to learn. This fun 100th day of preschool challenge teaches them both! And, speaking of small groups, check out this post for some fun small group letter recognition activities!

Color by Code Picture

Have you found that preschoolers don’t color as much as they used to with the invention of tablets? That’s why I try to be sure that coloring pages are fun and engaging and that I give them a variety of materials to color with.

In our classroom, we’ve found that markers are much more exciting than crayons, so bring out the markers if needed for engagement! Smelly markers are even better. Or, print the color-by-code picture on watercolor paper, and let them use watercolor paint.

They’ll practice identifying a few capital letters with this activity, practice staying in the lines, and reveal a “100” when their picture is done, making it one of those super easy yet meaningful 100th day of preschool activities!

Making the 100th Day of Preschool Fun and Meaningful

The 100th Day of Preschool should be just as much fun for you as it is for your students! It’s a great way to celebrate passing the mid-point of the school year, and it’s also a day to make learning extra hands-on and extra fun.

At our school, the teachers and students even dress like 100-year-old people for the special day. I’ve had children come in with homemade walkers and canes, glasses with REAL prescription lenses (LOL!!) and hair covered in baby powder to make it white.

My paraprofessional and I hang a “100 Days Smarter” banner above the classroom door with streamers coming down, and we capture everyone’s picture under it before their hair has gone haywire and their canes have been put away.

Adding these fun printables (plus a few more) makes our 100th day of preschool activities simply perfect!

Printable 100th Day of Preschool Activities

Want to try these printables in your own Preschool, Pre-K, TK, or Kindergarten classroom? Grab the printable packet by clicking on the image below. (It includes the 7 activities mentioned above, plus 100th Day certificates, crafts, a parent note, and more hands-on fun!)