For the stretch between daycare and bedtime
Your 5 p.m. plan,
already made.
Come home to a plan. The After-Daycare Plan brings dinner, little moments of play and tomorrow’s breakfast together—with ready-made weeks, shopping help and every recipe and activity you need.
Try a few ideas first. Get 5 free age-specific cards.
Tonight’s plandinner, optional play and breakfast
Ready-made weekswith shopping and cook-ahead help
Recipes + activitiesincluded inside your plan
Your child’s agefour editions, from 6 months to 3 years
A small answer to a very real hour
Less figuring it out.
More being together.
Daycare is over. Your child needs you. Dinner is still unresolved, and deciding what to do next can feel like one job too many.
Open the After-Daycare Plan and start with tonight’s page. The meal and play ideas are already brought together, with links to the full recipes and activities. When you have a little more time, choose a ready-made week and use its shopping help.
The After-Daycare
Plan.
For the evenings when you want a plan to follow.
Start with dinner, optional play and tomorrow’s breakfast. Then use a classic week, a rescue week or a cook-ahead plan when you want more of the decisions made for you.
Complete recipes and activities are inside the same linked PDF. Your plan is ready to use on its own, without a separate card purchase.
US$17 one complete age edition · one-time purchase
See how the plan worksChoose the edition for your child:
From tonight to the week ahead.
- A starting point for tonight
- Dinner, optional play and a breakfast idea for the morning.
- Weeks already thought through
- Classic and rescue plans, longer examples, shopping lists and cook-ahead options.
- Everything to follow the plan
- Complete age-specific recipes and activities, with links from the planner.
- Help you can keep using
- Reusable planning pages and a seasonal food calendar. Read on screen or print on A4.
Optional family quantities for 2 adults and 1 child are included from 12 months.
Open the plan.
Make a start.
You do not have to plan the whole week before it helps. Start with tonight’s page and use the longer plans whenever you need them.
- 1
Choose your age range
Find the stage that fits your child, from 6 months to 3 years.
- 2
Open tonight’s plan
See the dinner, optional activities and next-morning breakfast already picked for that age.
- 3
Follow the links and begin
Open the complete recipes and activities inside the plan, check what you need, and get started.
Prefer to make your own plan?
Choose an activity + recipe bundle for your child’s age. You get 28 activities and 30 recipes to mix and match, without the plan’s planning pages.
6–12 months
First discoveries
12–18 months
Curious little movers
18–24 months
Busy young toddlers
2–3 years
Growing independence
Only need play ideas or recipes? Individual decks · US$7 each
Start smaller with one activity deck or one recipe deck for your child’s age.
These are digital downloads; no physical items are shipped.
A closer look at the cards.
Each card is designed to be understood at a glance, even with a hungry little person beside you.
Examples from our free sample packs—one from each age range. Get 5 free cards for your child’s age.
A note from the founder
“I started After Daycare Club because I knew the feeling: daycare is over, dinner still needs to happen, and one small person needs all of you.”
The After-Daycare Plan grew from my experience as a busy mother. I wanted a place to turn when I had no energy left to plan. The card bundles are there too, for the days when you want to choose your own ideas.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions.
Should I choose the After-Daycare Plan or a card bundle?
Choose the After-Daycare Plan if you want a plan to follow: tonight’s starting point, ready-made weeks, shopping help and cook-ahead options, with the full recipes and activities included. Choose an age bundle if you prefer to pick your own ideas from standalone activity and recipe cards. Individual decks are also available if you only want play ideas or recipes.
Do I need to buy the card packs as well as the After-Daycare Plan?
No. Each After-Daycare Plan includes the complete recipes and activities used in its plans. You can use it on its own. Choose a card pack if you prefer to browse individual ideas and put your own evenings together.
Which age range should I choose?
Choose the range that fits your child now: 6–12 months, 12–18 months, 18–24 months or 2–3 years. Both the card packs and the After-Daycare Plan are organised into these four stages. Read the individual activity and recipe guidance before using an idea.
What’s inside The After-Daycare Plan?
Each age edition includes a plan for tonight, classic and rescue weekly plans, longer planning examples, shopping lists, cook-ahead weeks, complete recipes and activities, and a seasonal food calendar. Optional quantities for 2 adults and 1 child are included in the editions for ages 12 months and up.
Do I need special toys or ingredients?
Activities use ordinary household items, and recipes use familiar ingredients. Each card shows what you need, so you can check your cupboards before choosing an idea.
Can I read them on screen or print them?
Yes. The card packs are digital downloads to read on screen or print. The After-Daycare Plan includes a phone-friendly PDF and a portrait A4 PDF. Links inside each PDF take you from a plan to its recipes and activities.
Are these physical cards?
No. The card packs and After-Daycare Plan are digital downloads. No physical cards, books, ingredients or activity materials are posted.
How do I get the 5 free cards?
Choose your child’s age range and enter your email in the signup form. Sign up to receive 5 free cards for that stage, plus practical meal and play tips through the After Daycare Club newsletter. No purchase is needed, and you can unsubscribe any time.
Less searching. More lovely little moments.