If your preschoolers are suddenly obsessed with the Netflix movie K-Pop Demon Hunters, you’re not alone! These K-Pop Demon Hunters preschool activities are a fun way to bring that excitement into your classroom while building important SEL skills.
While the movie itself is aimed at older kids, the themes are perfect for sparking preschool conversations about friendship, bravery, and celebrating what makes us unique. Plus, who doesn’t love a little music and dance in the classroom? 🎶
Want more ideas for teaching social emotional skills to preschoolers? Check out my post on how to teach social-emotional skills in fun and effective ways.
In this post, you’ll find 15 fun K-Pop Demon Hunters classroom activities for preschool that weave in SEL, art, music, dramatic play, and creative fun.
Quick Teacher Recap: What’s K-Pop Demon Hunters About?
Here’s the quick teacher scoop in case you haven’t seen it:
The movie follows a K-pop girl group who secretly protect the world from demons. Along the way, they face challenges around teamwork, courage, identity, and making good choices. One of the main characters even struggles with hiding parts of herself before learning that being true to who you are is the real superpower.
That’s why K-Pop Demon Hunters makes such a fun jumping-off point for classroom conversations. With just a little imagination, we can use the themes in the movie to explore preschool social-emotional learning (SEL) skills like:
- 🌟 Celebrating what makes us unique
- 🤝 Working together as friends and teammates
- 💪 Being brave even when we feel scared
- ✅ Making kind choices
- 💕 Taking responsibility and helping others
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Activities Inspired by K-Pop Demon Hunters
🌟 Identity & Self-Acceptance
One character struggles with hiding parts of herself vs. being proud of who she is. Preschoolers may not face demons, but they do need support learning to celebrate what makes them unique.
Activity: All About Me Shields
- Print or draw a large shield template divided into four sections.
- In each section, invite children to draw or collage:
- Something they love
- Something they’re good at
- Something that makes them proud
- Something that makes them unique
- Once complete, gather in a circle. Each child chooses one section to share, while classmates clap or cheer them on.
Teacher tip: Model first by drawing your own shield. This shows vulnerability and sets the tone for celebrating uniqueness.
✨ Here’s a link to support you in creating a positive classroom culture: what SEL looks like in the classroom.
🤝 Friendship & Teamwork
The K-Pop group works together to keep people safe. It’s a great reminder that teamwork makes everything more doable and fun!
Activity: Team Dance Moves
- Invite each child to invent one movement (clap, spin, jump, wave).
- Write or draw each move on a card so the group can remember the sequence.
- Practice slowly, calling out each move, then put it all together as a full “class routine.”
- End by performing it as a group, with everyone cheering for each other.
To take teamwork further, try my Preschool Teamwork Activities pack, it’s full of games, crafts, and prompts for collaboration. Or you could add in my Teamwork Scenarios for Preschool printable so your students can act out helping, sharing, and problem-solving together as a team. Pair it with these teamwork picture books for a full teamwork unit.
Want to go deeper into friendship? My Ways to Be a Good Friend Lesson & Activities guides preschoolers through what kindness looks like and what it means to be a caring friend.
💪 Courage & Bravery
In the movie, the heroes face big challenges, even when they’re scared. For preschoolers, bravery might mean trying something new, asking for help, or standing up for a friend.
Activity: Brave Pose Freeze Dance
- Play upbeat, energetic music and let the children dance freely.
- When the music stops, call out: “Strike your bravest pose!”
- Encourage kids to show strong arms, confident stances, or big smiles.
- After a few rounds, pause to ask: “When have you felt brave? What helps you when you’re afraid or worried?”
Teacher tip: Collect their answers on chart paper and start building a class list of “Ways We Are Brave” to revisit later.
✅ Making Kind Choices
The movie highlights choices between right and wrong. Preschoolers are practicing this every day.
Activity: Choice Cards Role-Play
- Create or print picture cards showing simple dilemmas: sharing a toy vs. grabbing it, helping a friend up vs. walking away.
- Use puppets or stuffed animals to act out both choices.
- Pause and ask the group: “Which is the kind choice? Why?”
- Let children act out the scenario themselves with the puppets.
Pair this with my Kindness Scenarios freebie for ready-to-go role-play cards. These make it easy to guide kids through everyday choices in a playful way.
For more inspiration, here are 9 simple but effective kindness activities for kids.
💕 Responsibility & Helping Others
In the movie, the heroes take responsibility for protecting others. For preschoolers, this can look like learning about the people who help us every day or understanding how we can care for our world.
Activity: Thank You to Our Helpers
- Start with a discussion: “Who helps us at school? Who helps in our community?” Write down children’s answers (teachers, cleaners, nurses, firefighters, bus drivers, families).
- As a class, choose one group to celebrate.
- Create thank-you letters or drawings. For example, you might make a big class card for your school custodian or artwork for the local fire station.
- Deliver the notes or display them on a school bulletin board.
SEL connection: Builds gratitude, responsibility, and awareness of community roles.
Extension: Caring for Our Earth
Role-play using my Earth Day Size of the Problem Scenarios to help preschoolers think about which problems are “big” (throwing trash on the ground) versus “little” (spilling a drink) and what responsible choices look like in each case.
Talk about how being responsible also means looking after our planet.
Read a book or show pictures of children recycling, saving water, or planting trees.
Other Fun Classroom Activities Inspired by K-Pop Demon Hunters
SEL is at the heart of our work, but don’t forget the creative fun! Here are some additional K-Pop Demon Hunters classroom activities for preschool that tie in art, music, and dramatic play.
🎨 Art & Creative Expression
Create Your Own Character
- Provide paper, markers, and collage materials.
- Ask: “What would your new bandmate or hero look like? What do they wear? Do they have a special power or instrument?”
- Encourage children to give their character a name and share with the group.
DIY Light Sticks
- Use cardboard tubes, tissue paper, and tape.
- Children decorate the tube, then tape tissue at the top for a glowing effect.
- Dim the lights and let kids wave their “light sticks” during music time.
Light Show Art (Group Project)
- In a darkened corner or room, give small groups flashlights covered with colored cellophane (red, blue, yellow).
- Children “perform” a light show by moving the beams along the wall or ceiling while music plays.
- Snap photos of the light trails, then print and display them as the class’s “Concert Light Show Gallery.”
Why it works: Totally unique, collaborative, and sensory-rich. It captures the sparkle and energy of a K-pop concert in a preschool-friendly way.
🎶 Music & Movement
K-Pop Dance Party
- Play upbeat K-Pop or instrumental tracks.
- Encourage freestyle dance. You could offer scarves or ribbons for extra flair.
- End by inviting kids to show off their “signature move.”
Invent a Dance Move
- Each child creates a move and teaches it to the group.
- Put all moves together for a new class routine.
- Record or perform the routine for another class or parents.
Make Instruments
- Use shoeboxes + rubber bands for guitars, tins for drums, and foil-covered tubes for microphones.
- Form a class “band” and play along to music.
🎭 Dramatic Play
Concert Stage Center
- Transform a corner with dress-ups, toy mics, and a pretend stage.
- Let children rotate roles: performer, fan, or backstage helper.
Helper Heroes Role-Play
- Provide simple props like capes, hats, or badges.
- Present small, everyday problems (spilled blocks, a sad friend, heavy books).
- Children take turns acting out the problem, while a “Helper Hero” swoops in to solve it with kindness.
- Celebrate each helper with cheers or applause, reinforcing the idea that helpers are the real heroes.
Costume Designers & Stylists
- Set up a “design studio” with fabric scraps, scarves, paper, stickers, or costume jewelry.
- Some children play the role of performers, while others act as designers who help style the outfits before the big “concert.”
- After the performers are dressed, swap roles so everyone gets to be both designer and star.
Why it works: It encourages creativity, imagination, and collaboration while tying back to the K-pop theme.
🔢 Math & STEAM Fun
Concert Tickets
- Children design tickets with numbers or symbols.
- “Sell” and “buy” tickets during dramatic play, practicing counting and turn-taking.
Patterned Dance Moves
- Create simple movement patterns (clap-spin-clap or jump-wave-stomp).
- Ask kids to identify and repeat the patterns as a group.
Stage Building
- Offer blocks or LEGO and challenge children to build a stage or concert setup.
- Encourage them to problem-solve: “How can we make the stage taller? Stronger?”
Bringing It All Together
Preschoolers love when their classroom world connects with their favorite shows and movies. By drawing inspiration from K-Pop Demon Hunters, you’re not only tapping into their interests, you’re building important SEL skills like teamwork, bravery, kindness, and self-acceptance, all while having a blast.
✨ Teacher tip: Try combining a few of these ideas into a “Mini K-Pop Demon Hunters Day”. Try light stick crafts in the morning, a group dance practice before lunch, and a class “concert” to finish the day.
If you want ready-made resources to go along with these activities, explore:
- My Kindness Scenarios freebie
- Preschool Teamwork Activities pack
- Teamwork Scenarios
- Ways to Be a Good Friend Lesson & Activities
Which of these K-Pop Demon Hunters preschool activities will you try first? I’d love to hear how your students respond. Please share in the comments below!
