Children's Day in Singapore usually falls on the first Friday in October but this year, it is pushed back by one week due to the COVID-19 situation to allow for the PSLE to be completed.
And even though the number of activities this Children's Day weekend seems to be considerably lesser compared to previous years, the activities still pack plenty of fun - ranging from on-site activities to virtual events to even special promotions and discounts for the kiddos!
So make most of the chance to bring them out this 9th to 11th October 2020 weekend and if you are fretting over how to occupy them, I have done the homework for you.
Octoburst! 2020
5 - 18 Oct 2020; Various programmes & timings
FREE
(Virtual)
Octoburst! – A Children’s Festival is bursting through Esplanade’s spikey domes to reach all kids at home with a series of free-to-access digital programmes from 5 to 18 Oct 2020. This year, the festival moves beyond the physical confines to reach children of all ages and needs; be it at home, in school or with friends in student care centres in Singapore. For a full detailed listing of all activities, visit HERE.
STEAM Festival for Young Learners 2020
8 - 11 Oct 2020
Various Programmes & Timings
Science Centre Singapore (On-site & Virtual)
FREE & Ticketed events
The 2nd annual STEAM Festival promises a great line-up of fun-filled activities that will ignite your child's creativity while encouraging parent-child bonding! This Children’s Day, join us virtually from home or at KidsSTOP™ as we dream up the craziest ideas and explore endless possibilities! To our future movers and shakers - the sky is the limit!
Visit HERE for more details.
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon Kids Virtual Race
9 - 11 Oct 2020
FREE Registration
To celebrate this year’s Children’s Day, Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM) has introduced the first ever Kids (& Parents!) Virtual Race event! This event will be happening over the weekend from 9 – 11 October and hopes to be a fun-filled weekend bonding activity for families. Participants can look forward to a fully virtual event where they can race alongside their children in two different categories, 1.5km or 3km.
The event will be hosted on the SCSM Virtual Club (VC) platform, which is an all-in-one engaging and rewarding platform that includes weekly races and challenges, an online store with redeemable rewards, training and nutritional resources, and performance tracking. The event will be available for registration via the SCSM VC platform.
Reading @ Cyber-Garden
10 Oct 2020; 10am
(Virtual)
Reading @ Cyber-Garden is an online event that aims to instill the love of reading among families while inspiring them to read together, learn together and make fond memories together. Reading @ Cyber-Garden will be hosted by Abang J and graced by Minister of State, Associate Professor Dr Muhd Faishal Ibrahim. Join in on Saturday, 10 October @ 10am on MENDAKI’s Facebook or YouTube @mendakisg and stand a chance to win exclusive prizes just by tuning in!
#SmartNationTogether Programmes
(Virtual)
Fun with Tech
10 Oct 2020 | 10.30am - 12pm
Tech Upsized
11 Oct 2020 | 11am - 12pm
Fun with Tech
11 Oct 2020 | 4pm - 5pm
Sign up HERE.
Mid-Autumn Festival @ Shiseido Forest Valley
Now til 11 Oct 2020
Shiseido Forest Valley, Jewel Changi Airport
FREE
Head down to Jewel this mid-Autumn Festival to experience the festive displays at the Shiseido Forest Valley! With the multi-coloured lanterns and huge installations that depict the traditional festival motifs and characters decorating the area, you can soak in the atmosphere and snap amazing photos to share with family and friends!
Wan Qing Mid-Autumn Festival 2020 (Digital Edition)
Now til 11 Oct 2020
Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
(Virtual)
Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival and learn about Chinese traditions and customs from the comfort of your own home with the inaugural digital edition of the well-loved Wan Qing Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations by the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall!
Held online via the memorial hall’s Facebook page, Wan Qing Mid-Autumn Festival aims to bring heritage to closer to home through an exciting line-up of family-friendly digital initiatives such as cooking classes, storytelling sessions, interactive craft demonstrations and more. Besides the digital offerings, visitors to the memorial hall can look forward to its thematic lantern installation, “Rolling in Abundance”, which promises to make for great photo-moments under the stars. For more details on programmes, visit HERE.
SMU Arts Festival 2020 Online
Now til 30 Oct 2020
(Virtual)
Conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the midst of our nation’s Circuit Breaker, A-PART is a creative response to our shared experiences told through 8 original productions, to uplift the morale of a global stay-home audience. Choose from a variety of performances ranging from music, dance, theatre, visual arts and literary arts - all viewed together with the family from the comfort of your home! Visit HERE for more information and links.
Singapore Zoo, River Safari & Jurong Bird Park:
Kids Enter FREE!
Now til 31 Oct 2020
Have a fun-filled day with your kids and rediscover more about wildlife at the parks! In celebration of Children’s Day, kids enter free* for the month of October! Visit HERE for tickets.
*Applicable for local residents only. Free admission for one child (Ages 3 – 12 years old) with each full paying adult admission. Terms and conditions apply.
Children's Day Promo @ Changi Experience Studio
Now til 31 Oct 2020
Celebrate Children’s Day for the whole month of October at Changi Experience Studio! Enjoy 50% off tickets for your children (up to 2 kids), with every paying adult. For mroe information and tickets, visit HERE.
Halloween Fun For Everyone
Now til 1 Nov 2020
Universal Studios Singapore
Admission charges apply
This October, come on down to Universal Studios Singapore and have spooktastic Halloween fun for the family. Put on your favourite costume and enjoy trick-or-treating around the park. Meet Illumination’s Minion Monsters as they make their return at Minion Monsters Tricky Treats. Next, embark on the Trail of Treats to collect candies, gummies and chocolates from Candy Ambassadors, and pull out your phones for selfies with your favourite characters dressed in their Halloween best. Visit HERE for more information.
Deep BOO Sea!
Now til 3 Nov 2020
S.E.A. Aquarium
Admission charges apply
Experience the chills of an underwater Halloween! Prepare to be spooked and awed as you take your Halloween celebrations into the depths of the sea! From the menacing face of the wolf-eel to the fang-like teeth of the vampire fish. Come face-to-face with some of Nature’s scariest-looking marine animals and discover what makes each of them amazing and unique.
There’ll also be trick-or-treating fun for the kids in the aquarium, plus an exciting treasure hunt for lost pearls hidden within our underwater exhibits – so keep your eyes open to take home a mystery gift! What’s more, come in a Halloween costume and you could win our best-dressed contest to take home monster prizes. Visit HERE for more information.
Pocket Gardens Surprise
Now til 8 Nov 2020; 9am - 9pm daily
Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay
Admission charges apply
Pocket Gardens Surprise is a series of changing mini garden displays that pop up at various nooks around Flower Dome. Be delighted with a new display every fortnight. This October, It's Always Teatime here, so catch a break and seek inspiration for your home garden while you indulge in an afternoon cup, be drawn into a dreamy canopy of trailing flowering and foliage plants with our Hanging Garden, take respite amidst the luscious shades of green of An Urban Oasis. or even dive into the world of the versatile epiphytic plants with our Plant Library.
Edible Garden (Flower Field): Ongoing
It's Always Teatime (Flower Dome entrance): 14 Sep - 11 Oct 2020
Hanging Garden (Mediterranean Garden): 28 Sep - 25 Oct 2020
An Urban Oasis (The Baobabs): 5 Oct - 1 Nov 2020
Plant Library (South American Garden): 12 Oct - 8 Nov 2020
Scribble Town
Now til 31 Jan 2021
Tuesday – Sunday (closed on Monday) | 10am – 5pm (last admission at 4.30pm)
Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Free admission for Singaporeans and Permanent Residents
What counts as bullying? Can seemingly innocuous words and actions be hurtful to the people around us? What can we do when we witness bullying, and how can we all contribute to a bully-free culture? To answer these questions and raise awareness on this issue, the National Heritage Board (NHB) has collaborated with Singapore Children’s Society to present Scribble Town, an interactive exhibition for children aged between 9 and 12 that invites visitors to embark on a quest alongside characters Sam, Dan and Lydia, to save the fictional world of Scribble Town and bring colour back into their world.
On display at the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall (SYSNMH) from now till 31 January 2021, the exhibition features comic artwork across three different stations – The Flying Mariner, Darkwoods Forest, and Bleak Mountain – and 80 comic frames. Visitors will follow the three characters on their journey as they attempt to fix the Colourwheel to save Scribble Town. Through the adventure, visitors will get to observe the interactions between Sam, Dan and Lydia – the ways in which they speak, act and respond to one another – in order to gain a better understanding of the different types of bullying, how and why bullying occurs, and the corresponding impact on the involved parties.
Planet or Plastic?
Now til 28 Mar 2021
ArtScience Museum
Admission charges apply
Learn about the global plastic pollution crisis through more than 70 powerful photographs and videos in an exhibition by National Geographic. From the Arctic to the Antarctic, plastic waste is everywhere. Planet or Plastic?, ArtScience Museum’s first exhibition to launch since re-opening after Singapore’s circuit-breaker, shines a spotlight on the fragility of the natural environment as a result of the global plastic waste crisis. The exhibition endeavours to raise awareness of society’s dependence on plastic by visually depicting the crisis and highlighting the innovative individuals and communities who are working on solutions to this urgent problem. For more information and tickets, visit HERE.
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