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11 Kids’ Events & Things to Do This Weekend (16-17 March) with Kids in Singapore

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What’s on this weekend? Check out our weekend planner for where to go this weekend, plus don’t miss these fun free weekend events for kids in Singapore

Wondering where to take the kids this weekend? Here’s our weekly roundup of weekend events and activities and what’s on in Singapore! Enjoy street snacks, opera performances, dragon dances, wushu, and theatrical tours at the Five Footway Festival; head to Marina Square to admire the Enchanted Tales Balloon Extravaganza and sign up for a unicorn balloon-making workshop; check out the new Tropical Play Forest at Changi Airport, and more! Pssst! Get more ideas of things to do in our March & Easter holiday guide.

        Read More: Kid-friendly Cafés with Playgrounds

Best things to do and where to go this weekend with kids in Singapore!↓

1. Car-Free Sunday 2024 (FREE!)

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Image: Car Free Sunday

Car-Free Sunday is back! It’s such a bizarre and cool thing to walk the CBD roads without cars to worry about! From 8am to 2pm on 17 March, you can walk, run or cycle along designated roads which will be closed to traffic. Look out for fun activities put together by LTA and partners at the two main event spaces along St Andrew’s Road and Esplanade Drive. From games to inline skating and aeromodelling, there will be something for everyone. Use the Healthy 365 app to book skating and skateboarding lessons for parents and their children aged between 4-12 years old along Esplanade Drive. Don’t miss the Singapore Really Really Free Market (get preloved goods for free) which fosters a sharing and caring community. You can also look forward to picking up a Milo from the Milo van and purchasing a veggie burger from The Goodburger Food Truck.

Deets: 17 March 2024, 8am – 11am (Civic & CBD roads); 8am – 2pm (St Andrew’s Road & Esplanade Drive) 


2. NEW! Sentosa Sensoryscape: multi-sensory experience

Image: Sentosa

Have you heard? The new Sentosa Sensoryscape opens on 14 March. This 350-metre garden walkway will feature immersive experiences at six sensory gardens to awaken all senses. The areas are the Lookout Loop, Tactile Trellis, Scented Sphere, Symphony Streams, Palate Playground, and Glow Garden. Each is enriched with immersive and audio-visual experiences. Find responsive plants at Tactile Trellis, breathe in therapeutic fragrances at the Scented Sphere or nibble on edible plants at the Palate Playground. Plus come nightfall look out for ImagiNite (daily from 7:50pm) – an interactive digital light art (projection mapping) and augmented reality experience comprising light shows and digital floor projections across Sensoryscape.

Deets: Sentosa Sensoryscape path begins at Imbiah Station and ends at Beach Station, ImagiNite nightly from 7:50pm. 


3. Musical storytelling at Children’s Museum Singapore (FREE!)

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Image Credit: Children’s Museum Singapore

Head over to the Children’s Museum Singapore for a musical storytelling session where kids can explore different elements of music – pitch, rhythm, instruments and timbre whilst also gaining insight into the importance of water supply and water conservation. This storytelling session is free (first-come-first-served) and presented by students from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. Recommended for 5 to 9 years old. More info here.

Deets: 17 March 2024, 2:30pm & 4:30pm, Children’s Museum Singapore


4. Outdoor Movie: Harry Potter movies (FREE!)

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Image credit: Sentosa

Take the family over to Southside to enjoy the free outdoor movie screenings that take place on Fridays on certain weekends! Pack your picnic rugs, and head over to enjoy tasty food and drinks (available to purchase on site) and an atmospheric outdoor movie screening. On Friday 15 March at 7:50pm, there’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and the following Friday 22 March it’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).

Deets: Friday 15 March, 7.50pm, Southside 80 Siloso Road, more info here


5. Splashtopia at Sentosa Palawan Green

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Image: Beate Baldry

New inflatable pop-up space Splashtopia @ Sentosa Palawan Green features 9 inflatables, lots of water slides, floaties and a water obstacle course. The inflatables are all in mini pools (that are adult shin-deep) so keep an eye on the kids if it gets crowded! Wear swimwear and bring a towel and a change of clothes. There’s also a mini carnival next door with rides for little ones. Get your tickets here!

Deets: 8 – 31 Mar 2024; Mon – Thurs: 2pm to 7pm; Fri – Sun, PH & School Holidays: 9.30am to 8pm, Palawan Green, Sentosa


6. Marina Square’s Enchanted Tales Balloon Extravaganza

Marina Square Baloons
Image; Aida Hamid

This weekend step into the enchanting world of knights, dragons, and castles as Marina Square’s annual Balloon Exhibition is back! The 6,500-square-foot central atrium will be filled with a massive balloon display crafted by 60 talented balloon artists featuring approximately 250,000 balloons. Kids can also dress up as a knight, prince or princess and enter the castle for some Insta-worthy pics at A Royal Masquerade from 12pm to 8pm daily ($5 to rent a costume). Plus, don’t miss the balloon workshops where you can bond with your kids and learn to sculpt a dinosaur (17 March, 4:30pm) or a unicorn (16 March, 4:30pm). Do note that pre-registration is required as limited slots are available per session. Sign up at the Customer Service Counter to participate ($20 per parent-child pair) and receive a voucher to redeem a cookie worth $5.80 from Nasty Cookie!

Deets: 9 – 17 March 2024, Marina Square Central Atrium, 6 Raffles Blvd, Singapore 039594


7. New: Tropical Play Forest at Changi Airport

Image credit: Changi Airport Group

This weekend check out the new playground at Changi Airport! Climb, bounce and swing your way through the Tropical Play Forest playground at Changi Airport Terminal 3, Departure Hall. Kids can slide down a ‘waterfall’ into a ball pit, brave the suspension bridges on the ‘treetop walk’, or even swing on a coconut tree! Kids must be at least 0.9m tall to enter. Those between 0.9 to 1.1m tall must be accompanied by an adult (at least 18 years old). All entering the playground must wear socks. Tickets are $10. Receive a free pass with a minimum spend of $50 in a single receipt ($80 for supermarket) excluding receipts from Jewel Changi Airport. Adults accompanying children can purchase a pass at $5. Look out for the cute photo ops (T3, Basement 2, near Swensen’s and next to TheJellyHearts).

Deets: 8 March to 1 May 2024, Fridays: 5pm – 10pm, Weekends, 12pm -10pm, Terminal 3, Departure Hall


8. Five Footway Festival: Stories of Chinatown

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Image by: KiddoTrip Explore&Play tour

Five Footway Festival returns from 9 to 17 March 2024 to bring the past stories of Chinatown to life for all ages! Look out for a host of exciting activities taking place at various locations in Chinatown, where the streets will come alive with the hustle and bustle of Chinatown in the 1900s. Get an understanding of the traditions of SG’s forefathers and how the lives of early immigrants were centred at the Five Footway across trades, clan activities, cultural, arts and entertainment activities. There will be traditional childhood games, street snacks, opera performances, dragon dances, wushu, culinary classes, movies and theatrical tours along Smith Street, Pagoda Street and Sago Street. Admission to the Five Footway Festival is free. Tickets for selected workshops can be purchased here.
Read our guide to Chinatown here.

Deets: 9 – 17 March 2024, various timings, Chinatown

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