10 Fun Indoor Activities for Kids in Singapore to Boost Imagination and Creativity

Here are 10 fun and engaging indoor activities for kids in Singapore from the parenting experts at Family5 App

Looking for ideas to entertain the kids at home? If you and the kiddos are going stir crazy, fear not! We’ve turned to the parenting experts at Family5 for some major indoor activities inspo. If you’re unfamiliar, Family5 is a super cool app (created by a certified cool Singapore dad!) that’s all about encouraging families to spend quality time together.

From dance parties to fantastic fruit creation, these inspiring prompts and activities are sure to get your kiddos’ creative juices flowing (and most require minimal crafting materials, too!). We’ve noted the recommended age range and specific cognitive benefits for each activity, along with endorsements from leading parenting experts around the world. We have a feeling even parents are going to have plenty of fun with these fab indoor activities for fams in Singapore!

Menu Mission
Musical Stories
So You Think You Can Dance?
Piece It Together
News Reader
Fantastic Fruit
Design Your Flag
Draw Your Feelings
Navigation by Numbers
Game Creator

Want even more ideas to boost your family quality time (or maintain your sanity)? Find these tips and over 600 other fun activities and goals designed to help your family grow stronger together in the Family5 mobile app. You can download for free here!

Read more: Outdoor Games & Activities to Keep Kids Busy

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Today you’re restaurant managers, planning a menu. What will you serve?

Work together to plan the menu and write out the list of the ingredients you’ll need. Think about your potential customers and make sure that you are offering something for everyone.

Best for ages: 6-10
Cognitive benefits:

• Exploration
• Help-giving
• Collaboration

Endorsed by Nutritionist Andrea Potashnick

Search for ‘classical music’ online and listen to it together. Pieces such as ‘The Bumblebee’ by Rimsky, ‘The Typewriter’ by Leroy Anderson or ‘Hungarian Dance’ by Brahms are great examples.

What do you imagine as you are listening? Does the music remind you of a story or a movie?

Using the music as your inspiration, write a story of what kind of picture the music paints in your head.

Best for ages: 5-12
Cognitive benefits:

• Exploration
• Imagination
• Fine motor skills
• Curiosity
• Insight

Everyone can dance! Now it’s time to show off your skills.

Put on some music and make your own dance competition show. Try out some different dances like the Macarena, silly slow dancing, chicken dance, robot dancing, and the sprinkler. What other awesome dance moves do you want to show off? And remember, if you’re playing the judge, it’s a good chance to give compliments to the creative dancers!

Best for ages: 4-10
Cognitive benefits:

• Creativity
• Gross motor skills
• Collaboration

Endorsed by psychologist and parenting expert Ariadne Brill

Can you create a new picture from an old one?

Find a magazine or newspaper picture that can be ripped up. Once the picture is torn into pieces, use your imagination and reform the shreds into a brand new image. It doesn’t have to look just like the original. Be creative and think outside the box!

Best for ages: 3-12
Cognitive benefits:

• Imagination
• Creativity
• Ingenuity
• Open-mindedness

Have you ever watched the news and thought you’d like to try being a newsreader? Now’s your chance.

Make up a list of top news stories and work out a news script before you go ‘on air’. Will you choose to focus on the serious stuff or will you present the funny or heartwarming stories?

Best for ages: 6-12
Cognitive benefits:

• Critical thinking
• Planning
• Communication
• Creativity

Endorsed by parenting coach Fiona Emwanu

How many fruits are there in the world? Draw as many as you can think of and label them. A little bit of research in a book or on the internet might help you extend your list.

How many fruits are red? How many have prickly skins? Do they all taste nice? What if you could invent a brand new fruit… what would it be like? Draw the most magnificent, fantastic new fruit you can imagine.

Best for ages: 5-10
Cognitive benefits:

• Exploration
• Imagination
• Fine motor skills
• Curiosity
• Ingenuity
• Insight

There are 195 countries in the world and each have their own flag. Flags help show others what makes a country unique and different.

Pretend you’re starting your own country and each design your new flag to present to the rest of the world. What would you put on it and why? What do the colors and pictures represent to you and your new country?

Best for ages: 6-10
Cognitive benefits:

• Imagination
• Creativity
• Fine motor skills

Endorsed by Cara Pollard, Parenting and Mindfulness Coach

Sometimes, it’s hard to put into words how you’re feeling. Try and draw your emotions instead.

Find a quiet, calm place to draw out how you’re feeling. Use whatever colors and pictures come to mind. When the picture is finished, try to describe what your picture means to you. This is a fabulous way of sharing emotions!

Best for ages: 4-12
Cognitive benefits:

• Self-management
• Help seeking
• Self-control
• Fine motor skills

Endorsed by counselor and parent coach Rita Morris

A navigator helps guide people by giving them directions. Imagine you are a navigator and test your skills on a friend. The catch? You can only give directions by numbers!

Using this code can you get your friend to the finish point: 1 means your friend must step forward; 2 is a step backwards; 3 is a step to the left; 4 a step to the right. Take it in turns, and then see if you can come up with your own direction codes!

Best for ages: 5-8
Cognitive benefits:

• Spatial cognition
• Gross motor skills
• Numeracy
• Working memory

Endorsed by parenting coach Sarah Keenan Jacobi, Ph.D

Create your own board game!

Gather different writing and coloring materials together and some scrap art materials. Pick a theme, decide what rules there should be, what the different game pieces might be and how the game should be played. Get creative and see how the game turns out!

Best for ages: 7-12
Cognitive benefits:

• Leadership
• Fine motor skills
• Divergent thinking
• Innovation

Endorsed by parent coach Caitlin Silva

Want even more ideas to boost your family quality time (or maintain your sanity)? Find these tips and over 600 other fun activities and goals designed to help your family grow stronger together in the Family5 mobile app. You can download for free here!