Asian Civilization Museum

It is a world class museum packed with fascinating information, and presented in interesting and innovative ways.
There are eleven galleries spread over three floors, and each themed gallery is integrated with virtual hosts (a hit with the kids), videos and interactive 'ExploreAsian Zones' which are learning zones designed for children.

If you are interested in textiles there are some breathtakingly beautiful Batik and Ikat, stunning fabrics from the hill tribes of Southern China, silk carpets, and many other beautiful artifacts in the South East Asia Gallery.
If ceramics is more your thing, the museum is well-known for its collection of white Dehua porcelain from China. Also known as 'blanc de chine', these finely moulded pieces are from the Ming and Ching periods.

The building is a fine example of colonial architecture. Designed by engineer J.F.A NcNair in the mid-1860s and built by convict labour as government offices, it was originally much smaller.
It was renamed 'Empress Place Building' at the start of the twentieth century in honour of Queen Victoria, and continued to house government offices until a major reconversion began in the 1990s.
Incorporate a visit to the museum with lunch out on the terrace, overlooking the river. The Siem Rep II Cafe has a good range of Indochine and western food, with reasonable children's menu.

Location
1 Empress Place, Singapore 179555

Admission charges may vary during special exhibitions

• Adult: SGD$8
• Consession: SGD$4 (for full-time students and those 60 years and above)
• Note:
• Free Admission to children 6 years and below, Monday - Sunday.
• Free Admission for Senior Citizens (age 60 years and above) every Monday.
• Discounted admission on every Friday, 7-9pm

Fort siloso

Fort Siloso is home to the nation's largest collection of World War II memorabilia. A tram takes you on a journey through history, with entertaining guides bringing the past to life and explaining the fort's vital role in defending the Malayan region. Explore old tunnels and discover original guns, cannons, film clips and photographs from yesteryear.

If you’ve got the kids in tow, there’s even an army obstacle course playground.

Fort Siloso is located at the westernmost point of Sentosa at the top of a hill. You’ll do plenty of walking between sites, so do your feet a favour and catch the Fort Siloso tram to the entrance. The tram stops at Imbiah Lookout (one of the Sentosa monorail stops) and near Underwater World.

Location

Sentosa island.
Time : 10am - 6pm
Ticket :S$8 / Adult , S$5 / Child (3 - 12 years old)
There is a tram runs at 12.30pm and 3.30pm on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.

Changi Aiport T3

Changi Airport T3 has a lot of activities that are suitable for kids. It is a good hang out place during weekend and a good choose to avoid the heat wave outdoor. It compromise of foods, shops, and play areas that can occupy the kids for the whole day.

There are a lot of shops along the T3, and even better, most of the shops are absorbing the 7% GST.
There are 2 slides. One is shorter, for younger kids or less adventurous person, located at basement 2. It is about one-and-a-half storey tall and is free. There is no staff on duty there, thus it is the responsibility of the parents and kids to take care of themselves.

Playground

T3 has 3 playgrounds for the kids to stop over and enjoyed. There are located at

1) Next to SATS Special Service Lounge at Departure Transit Lounge Central, Level 2
2) Outside gate holdroom A16 - A20 at Departure Transit Lounge South, Level 2
3) Next to water fountain at B2 Mall, Public area

Woodblock Rub Area

Beside the water fountain at B2 mall, there is a scratch area, where you can make your own woodblock print with icons inspired by popular culture of Singapore. Just place the paper at the woodblock and rub it gently, you will see the picture transformed to the paper.

Singapore Flyer

The Singapore Flyer allows visitors to experience some of the best views of Singapore's coastal lines, the central business districts landmarks, the coming Integrated Resort, the Sentosa Island and even some parts of Malaysia and Indonesia. The wheel is 165 metres tall (which is roughly 42 storey high) and a diameter of 150 metres. It has 28 capsules and all the capsules are blend-new, air-conditioned and UV protected. Each capsule is 4m x 7m and accessible easily for wheelchair bound and the elderly. Each capsule sits 28 person.

The Wheel takes around 35 mins. It is best to visit the Singapore Flyer around 6.30pm to 7.15pm when the sun is slowly setting down. 

You catch a bit of the sunset plus a good night view when the sky turns dark after around 7.30pm
Location
30 Raffles Avenue, #01-07
Admission

Adult: SGD$29.50

Children: SGD$20.65
Senior: SGD$23.60

East Coast Park

The East Coast Park is several km long and from few dozen to a few hundred meters wide. The actual beach is between 10 and 20 m wide for the most part. There are full of interesting activities to do there - picnic, barbecue, jogging, sandcastle building, swimming, wind surfing, dining, indulging at the seafood restaurants.

 Building a sand castle. Sandcastles can be built on land, too; not-for-profit organisation Castle Beach conducts free workshops at Castle Beach in East Coast Park every Saturday and Sunday between 3.30pm and 7pm, rain or shine. Even when it rains, it doesn’t last for more than a half hour, and the sand gets prepped for building

East Coast beach is a great place for both adults and children to exercise, relax and have fun during the weekends or holidays!

Port of Lost Wonder (POLW)

Singapore's first kids club, the Port of Lost Wonder (POLW) at Palawan Beach.

Spanning 6,177 square metres, the new attraction features a pirate ship water-play area, picnic decks, outdoor play areas for toddlers, F&B and retail outlets as well as indoor and outdoor activities.
The pirate ship water-play area can accommodate up to 100 kids and adults are allowed within the area if they are accompanying their children.

POLW Wonder Crew will also be stationed to ensure safety at all times.
An outdoor play area called Curiosity Island lets children participate in various activities and an air-conditioned Play Den provides a comfortable hideout.

A toddlers' play area called Hatch Patch allows little ones to crawl and roll around, while families can hold picnics on The Deck.

Events spaces for birthday parties or events can also be held at the Celebration Island area, a purpose-built space for parties to be held within POLW.

The new attraction also becomes a spot for dining and relaxation in the evenings when the water play area closes at 6pm.

Location

Sentosa, Palawan Beach
POLW is open from 10am to 6.30pm.
Water play area closes at 6pm.
Ticket prices for children cost $8 on weekdays and $15 on weekends.

Underwater World and Dolphin Lagoon at Sentosa

The Underwater World Singapore showcases a variety of corals, fascinating fishes through a 83-meter long transparent acrylic tunnel (travelator) which passes through a huge aquarium. You can choose to walk through this tunnel or be moved around the tunnel through the slow-moving travelator to enjoy a three dimensional view of marine life all around you in a natural environment.

Another exciting part of the Underwater World Singapore has to be its seal and dolphin performances conducted every few hours by the Dolphin Lagoon (just a 2-minute walk away from the Underwater World aquarium 

Location

Sentosa

Entrance to Underwater World Singapore (includes Dolphin Lagoon) cost $25.90

children 3-12 17.60, below 3 years old free.

Tampines One Water Playground

Tampines One Shopping mall has a roottop water playground. This one is a wild life theme root top playground. Accessible by lift 5F the playground is divided into different continents and endangered species.

There are a dry area. However, it did not keep dry as kids who played at water area came over to enjoy the facilities and got the place wet as well. Do bring extra clothing even if your kids want to play in the dry area only.

After all the play the kids can take a quick shower or get changed located at the side of the entrance.

Location

10 Tampines Central 1
#05-35 (Roof Top), Tampines 1. 
MRT : Tampines MRT

Admission Free
 

VivItalia @ Courts Megastore

At Courts Megastore (the big one at Tampines, alongside the big Ikea and giant Giant) which has a playground, so one day, I decided to check it out!

The food serving is slow, prepared to wait for 1/2 to an hour at least. Italian food served are halah and price reasonably.

The playground was pretty big and impressive.. It looked like so much fun! They had a height limit: Only for kids 90 – 130 cm tall

Location

50 Tampines North Drive 2
MRT : Tampines MRT (Free shuttle bus from Tampines MRT)

Woodlands Waterfront Park

It’s a place that not only makes the kids happy, it also makes me very happy. The park is spacious, very windy and you get to see lots of beautiful sights like deep blue skies, the sea and ships. Best of all, for something so natural and lovely, you don’t have to pay a single cent to enjoy it all. I love it.

The landmark structure and mega playground at Woodlands Waterfront Park is really strong-looking. Not exactly suitable for toddlers, for sure. But school-going kids and adults would find it interesting and fun

Unique two-storey-high bridge made of meshed rope, called a “skywalk”.

Stationary skating system which even adults can use.

Park is built on a former warehouse site on the north coast of Singapore.

Visitors can enjoy a view of Johor Baru from a lookout point in the park and participate in community activities at the event plaza.

Location

Day and night parking
50 cents per hour (including Sundays/Public Holidays)
Night parking
$4 per entry or 50 cents per hour

Marina Barrage

The Marina Barrage is a reservoir that also help control floods. We finally got around to paying it a visit and were greeted by a life sized replica of the seven pumps operating in Marina Barrage in the form of a Sculpture.

The Green Roof – Open space, beautiful views, picnics and kites flying

Coming out from the elevator, we have a pleasant surprise to see a beautiful green patch of grass with a view of Singapore’s skyline. There were plenty of people having picnics, flying kites on the Green Roof

Water fun at Marina Barrage

The big space and fountains and water make my boy all excited. The nice part of the water play area is that there are so many variety of fountain in the space and there are also plenty of space to run about

Location

8 Marina Gardens Drive Singapore 018951

Car: From East Coast Parkway (ECP) in the direction of Vivo City, take 17A exit and turn into Marina Place and Marina Boulevard before turning into Marina Mall. Drive pass Gardens by the Bay and you will see the main entrances of Marina Barrage. 

Bus : Take Exit A from Marina Bay MRT Station. take 400 . Alight at the last bus stop.

Ben & Jerry's at Dempsey Hill

Take away a full day's of stress and drama with a stroll at Dempsey Hil. The Ranch Home at Dempsey Hill featuring World-Famous Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream.

The entrance of the place presents a laid back style, they have different kinds of seating arrangement: tall chairs, benches, sofas - take your pick.

Location:

Blk 8 #01-14
Dempsey Road    
Open: Mon: 12pm-11pm (Last Order at 9.30pm)
               Tue to Thu: 11am-11pm (Last Order at 9.30pm)
               Fri & Eve of PH: 11am-1am (Last Order at 11.30pm)

Singapore Zoo

Singapore Zoo is well-known for creating natural habitats and its "Open Concept" where the animals are allowed to roam freely in their "enclosures".  You could hardly feel that the animals are enclosed and keep safe away from you as they seems so close and roaming so wildly.

They done that with cleverly designed natural barriers (such as rivers and elevated platforms) that do not obstruct your views and able to run freely at the same time keep the danger animals safely away from you.

Boat Safari ride. There are 2 boat dock and the ride take approximately 20mins.  Tickets can be purchased at the dock.  You will be able to traverse the pristine waters of the Upper Seletar Reservoirs.

For the family, you could visit the Children Playground to have a KFC lunch and watch your children having a splashing good time at the Water Play area.

Location

80 Mandai Lake Road Singapore 729826

Opening Hours : 8.00am to 6pm daily
Admission fee :  Adult $20, Children $13 (3-12 years old)

Vivocity

Vivo City is the latest and the largest hip place to be seen shopping and it is also the one-stop venue for fun and food.
On the rooftop there is a shallow pool where kids can have good fun. The opendoor playground at level 2. 

The playground is big safe area where there are so many new "toys" such as slides, water fixtures, climbing structures and tunnels.

Location

Vivocity
MRT : Harbourfront MRT

Admission Fee :Free

Changi City Point

If you are looking for a free water play in the east , check out the latest waterplay in Changi City Point. It is located at the Changi Business Park also known as the Garden City in the East. The water play area is outside the food court. There is also a dry area has a treetop obstacle trail to cross and climb. You get to see some planes flying occasionally since this is near the airport.
However there are not shower facilities except some water spray.

Location

5 Changi Business Park Central 1,
Singapore 486038
T: (65) 65111088

By MRT : Expo Station

Public Swimming Pool with water play

SengKang Swimming Complex

Swimming Complex is priced at normal public swimming pool admissions and like most normal swimming complex has its regular Olympic swimming lap pools (2 of them).   On top of that, it has many additions  that normal swimming complex do not have such as the winding tube slides, the rollercoaster slides and water playground for toddlers and preschoolers (even adults love the water massages provided here).

The main attraction is unarguably the colorful slides. There are a total of 8 slides. On the right hand side, there are 2 slides for younger child with height under 1.2m.  In the center, there are 4 slides similar to those in Big Splash and you require to have a minimum height of 1.2m to play.  On the left hand side, there are 2 longer and higher tube slides for the brave ones.  These tubes are dark and long and could be scary for younger kids.  It is very exciting even for adults and require to have minimum of 1.2m.  

Location

57 Anchorvale Road

Singapore 544964

By Car

There are limited parking lots beside the Swimming pool and it is always full.   If you parked at the parking lots around the Swimming Complex remember to have a valid coupon as they are frequently checked.

Pasir Ris Swimming Complex

Pasir Ris swimming pool comes with a feature pool with slides, a jacuzzi and water features. There is also a partly sheltered competition pool as well as a toddler’s pool.

$: Entrance fee at $2 for adult and $1 for each child on weekends


Location 
120 Pasir Ris Central
By MRT : Pasir Ris MRT

Ponggol Waterways

Ponggol waterways is an ideal place for family and friends. The meandering river is really nice, all decked out with well planned landscaping. The fields surrounding the waterway are great locations for kite flying. You can’t miss this arc-like structure!

There is a decent parking area for about 10 – 15 cars I guess, kinda small, but good thing is there are parking lots all over the roadside,

We walked quite a long way and eventually arrived at the adventure bridge. The kids are having fun on the bridge. As there is waterplay area, a huge sand area where kids and adult can have lots of funtime.

Admission Fee : free
Parking is free . You can park on the roadside or designated car park (limited)

Location

By MRT : Alight at Punggol MRT. Then take Bus no 84.
By Bus : From Punggol Bus Interchange, take Bus no 84.

If you are driving there instead, just follow Punggol Road towards the end. There is a car park there. Check out the map below. The public car park is on the right side with limited spaces.

Animal Resort

Feeding rabbits in Animal farm

Kampong farm

Children are usually great fans of animals. They will have great time here with close encounters with small farm animals especially if they could hand feed them. For parents, this is a great place to escape from the concrete city building to a simpler "Kampong" life style. What's more, do I mention that the admission is "Free" ?

For family, if you want get in touch with nature and animals and do not plan for a full scale visit to the zoo, here is the best alternatives. The Animal Resort sprawled over 5 acres of rural land where your children could roam freely and smell fresher air.
There are many small pet and farm animals where you could feed them with the food from the owner. For a small donation, you get to feed the fishes, rabbits, chicken, goose, horse, goats and other resident animals.



The Animal Resort also has other attractions such as the Kennels that you can see all the cute little puppies. There are also the Dog training and Grooming school, Dog Run and a small cafe in rural setting.

Opening Hours

10am to 5pm

Closed on Public Holidays.
Admission Fee : free

Location

T81 Seletar West Farmway 5 Science Centre Road
Singapore 798061

As the distance from the main road is quite far away, the best way to get to the Animal resort is by driving or Taxi.

Hort Park

This have to be our favorite park besides Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden The place is much bigger and since it showcases products from different horticultural companies, things are always changing so there are plenty of things to see. We love the huge variety of plants, the ample space to explore and play.

Hort Park Entrance at 33 Hyderabad Road

Fishes in the pond in front of the park.

The huge water feature near the entrance make the kids extremely excited. A vending machine with fish food in a capsule is conveniently placed right beside so the kids get to feed the fishes.

Eye Candy and Places to Run about

The visitor center has a beautiful mosaic and glass mural which we feast our eyes on.. Trees Mural at the Visitor Center. Flowers details on the Mural. Hort Park Event Lawn overlooking the Silver Garden

Playgrounds

There are three playgrounds for different age groups while we were there. Each looks like fun.

Plots of Garden

The show cases offers a huge variety of layout and garden-scape. We love the tin man and the scare-crow, and enjoyed the zen and holistic garden as well as the butterflies fluttering around.

The tin man and scare-crow

Location
33 Hyderabad Road, Off Alexandra Road.
$$$: Entrance is Free
For more information check out www.nparks.gov.sg/hortpark/

Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden

Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden. It was a hit!The place have a great variety of things to play with and lots of room to run and explore. It was great for mummy too as there is plenty of beautiful trees and flowers with clear signs and little bits of information around the garden to make the trip an educational one for both of us.

The visitor centre of the park have a very interesting sculpture in the shape of a tree. The “leaves”on closer observation looks like shapes of children playing. Be sure to eat something first if you are hungry as you are not suppose to bring food to eat inside the garden. The kids cafe is so inviting with a beautiful mural. Our dear boy immediately decide that the first thing he wants to do is to have some food at the cafe first.

We were greeted with the view of the water play area.

I am impressed to see so many plants with nice big signs to help me recognize the plants that we usually only see at the supermarket. Some of the signs give informative background about the plants.

The real highlight of the trip is however this….the tree house.

There are easy stairs leading to the top of the tree house but there is also a ladder that leads to the higher part of the tree house.

Other than the tree house, there is also a suspension bridge and waterfall with a cave that the little boy can’t get enough of.

After exploring the suspension bridge, we crossed a little stream and came to a pond with a floating platform.

There are pretty water lilies and a floating platform so that we can get a closer look at the plants and animals in the pond. We spotted a water stick insect and some fishes, some dragonflies and this statue of a flamingo.
Near the pond is a tree that was struck by lightning. It makes a good place for a game of hide and seek.
This is where children can learn about photosynthesis.
Another play and learn area. It is right beside the maze…were we had a good time playing catching.
We ended the day in the playground where there are a few interesting play items not seen else where. Such as this seesaw. There is also a rotating disc and device that looks like an ice-cream scope which the kids love.

Location

1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569

Opening hours
8.00am – 7.00pm (last admission at 6.30pm)
The Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden is closed on Mondays (except when it falls on a designated public holiday)

Admission is free