Keep the kids occupied with this list of Lunar New Year-themed activities and kits. Suitable for family bonding and for the kids to have fun!
Lunar New Year happens on 1st and 2nd Feb 2022, but there are lots of activities and kits happening during this period for families and kids to enjoy and better appreciate the festivities!
Free Calligraphy Workshop At Kiztopia
Venue: Kiztopia Marina Square
Dates: 29, 30 and 31 Jan 2022
Fees: Free
Age Suitability: 4 - 10 years old
Organised by popular online Chinese learning platform, LingoAce, families can sign-up for a free LingoAce Online Chinese Class to attend a free calligraphy workshop at Kiztopia! You will also receive a 1-hour free entry to Kiztopia Marina Square to attend the workshop for parent and child too!
Chinese New Year Clay Modelling Workshop
Venue: Hua Chinese Art Centre at International Plaza, #03-26, Singapore 079903
Dates: 2 Feb 2022
Fees: $39
Age Suitability: 5 years old onwards (parents may also purchase ticket to take part as a parent/child activity)
This 1.5hr Clay Modelling Workshop integrates Chinese culture and elements, allowing children to learn while creating cute little CNY-themed artworks. Children will get to hands-on, and improve their observation, understanding and imagination too!
Chinese New Year Calligraphy & Craft Workshop
Venue: Hua Chinese Art Centre at International Plaza, #03-26, Singapore 079903
Dates: 19, 21, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29 and 30 Jan 2022
Fees: $88.50 for 2 pax
Age Suitability: 4 - 16 years old
Let your kids join this 3-hour Chinese New Year Calligraphy and Craft workshop. Conducted by an experience Calligraphy Teacher, children will pick up calligraphy skills as they prepare their own Chinese New Year couplets and decorations for the upcoming festival!
Miss Elza Jiao has been learning calligraphy from young and is a winner of the 2018 and 2019 Singapore Calligraphy Competition. Her teaching style is friendly and lively, making her popular with kids. She is also a translator and is able to converse in both Chinese and English. You will also receive a personally handwritten calligraphy couplet by Miss Jiao for the festivities!
The Zodiac Race - Storytelling Session
Venue: Online
Dates: 5 & 6 Feb 2022
Fees: $30 per pax (comes with an activity pack)
Age Suitability: 3 - 9 years old
In this Chinese New Year themed storytelling, The Zodiac Race, you will learn more about the Zodiac Race! Like why did the rat came first? How did the pig came last? Or how the strong and mighty tiger only finished in third place? So come on and learn the story of how the 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac came to be.
During this interactive storytelling session, there will be 30 min of drama games and a 30 min scavenger hunt. An activity pack will be sent to each child.
There will be 2 sessions for the different age groups, 3 - 6 years and 7 to 9 years. Sessions will be conducted be Ms Selma, a trained actor with years of experience teaching children.
Chinese New Year Magic Workshop
Venue: 23 Purvis Street #01-01, British Hainan Restaurant
Dates: 28 Jan 2022
Fees: $98 (includes professional money magic trick & $18 British Hainan dining voucher)
Age Suitability: 5 - 12 years old
Let your kids join this fun Chinese New Year Magic Workshop to learn how to perform magic and much more! Kids will even get to bring home a professional money magic trick, worth $20, so that they can perform the tricks for your CNY gatherings too!
Conducted by Kien (more commonly known as Mr Bottle), he makes use of his experience in working with kids as well as his children to come up with a system to teach magic to very young children weaving in life values like generosity, respect and perseverance.
Chinese New Year Drop-off Terrarium Workshop
Venue: 33 Ubi Ave 3 #05-57 Vertex Tower A Singapore 408868
Dates: 22 Jan 2022
Fees: $88
Age Suitability: 7 - 12 years old
This 5-hour drop-off programme is aimed at letting parents drop off their kids so that they can go about their CNY shopping!
There will be two parts to the programme. The Emotion Expression workshop is aimed at helping children learn skills to manage their own emotions and express their feelings and thoughts clearly. At the Chinese New Year Themed Terrarium workshop, children will be able to create a terrarium that is CNY-themed as decorations or as gifts.
Lunch and materials will be provided.
CNY Parent / Child Baking Workshop - Pineapple Tarts / Kuih Bangkit
Venue: 244N Upper Thomson Road
Dates: 29 Jan, 30 Jan, 5 Feb or 6 Feb 2022
Fees: $75 per parent/child pair
Age Suitability: 4 years old and up
The Little Things introduces 2 CNY-themed baking session suitable for Parent and Child bonding! In this 1.5 hour workshop, you and your child will learn to make CNY snacks - Pineapple Tarts or Kuih Bangkit!
For those who prefer to do this at home, do also check out the Little Baking Kits with all ingredients and instructions to easily prepare Kueh Bangkit cookies this CNY!
CNY-Themed Baking Workshops with Genius R Us
Venue: HomeTeamNS JOM-Balestier or HomeTeamNS Khatib
Dates: Various
Fees: from $35 per child
Age Suitability: from 2.5 years old
Genius R Us is an enrichment centre that offers children unique learning experiences through our Kidz Can Bake! and Tots Can Bake! programmes. For the upcoming festivities, Genius R Us is rolling out a series of CNY-themed baking workshops including Lunar New Year Cupcakes, Lucky Tiger Buns and more.
Workshops are suitable as child-only sessions or as parent and child sessions.
Home-Baking Kits from Gobblin Club
Venue: Home
Fees: from $22 per kit
Gobblin Club introduces 2 CNY-themed home baking kit this year! You can choose to bake the Huhu Tiger Pineapple Tarts or the Prosperity Knockout Chocolate Smash.
Not only cute looking but both kits will provide you with a fund bonding time at home! You will receive the pre-packed ingredients and simple-to-follow instructions so that the experience is fuss-free! The kits are vegetarian and contains all halal ingredients.
