Labour Day is a public holiday that is celebrated on 1 May annually - if you are looking to create family fun, this list is for you!
This year, 1 May 2025 falls on a Thursday and since it is a public holiday in Singapore, you may be looking for ideas to bring your kids out. Let us help you with our list of ideas for you and your little ones to go create family fun and memories!
Without further ado, let's check out what we have prepared for you!
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Play Outdoors at a Park Playground
There are several parks in Singapore that are also homes to massive playgrounds for endless fun. These playgrounds offer slides, sandplay, swings and lots of climbing and monkeying around for a full day of play time!
Popular options include Admiralty Park known for having tall slides, West Coast Park for its huge space and play options, East Coast Park offers both the Coastal Playgrove and Marine Cove playgrounds, and Jurong Lake Garden where you will find a nature inspired dry play and also a water play area!
With so many outdoor playgrounds in Singapore for families (and free), you must take the holiday to visit one with your little ones!
Visit an Indoor Playground in Singapore
There are plenty of indoor playground options in Singapore from large play spaces like Kidztopia at Marina Square to toddler dedicated spaces like Kidztropic Cove at Havelock. There are even options for older kids and adults too!
If you are not sure which one to choose, here's a list of our favourite indoor playgrounds in Singapore to help you get started! Don't forget to tag us @bringyourkidout if you are sharing your family fun at the indoor playgrounds!
Parent-Child Fishing Experience with a Decorative Fish Tank
Venue: 65 Sungei Tengah Road, Singapore
Dates: Every Sat & Sun | 10 am - 7 pm
Fees: $38 per parents & child pair
An exciting activity for families has just popped up! Nature Kindred is a nature-themed family space located within a plant nursery. Here, you will find various activities for families as well as a cafe for your meals too!
Opened every Sat & Sun, the Parent-Child Fishing Experience will give your child the opportunity to catch guppies at the beautifully designed fish pond filled with little guppies of various colours and fin shapes. Armed with a little net and bucket, watch your child as they try to catch these little fishes, and we are sure you will want to join in too!
You can choose to purchase the DIY Kit package that comes with the opportunity to decorate your own fish tank using rocks, sand and figurines! The collectible fish tank can house 2 to 3 fishes and is a great decorative piece at home! Or go without the kit and you will be provided a plastic container to bring the fishes home.
Visit a Family-friendly Museum and Exhibition
Singapore is home to many amazing AND family friendly museums! Some of our favourites include the National Gallery Singapore, Singapore National Gallery, Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (image above) and more!
Apart from these popular museums, have you also head of these less-known ones - MINT - Museum of Toys, Vintage Camera Museum, Singapore Maritime Gallery? To help you discover more, we have put together a list of over 30 family-friendly museums and exhibitions for you to explore - many of these are also free for Singaporean and Singapore residents too!
Go On A Cycling Adventure As A Family
Cycling is a popular sport and is suitable for families with kids of all ages. This long weekend, you can plan a day out with the family at the parks, park connectors and various cycling trails (here's some of Singapore's best cycling routes and nature trails).
Even if you do not own a bicycle, you can easily rent a bike from one of the many bicycle rentals around the island. This list of bicycle rental shops covers the common cycling routes at East Coast Park, Punggol Waterway, West Coast Park, the Civic District/Marina Bay and Pulau Ubin.
Visit a Nearby Island - Pulau Ubin, Lazarus Island/St. John Island
Families may make use of the long weekend to visit the nearby islands of Pulau Ubin and Lazarus Island/St. John Island. Suitable for a one-day trip, families can plan picnics and to spend the day exploring these islands.
If you need help, here are our family guides to visiting Pulau Ubin and Lazarus/St. John Island. The guides will include information on what to do, how to get there and things to do bring along for families.
Take a Short Trip to Malaysia
Simply take a day off on Friday, and you will have a 4-day long weekend! Great for making a trip to Malaysia!
If you enjoy taking rides at theme parks, you may wish to consider visiting LEGOLAND Malaysia (we got a guide -Family Guide To LEGOLAND Malaysia) or simply explore the various malls and experiences across the various states in Malaysia.
If you are on the look out for the latest events and places to go in Malaysia for families, you may want to check out our Malaysia IG, @bykido.my, for some ideas too!
Have a Bowling Good Time
Bowling is a fun indoor family activity and you may wish to consider this as an activity this weekend. It is not weather dependent and is great for the seemingly erratic weather that we have been experiencing too! If you need help finding the right place to bowl, here is a list of family-friendly bowling centres for your to consider!
Check out our bowling promotion with Singapore Bowling too - 1 Hour Unlimited Bumper Lane Bowling for 2 Kids @ $43
Design Your Own Ukulele AND Learn To Play It
Venue: 865 Mountbatten Road, Katong Shopping Centre, #01-28, 437844
Date: Sat and Sun from 2 pm to 5 pm.
Fees: $98
This unique 3-hour workshop by Avant-Garde Art Space will combine art and music in a single session! Participants will first take a short course on strumming a tune on the Ukulele before experimenting with splashes of colour to add designs to their Ukulele!
The Ukulele Paint and Play Workshop is suitable for 3 years old onwards and parents can accompany their kids at no additional cost too!
Explore Singapore With the Kids Using KiddoTrip's Self Guided Tours
Venue: Little India, Chinatown, Joo Chiat
Date: At your own time
Fees: from $30
KiddoTrip is a company that specialises in self-guided toues for families. Their Explore&Play tours are aimed to be easy to use and includes activities for children. This includes an activity book for each child from 4 to 10 years old. These activity books are filled with fun and educative games to do at each stop of the tour. The immersive games like “Treasure hunt” and “Find differences” help the kids to notice what is in front of them and remember better the history and culture part covered in the tour.
Older children and adults will use the audio guide created with a professional tour guide who has lots of experience with children by guiding schools.
They currently have 3 tours available
