Fun With Kids: Free snake-themed red packets, Artbox Everyday, Singapore Art Week
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At Artbox Everyday, you can sign your children up for art and drama workshops at Minibox run by The Creative Nook studio.
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SINGAPORE – Make family time all the more special with these ideas and activities.
Fun vibes and charity at Artbox Everyday
Enjoy delicious bites, shopping and fun vibes at lifestyle pop-up event Artbox Everyday.
This sixth local edition is held over two weekends and features more than 300 food and retail vendors from Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Hong Kong and Malaysia.
If your family missed the first round from Jan 17 to 19, catch the next session from Jan 24 to 26.
Among the vendors are popular Bangkok dessert chain After You, famed for its Shibuya honey toasts and supported by the Tourism Authority of Thailand; and Hong Kong perfume label The Scentist, which is making its Singapore debut.
In another first, the local event offers parents a drop-off service for their children aged three to eight. Sign them up for art and drama workshops at Minibox run by The Creative Nook studio.
You can also do good at the fair by sponsoring Songhe rice for charity Food From The Heart’s beneficiaries, and supporting the blood donation drive run by Singapore Red Cross.
Admission tickets start at $7. Find out more at www.artbox.sg
Free snake-themed red packets
Collect free snake-themed red packets from 48 participating museums, heritage institutions and galleries.
PHOTO: NHB INTERNATIONAL AND MUSEUM RELATIONS
Collect free snake-themed red packets when you go museum-hopping from Jan 21 to Feb 12.
The National Heritage Board’s Museum Roundtable Hongbao Campaign returns with its 11th edition, with designs featuring the Chinese zodiac animal of 2025.
The upcoming Year of the Snake also marks the highest number of participating museums, heritage institutions and galleries – 48. You can redeem a unique design from each location, while stocks last.
Besides popular attractions such as the ArtScience Museum, National Museum of Singapore and Science Centre Singapore, lesser-known venues have been part of the campaign, such as the Char Yong (Dabu) Association Heritage Hall.
Mr Lee Hong Ping, a volunteer at Char Yong (Dabu) Association, says: “We saw an increase in the number of visitors to our galleries during the 2024 campaign and we are very glad that more visitors are learning about the Dabu Hakka’s history and culture.”
Two first-time participants in 2025 are the Botanical Art Gallery at Singapore Botanic Gardens and Fort Canning Heritage Gallery.
Get the list of venues at go.gov.sg/MRHongbao2025
If you wish to snag the complete set of 48 designs, join the giveaway on the I Love Museums Facebook page ( www.fb.com/ILoveMuseums
Pre-schoolers at Singapore Art Week
Some 800 Mulberry Learning pre-schoolers joined hands to work on an installation for Singapore Art Week.
PHOTO: MULBERRY LEARNING
No one is too young to participate in Singapore Art Week. This year, some 800 children aged three to six joined hands to work on an imaginative installation for the annual visual arts event.
Mulberry Learning pre-schoolers created models of what their future homes would look like using upcycled everyday objects. These also express their dreams for a more sustainable future.
Each child’s contribution forms a unique piece of the larger artwork, titled Transformations, which will be on show from Jan 20 to 26 at Level 1 VivoCity, South East Boulevard. Admission is free.
Teachers from the pre-school will also be conducting art activities for young children throughout the exhibition. The sessions are available on a walk-in, first-come-first-served basis.
Find out more about the exhibition at str.sg/7sUU
