Fun With Kids: Singapore Children’s Book Festival, Goodman Open House
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(Clockwise from left) Daryl Kho, Evelyn Sue Wong and Low Lai Chow are among the local authors at the Singapore Children’s Book Festival.
PHOTOS: DARYL KHO, EVELYN SUE WONG, LOW LAI CHOW
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SINGAPORE – Make family time all the more special with these ideas and activities.
Singapore Children’s Book Festival
Introduce local literature to your kids by taking them to the inaugural Singapore Children’s Book Festival on June 22 and 23 at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) Campus 2.
There will be storytelling by local writers, after which teachers from the Nafa School of Young Talents will conduct arts workshops inspired by the books. Each class costs $20 a child.
The line-up includes a comic drawing class following author Daryl Kho’s sharing of his book Mist-Bound: How To Glue Back Grandpa; and a physical theatre lesson based on Evelyn Sue Wong’s Just A Little Mynah.
Your children can also learn to create a “noodle dish” using modelling clay after Low Lai Chow reads her story Catch Mee If You Can.
The festival is co-organised by the Singapore Book Publishers Association and Nafa.
Meanwhile, authors, illustrators and industry experts will be speaking on wide-ranging topics regarding children’s literature.
Festival tickets, which offer access to all panel talks for the day, are priced at $20 an adult. There are also two-day passes at $30.
Find out more at scbf.sg
Goodman Open House
Join storytelling sessions and workshops in batik painting, drawing and leaf weaving at the Goodman Open House on June 22.
PHOTO: ARTS HOUSE LIMITED
Arts enclave Goodman Arts Centre’s annual Goodman Open House returns on June 22 with free and ticketed programmes for families.
Try your hand at batik painting, enhance your drawing skills and weave a mini mat using dried pandanus leaves. You can also watch dance performances and painting demonstrations.
For the first time since its inception in 2011, the event will be extended to the evening.
Catch a free outdoor screening of hit movie Barbie (2023) while indulging in food and beverages sold by vendors.
Organised by Arts House Limited, the activities run from 10am to 10pm. Find out more at str.sg/7Z4r
Balloon shower at CQ @ Clarke Quay
If your family missed the first balloon shower at Funan on June 1, catch the second one at CQ @ Clarke Quay on June 19.
PHOTO: CAPITALAND
What does it feel like to have more than 2,000 balloons “raining” down on you?
If your family missed the first balloon shower at Funan mall on June 1, catch its second one at CQ @ Clarke Quay’s Fountain Square on June 19 at 7.30pm.
The activity is part of CapitaLand’s Pixar Puffy Happiness campaign to bring smiles to shoppers. No registration is needed – just show up and enjoy the fun.
Each balloon comes with a unique quote to redeem shopping rewards. A total of one million Star$ or $1,000 CapitaLand mall e-vouchers will be up for grabs.
Kids had a ball at the first balloon shower at Funan mall.
PHOTO: CAPITALAND
The campaign also features familiar Pixar character displays and pop-up stores across its various malls until June 30.
For instance, catch Lotso bear from animated movie Toy Story 3 (2010) at Plaza Singapura; and Sulley from Monsters, Inc (2001) and Monsters University (2013) at Westgate.
Take pictures with the Pixar-themed displays and stand to win a $50 e-shopping voucher when you post them on your Instagram account.
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