Looking for fun ideas to mark Singapore’s 48th National Day? With the long weekend from 8 to 11 August, it is a great time to get everyone together to celebrate Singapore’s 48th birthday.
From money-saving tips to easy craft ideas, here is our list our ways in which you can celebrate National Day together as a family:
1. Fly the Singapore Flag
2. Gather everyone together to watch the National Day Parade on TV
3. Head out to Marina Bay catch the fireworks
4. Attend the NDP (if you managed to get the tickets)
5. Dress in red and white
6. Bake a red and white cake
7. Help the kids make their own Singapore flag
8. Put red steamers up around the house
9. Play your favourite National Day songs on the hi-fi
10. Organise a marching parade at home
11. Gather friends together to have a National Day sing-a-long
12. Visit the Istana Open House
13. Have a party with a buffet line of your favourite hawker foods you think should be declared national treasures
14. Take part in the Merlion Craft & Colouring at the Singapore Philatelic Museum Open House
15. Pen down what you like about Singapore on the Esplanade website (and it may get displayed on screens at Esplanade)
16. Get your child to draw a picture of what Singapore means to him or her
17. Go on a staycation at one of the hotels at Marina Bay
18. Visit Gardens By The Bay between 7 to 11 August and get $4.80 off local admission rates to two Conservatories
19. Print out an eCoupon from the NDP website to enjoy 50% off admission to Jurong Bird Park in August
20. Hop aboard the Singapore Flyer to view the fireworks
21. Do a finger painting of the Merlion
22. Celebrate Singapore’s multi-racial cultures by visiting Kampong Glam, Little India and Chinatown in one day
23. Have the kids make up their own Singapore rap
24. Head to Underwater World to enjoy their $48 promotion
25. Picnic at Singapore’s oldest park, the Singapore Botanic Gardens
26. Take a boat ride along Singapore River
27. Visit the National Orchid Garden to view the Vanda ‘Miss Joaquim’ orchid
28. Visit Singapore Zoo at 20% off with an eCoupon from the NDP website
29. Go iFly and enjoy 48% off the second person with an eCoupon from the NDP website
30. Capture a National Day photograph of the family
31. Decorate paper aeroplanes and have a fly-past
32. Catch a performance at Gardens By The Bay under the Schools Celebrate National Day Month Series
33. Make it to the summit of Singapore’s Everest – Bukit Timah Hill
34. Catch the fireworks from Pinnacle at Duxton
35. Boil red eggs
36. Enjoy 20% off key attractions at Singapore Discovery Centre with an eCoupon from the NDP website
37. Play Kampung games at the Esplanade Concourse
38. Get your neighbours together for a National Day makan session
39. Break out the sparklers – under adult supervision of course!
40. Create your own national dish that reflects multi-cultural Singapore
41. Join in Straits Family Sunday at the Peranakan Museum on 11 August
42. Visit Night Safari at 30% off with an eCoupon from the NDP website
43. Make a National Day party hat
44. Paste a stamp on SingPost’s National Day collage
45. Take part in a National Day Observance Ceremony at a Community Centre
46. Create your own YouTube video of the kids singing a National Day song
47. Take part in face-painting at the Esplanade on National Day
48. Send a Happy National Day card to a loved one overseas
Happy 48th Birthday Singapore!
