This year, Children’s Festival 2023: Nature’s Imaginarium at Gardens by the Bay takes place at Supertree Grove from now till 25 June. It features a supersized nature-inspired playground with a 20-metre long slide, Caterpillar Train tour and six larger-than-life flora and fauna installations.
Gardens by the Bay’s Children’s Festival 2023 emphasises nurturing a curiosity about biodiversity and sustainability among the young through immersive learning.
Children’s Festival 2023: Nature’s Imaginarium at Gardens by the Bay
Here some highlights you wouldn’t want to miss at Gardens by the Bay’s Children’s Festival 2023 this June.
Slide on a 20m-long slide
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Who can resist a 20-metre-long slide to make a fun entrance to the festival? Both children and parents are welcome to slide the Children’s Festival at the flight of stairs leading to the Supertree Grove.
Playgrounds inspired by the Garden’s Flora & Fauna
Elephant Ear Fig Playground
Imagine being a fig wasp and crawling through the insides of an elephant ear fig.
Like the other playgrounds at this year’s Children’s Festival at the Supertree Grove, the installation is based on flora and fauna that can be found at Gardens by the Bay.
The elephant ear fig has a symbiotic relationship with its pollinator, the fig wasp.
The female fig wasp tunnels into a fig to lay her eggs and spreads pollen she has gathered from the previous fig to the flowers growing within the fig. The eggs hatch into male and females who mate. The females then flies out of the fig through tunnels made by the males to find a new fig.
Climb into the Honeycomb at the Honeybee Playground
Then climb through a honeycomb like a busy worker bee at the Honeybee Playground before sliding out like the buzzing honeybees in its nests.
Hide at the Mushroom Cluster
If you think you are a “fun-gi”, check out the mushroom cluster. Drum to the beat on the mushroom caps or hide in the mushroom shelters.
Swim in the pond near the Poison Dart Frogs
Check out the ball pit next to the Poison Dart Frogs! It is as if you are swimming in a pond filled with frog eggs.
Take the Caterpillar Train Ride
Kids who love train rides will want to go on the caterpillar train that takes kids around the six flora and fauna installations at the nature-inspired playground.
Kids can learn more about the role each plays in the ecosystem through an audio guide.
Train rides run non-stop from 12 pm to 6 pm daily.
Ticket prices are $10 for children, $12 for adults and $20 for an adult-child bundle.
Tickets can be bought at the strain station opposite the Supertree Observatory at Supertree Grove.
Different Weekend Themes
Each weekend of Children’s Festival: Nature’s Imaginarium will also follow a specific theme.
The theme of the first weekend is Family Weekend (10 and 11 June). This will be followed by Pets Weekend (17 and 18 June) and finally Nature Weekend (24 and 25 June).
As part of the first weekend, visitors can get up close and personal with popular CBeebies animated character Bluey in a multi-sensory live stage show and take photos with her at 3 pm and 4 pm on 11 June.
If your family loves scavenger hunts, take the kids there on the third weekend to search for hidden gems in the gardens in the Children’s Festival Nature Hunt on 24 and 25 June.
Activities and Games
sGet creative with fun craft activities at the Children’s Festival at Gardens by the Bay.
Arrange leaves to form your favourite creatures, draw and create a cute Shrink Art keychain, design a handheld fan and paint a hat.
Parents and children can team up to take home some plushes at the carnival game stations.
Other programmes include movie screenings and bouncy playground by Families for Life, and an Art and Literary Street comprising a roving art truck and mobile library.
There is also a nature-themed trail activity at the Gardens by the Bay Children’s Festival 2023.
Gardens by the Bay’s Children’s Festival 2023: On Till 25 June 2023
When: Now till Sunday, 25 June 2023, 10am to 7pm
Where: Supertree Grove, Gardens by the Bay
Free admission, charges apply for selected activities
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