Fun family activities for the March school holidays 2015!

Check out our list of what to do with the kids during the March school holidays...

Yay! It’s school holiday time!

The upcoming school holidays are a great time to enjoy your kids’ company. But the reality is, they get bored when they are stuck at home all day.

Rather than getting stressed about how to keep your little ones occupied during this time, we’ve done the ground work for you and rounded up a list of fun activities taking place this March school holiday.

Check out the events below:

Trifecta Martial Arts Kids Camp

March school holidays 2015: Why not enrol your little champ in the Trifecta Martial Arts Camp?

If you’ve got a little Kung-Fu Panda wannabe at home, this first ever martial arts camp in the country is just perfect to release all that energy that only seven to 12 year olds have.

Run by Singapore’s premier martial arts school, Trifecta Martial Arts, your kids will learn from some of the best martial arts instructors in the island.

Dates: 16-20 March 2015
Time: 10am-3.30pm
Venue: Trifecta Martial Arts – Bukit Timah, 100 Turf Club Road, Horse City
Cost: $75 per day; $200 for 3 days; $300 for 5 days. Includes lunch and a camp tee-shirt

For more information and to book a spot for your child, click here.

SAFRA Family Day Out

Enjoy the beauty of thousands of tulips at the SAFRA Family Day Out this March

The whole family is sure to have an amazing time at Family Fun by the Gardens this March school holiday.

Organised by SAFRA, you will get to enjoy the beauty of thousands of tulips at Tulipmania 2015 in the Cloud Forest and Flower Dome.

This magical display will take you and your children on an adventure made up of fairy-tales, legends and nursery rhymes, all told in the language of plants!

You can then complete your fun day out with stage performances, exciting games, magic shows and more.

SAFRA members will also be pleased that the fees are more than 25% off the regular admission fees for them.

Date: 21 March 2015 (Saturday)
Time: 3pm-8pm
Venue: Gardens by the Bay, 18 Marina Gardens Drive
Cost: $35 (U.P. $52) for a family package of two adults and two children (SAFRA members only)

Click here for more information.

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National Orchid Garden School Holidays Special

Enjoy the beauty of the stunning blooms at the National Orchid Centre Singapore
Image credit: National Orchid Centre Singapore Facebook page

If you have a budding horticulturalist keen to learn about the world of flora, look no further than the Singapore Botanic Gardens this March school holiday.

Your kids can roam around in the spectacular Orchid Garden for absolutely free. Not only can the whole family learn heaps about this beautiful flowering plants, but you will also get plenty of opportunities for stunning family photographs.

Dates: 7-22 March 2015
Time: 8.30am – 7pm
Venue: National Orchid Garden, 1 Cluny Road
Cost: Free for children 12 years and below and accompanying adults.

For more information, click here.

Dance Fitness

March school holidays 2015: Let your kids dance their way through the holidays.

Does your whole family love dancing? Then bond over an amazing dance session with KpopX Fitness at Sengkang Dance Studio during the upcoming holidays.

With easy dance moves and a welcome policy for the young and the young at heart (ages four to 56), it is a great family activity.

Date: 15 March 2015
Time: 11am-12 noon
Venue: Sengkang Dance Studio, 2 Sengkang Square
Cost: $21.40 for a family of four

For more details and to book a spot, click here. You can also click here to see more fun holiday dance workshops as listed by ActiveSG.

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Chingay @ Heartlands

Catch loads of fun action at Chingay @ Heartlands these March school holidays!

Incredible floats, stilt-walkers, dancing, prancing dragons and lions and so much more – these are what the Chingay Parade is made of.

If you missed the main parade that was held earlier this year, then do try to catch all the action this time.

The largest street performance and float parade in Asia, Chingay Parade will work its way through Singapore’s heartlands during the March school holidays.

VENUES

Marine Parade GRC, Mountbatten & Potong Pasir

Start point: Serangoon Avenue 3
End point: Bedok North Avenue 1
Date: 14 March
Time: 6.30pm-10.00pm

Bukit Panjang Town

Start Point: Blk 140 – 141 Petir Road
End Point: Blk 140 – 141 Petir Road (return to starting point)
Date: 15 March 2015
Time: 7pm-10.30pm

West Coast GRC and Pioneer

Start Point: Blk 664C Jurong West Street 64
End Point: Blk 78B, Telok Blangah Drive
Date: 21 March 2015
Time: 6pm-10.30pm

Nee Soon GRC

Start Point: Hard court outside Blk 320 Sembawang Drive
End Point: Multi-purpose court in front of Block 838, Yishun Street 81
Date: 28 March 2015
Time: 6.30pm-10pm

March Monster Mash

March Monster Mash will be held at the beautiful Gardens by the Bay

A perfect holiday activity for your own adorable little monsters, March Monster Mash will be held at Gardens by the Bay this March.

Kids will have a lot of fun with puppet shows, craft activities, monster installations, workshops, a movie screening and a monster parade that the whole family can join.

Dates: 13-22 March 2015

For more information on the various Monster Mash events, click here.

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Catch a movie!

There are plenty of great movies for kids showing during the March school holidays 2015

There are plenty of great movies for kids that will be out in Golden Village cinemas in time for the school holidays.

The Spongebob Movie: Starring the world’s favourite sea dwelling invertebrate, this movie is perfect for the whole family. Currently showing in Golden Village (GV) cinemas around Singapore.

Disney’s Cinderella: Here’s one for the girls – the classic fairy-tale Cinderella hits the big-screen with its much-loved story on 12 March 2015, at GV cinemas.

Barbie in Princess Power: Another one for the girls, Barbie stars as a princess who has a crime-fighting alter ego in this movie. Release date — 12 March 2015, at GV cinemas.

Head to the theatre with your little drama queens and kings

Theatre, anyone?

With a great line-up of well known tales transformed into theatrical performances, the upcoming March school holiday is the perfect time to introduce a little bit of culture in your little one’s life.

Here’s what to look forward to (click each link below for details and to purchase tickets):

SINGAPURA: 700 Years Interactive Tour

Your kids will learn about Singapore’s history at the SINGAPURA: 700 Years Interactive Tour
Image credit: National Museum of Singapore website

Introduce your little ones to the remarkable history and culture of our little island with this National Museum of Singapore event.

You and your kids will get to watch actors bring Singapore’s 700 years of history to life in this dramatised performance with plenty of interaction.

Dates: 15, 21, 22 March 2015
Times: 11am & 2.30pm (15 March); 2.30pm (22,22 March)
Venue: National Museum of Singapore, 93 Stamford Road
Cost: $14 (click here to purchase tickets).

We hope we’ve given you some great ideas to plan out the March school holidays 2015 with your kids.

If there are other fun activities that are not listed in this article, please let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Written by

Nalika Unantenne

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