Screen-Free Activities To Do With Kids This School Holidays (Updated 2026)

School Holidays Don’t Need To Be Packed To Be Meaningful

When school holidays arrive, many parents suddenly find themselves trying to answer one big question:

“What should we do with the kids?”

But meaningful school holidays don’t always need expensive plans or fully packed schedules.

Sometimes, the moments children remember most are surprisingly simple:

➡️ Baking/Cooking together in the kitchen;

➡️ Family Board Game Nights;

➡️ Arts and Crafts On The Dining Table; or

➡️ Simply spending uninterrupted time together.

Between work, school, enrichment classes and screens, family life can get busy very quickly.

School holidays are one of the rare opportunities to slow down a little and create memories together while the kids are still young enough to want mum and dad around.

Here are some simple family bonding activities families in Singapore can enjoy during the school holidays.

1. Reconnect With Nature This School Holidays

Take a break from the city life and reconnect with nature. Get outdoors and spice up your healthy living habits by exploring the nature reserves and parks via the Park Connector Network of Singapore (PCN)!

Whether it’s cycling, walking, running or hiking, take some time away from the screens and dive into an adventure like no other? It’s a great way to get the whole family involved with physical activity and bonding.

Get out and make some lasting memories while staying active in spectacular sights around our garden city.

Did you know National Orchid Garden located within Singapore Botanic Gardens have a Sempcorp Cool House that houses many varieties of orchids that exists in altitude between 1000 to 2000m. It almosts feels like a mini Cloud Forest Dome.

National Orchid Garden School Holiday Promotion is going on from 1-7 June 2026, its free entry for students, Singapore citizens,PR. Check them out.

2. Cooking Or Baking Together

Bonding experiences in the kitchen are invaluable for both parents and children.

In pre-schools, the kids get to do pretend play at the kitchen corner. When you cook or bake together with the kids, the little ones get to watch the process of making real food from scratch, and they even get to help out!

Not only do they learn how to make delicious dishes, but also how to practice delayed gratification by creating something together over time.

After a successful batch of cookies or tasty pasta dish, not only are bellies satisfied, but memories made that last a lifetime. The ones that will definitely be looked back on one day with a grateful heart and childlike smile.

This school holidays, slow down a little and make something together — not just food, but memories too.

3. Explore Children’s Season 2026 

Looking for meaningful school holiday activities in Singapore?

Head over to Children’s Season 2026 for a wide range of family-friendly programmes happening across museums and attractions islandwide.

With sustainability as this year’s theme, kids can take part in hands-on and interactive activities that encourage them to imagine, create and discover how small everyday actions can make a positive difference to our planet.

From art and storytelling to workshops and creative play, it’s a fun way for children to learn beyond the classroom during the school holidays.

30 May – 28 June 2026
Theme: Sustainability

4. Slow Days Without Screens – Games, Scrapbooking Together

Bring out the board games, card games or puzzles and spend an afternoon simply enjoying each other’s company.

From UNO and Monopoly to colouring, LEGO building or Snake & Ladders, these simple activities help younger children learn teamwork, patience and taking turns. All these while creating plenty of laughter along the way.

And while slowing down, why not also revisit old family memories together?

Most families have thousands of photos sitting inside their phones today. From school activities and holidays to everyday little moments that are easily forgotten over time.

This school holidays, involve your kids and family in compiling their memories? Go through your family photos together, shortlist the ones you want to print and make into photo albums or even for scrapbooking.

Some families even make it a yearly tradition.

Beyond being a fun rainy-day activity, it’s also a meaningful way for children to see themselves grow through the years and to remember the little moments that made up their childhood.

5. Update Your Family Portrait During The School Holidays

School holidays are also one of the easiest times for families to finally update their family photos together.

There’s less rushing between school and enrichment classes, and parents are usually able to slow down a little too.

For many families, it becomes a chance to document a phase of life before the kids grow into the next one.

One year they’re missing front teeth.
The next, they suddenly look grown up.

Childhood changes quietly, often faster than parents realise.

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