Christmas has arrived early at Singapore's Suntec City. Until 27 December 2026, the mall is running The Ultimate Holiday Playdate, a mall-wide event starring The Powerpuff Girls and We Bare Bears, complete with giant inflatables, carnival games, character meet & greets and faux snow showers.
The centrepiece is A Beary Fun Playdate in the North Atrium (Tower 1 and 2, Level 1), open daily from 11am to 9.30pm. Entry is free, but you'll need to be a Suntec+ Member — sign up free via the Suntec+ app. Each account covers one adult and up to two kids aged 4 to 12 who are at least 100cm tall. Time slots are redeemed at the registration counter: 30 minutes on the Mega Claw Machine and Super Slide, 20 minutes at the Lava Arena.
The Mega Claw Machine is a ball pit stocked with oversized balls where kids can tumble around as if they were the prizes. Next door, the Super Slide asks for a bit of effort — little ones climb a small wall before whooshing down (the slope up is slippery, so hold hands). Grizzly stands guard in a festive new outfit, ready for photos. The Lava Arena is the surprise hit: a floor-is-lava game with escalating difficulty levels where players step only on green tiles.
Beyond the inflatables, four carnival booths dish out themed prizes — pillows, keychains and plushies. Cyclone Rescue has you grabbing gachapon capsules swirling inside a transparent sphere; Snack Attack uses catapults to launch pizza slices into rotating boxes; Super Toss Frenzy is straightforward ball-tossing; Gone Fishing is pure luck. Games cost 5 tokens each, with token bundles from $10 for 5 up to $120 for 75 (which throws in an exclusive pin mat). Claw machine attempts run 1 token apiece, and a photo booth charges $8 for two strips.
Meet & greet sessions with Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup — wearing We Bare Bears-inspired onesies — happen at the Lava Arena at 2pm, 4pm and 6pm on weekends and Christmas Day. You'll need a photo pass, earned by spending at least $30 in a single same-day transaction. Outside, a giant Christmas tree glows after dark alongside ferris wheel and gazebo installations, and faux snow falls on Friday and Saturday at 7.30pm, 8.30pm and 9.30pm, and Sunday and Christmas Eve at 7.30pm and 8.30pm.
Shopping comes with perks too: $20 spent gets free evening parking on weekdays, $80 unlocks four hours of parking plus stickers and a $5 e-voucher, $180 nets a travel blanket and $10 voucher (or a yuuki plush for yuu Members), and $1,500 accumulated between 16 November and 6 December earns a 20-inch cabin suitcase.
If you're in Singapore with kids aged roughly 4 to 12 over the school holidays, this is a cheap afternoon out — the play zones cost nothing beyond a free app membership, and you only pay if you opt into games or merch. Go early for shorter waits at the inflatables, and time your visit around a weekend evening to catch both a meet & greet and the snow show.
