HOKEY POKEY @ SUNTEC MALL
We decided to head off to another indoor playground on Saturday after attended John's birthday party 2 weeks ago. I have no idea where this kiddy place is located till I found some direction guidance from one of the mummy blogger and it makes finding the place alot easier.
I always HATED to go Suntec area as I find that it is a far walking distance from Raffles city station.And seems like there's always some stairs which make strollers unaccessible , not children friendly place.
Anyway,I decided to visit the place as seems like by using circle lines (stop at promanade station)it is much convenient as it is just outside the carrefour ( go towards the direction of old town white coffee shop). When we came out just outside the station , unfortunately, the station welcome us with few steps of stairs :( So for mummies who are bringing your stroller along,
please remember to bring a light weight one.
Hokey Pokey is located on the 3rd floor at the MPG area ( near Eng wah cinema ).MPG section
is a very cramp and "maze" shape which you need to walk and turn following the shops flow.
Hokey pokey is just located beside groupon collection counters. When you see lots of people queueing at groupon , you won't miss Hokey pokey.
The Playground is not that big.Just maybe occupy 2 units of big shopfront.Looking through the window, Im fascinate by the toys and the ball playground and some role plays station.
Not a bad choice. I decided not to sign up as memeber as Im not sure how Jyn would love the place. Paid $35 , 3 person for a 2hrs play session.Seems like quite a good deal.
OK, we are READY FOR PLAY !
Jyn wasn't too scared this time round, quite surprising.Initally he was quite refrained from going into the pool of balls.After demonstrating by going into into the pool ourselves , he decided to follow us. The balls are softer compared to polliwogs and MORE BALLS .He truely enjoyed after a few plunges with slides and cover himself full of BALLS.Not long , a caucasian boy came by and started to play with Jyn.He followed whenever Jyn went. HAHA , Jyn's new international friend.
Jyn was more interested in walking and exploring the green colour steps mat rather than play other toys.
At the centre of the playground had a big set of castle meant for BOYS.
but Jyn just simply not interested.Guess more suitable for kids above 4 yrs old.
He prefered to play kitchen set ....Alright, he's a family young man.
And he loves BALLS .... and can't get away from any sight of anything related to shape of balls and balloons.
Full selections of TOYS and they are neatly laid in each cubicles.
Well done Hokey Pocky.
Jyn just enjoyed using the toy broom to sweep all the area of Hokey Pocky.
Now the area is spick and span .
The little multi-task fireman playing music and tamborine same time.
One good thing in Hokey Pokey is there's a cozy reading corner for kids situated right at the end of the playground.Not a wide selection of books but just to keep the child occupy and it's
great time for parents /child's bonding .
Another great activty for children.Purpose of the game is to let young children has a basic concept of shapes and colours.This trained their motot skills as well as they need to remove the block from the black velco stitched on the wall.I guess children love to hear the sizzzzzing sound each time the block is remove from the wall.
BUBBLES TIME !! Hokey Pokey will gether all kids around at the counter for bubble times.I am not
sure which time slots they will have this. Jyn walked quickly to see the magnificent bubbles . He was amazed and Im sure all kids there enjoyed the time with music and chasing after the bubbles.
Overall we do enjoyed ourselves at Hokey Pokey.But seems like 1hr and 45 mins is enough for us to explore different toys.We left the place 0.5 hr earlier to catch some snacks and rest at old town coffee shop downstairs. And forgot to mention earlier that the premises provide lockers for your belongings for FREE.
I feel Jyn loves this kind of enviroment as compared to the big crawling adventurous tunnel playgorund.I will need to google more on any playground venue for our future outings.
