Woods in the Books Blog — Yong Siak Children's Street Trail

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue...   Before the rainbow fun of 2019's Yong Siak Children's Street Trail could begin, the elves of Woods in the Books were hustling and bustling to make the magic happen. For years now, we've collected the cardboard rolls that thermal receipt paper is wound around. Each roll is made of thick, quality, long-lasting cardboard and we've always thought it would be a pity to just throw them all away! So we've been collecting them and wracking our brains for how to use them. So many craft ideas but so many of them would...

Collect a RAINBOW of fun at the Yong Siak Children's Street Trail! Join in activities at each store to get stickers as you go! The annual children-only street event takes place on 21 July 2019, Sunday on Yong Siak Street, Tiong Bahru. 21 JULY 2019Sunday9AM - 5PM Tongue Twister FunSpin the wheel and play our tongue twister challenge! Recite a tongue twister 3 times fast without tripping over your own tongue to win a prize.FREE9.30AM - 4.30PM Fish Pond Catch and CountReel in as many fish as you can in 15 minutes! Win an ice pop when you catch 20...

For the third July in a row, Yong Siak Street bloomed to life with balloons, bunting, and happy little ones who set out to conquer the Children's Street Trail. Every year, we cross our fingers and our toes for good weather, and this year clearly all that digit-crossing paid off! At our registration booth for the Children's Street Trail activities outside, trailgoers must have felt bad for our elves, because we had more than one person sympathetically say, "It must be very hot for you!" But thankfully our outdoor elves were equipped with our very stylish DIY ladybird sun visors...