Hip Kids Club Indoor Play Area at Forum The Shopping Mall

Hip Kids Club at Forum The Shopping Mall is a play area on Level 2 beside the information counter, run by the mall rather than by a playground operator. Entry is S$5 one-off or S$25 for an annual membership that also carries discounts across the mall’s tenants.

It is a small play area attached to a loyalty programme rather than a full ticketed playground, and judged on that basis it is one of the cheapest ways into a play space anywhere on Orchard Road.

What Hip Kids Club Is

Forum The Shopping Mall on Orchard Road has been oriented toward children’s retail for years, and Hip Kids Club is the mall’s own children’s amenity rather than a tenant business.

A Mall Amenity, Not a Playground Operator

The distinction matters for what a family should expect. There is no multi-zone floor, no climbing structure of any size and no themed rooms. There is a play area on Level 2, beside the information counter, and a membership card that gets used at the shops around it.

Families arriving expecting a commercial playground will find it small. Families looking for somewhere to let a three-year-old out of a stroller for half an hour in the middle of Orchard Road will find it does exactly that.

The Membership Is the Product

At S$25 a year against S$5 a visit, the membership pays for itself on the fifth visit. What makes it more than a five-visit pass is what comes with it: discounts at partner retailers, restaurants and services in the mall, and bonus points redeemable for gift vouchers.

For a family who shops at Forum regularly, which is a specific but real group given the mall’s children’s retail concentration, the membership is a shopping card that happens to include a playground.

Ages Nought to Twelve, Under 120cm

The stated limits are age twelve and under and a height below 120 centimetres. Height rather than age is the practical gate, and 120cm is roughly a six- or seven-year-old.

That combination means the venue is squarely for preschoolers and early primary children.

Who It Suits

The club suits toddlers and preschoolers, and specifically families already at Forum or on Orchard Road. This is not a destination venue and it should not be treated as one.

For a full ticketed playground in the same building, SMIGY at Forum The Shopping Mall is the operator-run alternative at operator-run prices.

What Is Inside

The mall does not publish a zone list, and there is not one to publish. This is a single play area rather than a divided floor.

What that means in practice is a compact soft play space suitable for children under 120cm, in an open position on Level 2 rather than behind a shopfront.

Prices

Item	Price
One-time entry	S$5
Annual membership	S$25

Prices verified August 2026. Sign-up is at the Level 2 Information Counter during mall hours. The membership card must be shown to claim retail, dining and service discounts. Confirm the socks policy on arrival, as none is published.

S$5 Is the Cheapest Paid Play on Orchard Road

Paid indoor play in the Orchard belt runs from about S$20 to S$83 per child. At S$5, Hip Kids Club is an order of magnitude below the market, and that is the single most useful fact about it.

The reason it can be is that the mall uses the play area to keep families in the building rather than to make money, and the play area is a cost of doing that.

The Membership Beyond the Fifth Visit

S$25 for a year covers unlimited entry, which for a family visiting monthly is S$2 a visit. Add the retailer discounts and the bonus points and the arithmetic improves further, though only for families who actually shop at Forum.

For a family who will visit twice, the S$5 entry is the right choice.

Location and Getting There

Address: Level 2, beside the Information Counter, Forum The Shopping Mall, 583 Orchard Road, Singapore 238884

Forum sits on Orchard Road at the Tanglin end, a short walk from Orchard MRT and served by the full length of the Orchard Road bus network. There is parking in the building.

The mall has an unusual concentration of children’s retail, which is the context the play area exists in. A family shopping for children’s clothes and toys has somewhere to put the children in the middle of it.

Opening Hours

Day	Playground hours
Monday to Friday	10am to 1pm and 2pm to 8pm
Saturday and Sunday	10am to 8pm

The weekday lunchtime break from 1pm to 2pm is worth planning around. A family arriving at 1.15pm on a Tuesday will wait.

Mall hours are 10am to 8pm daily.

Suitable Ages

Age	Fit
Under 1	Admitted, limited value
1 to 3	Best fit
4 to 6	Good fit if under 120cm
7 and older	Height limit likely excludes them

The 120cm height limit is the real constraint. Age twelve is the stated maximum and almost no twelve-year-old is under 120cm, so height is what decides admission.

What Parents Say

The price is what everyone mentions. Five dollars on Orchard Road is unusual enough that families remember it.

The location on Level 2 beside the information counter is praised as convenient, since it means the play area is passed rather than sought out.

The membership draws comment from families who shop at Forum regularly, for the discounts rather than for the playground access.

The recurring caution is size. This is a small mall play area and a family arriving expecting a commercial playground will be disappointed.

The second caution is the height limit, which excludes children who are old enough by the stated age range.

The third is the weekday lunch closure, which is easy to walk into.

How It Compares

	Hip Kids Club	A ticketed mall playground
Price	S$5 or S$25 a year	S$25 to S$50 a session
Size	Small, single area	Multi-zone floor
Operator	The mall	A playground business
Height limit	Under 120cm	Usually none
Time limit	None published	1 to 3 hours
Extras	Mall discounts and points	Party packages, memberships

The fair comparison is with the free play corners that several Singapore malls provide. Against those, Hip Kids Club charges a small fee and gives a membership in return.

For a family looking for a proper playground session, the answer on Orchard Road is a ticketed venue, including one in this same building. For a family who needs twenty minutes and a place to sit, this is the cheaper and simpler option.

Why Malls Run Play Areas at All

A play area occupies floor space that could be leased. Malls provide them anyway, and the reason is dwell time: a family with a bored three-year-old leaves, and a family whose three-year-old has somewhere to go stays and spends.

That explains almost everything about how Hip Kids Club is set up. It is small because it only has to solve the immediate problem. It is beside the information counter because visibility is the point. It costs S$5 rather than nothing because a nominal fee deters use by people who are not shopping, and it costs S$25 a year because a membership is a reason to come back to this mall rather than another one.

None of that is a criticism. It is a description of what the amenity is for, and a family who understands it will get what they need from it. The mistake is expecting a playground business to be operating on those terms.

The Trade Against the Free Corners

Several Singapore malls run play corners at no charge. Against those, Hip Kids Club charges a small fee and offers something in return: a membership with tenant discounts and points.

Whether that trade is worth making depends entirely on whether a family shops at Forum. If they do, the membership is better than a free corner elsewhere. If they do not, a free play corner in a mall they already visit is the more sensible option.

Where It Fits in an Orchard Road Day

Orchard Road is difficult with small children. It is long, crowded, and short of places where a three-year-old can be let out of a stroller without something breaking.

Hip Kids Club solves that specific problem for S$5. It will not draw anyone to Orchard Road and it will not fill an afternoon, but it turns a shopping trip that was becoming impossible into one that can continue.

Used that way, alongside the mall’s children’s retail and the food in the building, it earns its place. Used as a destination, it does not.

For Families Who Shop at Forum

The membership changes the calculation for regular Forum shoppers. Twenty-five dollars a year for unlimited access plus tenant discounts and points is a loyalty scheme with a playground attached, and for families buying children’s clothes and shoes at this mall it will return more than it costs.

Sign-up is at the Level 2 Information Counter and requires being in the mall during opening hours.

Making a Visit Work

Take the S$5 entry unless you shop at Forum. The membership only pays back for regular visitors to this specific mall.

Avoid 1pm to 2pm on weekdays, when the play area closes for an hour.

Measure the child against 120cm before making a trip, since height rather than age decides admission.

Bring socks. No policy is published and most play areas require them.

Set expectations. This is a mall play area, not a playground, and telling a child that before arriving avoids disappointment.

Combine it with the shopping rather than treating it as the trip. That is what it is designed for.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is Hip Kids Club?

S$5 for a one-time entry, or S$25 for annual membership.

What does the membership include?

Unlimited play area access plus discounts at partner retailers, restaurants and services in the mall, and bonus points redeemable for gift vouchers.

What are the age and height limits?

Ages nought to twelve, and under 120 centimetres in height. Height is the practical gate.

What are the opening hours?

10am to 1pm and 2pm to 8pm from Monday to Friday, and 10am to 8pm at weekends.

Where do I sign up?

At the Level 2 Information Counter during mall hours.

Is it a full playground?

No. It is a mall-operated play area rather than a commercial playground, and it is small.

Are socks required?

Not published. Bring a pair and check on arrival.

Is there a time limit?

None is published.

Is there a proper playground at Forum?

Yes, a separately operated ticketed playground in the same mall.

Where is it?

Level 2 of Forum The Shopping Mall, 583 Orchard Road, beside the information counter.

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Prices, hours and policies were verified in August 2026 and change without notice. The socks policy is not published; confirm on arrival.