Welcome to Winter City 2024 at Expo City Dubai! This magical winter celebration brings plenty of festive cheer across 24 days of exciting activities for the whole family. With sustainability as a key theme this year, there is a focus on eco-friendly practices and hands-on learning opportunities.
Winter City transforms Al Wasl Plaza into a winter wonderland, with twinkling lights, festive decorations, and Christmas tunes filling the air. Children can visit Santa’s house, join interactive workshops at Frosty’s Farmhouse and Santa’s Toy Factory, write letters to Santa with his helpful elves, decorate cookies at Mrs Claus’ Bakery, and enjoy beloved carols by candlelight.
There are many unique and creative experiences in store. Kids can let their imaginations run wild decorating Christmas tree-shaped cookies or learn about topics like farm-to-table living, recycling, and composting through hands-on activities. With surprise visits from Mr and Mrs Claus also a possibility, the magic and excitement is non-stop!
Whether indulging in holiday treats, singing along to favorite carols, or just soaking up the festive ambiance, Winter City 2024 has something special for everyone. Don’t miss out on all the seasonal fun – come and get into the holiday spirit at Expo City Dubai!
Winter City at Expo City Festivities
The excitement surrounding Winter City at Expo City Dubai is palpable. As the most anticipated winter event in the city, the 24 days of festivities promise unique experiences and magical memories for visitors of all ages.
From December 15th to January 7th, guests can partake in a variety of holiday-themed attractions and activities across the venue. The event’s focus on sustainability adds an extra layer of learning and discovery for children and families.
- Santa’s House – Explore Santa’s eco-friendly home and toy workshop.
- Frosty’s Farmhouse – Learn about composting and farm-to-table living through vegetable art workshops.
- Toy Factory – Create sustainable STEM toys out of recycled materials.
- Letters to Santa – Craft heartfelt letters with guidance from Santa’s helpers.
- Mrs. Claus’ Bakery – Decorate festive cookies and let your creativity shine.
- Carols by Candlelight – Enjoy beloved Christmas songs performed by Carolers.
Unique Experiences for Families
From hands-on building activities to singing along with carolers, Winter City offers engaging experiences for visitors of all ages. The event makes sustainability relatable and fun through its theme of saving the North Pole. Children can unleash their creativity, learn about reducing waste, and understand how to become eco-heroes.
With Santa’s house, toy workshops, and holiday performances, families will make magical memories to last a lifetime. The one-of-a-kind attractions highlight the joy and togetherness that the Christmas spirit brings.
Santa’s House
Nestled in the heart of Winter City is a mockup of Santa’s cozy home, showcasing how the big guy himself is focused on sustainability. Children can explore the clever ways Santa reuses, reduces, and recycles to run his operation in an eco-friendly way.
The house features repurposed wooden beams, energy-efficient string lights made from recycled materials, and reused decorations from Christmases past. Kids can learn about composting from the elves in the garden, see Santa’s renewable energy sources like solar panels, and discover how Santa cleverly gives old toys new life year after year.
Seeing Santa’s sustainable home firsthand teaches children the importance of protecting the environment. They can bring these eco-friendly lessons back home, whether it’s making recycled ornaments with their families or starting their own backyard compost to reduce food waste.
By making conservation fun and hands-on, the experience sparks children’s imagination and educates them on how they can make a difference.
Sustainable Decor
Santa’s house features repurposed wooden beams, reused tinsel and strings of lights made from recycled plastic bottles. Seeing the decorations sparked kids’ creativity on how they could make their own sustainable decor at home!
Backyard Composting
Mrs. Claus showed children how the elves compost food scraps from the kitchen to make rich fertilizer for the gardens. Kids got their hands dirty learning how compost feeds the soil and reduces waste going to landfills.
Upcycled Toys
In Santa’s workshop, children discovered how elves cleverly repair, repurpose and restore old toys to give them new life! Kids brainstormed creative ways they could reuse items at home for new games and DIY crafts.
Seeing Santa’s sustainable practices firsthand made conservation fun and hands-on! Children left inspired to protect the North Pole through reusing, reducing and recycling at home.
Frosty’s Farmhouse
Nestled among the snow-covered pine trees at Winter City lies Frosty’s Farmhouse, a quaint little workshop hosted by Santa’s helpful elves. As visitors step inside, they are immediately greeted by the sweet aroma of hot cocoa and sounds of merry laughter. The farmhouse focuses on teaching children about sustainable living and the farm-to-table movement through hands-on activities.
Composting Workshop
One of the most popular workshops is on composting. Here, the elves demonstrate how fruit and vegetable scraps from Mrs. Claus’ kitchen are turned into nutrient-rich soil for the reindeer food garden.
Children learn how compost helps reduce waste and gives back to the environment. They even get to make their own mini compost bins to take home using recycled containers!
Vegetable Art
In this creative workshop, children learn about different winter vegetables like carrots, beetroot, and potatoes. They then use these veggies to make fun stamps and prints on paper.
Some even make cute little Santa faces on their veggie stamps! The elves emphasize how we can give vegetable scraps a second life through art and creativity.
Hands-on Learning
The workshops at Frosty’s Farmhouse make sustainability exciting through active participation. Whether composting fruit scraps or making art from vegetables, children are immersed in the process. This hands-on learning also allows them to express their creativity and imagination. The elves ensure each child leaves with a deeper appreciation of sustainable living.
With its charming setting and engaging activities, Frosty’s Farmhouse brings farm-to-table living beyond the kitchen to the magical world of Winter City!
Santa’s Toy Factory
Nestled within the bustling Winter City is Santa’s Toy Factory, a workshop dedicated to creating sustainable toys using recycled materials. Children can let their imaginations run wild as they build STEM-based toys out of reused items under the guidance of Santa’s helpful elves.
The focus on sustainability teaches kids about the importance of reusing and upcycling. Scraps of fabric, plastic, paper, and more are transformed into vivid playthings.
Young inventors can design wind-up cars made from old juice cartons or fabric dolls stuffed with recycled cotton. Building the toys themselves gives hands-on lessons about reducing waste.
But creativity and fun remain at the heart of the experience. The elves ensure a festive mood, and children have plenty of arts supplies on hand to decorate their new toys.
From race tracks clicking with wind-up cars to hand-sewn stuffed animals, the toy factory hums with joyful activity.
The engaging workshops capture kids’ attention while seamlessly teaching about environmental consciousness. The toy factory adds a dash of magic to sustainability, empowering children to become inventive heroes for the planet.
- Santa’s Toy Factory focuses on building sustainable, STEM-based toys out of recycled materials
- Children learn about reusing and upcycling through hands-on building workshops run by Santa’s elves
- Creativity and fun are essential parts of the toy-making experience
Letters to Santa
Writing letters to Santa Claus has been a beloved Christmas tradition for children around the world for over a century. As families visit Winter City at Expo City Dubai, this tradition takes on a special significance aligned with the event’s theme of sustainability.
Santa’s Eco-Friendly Elves
At Winter City, children can get guidance from Santa’s helpful elves on how to write thoughtful, heartfelt letters while being conscious of the environment. The elves provide recycled paper and eco-friendly art supplies like plant-based markers and crayons made from sustainable materials. With this assistance, children can express their Christmas wishes in a earth-friendly way.
Sustainable Gift Ideas
In their letters, children are encouraged to wish for gifts that support sustainability, like:
- Toys made from recycled materials
- Items that can be reused or repurposed
- Experiences and quality time with family
This allows kids to thoughtfully consider their impact on the planet while still enjoying the magic of the holiday season.
Thoughtful Communication Skills
Beyond simply listing gift ideas, writing letters to Santa also helps children practice sincere and meaningful communication. With guidance from the elves, they can thoughtfully articulate their hopes, dreams, and values in writing. This builds essential skills for conscious, compassionate self-expression.
By thoughtfully writing Santa while learning about sustainability, children can find deeper meaning in a beloved Christmas tradition at Winter City’s Letters to Santa workshop.
Mrs Claus’ Bakery
Mrs Claus’ Bakery is a festive spot within Winter City where children can let their creativity run wild while decorating Christmas-shaped cookies. As they arrive, children are greeted by the delicious aromas of freshly baked cookies and sweet treats.
Mrs Claus cheerfully welcomes everyone into her little bakery, which is decorated from floor to ceiling with colorful lights, bows, and garlands.
Unleashing Creativity with Cookie Decorating
The main activity at Mrs Claus’ Bakery is decorating cookies in fun holiday shapes like Christmas trees, snowmen, reindeer, and more. Mrs Claus provides an abundance of colorful frostings, sprinkles, candies, and other toppings for children to decorate their cookies however they imagine.
It’s a great opportunity for them to freely express their creativity. They can make their cookies vibrant and whimsical, or elegant and refined. The only limit is their imagination!
Festive Fun for All Ages
Children of all ages enjoy decorating cookies at Mrs Claus’ Bakery. The younger kids tend to delight in coating their cookies with as much frosting, sprinkles, and candy as possible! The older kids showcase impressive skills in piping intricate designs.
Teens have fun challenging each other to decorate the most unique cookie. And parents join in to reconnect with the childlike joy of decorating.
With Christmas tunes filling the air, hot cocoa nearby, and smiles all around, Mrs Claus’ Bakery is one of the highlights of Winter City for visitors of any age. It’s truly a festive family experience from start to finish.
