Things to do with kids in Long Island

Things to do with kids in Long Island

Find the best events happening next week for any age group

Post an Event

Monday Aug. 18, 2025

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

August 18 2025 – FB Event Cover – Peconic Bay Caregivers Center

Noon – 1 pm

Estate Planning Tools for Family Caregivers

Ages: All
Classes
Community

Peconic Bay Caregivers CenerRiverhead

5 – 7 pm

Family Night at Duck Creek

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Community

The Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

lif-calendar-LuminoCity-Dino-Safari-2025-08

5 – 9:30 pm

LuminoCity Dino Safari

Ages: All
Attractions

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

342882658_194164143446863_3307125638626274914_n

5:30 – 6:30 pm

Goat and Alpaca Yoga

Ages: 5 and up
Animals
Health & Fitness

The Smithtown Historical SocietySmithtown

8 pm

Movies on the Great Lawn

Ages: All

Westhampton Free LibraryWesthampton Beach

Tuesday Aug. 19

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

Copy of 169 ratio (Novisign, Facebook Events) (22)

8 am – 5 pm

Story and Craft

Ages: 4 and under
Art
Craft & DIY

John Jermain Memorial LibrarySag Harbor

10 am – noon

Bay Walk: Children’s Program

Ages: All
Environment

Robert Moses State Park Field 2Babylon

10:30 am – noon

Bluey Family Fun

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Community

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

Bluey Family Fun_FB event

10:30 am – noon

Bluey Family Fun (Pre-K – Grade 2 w/ caregiver)

Ages: 3 – 8
Community
Craft & DIY

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

JAWS-some Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Jaws-Some Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Tarts n’ Karts (2160 x 1080 px)

2 – 3 pm

Tarts n’ Karts

Ages: 9 – 12
Free

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

Cartographer 9×5

4 – 5 pm

The Cartographer’s Challenge

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Free

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

5:30 pm

Kids on the Green

Ages: All

Westhampton Free LibraryWesthampton Beach

David Helfand

7 – 8 pm

The Universal Timekeepers: Reconstructing History Atom by Atom (A Free, In-Person Lecture & Book Signing)

Ages: 13 and up
Books & Readings
Community

East Hampton LibraryEast Hampton

Wednesday Aug. 20

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

Sands-Willets House

10:30 – 11:30 am

Tour the Historic Sands-Willets House, c. 1735/1845

Ages: 3 and up
History & Culture
Tours

Sands-Willets HousePort Washington

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

JAWS-some Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Jaws-Some Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

lif-calendar-Unbox-a-Saurus-For-Us-2025-08

11 am

Unbox a Saurus For Us

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

lif-calendar-Unbox-a-Saurus-For-Us-2025-08

1 pm

Unbox a Saurus For Us

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

22_08_03_1853-550×412

4:30 – 5:30 pm

KIDFEST: MUSIC FROM THE SOLE X OUR FABULOUS VARIETY SHOW

Ages: 3 – 8
Dance

Guild HallEast Hampton

lif-calendar-LuminoCity-Dino-Safari-2025-08

5 – 9:30 pm

LuminoCity Dino Safari

Ages: All
Attractions

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

6 – 9 pm

Surrealism Painting Workshop for Teens

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Classes

The Reboli Center for Art and HistoryStony Brook

Wednesday Night Lights Flyer

7 – 10 pm

Wednesday Night Lights

Ages: 9 and up
Free

Iron Point ParkFlanders

Screenshot

7 – 9:30 pm

Classical Ballet Variation Workshop

Ages: All
Classes
Dance

Ballet Long IslandRonkonkoma

Thursday Aug. 21

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

All day

Back To School Week At The HUB

Ages: All
Art

The HUB BridgehamptonBridgehampton

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

JAWS-some Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Jaws-Some Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

+ Export Events

More from Around NYC

summer

Victoria’s Secrets: Spectacular summer days

Yankees pitcher and catcher in gray uniforms shake hands after final out.

Yankees enjoy ‘sweep’ success in scorching St. Louis with late heroics to beat Cardinals

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Seattle.

Federal appeals court expands ‘ministerial exception’ to customer service representative

red hook pool

Red Hook Pool expected to reopen Sunday after weeks-long repair