The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Wednesday May 7, 2025

3:30 pm

STEAM Time: LEGO Lounge

Ages: 5 – 12
Games

Baychester LibraryBaychester

3:30 pm

Paint Party!

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

Sedgwick LibraryBronx

4 pm

Mindfulness Café: Retro Game Edition

Ages: 5 and up
Games

Van Cortlandt LibraryBronx

4 pm

Sign and Sing

Ages: 5 – 12

Westhampton Free LibraryWesthampton Beach

4 pm

Pippi at 80: Circus with Polly!

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Allerton LibraryBronx

4 pm

Kids Crafternoon: Celebrate the Bronx

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

Tremont LibraryBronx

4 pm

Pajama Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Grand Concourse LibraryBronx

4 pm

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

4:30 pm

Fyutch at Parkchester

Ages: 5 – 12
Music

Parkchester LibraryBronx

4:30 pm

Kicking Off Bronx Week with Fyutch at Parkchester!

Ages: 5 – 12
Music

Parkchester LibraryBronx

Thursday May 8

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Various

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

10:45 am

Little Movers: Toddler Time

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11:30 am

Little Movers Storytime: Toddlers and Tales

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

3:30 – 4:30 pm

NYPL Green: Food & Climate Garden Series

Ages: 5 – 12
Environment
Free

St. George Library CenterStaten Island

3:30 pm

Mother's Day Drop In Craft for Kids!

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

Huguenot Park LibraryStaten Island

4 pm

Unbreakable Bag Experiment

Ages: 5 – 12

Westhampton Free LibraryWesthampton Beach

4 pm

Mother's Day craft

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Allerton LibraryBronx

Friday May 9

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Various

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

10:30 am

Virtual Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Sedgwick LibraryBronx

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11:30 am

ONLINE FAMILY STORYTIME: Brother READS!

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Harry Belafonte 115th Street LibraryOnline Only

3:15 pm

Balloon Bending Bonanza!

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Huguenot Park LibraryStaten Island

gardening club

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Children’s Gardening Club

Ages: 5 – 8
Classes
Community

Science Museum Of Long IslandManhasset

3:30 pm

Pippi at 80: Rebel Squeezebox – A Musical History of Women Accordion Players with Urban Stages

Ages: 3 – 12
Music

Van Cortlandt LibraryBronx

Saturday May 10

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Various

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

Jazzical St. Paul 5:10

10 – 10:45 am

Jazzical!

Ages: 12 and under
Dance
Music

St. Paul’s Episcopal ChurchBrooklyn

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community

GuggenheimUpper East Side

10:30 am

Family Storytime: Stories, Songs and Rhymes for Little Ones

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 – 11:30 am

Bilingual Storytime

Ages: 8 and under

John Jermain Memorial LibrarySag Harbor

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11 am

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus

Ages: 3 – 8
Special Needs
Theater

Tilles Center for the Performing ArtsBrookville

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