The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Wednesday Sep. 10, 2025

10:30 am

Little Movers: Storytime!

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

10:30 am

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

St. Agnes Library

11 am

International Animals Dance Party

Ages: 5 – 12
Music

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

11:15 am

Little Movers Storytime: Apples

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Mariners Harbor LibraryStaten Island

11:15 am

Infant Lapsit Storytime!

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Seward Park Library

11:30 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Webster Library

11:30 am

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

53rd Street Library

3 pm

After School Arts & Crafts: Create A Vision Board

Ages: 5 and up
Craft & DIY

Epiphany Library

3 pm

Arts and Crafts

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Jefferson Market LibraryGreenwich Village

3:30 pm

Drop-in Crafternoon

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Mulberry Street Library

3:30 pm

Art Outdoors in JJ Walker Park

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings

4 pm

Create-O-Comics-Rama!

Ages: 5 and up
Craft & DIY

Pelham Bay LibraryBronx

4 pm

Doodle Party

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Seward Park Library

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

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7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

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MadameMorbid2

9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Thursday Sep. 11

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

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10 am – 8 pm

RECESS!! The Experience

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Empire OutletsSaint George

Sands-Willets House

10:30 – 11:30 am

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

Ages: 5 and up
History & Culture
Tours

Sands-Willets HousePort Washington

10:30 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Sedgwick LibraryBronx

10:30 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Mulberry Street Library

10:45 am

Little Movers: Toddler Time

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

Jolly Roger Flag -Pic Only

11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am

Little Movers Storytime!

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Hunts Point LibraryBronx

11 am

Little Movers Storytime:Toddler Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

St. George Library CenterStaten Island

11:30 am

Toddler Time: Little Movers

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

53rd Street Library

11:30 am

Little Movers Storytime: Toddlers and Tales

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

11:30 am

Lapsit Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Washington Heights Library

3 pm

Kid's Crafts – DIY Bookmarks

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Grand Concourse LibraryBronx

3:30 pm

BINGO Thursday

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

South Beach LibraryStaten Island

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