The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Monday Aug. 4, 2025

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – School Trips!

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

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10 am – 5 pm

Just Add Water at CMOM

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Craft & DIY

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

Kosher Wonderland a Big Eats and Jumbo Treats Journey 1

10 am – 5 pm

Kosher Wonderland at the Jewish Children’s Museum

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
History & Culture

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 – 11 am

Jiggy Tots Irish Dance & Movement

Ages: 8 and under
Dance
Free

Hunters Point South ParkLong Island City

10:30 am

Baby and Toddler Storytime (New Times)

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Kips Bay Library

10:30 am

Lapsit Storytime: Baby and Me

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

11 am

Family Movie: Ratatouille

Ages: 12 and under
Film

Charleston LibraryStaten Island

11 am

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Allerton LibraryBronx

11 am

Baby Lapsit

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Pelham Bay LibraryBronx

11 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Great Kills LibraryStaten Island

11 am

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Spuyten Duyvil LibraryBronx

11:15 am

Lapsit Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Hudson Park Library

11:30 am

Lapsit Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Ottendorfer Library

11:30 am

Lapsit Storytime: Books and Babies!

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

Noon

Movies at the Bridge: Upside-Down Magic

Ages: 3 – 12
Film

Macomb’s Bridge Library

1 pm

ARTS & CRAFTS

Ages: 12 and under
Craft & DIY

Wakefield LibraryWakefield

2 pm

Doodle Dynasty

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Parkchester LibraryBronx

2 pm

Coloring Time

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

Van Cortlandt LibraryBronx

2 pm

Summer Adventure: Arts & Crafts

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Bronx Library CenterFordham Manor

2:30 pm

Summer Adventure: Teen Zine Making Workshop

Ages: 5 and up
Craft & DIY

Morningside Heights Library

3 pm

Summer Adventure: Tiny Treasures

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

Grand Concourse LibraryBronx

3 pm

Summer Adventure for Kids: The Hidden Layers of Invisible Ink

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Morris Park LibraryBronx

3 pm

Summer Adventure: Kaleidoscope Wonder

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Riverdale LibraryBronx

3 pm

Button Making (August 2025)

Ages: 5 and up
Craft & DIY

Ottendorfer Library

3:15 pm

Movie Monday – PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021)

Ages: 3 – 12
Film

Riverside LibraryNew York, NY

3:30 pm

Crafternoon

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Sedgwick LibraryBronx

3:30 pm

Perler Bead Art

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

St. Agnes Library

4 pm

Urban Cowpoke Roundup! Presented by Hopalong Andrew

Ages: 12 and under
Music

Webster Library

4 pm

Arts & Processes (ages 3-7)

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

67th Street Library

4 pm

Summer Adventure

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Mulberry Street Library

4 pm

S.T.E.A.M. Mondays

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

125th Street Library

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