Things to Do With Kids in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Thursday May 8, 2025

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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

Arts & Crafts for Toddlers

Ages: 12 and under
Craft & DIY

Epiphany Library

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

11:30 am

Little Movers: Toddler Time

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

11:30 am

Toddler Time: Little Movers

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

53rd Street Library

3 – 4:30 pm

Mommy and Me T-Shirt Making

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY
Free

Highlawn LibraryBrooklyn

3:30 – 4:30 pm

NYPL Green: Food & Climate Garden Series

Ages: 5 – 12
Environment
Free

St. George Library CenterStaten Island

3:30 pm

Pippi @ 80 Special Program: Rebel Squeezebox

Ages: 3 – 12
Music

St. George Library CenterStaten Island

3:30 pm

Caregivers Appreciation Craft

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Tottenville LibraryStaten 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

A is for Artist

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Battery Park City Library

4 pm

Mother's Day craft

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Allerton LibraryBronx

4 pm

May Craft Time

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

Yorkville Library

4 pm

Pippi at 80: Paper Dolls

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Bloomingdale Library

4 pm

AANHPI Heritage Craft

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Webster Library

4:30 pm

Family Storytime: Puppet Friends!

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings
Caribbean

Westchester Square LibraryBronx

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6 – 10 pm

The Other Art Fair Brooklyn

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Community

ZeroSpace BrooklynBrooklyn

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