Things to Do With Kids in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Saturday Aug. 2, 2025

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community

GuggenheimUpper East Side

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Watson Adventures Indoor Kids (S)

10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Watson Adventures’ Wizard School Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Attractions

Metropolitan Museum of ArtUpper East Side

10:30 am

Family Storytime: Stories on a Saturday Morning

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Webster Library

arch of animals

10:30 – 11:30 am

Architecture For Animals

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park

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11 am – noon

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 5 and up
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

11 am

Radical Rockaway Scavenger Hunt

Ages: All
Games

Bagel Barista StationRockaway Park

Laura and HCA Statue

11 am – noon

Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Series in Central Park

Central ParkManhattan

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

Crafter Weekend GFX

11 am – 5 pm

Craft Fair Weekends at The Shoppes

The Shoppes at East WindWading River

RSK picture

11 am – noon

Ready, Set, Kindergarten! at the Sheepshead Bay Library

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

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11 am

Esther Crow: Environmental Puppet Party

Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & StorytellingManhattan

11 am

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Throg’s Neck LibraryThroggs Neck

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11 am – 12:30 pm

Historic Walking Tour of Manhasset Bay

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Environment

Port Washington Town DockPORT WASHINGTON

11 am

Saturday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Riverdale LibraryBronx

11 am

Saturday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Ottendorfer Library

11 am

Storytime with Nellie the Harp: The Hawk

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

St. Agnes Library

11 am

Saturday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Kips Bay Library

11 am – 6 pm

Jamaica Arts & Music Summer Festival

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Jamaica Arts & Music Summer FestivalJamaica

11 am – 1 pm

Make Your Own Hula Hoop

Ages: All
Craft & DIY
Free

Concrete Plant ParkBronx

11 am – 1 pm

Harry Potter Day: Great Wizarding Quest

Trinity Episcopal ChurchNorthport

11 am

Lil Studio! with The Studio Museum in Harlem

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

11 am

Open Crafts

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

Woodlawn Heights LibraryBronx

11 am – 10 pm

Summerfest 2025

Downtown SayvilleSayville

Ailey

Noon – 1 pm

Dance Workshop With Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Revelations Celebration Community Workshop

Ages: All
Dance
Free

Lincoln Center’s David Geffen HallManhattan

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Noon – 1:30 pm

Revelations Celebration Community Workshop

Ages: All
Dance
Free

David Geffin Hall, Lincoln CenterManhattan

Noon – 1:30 pm

Weekend Kids

Ages: All
Free

Bryant ParkManhattan

Noon – 1:30 pm

Paley Family | From Storytime to Screentime in New York | Harold & the Purple Crayon Episode 1

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings

The Paley Center for MediaManhattan

Noon – 2 pm

Whimsical Watercolor Jellyfish Workshop

Ages: All
Art
Free

Faber ParkStaten Island

Noon – 4 pm

Conference House Tours

Conference House ParkStaten Island

Noon – 6 pm

CREA Drop off Adventure

Ages: 3 – 8
Games

Industry CityBrooklyn

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