The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Saturday Oct. 11, 2025

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

Weekend FunRun Nassau County 5K RunWalk

8:30 am – noon

Weekend FunRun Nassau County 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Eisenhower Park – Field/Lot #2East Meadow

Run Walk Praise 5K Run Walk

9 am – noon

Run Walk Praise 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Baldwin Harbor ParkBaldwin

9 am – noon

The Classic Apple Pie HM & 5K

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Veterans PierBrooklyn

9 am – 1 pm

Heritage Farm Stand Saturdays

Ages: All

Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical GardenStaten Island

Morning at the Museum 2

9 am – noon

Morning at the Museum

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Free

Suffolk County Vanderbilt MuseumCenterport

Jeffrey Martinez WMBD

9 am – 4 pm

Find Your Wild at Wertheim NWR

Ages: All
Animals
Boating

Wertheim NWR Visitor CenterShirley

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10 am – 5 pm

Community Superheroes Week with FDNY

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions

Children’s Museum of ManhattanManhattan

Celebration Pic

10 am – 1 pm

Free Family Fun: 26th Annual Celebration of the Long Pond Greenbelt

Ages: 5 – 12
Environment
Free

South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo)Bridgehampton

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10 am – noon

Inventions of the Renaissance Family Workshop at the Science Museum of Long Island

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Free

Science Museum Of Long IslandManhasset

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11 am – 5 pm

Pumpkin Weekends

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions

Alley Pond ParkQueens Village

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

11:30 am – 1:30 pm

The Grandest Princess Ball Ever at Carmine’s

Ages: 8 and under

Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareNew York City

Feast 400×400

Noon – 11 pm

Mt. Loretto Italian Festival

Ages: All
Festivals

Mount LorettoStaten Island

Noon – 6 pm

2nd Annual Fall Freedom Festival at Tappen Park

Ages: All
Festivals

Tappen ParkStaten Island

12:30 – 3:30 pm

Art in the Garden

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Classes

Patchen Community SquareBrooklyn

1 pm

Family Movie Day

Ages: 5 – 12
Film

West Farms LibraryBronx

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1 – 3 pm

Rebel Stencil – Street Art Workshop at the Banksy Museum

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes

banksy museumnew york

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2 – 3 pm

Show Up, Kids! Interactive Family Comedy

Ages: 3 – 12
Comedy
Theater

The RATBrooklyn

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3 – 4:30 pm

Improv 4 Kids

Ages: 5 – 8
Comedy
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

Spares 400 x 400

3 – 5 pm

Spares & Scares

Ages: All

Rab’s Country LanesStaten Island

Sunday Oct. 12

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

Jaclyn M. Ramirez Annual Memorial 5K

8:30 am – noon

Jaclyn M. Ramirez Annual Memorial 5K

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Eisenhower Park FIELD 2East Meadow

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10 am – 5 pm

Community Superheroes Week with FDNY

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions

Children’s Museum of ManhattanManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

🎊 Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Attractions

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Pumpkin Weekends

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions

Alley Pond ParkQueens Village

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

11:30 am – 1:30 pm

The Grandest Princess Ball Ever at Carmine’s

Ages: 8 and under

Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareNew York City

Feast 400×400

Noon – 9 pm

Mt. Loretto Italian Festival

Ages: All
Festivals

Mount LorettoStaten Island

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1 pm

Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical

Ages: 5 – 12
Theater

Queens TheaterCorona

1 – 3 pm

4th Annual Sensory Friendly Pumpkin Picking

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

PS42Staten Island

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