The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Saturday Oct. 12, 2024

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All day

Vote for Your Favorite Scarecrow!

Ages: 3 and up
Free
Halloween

Stony Brook Village CenterStony Brook

White Plains Road Farmers Market

9 am – 4 pm

White Plains Road Farmers Market & DOT NYC Open Streets

Ages: 5 – 8
Caribbean
Community

Gloria Dei Old Swedes Episcopal ChurchPhiladelphia

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9 am – 3 pm

Brooklyn Book Bodega Book Giveaway

East New York FarmsBrooklyn

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10 am – 5:30 pm

Bronx Zoo Boo at the Zoo

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

10 – 11 am

Whiz Kidz

Ages: 5 – 12
Free

Idlewild ParkSpringfield Gardens

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10 am – 1 pm

Corn Husk Dolls

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Community

Wave HillThe Bronx

Field of Pumpkins

10 am – 4 pm

White Post Farms Annual Fall Farm Festival

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions

White Post FarmsMelville

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10 am – 10 pm

FLASHBACK 5: Celebrating Five Years of ARTECHOUSE NYC

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

ARTECHOUSE NYCChelsea

10 am – noon

Super Seedlings

Ages: 3 – 8
Environment
Free

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance Garden & Compost SiteBronx

10 am – 5 pm

The Great Pumpkin Palooza at Lenny Bruno Farms

Ages: All
Animals
Community

Lenny Bruno FarmsManorville

10 am – 3 pm

Cradle of Aviation Museum – Girl Scouts Rocket Day

Ages: 5 – 12
Classes
Craft & DIY

Cradle of Aviation MuseumGarden City

10:30 am – 1 pm

6 – 7 pm

High Holidays Kids Programs

Ages: 3 – 12
Holiday
Jewish

JCC – Chabad of West QueensLong Island City

11 am

Weekly Storytime

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings
Free

Barnes & Noble Staten Island MallStaten Island

Photo – Mythic Crafts – workshop photo

11 am – 4 pm

Mythic Crafts

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Photo – Secret Sirens Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Secret Sirens

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am – 6 pm

Fall Freedom Festival

Ages: All
Festivals

Tappen ParkStaten Island

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11 am – noon

Fantastic Art Time

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Classes

East End Artsriverhead

11 am – noon

Story Hour with Mara the Storyteller

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & StorytellingSugar Hill

11 am – noon

Free Capoeira Family Workshop

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Dance

Hope Gardens Community CenterBrooklyn

Noon – 4 pm

Cradle of Aviation – Hispanic Heritage Month Activites

Ages: 3 – 12
Community
Craft & DIY

Cradle of Aviation MuseumGarden City

600X300 Feast

Noon – 11 pm

Italian Festival at The Mount

Mount LorettoStaten Island

12:30 pm

2:30 pm

The Prince and the Magic Flute

Ages: 5 – 12
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

1 – 5 pm

Empire Outlets Presents: Fall Kick-off Carnival

Ages: All
Free

Empire OutletsSaint George

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2 – 3 pm

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 5 and up
Comedy

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

2 – 3 pm

Critters & Kindness, Tales from Aesops Fables

Ages: 5 – 8

Brooklyn Heights LibraryBrooklyn

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2:30 – 3:30 pm

Family Jazz Jam Play-Along: A Musical Adventure for all Ages with East End Jazz

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Music

The Church, 48 Madison Street, Sag Harbor, NY, USASag Harbor

3 – 4:30 pm

Furever Home the Musical (2024)

Ages: 3 – 12
Theater

The Players TheatreNew York City

4 – 8 pm

Marty Party at Leroy’s Place!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Comedy

Leroy’s PlaceBrooklyn

Photo – Harbor Haunts

4:30 – 5:30 pm

6 – 7 pm

Harbor Haunts Walking Tour

Ages: 5 and up
Attractions
Halloween

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Photo – Lights Out at the Museum

4:30 – 7 pm

Lights Out @ the Museum

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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