The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Saturday Sep. 6, 2025

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

9 am – 1 pm

Heritage Farm Stand Saturdays

Ages: All

Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical GardenStaten Island

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Such Are Snakes

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10 – 11 am

Coquí Club: Hanging with Your Friends

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings

El Museo del BarrioEast Harlem

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10 am – 8 pm

RECESS!! The Experience

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Empire OutletsSaint George

Julia Chiang

10 am – 1 pm

Julia Chiang Art Sundae Children’s Workshop presented by Art Production Fund

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Free

10 Rockefeller PlazaMidtown Manhattan

10 am – 1 pm

Touch a Truck

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

10 am

Open Art Morning

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Eastchester LibraryBronx

10:30 am

Saturday Morning Cartoon Club!

Ages: 5 and up
Film

Belmont Library and Enrico Fermi Cultural CenterBronx

10:30 am

Family Storytime: Stories, Songs and Rhymes for Little Ones

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

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11 am – noon

Family First Saturdays: Storytime at the Morgan

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

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

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11 am – noon

Historic Walking Tour of Manhasset Bay

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Port Washington Town DockPORT WASHINGTON

11 am

Open Crafts

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

Woodlawn Heights LibraryBronx

11 am – 4 pm

1776 Peace Conference Celebration

Ages: All
History & Culture

Conference House ParkStaten Island

11 am

Saturday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Riverdale LibraryBronx

11 am

Saturday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Kips Bay Library

11 am

Saturday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Tremont LibraryBronx

11 am

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Throg’s Neck LibraryThroggs Neck

11 am

Saturday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Ottendorfer Library

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11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Coquí Club: Hanging with Your Friends

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings

El Museo del BarrioEast Harlem

11:15 am

Saturday Family Storytime at Seward Park Library

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Seward Park Library

COVER My Name Is Ai Lin

1 – 2 pm

MY NAME IS AI LIN Picture Book Author Event

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Free

Barnes & Noble HuntingtonHuntington Station

1 pm

Saturday Builder's Club

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Grand Concourse LibraryBronx

1 pm

STEAM: Build & Play!

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Belmont Library and Enrico Fermi Cultural CenterBronx

1 pm

Crafternoons

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

125th Street Library

1 pm

Family Movie Matinee

Ages: 5 – 12
Film

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

2 – 3 pm

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

COVER My Name Is Ai Lin

2 – 3 pm

MY NAME IS AI LIN Picture Book Author Event

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Free

Barnes & Noble HuntingtonHuntington Station

2 pm

Saturday Craft Fun!

Ages: 12 and under
Craft & DIY

Huguenot Park LibraryStaten Island

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