The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Sunday Aug. 24, 2025

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

9 – 11 am

The Sandlot Featuring Baseball Skills Challenge and Kids Crafts

Ages: 5 – 8
Film
Sports

Southampton PlayhouseSouthampton

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10 am – 5 pm

Animals of the Water at CMOM

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Art

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

10 – 11:30 am

Sunday Science: Secret Life of Bugs

Ages: 5 – 12

Center for Science Teaching and Learning-Tanglewood PreserveRockville Center

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10 am – 5 pm

Summer Festival

Ages: 8 and under
Free
Open Houses

NY Kids Club Park Slope-GowanusBrooklyn

Kosher Wonderland a Big Eats and Jumbo Treats Journey 1

10 am – 5 pm

Kosher Wonderland at the Jewish Children’s Museum

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
History & Culture

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – noon

Children’s Mythical Creature Watercolor Painting

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

The Reboli Center for Art and HistoryStony Brook

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10 am – 8 pm

RECESS!! The Experience

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Empire OutletsSaint George

10 am – noon

Picnic with a Princess

Ages: 8 and under

Astoria ParkQueens

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

11 am – 4 pm

Women’s Equality Day

Ages: All
History & Culture

Historic Richmond TownStaten Island

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11 am

Unbox a Saurus For Us

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

Hayride

11 am – 5 pm

August Sundays

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions

Aviator Sports and Events CenterBrooklyn

11 am – 12:30 pm

Kids Science

Ages: 5 – 12
Free

Bryant ParkManhattan

Noon – 6 pm

CREA Drop off Adventure

Ages: 3 – 8
Games

Industry CityBrooklyn

Noon – 4 pm

ShopRite Kidz Cook: Breakfast Tacos

Ages: 3 – 8
Classes
Food & Drink

Staten Island Childrens MuseumStaten Island

Noon – 3 pm

Barkfest On Third: Last Howl of Summer

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Food & Drink

Third Avenue between Bruckner Blvd & 134th StBronx

Noon – 2 pm

Green Acres’ Back-to-School Bash

Ages: 5 and up

Green Acres MallValley Stream

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1 pm

Unbox a Saurus For Us

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

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2 – 3 pm

Tour the Historic Thomas Dodge Homestead, c. 1721

Ages: 3 and up
Free
History & Culture

Create: Thomas Dodge HomesteadPort Washington

2:30 pm

Sunday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Grand Concourse LibraryBronx

3:30 pm

Sunday Story Time

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

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