The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Tuesday June 3, 2025

antigone

5:30 – 6:30 pm

Child’s Play NY presents: Hamlet

Ages: 5 – 12
Caribbean
Theater

First Unitarian Congregational Society in BrooklynBrooklyn, NY

Wednesday June 4

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Various

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

pride artwork

10 am – 4:30 pm

We are the Rainbow: Artwork

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Books & Readings

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

10:15 am

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Riverdale LibraryBronx

10:15 am

Toddler Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Roosevelt Island Library

10:15 am

Little Movers: Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

96th Street Library

10:30 am

Little Movers Storytime – June 2025

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Riverside LibraryNew York, NY

10:30 am

Online Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Hudson Park LibraryOnline

10:30 am

Baby Lapsit Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

125th Street Library

11 am

Baby Art!

Ages: 12 and under
Craft & DIY

Battery Park City Library

11 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Craft & DIY

Pelham Bay LibraryBronx

11 am

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Allerton LibraryBronx

11 am

Little Movers

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Kingsbridge LibraryBronx

11:15 am

Learning Together Story Time

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Castle Hill LibraryBronx

11:15 am

Cuentos y canciones

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

67th Street Library

11:15 am

Baby Lapsit + Tummy Time!

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Macomb’s Bridge Library

11:15 am

Baby Lapsit Storytime – June 2025

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Riverside LibraryNew York, NY

11:15 am

Little Movers Storytime: Butterflies

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Mariners Harbor LibraryStaten Island

11:30 am

Spanish Bilingual Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Tompkins Square Library

11:30 am

Process Art

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

Pelham Bay LibraryBronx

11:30 am

Infant Lapsit Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Charleston LibraryStaten Island

11:30 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Eastchester LibraryBronx

11:30 am

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

53rd Street Library

11:30 am

Little Movers Storytime!

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Ottendorfer Library

11:30 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Webster Library

1 pm

Lapsit Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Countee Cullen Library

3 – 4 pm

NYPL Green: Climate Resilience Gardening!

Ages: 5 – 12
Free

Port Richmond LibraryStaten Island

3 pm

Lapsit and Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Clason’s Point LibraryBronx

3:30 pm

Drop-in Crafternoon

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Mulberry Street Library

3:30 pm

Art Outdoors in JJ Walker Park

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

3:30 pm

Teen DIY

Ages: 5 and up
Craft & DIY

Morningside Heights Library

3:30 pm

Paint Party!

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Sedgwick LibraryBronx

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