The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Saturday April 12, 2025

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2 – 3 pm

Show Up, Kids! Interactive Family Comedy

Ages: 3 – 8
Comedy

The RATBrooklyn

2 pm

Art Craft

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Parkchester LibraryBronx

2 pm

Little Makers Club: Ebru Turkish Marbling Art

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Macomb’s Bridge Library

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2 – 2:45 pm

Girls Who Code

Ages: 5 – 12
Classes
Free

Quogue Library IncQuogue

2 pm

Movie Day and PJ

Ages: 3 – 12
Film

Woodstock LibraryBronx

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2:30 pm

Alice in Wonderland

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

3 pm

Family Storytime

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings

Wakefield LibraryWakefield

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4 – 4:45 pm

Bilingual Birdies Brings Music and Dance to the Museum

Ages: 5 – 8
En Español

Staten Island Children’s MuseumStaten Island

7:30 pm

Family Seder 2025

Ages: 12 and under
Food & Drink
Holiday

Chabad of the West SideUpper West Side

Sunday April 13

FSS NYPL

All day

Story Time with NYPL

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

Familiares FSS

All day

Recorridos Familiares

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
En Español

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

Various

Photos with the Bunny at Kings Plaza

Ages: All
Easter
Holiday

Kings Plaza Shopping CenterBrooklyn

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9 am – 6 pm

Bluey x CAMP

Ages: 3 – 8
Attractions

CAMP 5th AvenueManhattan

9 am – 5 pm

The East Midtown Easter Egg Hunt 2025

Ages: 3 – 8
Community
Easter

All Around East MidtownEast Midtown

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10 am – 5 pm

Moon to Mars

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

10 am – 6 pm

The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism

Ages: All

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Nature Festival- Pond Scooping

10 am – 4 pm

Nature Festival

Ages: 3 – 12
Festivals
Outdoors

Center for Science Teaching and Learning-Tanglewood PreserveRockville Center

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Flora and Fauna Mosaics

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY

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10 am – noon

Breakfast with The Bunny

Ages: 12 and under
Easter
Holiday

Hard Rock Cafe New YorkManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Earth Rocks!

Ages: 12 and under
Animals
Art

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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10 am – 5 pm

Aviators, Poets and Dreamers Exhibit at the Cradle of Aviation Museum

Ages: 5 – 12
Attractions
Fundraisers

Cradle of Aviation MuseumGarden City

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10 am – 4 pm

Tulip Festival at Heritage Farm & Garden

Ages: 3 and up
Craft & DIY
Environment

Heritage Farm and GardenMuttontown

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am – noon

The Paper Bag Players: WE START TO SING!

Ages: 3 – 8
Music
Theater

Peter Norton Symphony SpaceUpper West Side

11 am – 2 pm

Breakfast with the Bunny at Grand Colony Hall

Ages: All
Community
Easter

Grand Colony HallStaten Island

11 am – 6 pm

Photos with the Bunny at Queens Center

Ages: 12 and under
Easter
Holiday

Queens CenterQueens

11 am – 4 pm

Milleridge Inn Pop Up Vendor Market

Ages: 5 – 8
Festivals
Food & Drink

The Milleridge InnJericho

11 am

日本語ストーリータイム Family Storytime in Japanese

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

Noon – 1 pm

Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Community

Bellmore Movies and ShowplaceBellmore

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Noon – 1 pm

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Ages: 5 and up
Theater

The New Victory TheaterMidtown

Brooklyn Rock and Roll Playhouse

Noon – 1 pm

The Rock and Roll Playhouse plays the Music of Blink-182 + More

Ages: 8 and under
Music

Brooklyn BowlBrooklyn

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