The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Thursday Aug. 14, 2025

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

Summer Thursday Concert Series: Reading Colors of Your World (a Bubble, Comedy & Music Show)

Ages: 5 – 12
Music

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

11 am – 1 pm

Sensational Summer: Beautiful Beaded Suncatchers

Ages: 5 and up
Craft & DIY
Environment

Greenbelt Nature CenterStaten Island

11 am

Summer Thursday Concert Series: Nightingale Fam Summer Singalong

Ages: 5 – 12
Music

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

11:30 am

Little Movers Storytime: Toddlers and Tales

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

Norber Operation Safe Child Great Neck

1:30 – 3:30 pm

“Operation Safe Child” at the Great Neck Library

Ages: All
Community
Free

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community

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2 – 4 pm

Back To School Giveaway

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Free

Neighborhood Care BensonhurstBensonhurst

2 pm

Summer Adventure: Printing with Geometric Shapes!

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Tottenville LibraryStaten Island

2 pm

Summer Adventure: Printing with Geometric Shapes

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Allerton LibraryBronx

2:30 pm

Summer Movie Series : Little Princess

Ages: 5 – 12
Film

Roosevelt Island Library

3 pm

Kid’s Crafts: Suncatchers

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Grand Concourse LibraryBronx

3 pm

Calligraphy Around the World

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Yorkville Library

3 pm

Summer Adventure: Tiny Treasures (Ages 8-12)

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Clason’s Point LibraryBronx

3:30 pm

Family Storytime & Craft

Ages: 12 and under
Craft & DIY

Morrisania LibraryBronx

3:30 pm

BINGO Thursday

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

South Beach LibraryStaten Island

4 pm

Arts & Crafts / Arte y manualidades

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Melrose LibraryBronx

4 pm

Gardening Club

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Bronx Library CenterFordham Manor

4 pm

A is for Artist

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Battery Park City Library

7 – 9 pm

Sounds of Summer Concert Series: Arden Reign & Joan Caddell & the Midnight Choir

Ages: All
Free
Music

Historic Richmond TownStaten Island

Friday Aug. 15

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – School Trips!

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

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10 am – 3 pm

The Little Animation Studio and Project Most Present: Stop Motion Animation “Claymation Party”

Ages: 5 – 8

Project Most Community Learning CenterEast Hampton

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10 am – 5 pm

Under the Sea, Just Like Me! at CMOM

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Craft & DIY

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

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

8. Goat on a Boat – small

Noon – 1 pm

Goat on a Boat Puppet Show: The Princess, the Frog & the Pea

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Free

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

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Noon – 3 pm

Back to School Giveaway

Ages: 3 and up
Free

Neighborhood Care East New York, 101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207, United StatesNew York City

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

2 – 3 pm

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

3 pm

Summer Adventure: Geometric Shapes

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Soundview LibraryBronx

3 pm

Summer Adventure: Wearable Arts Parade

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island

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3:30 – 4:15 pm

Binx the Reptile Guy – Dino Scales & Tails

Ages: 3 – 12
Animals

Staten Island Childrens MuseumStaten Island

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