The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Thursday Nov. 14, 2024

2:30 – 4:30 pm

McDonald’s Playground Youth Power Hours

Ages: 3 – 12
Free

Austin J. McDonald PlaygroundStaten Island

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Game Hour @ Sheepshead Bay Library

Ages: 5 – 12
Free
Games

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

Friday Nov. 15

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Various

Big Apple Circus | Hometown Playground

Ages: 5 and up
Attractions
Dance

Damrosch Park at Lincoln CenterManhattan

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10 am – 10 pm

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Ages: All
Art
Attractions

ARTECHOUSE NYCChelsea

Photo – Mythic Crafts – workshop photo

11 am – 4 pm

Mythic Crafts

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Photo – Secret Sirens Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Secret Sirens

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Long Island Friday Fort-Night Out

6 – 9 pm

Friday Fort-Night Out

Ages: 5 and up

Valhallan Esports West HillsHuntington

2:30 – 4:30 pm

McDonald’s Playground Youth Power Hours

Ages: 3 – 12
Free

Austin J. McDonald PlaygroundStaten Island

6 – 9 pm

Parents Night Out

Ages: 5 and up
Games

Valhallan Esports West HillsHuntington

Saturday Nov. 16

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Various

Big Apple Circus | Hometown Playground

Ages: 5 and up
Attractions
Dance

Damrosch Park at Lincoln CenterManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

Royal Princess Tea Party

Ages: 5 – 8
Dance

Ballet Long IslandRonkonkoma

White Plains Road Farmers Market

9 am – 4 pm

White Plains Road Farmers Market & DOT NYC Open Streets

Ages: 5 – 8
Caribbean
Community

Gloria Dei Old Swedes Episcopal ChurchPhiladelphia

9:30 am – 10 pm

11:30 am – noon

3:30 – 4 pm

Crossing The Line Festival – Le Petit B

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Dance

L’Alliance New York’sUpper East Side

10 – 11 am

Whiz Kidz

Ages: 5 – 12
Free

Idlewild ParkSpringfield Gardens

WakeAndMake

10 am – 1 pm

Wake & Make

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Community

GuggenheimUpper East Side

10:15 – 10:45 am

Toddler Time with Evan V

Ages: 8 and under
Music

Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & StorytellingWest Harlem

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10:30 am – noon

1:30 – 3 pm

Family Art Workshop at The Museum of Modern Art

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Classes

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Pictionary-2024

10:30 – 11:30 am

Skyscraper Pictionary

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park City

Migration photo

10:30 am – 2 pm

Migration: Winged Wonders

Ages: 5 – 8
Animals
Film

BAM Peter Jay Sharp BuildingBrooklyn

11 am

Weekly Storytime

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings
Free

Barnes & Noble Staten Island MallStaten Island

Photo – Mythic Crafts – workshop photo

11 am – 4 pm

Mythic Crafts

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Photo – Secret Sirens Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Secret Sirens

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

RSK picture

11 am – noon

Ready, Set, Kindergarten! @ Sheepshead Bay Library

Ages: 3 – 8
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

Noon – 1:30 pm

Wow in the World Presents: Make It WOW!

Ages: 5 – 12
Comedy
Theater

Symphony SpaceManhattan

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Noon – 1 pm

4 – 5 pm

Baba Yaga and the Firebird

Ages: 5 and up
Music
Theater

The New Victory TheaterMidtown

Noon – 1 pm

2 – 3 pm

I am/Yo Soy: A Museum of Memorias

Ages: 5 – 8
Free
Theater

Jugando N Play LLCWashington Heights

The Prince and the Magic Flute

Ages: 5 – 12
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

2 – 3:30 pm

The Circus of Second Chances

Ages: 5 and up
Comedy
Theater

3AM TheatreAstoria

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