The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Friday Aug. 1, 2025

3 pm

Summer Adventure: Marvelous Matisse

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Soundview LibraryBronx

3:30 pm

Friday Crafternoon

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Great Kills LibraryStaten Island

3:30 pm

Summer Adventure: Sunsational Suncatchers

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings

Kips Bay Library

4 pm

Summer Adventure Crafternoon

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Fort Washington Library

ColorPop Workshop

5:30 – 8 pm

ColorPop Workshop for Kids – Parents’ Night Out!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Colorpop WorkShop Southampton StudioSouthampton

6 – 7 pm

History of Balloons

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Comedy

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

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6 – 7 pm

History of Balloons (For families with children up to 5th grade)

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Comedy

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

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7:30 – 10 pm

The Port Summer Show Presents “Bye Bye Birdie”

Ages: 5 and up
Attractions
Community

Paul D. Schreiber High SchoolPort Washington

Saturday Aug. 2

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

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10 am – 5 pm

Seas the Play!

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Craft & DIY

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

Westhampton Beach Historical Society

10 am – 1 pm

Historic Crafts: Farm Animals & Music

Ages: 3 and up
Free
History & Culture

The Greater Westhampton Historical MuseumWesthampton Beach

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community

GuggenheimUpper East Side

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Architecture For Animals

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park

10:30 am

Family Storytime: Stories on a Saturday Morning

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Webster Library

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11 am – noon

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 5 and up
Theater

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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

RSK picture

11 am – noon

Ready, Set, Kindergarten! at the Sheepshead Bay Library

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

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11 am

Esther Crow: Environmental Puppet Party

Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & StorytellingManhattan

11 am

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Throg’s Neck LibraryThroggs Neck

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11 am – 12:30 pm

Historic Walking Tour of Manhasset Bay

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Environment

Port Washington Town DockPORT WASHINGTON

11 am

Open Crafts

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

Woodlawn Heights LibraryBronx

11 am

Saturday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Riverdale LibraryBronx

11 am

Saturday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Ottendorfer Library

11 am

Storytime with Nellie the Harp: The Hawk

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

St. Agnes Library

11 am

Saturday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Kips Bay Library

Noon – 1:30 pm

Paley Family | From Storytime to Screentime in New York | Harold & the Purple Crayon Episode 1

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings

The Paley Center for MediaManhattan

Noon – 2 pm

Whimsical Watercolor Jellyfish Workshop

Ages: All
Art
Free

Faber ParkStaten Island

Noon – 4 pm

Conference House Tours

Conference House ParkStaten Island

Noon – 6 pm

CREA Drop off Adventure

Ages: 3 – 8
Games

Industry CityBrooklyn

12:30 pm

The Wizard of Oz

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

1 pm

Saturday Crafternoon

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

125th Street Library

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