The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Saturday Sep. 20, 2025

Enabled 5K RunWalk

11:30 am – 2 pm

Enabled 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Queens Museum – Flushing Meadows-Corona ParkCorona

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Noon – 5 pm

Kew Gardens Community Arts Day 2025

Ages: 5 and up
Animals
Art

Kew Gardens Business DistrictKew Gardens

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Noon – 1 pm

Kids Cooking: Let’s Make Fresh Spring Rolls!

Ages: 5 – 12
Classes

Talea BeerBrooklyn

1 – 7 pm

Hispanic Heritage Cultural Celebration

Ages: 5 – 8
Community
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SIUH Community Park Staten Island Ferry Hawk StadiumStaten island

1 pm

Saturday Builder's Club

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Grand Concourse LibraryBronx

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

2 – 3 pm

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

The Joyce Theater no people

2 – 3:30 pm

Indigenous Enterprise

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Dance

The Joyce TheaterChelsea

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2 – 4 pm

Family Art Hour: Climate Change Collage Posters

Ages: 5 – 8
Art

International Center of PhotographyLower East Side

2 pm

The Mosaic Method

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Parkchester LibraryBronx

2 pm

Kid Sensory Session: DIY Soft Dough

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Macomb’s Bridge Library

2 pm

September Family Movie Night

Ages: 3 – 12
Film

Hunts Point LibraryBronx

2 pm

Kid's Movie Saturday

Ages: 3 – 12
Film

Baychester LibraryBaychester

2 pm

Movie Saturdays!

Ages: All
Film

Mott Haven Library

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3 – 4:30 pm

Improv 4 Kids

Ages: 5 – 8
Comedy
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

3 pm

Family Storytime and Craft: Hispanic Heritage Month

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Clason’s Point LibraryBronx

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4 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

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5:30 – 10 pm

Gotham Roller Derby games

Ages: 5 and up
LGBTQ+
Sports

Lefrak Center at Lakeside Prospect ParkBrooklyn

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7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

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9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

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Sunday Sep. 21

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

Ocean to Sound 50 Mile Relay

7 am – 4 pm

Ocean to Sound 50 Mile Relay

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Jones Beach State Park – Field 2Wantagh

Paws Walk Flyer

8 am – 1 pm

4th Annual Long Island Cares 5k & Paws Walk

Ages: All
Animals
Community

Belmont Lake State ParkNorth Babylon

Potatohampton 5K RunWalk in Honor of Peter Walsh

8 – 11 am

Potatohampton 5K Run/Walk in Honor of Peter Walsh

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

The Bridgehampton MuseumBridgehampton

8:30 – 11:30 am

Mashashimuet Park Friends and Family 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Mashashimuet ParkSag Harbor

10 am – 2 pm

You’re Invited to Sun Day!

Ages: 5 and up
Car Show
Community

819 Grand Boulevard Deer Park, NY 11729Deer Park

Jolly Roger Flag -Pic Only

11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 6 pm

Jim Henson Birthday Celebration 2025

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY
Film

Museum of the Moving ImageAstoria, NY

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)

2 pm

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Mott Haven Library

2:30 pm

Sunday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Grand Concourse LibraryBronx

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