Things to Do With Kids in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Saturday Oct. 4, 2025

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10 am – 5:30 pm

Dinosaur Safari

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

10 am – 5 pm

Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

Ages: All
Attractions

Intrepid MuseumManhattan

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10 am – 6 pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Heritage Farm & Garden 2025 Fall Festival

Heritage Farm & GardenMuttontown

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10 am – 3 pm

Mazzone Ace Hardware Pumpkinfest

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

Mazzone Ace Hardware PumpkinfestBrooklyn

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10 – 11:30 am

Wake Up & Dance with Suzi Shelton

Ages: 8 and under
Community
Music

ShapeShifter LabBrooklyn

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10 am – 5 pm

Hicks Nurseries 50th Annual Fall Festival

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

Boo at the Zoo

10 am – 5:30 pm

Bronx Zoo Boo at the Zoo

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

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10 am – 5 pm

Celebrate Latinx Heritage Week at CMOM

Children’s Museum of ManhattanManhattan

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

MoMA Oct Fam Day

10:30 am – 5 pm

UNIQLO Family Day at MoMA

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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11 am – noon

Family First Saturdays: Storytime at the Morgan

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings

The Morgan Library & MuseumManhattan

FAD Market Empire Stores

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community

Empire StoresBrooklyn

Pumpkin-Patch

11 am – 5 pm

Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

Aviator Sports and Events CenterBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Pumpkin Weekends

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions

Alley Pond ParkQueens Village

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 – 4 pm

The Amazing Maize Maze

Ages: All
Attractions

Queens County Farm MuseumFloral Park

Taylor Swift Celebration GFX

11 am – 5 pm

Taylor Swift Celebration Day and Craft Fair at The Shoppes

Ages: 9 and up
Community
Dance

The Shoppes at East WindWading River

11 am – noon

New York Family Program: Cosmic Campfire presented by Star Forest

Ages: 5 – 12
Music

National SawdustBrooklyn

Countryfair

Noon – 5 pm

MP MS Historical Society

Historic Hawkins House Groundsmiller place

Brown Rice Family

Noon – 1 pm

Family Concert: Brown Rice Family

Ages: 5 – 8
Free
Music

Carnegie HallMidtown Manhattan

Noon – 3 pm

Shoelace Park Forest Fest

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Shoelace ParkBronx

Noon – 4:30 pm

Grand Baldwin Festival

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Baldwin Public LibraryBaldwin

Noon – 8 pm

The Staten Island Oktoberfest

Ages: All

SIUH Community Park Staten Island Ferry Hawk StadiumStaten island

1 pm

YA Movie Day: Lisa Frankenstein (2024)

Ages: 13 and up
Film

West Farms LibraryBronx

1 – 4 pm

Hands-on History: City of Forests Day

Ages: All
Environment
Free

King Manor MuseumJamaica

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1 – 3 pm

Rebel Stencil – Street Art Workshop at the Banksy Museum

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes

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1 – 7 pm

Amityville’s Haunted Harvest

Ages: All
Festivals
Halloween

Amityville’s Haunted HarvestAmityville

Brown Rice Family

1:30 – 2:30 pm

Family Concert: Brown Rice Family

Ages: 5 – 8
Free
Music

Carnegie HallMidtown Manhattan

2 – 3:15 pm

Grow and Gather Family Gardening Program

Ages: All
Classes
Environment

Queens County Farm MuseumFloral Park

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

2 – 3 pm

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

2 pm

Family Movie Matinee

Ages: 5 – 12
Film

Tremont LibraryBronx

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