Things to Do With Kids in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Saturday Aug. 16, 2025

10:30 am

Play & Watch!

Ages: 13 and up
Film

Parkchester LibraryBronx

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10:30 am – noon

Kids Cooking Class: Summer Ice Cream Fun with Sugar Hill Creamery

Ages: 5 – 8
Classes
Craft & DIY

Platform by JBFChelsea

11 am

Radical Rockaway Scavenger Hunt

Ages: All
Games

Bagel Barista StationRockaway Park

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11 am

Atlantic Base Ball Club 19th Century Base Ball

The Smithtown Historical SocietySmithtown

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

FAD Market at Governors Island

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market at Governors Island

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Attractions

Govenors IslandManhattan

JAWS-some Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Jaws-Some Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – noon

Ready, Set, Kindergarten! at the Sheepshead Bay Library

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

11 am – noon

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

11 am – 3 pm

Farmhouse Family Day: The Power of the Sun

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Craft & DIY

Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Back to School Bash at The Shoppes at East Wind

Ages: All
Art
Outdoors

The Shoppes at East WindWading River

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11 am – 2 pm

Summertime Splash Bash

Ages: All
Art
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

11 am

Kids Make & Take

Ages: 5 and up
Craft & DIY

City Island LibraryBronx

11 am

Sensory Saturday Storytime!

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Stapleton LibraryStaten Island

11 am

Saturday Family Storytime: Summer at the Library

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Yorkville Library

Noon – 1:30 pm

Weekend Kids

Ages: All
Free

Bryant ParkManhattan

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

Bronx Indigenous Art Workshop

Noon – 4 pm

Indigenous Art Workshop with NAIC-NY

Starlight ParkBronx

Noon – 4 pm

Games and Crafts in the Park with KIPP NYC

Ages: All
Community
Free

Crotona ParkBronx

Noon – 6 pm

CREA Drop off Adventure

Ages: 3 – 8
Games

Industry CityBrooklyn

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Noon – 4 pm

Family and Kids Activities at Top of the Rock Observation Deck at Rockefeller Center

Ages: All

Top of the Rock Observation DeckManhattan

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Noon – 3 pm

Randall’s Island Park: Taste of the Farm

Ages: All
Food & Drink
Free

Randall’s Island Urban FarmRandall’s Island

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Noon – 9 pm

Kids Create: Jewelry Workshop at WACH

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

Women’s Art Center of the HamptonsBridgehampton

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12:30 – 2:30 pm

Hot Wheels Monster Trucks™ Live Glow-N-Fire

Ages: All
Attractions

UBS ArenaElmont

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1 – 4 pm

The Great Nature Play Day: A Summer Family Festival

Planting FieldsOyster Bay

Manhattan 25TH ANNUAL BLUES BBQ FESTIVAL

1 – 9 pm

25th Annual Blues BBQ Festival

Pier 76 at Hudson River ParkManhattan

Harlem Week

1 – 6 pm

Summer in the City

Ages: All
Art
Festivals

West 135th Street from St. Nicholas Avenue – Adam Clayton Powell Jr. BlvdHarlem

1 pm

Teen Advisory Group – Saturday Club

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY

South Beach LibraryStaten Island

1:30 – 5 pm

PaleyGX Tournament Featuring EA SPORTS College Football 26

Ages: 5 and up
Games

The Paley MuseumMidtown

2 pm

Radical Rockaway Scavenger Hunt

Ages: All
Games

Bagel Barista StationRockaway Park

2 – 3:15 pm

Grow and Gather Family Gardening Program

Ages: All
Classes
Environment

Queens County Farm MuseumFloral Park

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