Things to Do With Kids in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Friday May 9, 2025

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Various

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

10 – 11 am

stART Studio

Ages: 4 and under

Children’s Museum of the East EndBridgehampton

10 am – 10 pm

Macy’s Flower Show

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Macy’s Herald SquareManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Dinosaur Safari

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

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10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Spring First Discoveries

Ages: 4 and under

Brooklyn Botanic GardenBrooklyn

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

April – May Recycled Ecosystems (1)

11 am – 4 pm

Up-Cycled Ocean Crafts

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

3 pm

Teen Movie Night: The Bob's Burgers Movie

Ages: 13 and up
Film

Hunts Point LibraryBronx

3:30 pm

Pippi at 80: Rebel Squeezebox – A Musical History of Women Accordion Players with Urban Stages

Ages: 3 – 12
Music

Van Cortlandt LibraryBronx

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3:30 – 4:30 pm

Children’s Gardening Club

Ages: 5 – 8
Classes
Community

Science Museum Of Long IslandManhasset

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6 – 7 pm

Club 8: Ridiculously Fun Social Skills Group for Teens

Ages: 13 and up
Community

Club 8Plainview

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8 – 10 pm

Fearless: The Taylor Swift Experience

Ages: All
Music

Jeanne Rimsky Theater At Landmark On Main StreetPort Washington

Saturday May 10

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Various

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

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All day

The Big Bounce America

Ages: All
Attractions

Broadway CommonsHicksville

8 am – 6 pm

Weekends in Bloom 2025

Brooklyn Botanic GardenBrooklyn

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8 – 10 am

Migratory Bird Walk with NYC Bird Alliance at the Bronx Zoo

Ages: 13 and up
Animals
Environment

8:30 am – noon

25th Annual Run for the Health of It

Ages: All
Fundraisers
Sports

Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of SuffolkNorthport

Comic Run 5K

9 am – noon

Comic Run 5K

Ages: All
Fundraisers
Sports

Eisenhower Park – Field 2East Meadow

9 am – noon

Mama Bear Run 5K

Ages: All
Fundraisers
Sports

The Bridges AcademyWest Islip

9 am – noon

Central Islip Fire Department 5K Run/Walk

Ages: All
Fundraisers
Sports

RACE SITEBaldwin

9 am – noon

19th Annual John May Mile and 5K Race to Benefit the Greenport Fire Department

Peconic LandingGreenport

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Flowers for Mother’s Day

10 am – 10 pm

Macy’s Flower Show

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Macy’s Herald SquareManhattan

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10 am – 5:30 pm

Dinosaur Safari

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

Jazzical St. Paul 5:10

10 – 10:45 am

Jazzical!

Ages: 12 and under
Dance
Music

St. Paul’s Episcopal ChurchBROOKLYN

10 am – 3 pm

Mothers Day Spring Sale

Ages: All
Free
Markets

St. Luke’s ChurchNEW ROCHELLE

10 am – 4 pm

Baby Animal Day

Ages: All
Animals

Suffolk County Farm & Education CenterYaphank

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community

GuggenheimUpper East Side

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

April – May Recycled Ecosystems (1)

11 am – 4 pm

Up-Cycled Ocean Crafts

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 – 11:30 am

Bilingual Storytime

Ages: 8 and under

John Jermain Memorial LibrarySag Harbor

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11 am – 5 pm

Japan Parade and Street Fair 2025

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Japan ParadeManhattan

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