Things to Do With Kids in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Saturday May 17, 2025

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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 – 11:15 am

K–5 Poetry Workshop

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Classes

Church of the IncarnationBoreum Hill

10:30 am – noon

Fishing 101

Ages: All
Environment
Free

Caleb Smith State Park PreserveSmithtown

10:30 am

Play & Watch!

Ages: 13 and up
Film

Parkchester LibraryBronx

10:30 am – noon

Tour of Building A at the MADE Bush Terminal Campus

Ages: All
Free
Tours

MADE BUSH TERMINALBrooklyn

10:30 am

Family Storytime: Stories, Songs and Rhymes for Little Ones

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

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

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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 – 12:30 pm

Parrish Art Museum | Open Studios for Families

Ages: All
Art
Community

Parrish Art MuseumWater Mill

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11 am – 3 pm

SUBMERGE Marine Science Festival

Pier 84 Hudson River ParkManhattan

11 am – 1 pm

SPCA Westchester Dog Walk and Pet Fair

FDR ParkPhiladelphia

Kite Festival

11 am – 3 pm

Kite Festival

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Pier 5 – Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

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Ages: All
Art
Free

St. PaulBrooklyn

11 am

The Language of Flowers Workshop

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY

Morris Park LibraryBronx

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Noon – 7 pm

Dance Parade

Ages: All
Free

Dance Parade New YorkManhattan

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Noon – 5 pm

Queens International Children’s Festival 2025

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

Jamaica Performing Arts CenterJamaica

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Noon – 7 pm

Bronx Night Market

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Fordham PlazaBronx

Dreamland – rollercoaster 900×600

Noon – 11 pm

Bald Hill Fair

Catholic Health Ampitheater at Bald HillFarmingville

Noon

NYC Parks Presents: Spring Festival at Shoelace Park

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Shoelace ParkBronx

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Noon – 6 pm

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

Ages: All
Art
Community

Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the WaterfrontBrooklyn

Noon – 3 pm

Farmhouse Family Day: Pinkster Celebration

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY

Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumBrooklyn

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12:30 – 1:15 pm

In Motion Workshops at New York City Ballet

Ages: All
Art
Community

New York City Ballet Rehearsal Studios Samuel B. & David Rose BuildingManhattan

New York City Ballet

12:30 – 1:15 pm

Children’s Workshops at New York City Ballet

Ages: All
Art
Community

New York City Ballet Rehearsal Studios Samuel B. & David Rose BuildingManhattan

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1 – 4 pm

Storytelling and Sea Adventures

The Morgan Library & MuseumQueens

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1 pm

The Little Mermaid

Ages: 5 – 8
Dance
Theater

Ballet Long IslandRonkonkoma

1:30 pm

17th of May Parade

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

17th of May ParadeBrooklyn

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2 – 3 pm

Show Up, Kids! Interactive Family Comedy

Ages: 3 – 8
Comedy

The RATBrooklyn

2 – 3:30 pm

Spring Varietal

Ages: 3 and up
Dance
Theater

LTV StudiosWainscott

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2 pm

Backbone

Ages: 5 and up
Theater

Alice Tully HallManhattan

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2 – 4 pm

West African Dance Workshop with Live Drumming

Baobab: Tree of life by Beam CenterBronx

2 pm

May Family Movie Night

Ages: 3 – 12
Film

Hunts Point LibraryBronx

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