The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Saturday April 12, 2025

Noon

Family Movie Day: Mulan

Ages: All
Film

Jerome Park LibraryBronx

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12:30 pm

Alice in Wonderland

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

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1 pm

Firebird

Ages: 5 and up
Dance

Ballet Long IslandRonkonkoma

1 – 3 pm

Eggstravaganza Concert & Egg Hunt

Ages: 12 and under
Attractions
Community

Shore Road ParkBrooklyn

Baseball Campbell

1 – 4 pm

Stony Brook Baseball vs. Campbell

Ages: 5 – 8
Free
Sports

Joe Nathan FieldStony Brook

1 pm

Saturday Arts & Crafts

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Grand Concourse LibraryBronx

1 pm

Family Movie Matinee

Ages: 12 and under
Film

125th Street Library

1 pm

Family Movie Day

Ages: 5 – 12
Film

West Farms LibraryBronx

1:30 – 2:15 pm

Danceability

Ages: 5 and up
Dance
Free

The Children’s Museum of the East EndBridgehampton

2 – 4 pm

Mushroom Walk with New York Mycological Society

Ages: 5 and up
Free

Staten Island MuseumStaten Island

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2 – 3 pm

Show Up, Kids! Interactive Family Comedy

Ages: 3 – 8
Comedy

The RATBrooklyn

12th… – Girls Who Code

2 – 2:45 pm

Girls Who Code

Ages: 5 – 12
Caribbean
Classes

Quogue Library IncQuogue

2 pm

Art Craft

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Parkchester LibraryBronx

2 pm

Little Makers Club: Ebru Turkish Marbling Art

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Macomb’s Bridge Library

2 pm

Movie Day and PJ

Ages: 3 – 12
Film

Woodstock LibraryBronx

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2:30 pm

Alice in Wonderland

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

3 pm

Family Storytime

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings

Wakefield LibraryWakefield

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4 – 4:45 pm

Bilingual Birdies Bring Music and Dance to the Museum

Ages: 5 – 8
Caribbean
En Español

Staten Island Children’s MuseumStaten Island

7:30 pm

Family Seder 2025

Ages: 12 and under
Food & Drink
Holiday

Chabad of the West SideUpper West Side

Sunday April 13

FSS NYPL

All day

Story Time with NYPL

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

Familiares FSS

All day

Recorridos Familiares

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
En Español

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

Various

Photos with the Bunny at Kings Plaza

Ages: All
Easter
Holiday

Kings Plaza Shopping CenterBrooklyn

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9 am – 6 pm

Bluey x CAMP

Ages: 3 – 8
Attractions

CAMP 5th AvenueManhattan

Manhattan The East Midtown Easter Egg Hunt 2025

9 am – 5 pm

The East Midtown Easter Egg Hunt 2025

Ages: 3 – 8
Community
Easter

All Around East MidtownEast Midtown

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10 am – 5 pm

Moon to Mars

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

10 am – 6 pm

The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism

Ages: All

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Nature Festival- Pond Scooping

10 am – 4 pm

Nature Festival

Ages: 3 – 12
Festivals
Outdoors

Center for Science Teaching and Learning-Tanglewood PreserveRockville Center

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Flora and Fauna Mosaics

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY

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10 am – noon

Breakfast with The Bunny

Ages: 12 and under
Easter
Holiday

Hard Rock Cafe New YorkManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Earth Rocks!

Ages: 12 and under
Animals
Art

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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10 am – 5 pm

Aviators, Poets and Dreamers Exhibit at the Cradle of Aviation Museum

Ages: 5 – 12
Attractions
Fundraisers

Cradle of Aviation MuseumGarden City

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