The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

Find the best events happening today for kids (5–8)

Post an Event

Thursday July 31, 2025

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – School Trips!

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

10 am – 5 pm

Kids Creative Corner

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

Bryant ParkManhattan

Sands-Willets House

10:30 – 11:30 am

Tour the Historic Sands-Willets House, c. 1735/1845

Ages: 5 and up
History & Culture
Tours

Sands-Willets HousePort Washington

10:30 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Mulberry Street Library

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

JAWS-some Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Jaws-Some Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Fantastical Sea Beasts and Where to Find Them

11 am – 1 pm

Fantastical Sea Beasts & Where to Find Them

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am

Summer Thursday Concert Series: Super Giant Creatures

Ages: 5 – 12
Music

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

11 am

Family Movie and a Craft: Moana 2

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

Kips Bay Library

11:30 am

Toddler Time: Little Movers

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

53rd Street Library

11:30 am

Little Movers Storytime: Toddlers and Tales

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

31st – Tea Time w Bluey

1 – 2 pm

Tea Time with Bluey at the Quogue Library

Ages: 5 – 8
Film
Free

Quogue Library IncQuogue

Harry potter celebration

1 – 3 pm

Harry Potter Birthday Celebration

Ages: All
Craft & DIY
Free

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

1 pm

ALT Ally Grow Your Self-Tree Collage

Ages: 5 and up
Craft & DIY

Jerome Park LibraryBronx

Gallery-tour-image4_photo-Stefan-Hagen (3)

2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community

2 pm

Summer Adventure: Marvelous Matisse!

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Tottenville LibraryStaten Island

2 pm

Summer Adventure: Sun-sational Suncatchers: July 31@2:00

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Kingsbridge LibraryBronx

2 pm

Summer Adventure: Sun-sational Suncatchers

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Baychester LibraryBaychester

2:30 pm

Summer Movie Series : Jumanji

Ages: 5 – 12
Film

Roosevelt Island Library

3 pm

Kids Open Book Discussion and Bookmark Making Craft

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Yorkville Library

3 pm

Summer Adventure: Sun-sational Suncatchers (Ages 8-12)

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Clason’s Point LibraryBronx

3 pm

Summertime Arts & Crafts: Color Craze

Ages: 5 and up
Craft & DIY

Epiphany Library

3 pm

Kid’s Crafts: Scratch Art

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Grand Concourse LibraryBronx

3 pm

Summer Adventure: The Hidden Layers of Invisible Ink

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Mott Haven LibraryBronx

3:30 pm

Summer Adventure: Sun-sational Suncatchers

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

South Beach LibraryStaten Island

3:30 pm

Summer Adventure: Marvelous Matisse

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Morningside Heights Library

4 pm

Kid Flicks: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes

Ages: 3 – 12
Film

Webster Library

4 pm

Karaoke at West Farms!

Ages: 5 – 12
Music

West Farms LibraryBronx

4 – 5:30 pm

Haunted Mansion Escape Room

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

4 pm

Summer Adventure: Sticky Structures

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Bloomingdale Library

+ Export Events

More from Around NYC

Southeast Queens youngsters, families, and job seekers will now have even more access to the internet at the Jamaica YMCA's AT&T sponsored Connected Learning Center.

New Connected Learning Center debuts at Jamaica YMCA with $50K grant from AT&T

Delicious breakfast on a light table. Top view, copy space.

Things to do this weekend in NYC, Aug. 1-3

Hal Weiner faces the. camera in a close-up shot.

Hal Weiner, ally who joined gay movement by defending Sylvia Rivera, dies at 90

pexels-karolina-grabowska-4386346

Bay Ridge man indicted for loan fraud and election scheme: DA