The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Saturday Sep. 27, 2025

FB Family Weekend

3:30 – 7:30 pm

Stony Brook Football vs. Merrimack

Ages: 5 – 8
Sports

Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook

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4 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

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5:30 – 8 pm

OFVS Kids’ Night Out

Ages: 5 – 12

OFVS Studio at Project MOSTEast Hampton

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6:30 – 11 pm

Illumination Light Art Festival

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Wagner ParkBattery Park City

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7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

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9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Sunday Sep. 28

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

10 am – noon

Clay Pot Making for Littles

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

The Reboli Center for Art and HistoryStony Brook

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10 am – 5 pm

Gabby’s Dollhouse MEOWseum Discover Day’s Takeover

Ages: 3 – 8
Attractions

Children’s Museum of ManhattanManhattan

Back to School Vivvi 9:28

10 – 11:30 am

Back to School, Back to Rhythm at Vivvi Tribeca

Ages: 8 and under
Dance
Music

Vivvi TribecaTribeca

9.28.25 SURVIVAL SCIENCE

10 am – 11:30 pm

Survival Science Family Workshop at SMLI

Ages: 5 and up
Outdoors

Science Museum Of Long IslandManhasset

2025 Friends of 4 Parks 5K and 10K Race

11 am – 2 pm

2025 Friends of 4 Parks 5K and 10K Race

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Macombs Dam ParkBronx

CornFest+

11 am – 5 pm

CornFest+

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions

Alley Pond ParkQueens Village

Jolly Roger Flag -Pic Only

11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am – 12:30 pm

Bugging Out!

Ages: 3 – 12
Environment

Green-Wood CemeteryBrooklyn

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1:30 – 3 pm

Watercolor Magic

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Free

Art on the Block NYCUpper West Side

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2 – 3 pm

Tour the Historic Thomas Dodge Homestead, c. 1721

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Create: Thomas Dodge HomesteadPort Washington

2 pm

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Mott Haven Library

2:30 pm

Sunday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Grand Concourse LibraryBronx

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4 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

4 – 5 pm

Family Gatherings: A Water Exploratorium Adventure with Spellbound Theatre

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Books & Readings

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

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9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Monday Sep. 29

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

10 am

Baby Storytime (Registration Required)

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

58th Street Library

10:30 am

Lapsit Storytime: Baby and Me

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

3:15 pm

Movie Monday – Encanto (2021)

Ages: 3 – 12
Film

Riverside LibraryNew York, NY

4 pm

Bingo!

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Mott Haven Library

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4 – 5 pm

Author Visit – Maria Wen Adcock and MY NAME IS AI LIN

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Free

Northport Public LibraryNorthport

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4 – 5 pm

Meet the Author: Maria Wen Adcock and MY NAME IS AI LIN

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Free

Northport Public LibraryNorthport

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