The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

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Saturday Aug. 9, 2025

BLOCK-PARTY-HORIZONTAL

10 am – 6 pm

MAD Open House

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Family
Food & Drink

Museum of Arts and DesignManhattan

10 – 11 am

Summer Kids: Snapology

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Free

Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

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10:30 am – 1 pm

Guggenheim Museum Wake & Make Art Studio

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Community
Family

GuggenheimUpper East Side

10:30 am

Family Storytime: Stories, Songs and Rhymes for Little Ones

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

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11 am – noon

Ready, Set, Kindergarten! at the Sheepshead Bay Library

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

11 am – noon

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

11 am – 4:45 pm

Raptor Fest

Staten Island ZooStaten Island

11 am

Music & Movement

Ages: 12 and under
Family
Music

Port Richmond LibraryStaten Island

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Noon – 4 pm

ShopRite Kidz Cook: Breakfast Tacos

Ages: 5 – 8
Classes
Family
Food & Drink

Staten Island Childrens MuseumStaten Island

Noon – 6 pm

CREA Drop off Adventure

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Games

Industry CityBrooklyn

12:30 pm

The Wizard of Oz

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

12:30 – 2:30 pm

Apicha Community Health Fair

Ages: 5 – 8
Caribbean
Community
Family

Diversity PlazaJackson Heights

1 pm

Family Movie Day

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Film

West Farms LibraryBronx

1 pm

Family Movie Matinee

Ages: 12 and under
Family
Film

125th Street Library

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2 – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

2 – 3 pm

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

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2 – 4 pm

MoMA Family Art Making: Nature Drawings

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

2 pm

Slime!

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family

Mott Haven LibraryBronx

2 pm

Family Movie: Winnie the Pooh (2011)

Ages: 12 and under
Family
Film

Pelham Bay LibraryBronx

2 pm

Family Movie Day

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Film

Woodstock LibraryBronx

2 pm

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Great Kills LibraryStaten Island

2:30 pm

The Wizard of Oz

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

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