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Things to do with kids in Westchester

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Sunday Oct. 12, 2025

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Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

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The Great Jack O’ Lantern Blaze: Hudson Valley

Van Cortlandt ManorCroton-on-Hudson

8:15–11am

RACE FOR CATHERINE

Ages: All
Fundraisers

Fairfield Hills CampusNewtown

9am–4pm

Bronx Park East Farmers Market

Ages: All
Food & Drink
Free

2045 Bronx Park EastBronx

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9am–2pm

Riverdale Y Sunday Market

Riverdale TempleBronx

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10am–5:30pm

Dinosaur Safari

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

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10am–5pm

Nyack Famous Street Fair

Downtown NyackNyack

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10am–6pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Boo at the Zoo

10am–5:30pm

Bronx Zoo Boo at the Zoo

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

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10am–6pm

Wicked Broadway Garden

Ages: All
Attractions

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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10am–5:30pm

Indigenous Peoples’ Weekend

Ages: All
Art
Classes

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10am–7pm

Brick-or-Treat: Monster Party

Ages: 3 – 12
Attractions
Games

LEGOLAND Discovery Center WestchesterYonkers

10am–6pm

Brick-or-Treat

LEGOLAND New York ResortGoshen

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10am–1pm

Family Art Project: Corn Husk Dolls

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY

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10am–5pm

Catskill Mountain Railroad Fall Foliage Adventure Trains

Catskill Mountain RailroadKingston

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10am–4pm

Ride “The Husking Bee” Pumpkin Patch Train

Ages: 3 – 8
Attractions
Fundraisers

Danbury Railway MuseumDanbury

11am–5pm

Stew Leonard’s of Yonkers Children’s Pumpkin Palooza

Ages: All
Craft & DIY

Stew Leonard’s YonkersYonkers

11am–4pm

Fall Fest 2025

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Festivals

Belvedere EstateTarrytown

Noon–4pm

“Bulls of Wall Street,” a New Exhibition on 19th-century Finance

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion MuseumNorwalk

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Noon–4pm

Family Art Workshop: Sun Prints

Ages: All
Art
Classes

Hudson River MuseumYonkers

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Noon–4pm

Family Art Workshop: Masquerade Masks

Hudson River MuseumYonkers

Noon

Eastchester Columbus Day Parade

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Eastchester Columbus Day ParadeEastchester

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Noon–4pm

Family Science Workshop: Visualizing Heat

Ages: All
Attractions
Classes

Hudson River MuseumYonkers

12:30–10:30pm

Dakota’s Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Art
Community

Dakota’sBronx

1–11pm

Eastchester Columbus Day Carnival

Lake Isle Country ClubEastchester

1–6pm

White Plains OktoberFest 2025

White Plains OktoberfestWhite Plains

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4–6:30pm

STEM Family Sundays at iFLY New York Westchester

Ages: 3 and up

iFLY Indoor Skydiving – WestchesterYonkers

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5:30–8pm

Mystic Moon: A Spooktacular Experience at Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard

Ages: 3 and up
Food & Drink
Halloween

Harvest Moon Farm & OrchardNorth Salem

7pm

The Haunt at Wildcliff Mansion

Ages: 9 and up
Halloween
Holiday

Hudson Park Children’s GreenhouseNew Rochelle

Pumpkin Nights with Visitors

7pm

Harvest Glow

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

Pumpkin Nights with Visitors

8pm

Harvest Glow

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

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