Things to do with kids in New York Metro Area

Things to do with kids in New York Metro Area

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Saturday Nov. 1, 2025

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

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Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

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Various

The Great Jack O’ Lantern Blaze: Hudson Valley

Van Cortlandt ManorCroton-on-Hudson

Manhattan Haunted Hues

Various

Color Factory NYC Haunted Hues

Color Factory New York

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Various

Halloween House Long Island

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All day

Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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8am–5pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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8am–10pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

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8am–11pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

8am–5pm

YAMAN NYC: Filipino Cultural Festival & Marketplace October 31 – November 2, 2025

Ages: All
Art
Classes

New York Marriott MarquisTimes Square

8:30am–noon

Long Island Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Holiday

Eisenhower Park

PAWS OF WAR 5K Family RunWalk

9am–noon

PAWS OF WAR 5K Family Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Heckscher State ParkEast Islip

9am

The Rink at Rockefeller Center

Ages: All
Attractions

The Rink at Rockefeller Center

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9–10am

Leaf Litter Craft Workshop

Ages: 3 – 12
Animals
Art

Downs Farm PreserveCutchogue

9am–8pm

YAMAN NYC: Filipino Cultural Festival & Marketplace October 31 – November 2, 2025

Ages: All
Art
Classes

New York Marriott MarquisTimes Square

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10am–5:30pm

Dinosaur Safari

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

10am–5pm

Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

Ages: All
Attractions

Intrepid Museum

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10am–4:30pm

Heritage Farm & Garden 2025 Fall Festival

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10–11:30am

Wake Up & Dance with Suzi Shelton

Ages: 8 and under
Community
Music

ShapeShifter LabBrooklyn

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10am–6pm

Wicked Broadway Garden

Ages: All
Attractions

New York Botanical GardenBronx

10am–6pm

Brick-or-Treat

LEGOLAND New York ResortGoshen

10am–8pm

Halloween Hunt

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

10am–6pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

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10am–1pm

Family Art Project: Day of the Dead

Kids Clinics AT

10am–noon

FREE Kids Pickleball Clinics presented by Raising Cane’s

Ages: 5 – 8
Free
Sports

CityPickle Atlantic TerminalBrooklyn

10am–3pm

Candy Buy Back

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

Smile More DentistryTappan

10am–9:30pm

Bear Mountain Ice Rink

Bear Mountain Ice RinkTomkins Cove

Face Value

10:30am–5:30pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern Art

10:30am–3:45pm

Teatown’s Enchanted Forest

Cliffdale FarmCroton-on-Hudson

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11am–noon

Family First Saturdays: Storytime at the Morgan

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

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11am–5pm

Dinosaur Weekend!

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions

Alley Pond ParkQueens Village

Pumpkin-Patch

11am–5pm

Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

Aviator Sports and Events CenterBrooklyn

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