Things to do with kids in New York Metro Area

Things to do with kids on New York Metro Area

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Thursday Oct. 9, 2025

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Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

New York Botanical Garden

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The Great Jack O’ Lantern Blaze: Hudson Valley

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Manhattan Haunted Hues

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Color Factory New York

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Halloween Harvest

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Various

Cityside Pumpkin Patch

The Summer ClubLong Island City

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Halloween House Long Island

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7:30 – 8:30 am

Hot26 Yoga with Dana

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8 am – 5 pm

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

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern Art

Jeffrey Martinez WMBD

9 am – 4 pm

Find Your Wild at Wertheim NWR

Ages: All
Animals
Boating

Wertheim NWR Visitor CenterShirley

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9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish History

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10 am – 5 pm

Dinosaur Safari

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

10 am – 5 pm

Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

Ages: All
Attractions

Intrepid Museum

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10 am – 6 pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical Garden

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Heritage Farm & Garden 2025 Fall Festival

Heritage Farm & GardenMuttontown

10 am

Tot Time!

Ages: 4 and under
Free

Rainbow Playground at Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

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10 am – 5 pm

Hicks Nurseries 50th Annual Fall Festival

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

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10 am – 5 pm

Celebrate Latinx Heritage Week at CMOM

Children’s Museum of Manhattan

Brooklyn Prospect Park Stroller Walk

10 am

Prospect Park Stroller Walk

Ages: 2 and under
Community
Free

Prospect Park Audubon Center

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10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

10 – 11 am

Rockness Music Parent and Me Music Class

Ages: 5 – 8
Music

Under Minerva Art GalleryPark Slope

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

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10 am – 4 pm

Cat Chow Therapod

Ages: All
Animals
Free

100 Washington Square East

10:15 – 11 am

Lavender Blues: Little Learners

Ages: 12 and under
Free
Music

Riverdale LibraryRiverdale

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern Art

10:30 – 11:30 am

Baby Lap Time (Pre-Walkers)

Ages: 2 and under
Books & Readings
Dance

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

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11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterSuffolk

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11 am – 6 pm

Women’s EXPO

Ages: All
Community
Expo

Middle Country Public Library

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11 am – 5 pm

Brick-or-Treat: Monster Party

Ages: 3 – 12
Attractions
Games

LEGOLAND Discovery Center WestchesterYonkers

IKEA Secret Room Brooklyn

11 am – 7 pm

Discover the Secret Room at IKEA Brooklyn

Ages: 5 and up
Attractions
Free

IKEA BrooklynRed Hook

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11 am – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Free

IKEA House Warming

11:30 am

Little Movers: Toddler Time

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

Noon – 4 pm

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

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion MuseumNorwalk

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