The Best Kids (5–8) Activities on Staten Island

Things to do with kids on Staten Island

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Sunday Oct. 5, 2025

Blazing Trails 5K & 1 Mile Walk for Autism

8:30 – 11:30 am

Blazing Trails 5K & 1 Mile Walk for Autism

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Eisenhower Park FIELD 2

31st Annual Massapequa Park Mile

9 am – noon

31st Annual Massapequa Park Mile

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Massapequa Funeral Home Parking Lot

MWCABC 27th Annual 5K RunWalk

9:30 am – 12:30 pm

MWCABC 27th Annual 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Mary Jane Davies Park

2nd Annual Montauk School PTA Fall Color Fun RunWalk

10 am – 1 pm

2nd Annual Montauk School PTA Fall Color Fun Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

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10 am – 7 pm

Brick-or-Treat: Monster Party

Ages: 3 – 12
Attractions
Games

LEGOLAND Discovery Center WestchesterYonkers

10 – 11:15 am

Halloween Dance Party

Ages: 5 – 8
Halloween
Holiday

Simply Gather SI

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10 am – 1 pm

Variety Child Learning Center 2nd Annual Boo! Walk

Ages: All
Free

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial ParkOyster Bay

10:30 – 11:30 am

JC4K Celebrates Sukkot

Ages: 8 and under
Free
Holiday

First Hebrew CongregationPeekskill

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11 am – 5 pm

Pumpkin Weekends

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions

Alley Pond Park

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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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Noon – 4 pm

Oktoberfest – Celebrate at Snug Harbor

Ages: All
Food & Drink
Games

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Noon – 6 pm

The Atlantic Antic™ 50th Anniversary Festival

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

Atlantic Avenue from Hicks Street to Fourth Avenue

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Noon – 4 pm

Family Fun Day at Untermyer Gardens

Ages: 3 – 12

Untermyer GardensYonkers

12:30 – 3:30 pm

Art in the Garden

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Classes

Patchen Community SquareBed-Stuy

1 – 6 pm

Lighthouse Point Fest

Ages: All
Festivals

National Lighthouse Museum

2 – 4 pm

Trial and Error Launch Party

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings
Free

Books of Wonder

Origami

2 – 3 pm

Easy Origami for Kids

Ages: 5 – 12
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

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4 – 4:45 pm

DJ Got Me Fit Dance Party

Ages: 5 – 12
Dance

Staten Island Children’s MuseumRandall Manor

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5:30 – 8 pm

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

Ages: 3 and up
Food & Drink
Halloween

Harvest Moon Farm & OrchardNorth Salem

Monday Oct. 6

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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11 am – 5 pm

Brick-or-Treat: Monster Party

Ages: 3 – 12
Attractions
Games

LEGOLAND Discovery Center WestchesterYonkers

3 pm

Kids STEAM: Storytime STEAM

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings

Riverdale Library

3 – 4 pm

Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month: S.T.E.A.M. Loteria & Piñata Party

Ages: 5 – 12
Free
History & Culture

125th Street Library

4 – 4:45 pm

Reading Buddies

Ages: 5 – 8
Books & Readings
Free

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

4:30 pm

Watch & Read Movie Day

Ages: 5 – 12
Film

Morrisania Library

Village Family Movie Night

5 – 7 pm

Drive-in Family Movie Night @ the Village Branch

Ages: 5 – 12
Film
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library Village BranchHaverstraw

Elementary Explorers

6 – 7 pm

Elementary Explorers

Ages: 5 – 12
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

6:30 – 7:30 pm

Mini Makers: Jack-o-Lantern Prints

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Craft & DIY

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

Tuesday Oct. 7

Jeffrey Martinez WMBD

9 am – 4 pm

Find Your Wild at Wertheim NWR

Ages: All
Animals
Boating

Wertheim NWR Visitor CenterShirley

IKEA Secret Room Brooklyn

11 am – 7 pm

Discover the Secret Room at IKEA Brooklyn

Ages: 5 and up
Attractions
Free

IKEA BrooklynRed Hook

Homework Help

4 – 5 pm

Homework Help

Ages: 5 and up
Books & Readings
Community

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

4 – 5 pm

Faber Recreation Center Youth Drop-In Program Current Event Journaling & Debate

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Free

Faber ParkPort Richmond

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