Things to Do With Kids on Long Island

Things to do with kids on Long Island

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Saturday Sep. 20, 2025

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes
Family

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

2025 8 Scarecrow contest GFX

All day

8th Annual Scarecrow Contest at The Shoppes

The Shoppes at East WindWading River

The Great Cow Harbor

8:30 – 11:30 am

THE GREAT COW HARBOR 10K RUN & 2K Fun Run

Ages: All
Family
Fundraisers

PARKING – Northport High SchoolNorthport

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Heritage Farm & Garden 2025 Fall Festival

Heritage Farm & GardenMuttontown

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10 am – 5 pm

Hicks Nurseries 50th Annual Fall Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

10 am – 4 pm

45th Annual Pickle Festival

John Gardiner FarmHuntington

Sands-Willets House

10:30 – 11:30 am

Tour the Historic Sands-Willets House, c. 1735/1845

Ages: 5 and up
Family
History & Culture
Tours

Sands-Willets HousePort Washington

Legendary Crafts Jelly Fish Wand – Image Only

11 am – 4 pm

Legendary Crafts

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Jolly Roger Flag -Pic Only

11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Family
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am – 6 pm

San Gennaro Feast at Lenny Bruno Farms

Lenny Bruno FarmsManorville

Yo, Ho, Ho & A Barrel of Fun! – Image Only Only

11 am – 1 pm

Yo, Ho, Ho and a Barrel of Fun

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 11 pm

38th Annual Bellmore Family Street Festival

Bellmore Long Island Rail Road Parking LotBellmore

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11 am – 1 pm

DEEP SKY IMAX Featuring Solar Viewing from the Hamptons Observatory

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Film
Outdoors

Southampton PlayhouseSouthampton

OBRM Rail Fest 2025 Poster

11 am – 5 pm

Oyster Bay Railroad Museum’s Rail Fest 2025

Oyster Bay Railroad MuseumOyster Bay

Sunday Sep. 21

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes
Family

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

2025 8 Scarecrow contest GFX

All day

8th Annual Scarecrow Contest at The Shoppes

The Shoppes at East WindWading River

Ocean to Sound 50 Mile Relay

7 am – 4 pm

Ocean to Sound 50 Mile Relay

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Fundraisers
Sports

Jones Beach State Park – Field 2Wantagh

Paws Walk Flyer

8 am – 1 pm

4th Annual Long Island Cares 5k & Paws Walk

Belmont Lake State ParkNorth Babylon

Potatohampton 5K RunWalk in Honor of Peter Walsh

8 – 11 am

Potatohampton 5K Run/Walk in Honor of Peter Walsh

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Fundraisers
Sports

The Bridgehampton MuseumBridgehampton

8:30 – 11:30 am

Mashashimuet Park Friends and Family 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Fundraisers
Sports

Mashashimuet ParkSag Harbor

9 am – 3 pm

Inclusion In Motion 6 Hour Event (Up to 26.2 miles)

Heckscher State ParkEast Islip

9 am – noon

YMCA East Hampton RECenter 5K Run/Walk

East Hampton Main BeachEast Hampton

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Heritage Farm & Garden 2025 Fall Festival

Heritage Farm & GardenMuttontown

10 am – 2 pm

You’re Invited to Sun Day!

Ages: 5 and up
Car Show
Community
Family

819 Grand Boulevard Deer Park, NY 11729Deer Park

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10 am – 5 pm

Hicks Nurseries 50th Annual Fall Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

Legendary Crafts Jelly Fish Wand – Image Only

11 am – 4 pm

Legendary Crafts

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Jolly Roger Flag -Pic Only

11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Family
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am – 6 pm

San Gennaro Feast at Lenny Bruno Farms

Lenny Bruno FarmsManorville

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