Things to Do With Kids on Long Island

Things to do with kids on Long Island

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Thursday Aug. 14, 2025

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1:30 – 3:30 pm

Operation Safe Child ID

Ages: All
Family
Free

Great Neck LibraryGreat Neck

Norber Operation Safe Child Great Neck

1:30 – 3:30 pm

“Operation Safe Child” at the Great Neck Library

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

Pool Nights Flyer 2025

5 – 8 pm

Pool Nights at SYS

Ages: 9 – 12
Family
Free

Southampton Youth ServicesSouthampton

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5 – 9:30 pm

LuminoCity Dino Safari

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

Friday Aug. 15

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

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10 am – 3 pm

The Little Animation Studio and Project Most Present: Stop Motion Animation “Claymation Party”

Ages: 5 – 8
Family

Project Most Community Learning CenterEast Hampton

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

JAWS-some Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Jaws-Some Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 1 pm

Build-a-Boat

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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Noon – 1 pm

Goat on a Boat Puppet Show: The Princess, the Frog & the Pea

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Family
Free

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

Fishing

3 – 7 pm

Fishing Trip for Charity

Captree State ParkBabylon

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5 – 10 pm

LuminoCity Dino Safari

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

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6 – 7 pm

Club 8: Ridiculously Fun Social Skills Group for Teens

Ages: 13 and up
Community
Family

Club 8Plainview

Saturday Aug. 16

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes
Family

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

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10 am – 1 pm

The Great Nature Play Day: A Summer Family Festival

Planting FieldsOyster Bay

10 – 11 am

Wildlife Wonders: Awesome Animals

Ages: 4 and under
Animals
Family

Sweetbriar Nature CenterSmithtown

10 am – 6 pm

Polish Town Fair & Festival

Polish Town USARiverhead

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11 am

Atlantic Base Ball Club 19th Century Base Ball

The Smithtown Historical SocietySmithtown

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

JAWS-some Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Jaws-Some Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 5 pm

Back to School Bash at The Shoppes at East Wind

Ages: All
Art
Family
Outdoors

The Shoppes at East WindWading River

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Noon – 9 pm

Kids Create: Jewelry Workshop at WACH

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Women’s Art Center of the HamptonsBridgehampton

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Noon – 2 pm

STORYTIME WITH JOEL (AND QUESTIONS. AND COMMENTS.)

Ages: All
Community
Family

Guild HallEast Hampton

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12:30 – 2:30 pm

Hot Wheels Monster Trucks™ Live Glow-N-Fire

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

UBS ArenaElmont

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1 – 4 pm

The Great Nature Play Day: A Summer Family Festival

Planting FieldsOyster Bay

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1 – 2:30 pm

DETOUR VI Talk: AI

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

Andy Tarshis Fine Art GalleryRiverhead

2 – 4 pm

Back-to-School Event

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Roosevelt FieldGarden City

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5 – 10 pm

LuminoCity Dino Safari

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

2025-08-16 Family Movie Night Landscape with Babe

6:30 – 8:30 pm

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Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Film

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Bay ShoreBay Shore

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