Things to Do With Kids on Long Island

Things to do with kids on Long Island

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Wednesday Oct. 8, 2025

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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

October 8 2025 – FB Cover – Montauk Library

5:30 – 6:30 pm

Planning for the Future: How New Tax Laws Could Affect Your Estate

Montauk LibraryMontauk

BOOKMARKED

6:30 – 7:30 pm

Bookmarked: A Current Fiction Book Discussion

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

7 – 10 pm

Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Gateway PACSCBellport

Thursday Oct. 9

Long Island Halloween-House Long Island-2024-11

Various

Halloween House Long Island

Broadway CommonsHicksville

Jeffrey Martinez WMBD

9 am – 4 pm

Find Your Wild at Wertheim NWR

Ages: All
Animals
Boating
Family

Wertheim NWR Visitor CenterShirley

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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

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11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Family
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 6 pm

Women’s EXPO

Ages: All
Community
Expo
Family

Middle Country Public LibraryCentereach

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4:30 – 5:30 pm

Kids Yoga @One Ocean Yoga

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Health & Fitness

One Ocean YogaBridgehampton

Lights Out at the Museum – Pic Only

5 – 7 pm

Lights Out at the Museum

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Family
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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6 – 7:30 pm

Twilight Zone Unpacked: The Monsters on Maple Street

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

6:30 – 9 pm

INKTOBER Workshop for Teens

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Classes
Family

The Reboli Center for Art and HistoryStony Brook

7 – 10 pm

Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Gateway PACSCBellport

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7 – 8 pm

“The First Science from the Vera Rubin Observatory” (A Free, Virtual Lecture)

Ages: 9 and up
Caribbean
Community
Family

Hamptons Observatory with Suffolk County Community College (online)East Hampton

Friday Oct. 10

Long Island Halloween-House Long Island-2024-11

Various

Halloween House Long Island

Broadway CommonsHicksville

Jeffrey Martinez WMBD

9 am – 4 pm

Find Your Wild at Wertheim NWR

Ages: All
Animals
Boating
Family

Wertheim NWR Visitor CenterShirley

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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

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

1 – 8 pm

Famous Food Festival “Taste the World”

Tanger Outlets Deer ParkDeer Park

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6 – 7 pm

Club 8: Ridiculously Fun Social Skills Group for Teens

Ages: 13 and up
Community
Family

Club 8Plainview

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6 – 9 pm

Spooky Fest

Center for Science Teaching and Learning-Tanglewood PreserveRockville Center

7 – 10 pm

Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Gateway PACSCBellport

Saturday Oct. 11

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes
Family

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

Long Island Halloween-House Long Island-2024-11

Various

Halloween House Long Island

Broadway CommonsHicksville

Weekend FunRun Nassau County 5K RunWalk

8:30 am – noon

Weekend FunRun Nassau County 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Fundraisers
Sports

Eisenhower Park – Field/Lot #2East Meadow

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Family
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

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