Things to Do With Kids on Long Island

Things to do with kids on Long Island

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Thursday Oct. 9, 2025

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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
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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

Run Walk Praise 5K Run Walk

9 am – noon

Run Walk Praise 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Fundraisers
Sports

Baldwin Harbor ParkBaldwin

Morning at the Museum 2

9 am – noon

Morning at the Museum

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Family
Free

Suffolk County Vanderbilt MuseumCenterport

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

Celebration Pic

10 am – 1 pm

Free Family Fun: 26th Annual Celebration of the Long Pond Greenbelt

Ages: 5 – 12
Environment
Family
Free

South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo)Bridgehampton

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10 am – noon

Inventions of the Renaissance Family Workshop at the Science Museum of Long Island

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Family
Free

Science Museum Of Long IslandManhasset

10 am – 5 pm

STEM•X Festival 2025

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Cradle of Aviation MuseumGarden City

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10 am – noon

CMEE’S Big Birthday Bash!

Ages: All
Family

Children’s Museum of the East EndBridgehampton

11 am – 8 pm

Famous Food Festival “Taste the World”

Tanger Outlets Deer ParkDeer Park

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

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11 am – 5 pm

Montauk Chamber of Commerce Fall Fest Weekend

Montauk Town GreenMontauk

11-11 Fall In

Noon – 1 pm

“Fall In”: WWII Basic Training Experience

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Southampton History MuseumSouthampton

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