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

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Saturday Aug. 9, 2025

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

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9:30 – 10:30 am

Art Explorers Club: Watercolor Wonders for Ages 5 – 10

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Family

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

8.9 Art

10 am – noon

Adult + Child Art Class With Deborah Acquino

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Southampton Arts CenterSouthampton

Westhampton Beach Historical Society

10 am – 1 pm

Basket Weaving & Hand Stitchery

Ages: 3 and up
Classes
Community
Family

The Greater Westhampton Historical MuseumWesthampton Beach

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

Unbox a Saurus For Us

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Theater

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

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1 pm

Unbox a Saurus For Us

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Theater

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

Sunday Aug. 10

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

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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1:30 – 3:30 pm

Sing-A-Long with Alan Muraoka

Ages: 8 and under
Family

The SuffolkRiverhead

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