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

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Saturday Aug. 16, 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

Here In My Nest (border)

10 am – noon

Celebrate the new “Here in My Nest” StoryWalk® Trail at Sag Harbor’s Mashashimuet Park

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Free
Outdoors

Mashashimuet ParkSag Harbor

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

11 am – 1 pm

Magical Storytime with SparkStar

Ages: 5 – 8
Books & Readings
Family

Barnes & Noble RiverheadRiverhead

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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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1 – 6 pm

Long Island Oyster Jamboree

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Festivals
Free

Smith Point County ParkShirley

2025-08-16 Family Movie Night Landscape with Babe

6:30 – 8:30 pm

𝐔𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐒 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 “𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐁𝐀𝐁𝐄”

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Film

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Bay ShoreBay Shore

Sunday Aug. 17

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

Noon – 2 pm

Magical Storytime with SparkStar!

Ages: 5 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Barnes & Noble at Bridgehampton CommonsBridgehampton

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