Join Mommy Poppins and the best camps and activities for NYC kids for a fun indoor winter festival. Step inside the Giant Snow Globe, watch a magic show, enjoy face painting and balloon twisting, and try out archery, robotics, animation, tumbling, theater games, and lots more! Read More

Shake all those wiggles out at Battery Park City's weekly kid concerts. Attendance is first-come, first-served, so arrive early for one of the two sessions. Read More

Celebrate Black History Month and discover Black figures in American history and revolutions around the world. This event includes reading circles and art activities inspired by the work of Alma Thomas.   Read More

Kids explore the fun and surprising world of architectural pop-ups, learning how artists and designers turn flat paper into three-dimensional structures. Look at creative examples of pop-up buildings, then use those techniques as inspiration to design building-inspired valentines to share with friends, family, or anyone special. Read More

Dr. Myrah Brown Green presents a workshop focused on Adinkra—African symbols that represent concepts, proverbs, and aphorisms. Choose a symbol that is meaningful to you and create a hand-stitched symbol to take home. Read More

Spend the morning at a free, live performance of Tumble Science Podcast for Kids, featuring science, storytelling, games, and music—all about the sounds of space! Read More

Ten artists team up with a professional ice carver from Okamoto Studio for this live ice carving demonstration on Governors Island. Visitors can witness real-time ice carving, and enjoy snacks from local food trucks and live DJ entertainment.   Read More

Enjoy this midday celebration of movement, creativity, and play for kids of all ages in Grand Central's iconic Vanderbilt Hall. Read More

Create art together under the guidance of resident artist, Brandon Thomas Brown. In this hands-on printmaking workshop designed for young children and their parents, families use a simple, no-press process and create a playful, one-of-a-kind portrait print that celebrates connection, care, and togetherness. Read More

Cali Co Cat hosts a morning of meow-sic and purr-cussion during these winter storytime sessions. Bring your imagination and storytelling skills to enjoy some tales with your favorite feline. Read More

Celebrate Valentine's Day with an afternoon of arts and crafts and family fun. Read More

In this hands-on workshop for 3rd-5th graders, students create bold, one-of-a-kind portraits starting with a photograph, then cutting, layering, and collaging the image with words, textures, and silhouettes. The final designs are brought to life as cyanotype photographic prints. Read More

Celebrate Valentine's Day by designing heartfelt Valentine cards and making festive, love-themed crafts using colorful supplies, stickers, stamps, and more.   Read More

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are. Read More

Paws...and curl up with a season of family films featuring cats and dogs. Stick around after the film for free family fun with student colleagues of Columbia Artist/Teachers. Read More

On select days throughout the year, all national parks in the United States are open to the public with no admission fee.  Read More

If you need to stave off cabin fever during winter break, the New York City Parks Department has just the thing to get you out of the house. The Urban Park Rangers are hosting a slew of FREE “Kids Week” programs. Immerse your kids in the natural world.  Read More

Dive into vernacular architecture spotted across East Asia, learning about history and architecture and why it remains important to our fundamental understanding of height from ancient times to the present day. Then, celebrate Lunar New Year by creating illuminated paper lanterns, decorated with that architecture in mind.  Read More

The Better Chinatown Society's annual New Year's celebration is hosted in Sara D. Roosevelt Park with firecrackers, cultural performances, and much more. Read More

The Prospect Park Alliance offers family-friendly programming every day during midwinter recess. Read More

It's Kids Week at Bryant Park and time for the little ones to take over the skating rink. Join a free skate lesson, watch junior skaters perform on the ice, and skate around to music from iconic kids’ shows and movies. The fun continues off the ice with themed activities and workshops each day.  Read More

NYC Parks, the Urban Park Rangers, and the Friends of the Biddle House team up to lead a nature walk along the park trails and beach, followed by a quill writing art activity! Read More

King Manor invites kids inside for Freezin’ Season, an activity series to help keep kids busy during winter break that includes a Lunar New Year celebration, a look at female inventors, and a bookmark workshop in honor of Frederick Douglass. Read More

Celebrating its 30th year, the Harlem Gymnastics Invitational features various levels of gymnasts competing in rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, and girls artistic gymnastics, creating a live spectacle of sport. Read More

The Harlem Renaissance gave rise to literary, artistic, and social movements that advocated for challenging segregation and adopting Civil Rights. Learn how these developments, including jazz, poetry, and musical theater, were reflected by Harlem’s architecture then and now. Then, create collages using cutouts of New York buildings, art pieces, and literature from the renaissance. Read More

Celebrate Year of the Horse at City Point with traditional lion dances, Lunar New Year-inspired crafts, and more! Families are encouraged to come dressed in red. Stroller parking is available. Read More

Children’s author Helen Rogosin is back with the grumpy, yet loveable Wuffy, who teaches the importance of collaboration and problem-solving in this reading adventure, including a chance to try your hand as a paleontologist. Read More

Create art together under the guidance of resident artist, Brandon Thomas Brown. In this hands-on printmaking workshop designed for young children and their parents, families use a simple, no-press process and create a playful, one-of-a-kind portrait print that celebrates connection, care, and togetherness.   Read More

Ring in the Year of the Horse with self-discovery, transformation, and connection, including a beloved lion dance performance on Josie Robertson Plaza by the Tai Look Lion Dance Company, a Chinatown favorite. Read More

Take advantage of the unique opportunity that winter provides to learn about bugs while they’re inactive. The Urban Park Rangers lead kids on a hands-on exploration into the secret life of bugs, focusing on the work of Black scientists who saw beauty in even the lowliest of critters.   Read More

Check out the 15th annual 90-Second Newbery Film Festival—a yearly video contest in which kid filmmakers create weird, short movies that tell the entire stories of Newbery award-winning books in about 90 seconds. Read More