# Things to do with kids in Nassau County, NY

> 32 upcoming family events and 1 places and ongoing programs in Nassau County, NY, in the New York–Newark–Jersey City area. Listings whose address ZIP code is in this county (Census Bureau ZIP-to-county file). Dates and times are Eastern Time. Today is Sat, Oct 24.

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## Events ahead

- [LICM Ghostly Gala](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/licm-ghostly-gala--listing-38d478b02ffc1faa7bc96856) — Sat, Oct 24 · 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM · Long Island Children's Museum, Garden City · From $18 · checked Oct 11. Enjoy a family Halloween evening with a dance party, museum trick-or-treating, craft projects and mystery activities. Optional theater performances require an add-on ticket.
- [Scarecrow Garden at Old Westbury Gardens](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/scarecrow-garden-at-old-westbury-gardens--listing-fc5798a79412f2a10e743eac) — Oct 14 – Oct 31 · 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM · Old Westbury Gardens · With admission · checked Oct 14. A seasonal display of creative scarecrows, from charming to clever to wonderfully weird, at Old Westbury Gardens. Visitors stroll the Scarecrow Garden and vote for the Crowd…
- [STEM Explorers: Spooky Science — LICM](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/stem-explorers-spooky-science-licm--listing-3b6ddd53550ae7ec548d98b2) — Sat, Oct 24 · 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM · Long Island Children's Museum, Garden City · Ages 4+ · With admission · checked Oct 14. LICM's Green Teens lead young visitors in exploring the science of all things spooky ahead of Halloween. STEM Explorers is powered by Green Teens with support from National Grid.
- [Super Family Saturday: Enchanted Forest - Nassau County Museum of Art](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/super-family-saturday-enchanted-forest-nassau-county-museum-of-art--listing-878a31d72af55fb70dab0e14) — Sat, Oct 24 · 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM · Nassau County Museum of Art - Manes Art Education Center, Roslyn Harbor · From $10 · checked Oct 15. Family event with hands-on artmaking and creative activities inspired by the changing seasons and the museum's forest; wander an enchanted forest, discover surprises and gather…
- [Trick or Treat Tours — Planting Fields Main House](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/trick-or-treat-tours-planting-fields-main-house--listing-e7fc1f06d00572717e0dd04c) — Sat, Oct 24 (+3 more dates) · 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Planting Fields — The Main House, Oyster Bay · From $5 · checked Oct 20. A self-guided trick-or-treat adventure inside Planting Fields' historic Main House in Oyster Bay. Children follow a treasure map room by room, collecting candy, prizes and fun…
- [Fall Finale Halloween Car Show and Trunk-or-Treat](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/fall-finale-halloween-car-show-and-trunk-or-treat--listing-4cc673ceac20cad20ca93789) — Sun, Oct 25 · 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM · Town Park at Malibu, Lido Beach · Free · checked Oct 14. The Town of Hempstead's Fall Finale Car Show moves to Sunday, October 25 with a Halloween twist: a day of cars, costumes and Halloween fun in the Malibu Shore Club parking lot at…
- [Little Learners Art Lab — Long Island Children's Museum](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/little-learners-art-lab-long-island-children-s-museum--listing-ffd71cb1631be333e532f143) — Thu, Oct 29 (+6 more dates) · 11:30 AM · Long Island Children's Museum, Garden City · From $4 · checked Oct 14. A weekly hands-on art workshop where participants are introduced to materials, artmaking and inspiration from artists and techniques, building critical thinking, vocabulary and…
- [Friendly Hours (sensory-friendly) — Long Island Children's Museum](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/friendly-hours-sensory-friendly-long-island-children-s-museum--listing-bebdd72b25ff8a0d22d67b73) — Fri, Oct 30 · 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Long Island Children's Museum, Garden City · Free · sold out when last checked · checked Oct 14. Friendly Hours let families of children with disabilities experience the museum when there are fewer visitors, with limited attendance and reduced sound and lighting. Free museum…
- [Family Saturdays: Artmaking for the Whole Family - Nassau County Museum of Art](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/family-saturdays-artmaking-for-the-whole-family-nassau-county-museum-o--listing-b12a1256a895e1ac541a280a) — Sat, Oct 31 (+1 more date) · 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Nassau County Museum of Art - Manes Art Education Center, Roslyn Harbor · Ages 2–14 · From $10 · checked Oct 15. Drop-in family artmaking at the Manes Center inspired by the galleries, stay about 45 minutes, then explore the Millstone Reading Lab. Projects: Oct 17 Light-Up Forests, Oct 31…
- [STEM•X Festival 2026 — Cradle of Aviation Museum](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/stem-x-festival-2026-cradle-of-aviation-museum--listing-a391d5e1ee399a7e91fc9656) — Sat, Oct 31 (+1 more date) · 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM · Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City · All ages · Free · checked Oct 14. Long Island's STEM festival at the Cradle of Aviation Museum with hands-on activities, live demonstrations and interactive experiences for all ages. Admission is free but advance…
- [Día de los Muertos — Long Island Children's Museum](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/dia-de-los-muertos-long-island-children-s-museum--listing-f9e59b7ea9534175241ffa94) — Sun, Nov 1 · 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM · Long Island Children's Museum, Garden City · With admission · checked Oct 14. A Day of Healing through Play in honor of National Children's Grief Awareness Month. Families learn about Día de los Muertos and make crafts honoring ancestors and loved ones…
- [Princess and Villains Day at the Castle — Sands Point Preserve](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/princess-and-villains-day-at-the-castle-sands-point-preserve--listing-b261cac2bbe1b89c183a96c0) — Sun, Nov 1 · 12:00 PM – 4:30 PM · Hempstead House, Sands Point Preserve · From $70 · checked Oct 14. A trick-or-treat adventure at Hempstead House: children decorate their own trick-or-treat bags, then travel through the castle's rooms meeting a princess or villain character in…
- [Little Sound Explorers — Planting Fields](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/little-sound-explorers-planting-fields--listing-1c95e7d89d6aaa3d5505640b) — Tue, Nov 3 (+1 more date) · 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM · Planting Fields — Education Center, Oyster Bay · Ages 2–7 · From $25 · checked Oct 20. A playful music class for children ages 2–7 and their caregivers, led by an educator from Notes & Nirvana in Planting Fields' Education Center. Inspired by the sights, sounds and…
- [Snowflake Sock Skating Opening Weekend — Long Island Children's Museum](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/snowflake-sock-skating-opening-weekend-long-island-children-s-museum--listing-b80e0b5cb5ee4cfa7eb2f999) — Sat, Nov 7 (+1 more date) · 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Long Island Children's Museum, Garden City · Ages 2+ · With admission · checked Oct 16. The Long Island Children's Museum opens its winter sock-skating season with two drop-in crafts on November 7 and 8. In 'Let's Skate', children build a winter pond scene with a…
- [AdvoKids: Veterans Day Code Breakers — Long Island Children's Museum](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/advokids-veterans-day-code-breakers-long-island-children-s-museum--listing-8d6b599eff7617ed0ba62fd5) — Wed, Nov 11 · 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM · Long Island Children's Museum, Garden City · Ages 0+ · With admission · checked Oct 16. For Veterans Day, the Long Island Children's Museum's monthly AdvoKids series tells the story of Navy veteran Julia Parsons and her code-breaking work during World War II. After…
- [Free Pictures with Santa and Animated Christmas Story — Hicks Nurseries, Westbury](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/free-pictures-with-santa-and-animated-christmas-story-hicks-nurseries--listing-a05f31fe238513fbc9470a6c) — Nov 14 – Dec 31 · Hicks Nurseries, Westbury · Free · checked Oct 24. Hicks Nurseries in Westbury turns its garden center into Long Island's largest Christmas store each season, and its kids' traditions are all free. Santa sits for pictures every…
- [Magic of Lights Drive-Through at Jones Beach](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/magic-of-lights-drive-through-at-jones-beach--listing-6a476c99923cfbf0fc1036e1) — Nov 20 – Jan 3 · 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM · Jones Beach State Park, Wantagh · All ages · From $22 · checked Oct 16. Magic of Lights is a drive-through holiday light show at Jones Beach State Park. Families stay in their car and wind along a route of LED displays and digital animations showing…
- [Massapequa Park Turkey Trot](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/massapequa-park-turkey-trot--listing-e4b272a08e88803e28d8bc6d) — Sat, Nov 21 · 8:30 AM · Brady Park, Massapequa Park · From $15 · checked Oct 21. Massapequa Park's Turkey Trot is held the Saturday before Thanksgiving at Brady Park on Lake Shore Drive. Kids start with the Youth Fun Run at 8:30 a.m., a three-quarter-mile…
- [Jolly Jamboree — Long Island Children's Museum](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/jolly-jamboree-long-island-children-s-museum--listing-e13fa81e8f582668832362ec) — Sat, Nov 28 · 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM · Long Island Children's Museum, Garden City · From $16 · checked Oct 14. LICM's evening holiday kickoff with joyful activities, creative crafts, seasonal music, hands-on art projects, holiday-themed performances and surprise visits from Santa and…
- [Celebrate Hanukkah: Dreidel Making — Long Island Children's Museum](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/celebrate-hanukkah-dreidel-making-long-island-children-s-museum--listing-c46e7c7bba2cebd7b542a8b3) — Sun, Nov 29 · 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Long Island Children's Museum, Garden City · Ages 2+ · With admission · checked Oct 16. Ahead of Hanukkah, the Long Island Children's Museum runs a drop-in afternoon about the dreidel. Children learn the game's history and rules, then decorate their own dreidel to…
- [Free Photos with Santa at Stew Leonard's East Meadow](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/free-photos-with-santa-at-stew-leonard-s-east-meadow--listing-b2d267df12179b65eab00c5c) — Sat, Dec 5 (+5 more dates) · 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Stew Leonard's East Meadow · Free · checked Oct 21. Stew Leonard's East Meadow offers complimentary photos with Santa Claus on weekends in December. Santa visits on Saturdays and Sundays from December 5 through December 20, from…
- [Jingle Bell Run — Long Island (Hofstra)](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/jingle-bell-run-long-island-hofstra--listing-8c76034729a39c180a85931a) — Sat, Dec 5 · 10:30 AM · Hofstra University, Hofstra USA Building, Hempstead · Up to 12 · From $25 · checked Oct 21. The Long Island edition of the Arthritis Foundation's Jingle Bell Run takes place on the Hofstra University campus in Hempstead on Saturday, December 5, with festivities based at…
- [Holiday Caroling with the Long Island High School for the Arts — Old Westbury Gardens](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/holiday-caroling-with-the-long-island-high-school-for-the-arts-old-wes--listing-6fa942cc26d7cd030c69c452) — Sun, Dec 6 · 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Old Westbury Gardens — Westbury House · With admission · checked Oct 16. Student performers from the Long Island High School for the Arts fill Westbury House with carols and festive favourites in this annual holiday performance at Old Westbury…
- [Holiday House Tours — Planting Fields Main House](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/holiday-house-tours-planting-fields-main-house--listing-2d87b90db94532eecf9bfae7) — Dec 9 – Dec 30 · 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM · Planting Fields — The Main House, Oyster Bay · All ages · From $10 · checked Oct 20. Planting Fields' 65-room Tudor Revival Main House is dressed for the season in red, green and gold, with décor made from materials gathered on the grounds. Self-guided tours of…
- [Pajama Storytime at Westbury House — Old Westbury Gardens](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/pajama-storytime-at-westbury-house-old-westbury-gardens--listing-cce4f98cdc8b40b54899f8ac) — Wed, Dec 9 · 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Old Westbury Gardens — Westbury House · All ages · From $12 · checked Oct 14. An evening storytime in Westbury House: come in pajamas for a reading of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, enjoy cookies and hot cocoa on the West Porch and explore the decorated…
- [Brunch with Santa & Wow the Cow at Stew Leonard's East Meadow](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/brunch-with-santa-and-wow-the-cow-at-stew-leonard-s-east-meadow--listing-2bba8afedf460cb258ad9d00) — Sat, Dec 12 (+1 more date) · 9:00 AM · Stew Leonard's East Meadow · From $17.99 · checked Oct 21. Stew Leonard's East Meadow hosts Brunch with Santa and Wow the Cow on Saturday, December 12, and Sunday, December 13, with seatings at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.. The farm-fresh…
- [Children's Christmas Party — Old Westbury Gardens](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/children-s-christmas-party-old-westbury-gardens--listing-9766dc13071300113b5a92ea) — Sat, Dec 12 · 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Old Westbury Gardens — Westbury House · All ages · From $24 · checked Oct 14. A festive evening at the decorated Westbury House mansion: self-guided tour with a Christmas scavenger hunt, craft stations to make holiday keepsakes, a visit with Santa Claus…
- [Long Island Flute Club Holiday Flute Choir Concert — Old Westbury Gardens](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/long-island-flute-club-holiday-flute-choir-concert-old-westbury-garden--listing-f00f89e5fd9422fecc0dff72) — Sun, Dec 13 · 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM · Old Westbury Gardens — Westbury House (Red Ballroom) · With admission · checked Oct 20. An hour of holiday carols and seasonal favorites in the Red Ballroom of Westbury House, played by the Long Island Flute Club Holiday Flute Choir. The ensemble of professional and…
- [A Very Grinchy Pajama Party — Cradle of Aviation Museum](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/a-very-grinchy-pajama-party-cradle-of-aviation-museum--listing-a6682c26447999ee908c8de6) — Fri, Dec 18 · 5:30 PM · Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City · From $23 · checked Oct 14. Wear pajamas for a festive evening with holiday activities, a chance to meet the Grinch (5:30–7 p.m.) and a 7 p.m. screening of The Grinch (2018) with hot chocolate and nut-free…
- [Girl Scouts Chorus of Nassau County Holiday Concert — Old Westbury Gardens](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/girl-scouts-chorus-of-nassau-county-holiday-concert-old-westbury-garde--listing-3591919c988c74f8c4db8a12) — Sat, Dec 19 · 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM · Old Westbury Gardens — Westbury House · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 16. During the Christmas at Westbury House season, the Girl Scouts Chorus of Nassau County returns to Old Westbury Gardens for an hour-long holiday concert in the Red Ballroom. The…
- [Home for the Holidays Family Festival with Santa — Planting Fields](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/home-for-the-holidays-family-festival-with-santa-planting-fields--listing-94206c1f298d247d82b8ad6a) — Sat, Dec 19 (+1 more date) · 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM · Planting Fields — The Main House, Oyster Bay · All ages · From $15 · checked Oct 20. Planting Fields' annual holiday festival for the whole family, held inside the Main House (formerly Coe Hall) decorated with natural materials from the grounds. This year Santa…
- [Countdown to 12! Noon Year's Eve — Long Island Children's Museum](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/countdown-to-12-noon-year-s-eve-long-island-children-s-museum--listing-ba3ad23cae0b8719dfd124ac) — Thu, Dec 31 · 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Long Island Children's Museum, Garden City · From $25 · checked Oct 16. The Long Island Children's Museum's annual 'Noon' Year's Eve celebration lets young children ring in the new year at a time they can actually stay awake for. On December 31 the…

## Places and ongoing programs

- [Cradle of Aviation: Aerospace Discovery](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/cradle-of-aviation-aerospace-discovery--listing-7d8ae38d58d99ce7cfd19d93) — Tuesday–Sunday 10 am–5 pm; special Monday opening October 12, 10 am–5 pm. · Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City · From $18 · checked Oct 11. Explore historic aircraft and spacecraft, try interactive exhibits and climb into selected cockpits. Printable aerospace quests support a family museum visit.

## Recently ended

- [Rock Hall Country Fair](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/rock-hall-country-fair--listing-fc9e6b1390fb549f21d68605) — ended Sun, Oct 18
- [4th Annual Korean Culture Day — Old Westbury Gardens](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/4th-annual-korean-culture-day-old-westbury-gardens--listing-94eb1a18b10fe92edc4d6bcb) — ended Sat, Oct 17
- [Skeleton Sock Skating Opening Weekend — LICM](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/activities/skeleton-sock-skating-opening-weekend-licm--listing-fc10d1f63145923331cf2299) — ended Sat, Oct 17

## Nearby

- Towns in Nassau County, NY: [Garden City, NY](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/towns/garden-city-ny) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/new-york/towns/garden-city-ny.md), [Old Westbury, NY](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/towns/old-westbury-ny) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/new-york/towns/old-westbury-ny.md), [Oyster Bay, NY](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/towns/oyster-bay-ny) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/new-york/towns/oyster-bay-ny.md)
- [Things to do with kids in New York](https://grassyknees.com/new-york) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/new-york.md)
- [This weekend in New York](https://grassyknees.com/new-york/this-weekend) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/new-york/this-weekend.md)

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