This Week, February Break Fun, Free Indoor Places to Go with NYC Kids, Last-Minute Midwinter Break Travel Deals

2/13/14 - By Raven Snook

The Presidents' Day holiday weekend and midwinter break are the big to-dos across all of our sites. Here in NYC, we rounded up 30 things to do over February break and inexpensive but enriching vacation camps, plus our Winter Fun Guide is packed with lots of other awesome options. If you're looking to get away for a day or two, our regional sites have posts about the best things to do over break in New Jersey, Long Island and Westchester.

Does this never-ending winter have you dreaming of cozier (or at least less snowy) climes? Our Travel site has a list of last-minute midwinter break deals, including three in Florida that are looking pretty tempting right about now. That's assuming you can get a flight out, but perhaps the fantasy is enough to keep you warm.

If you find yourself stuck at home during part of the break, our fun and easy WeeWork projects are great boredom busters. In fact, if you do any of our WeeWork activities, snap a pic, share it on social media and you just may win tickets to Baby Loves Disco. Get all the details on our giveaway page.

Whatever you do over midwinter recess, we hope you have fun, and stay safe and warm! Here's what else we covered on the NYC site this week:

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We did two big lists to help keep families entertained during break and beyond: 30 fun things to do over February break and an update of our popular 20 FREE places to go indoors with kids. You can find even more seasonal staycation options in our Winter Fun Guide.

Our focus on Flushing, Queens continued with a roundup of the best family-friendly restaurants in the neighborhood, from dim sum to pizza (it's not all Chinese!).

Kids can get a glimpse of what NYC subways and streets used to look like in City as Canvas, a display of vintage graffiti art at the Museum of the City of New York.

We did a sponsored Q&A with the founder of BASIS Independent Brooklyn, a new independent school opening in Red Hook this fall with an emphasis on STEM education.

Did you know that a number of NYC private schools and colleges have gyms with indoor pools that are open to the public? Well, now you do.

Calling all kids obsessed with card and board games: Park Slope's brand-new Brooklyn Game Lab offers hours of fun, games and critical thinking.

Our WeeWork posts included some cute seasonal crafts like tinted flowers for Valentine's Day and cool do-it-yourself Winter Olympics Lego mini-figs.

Best bets for the weekend include the kickoff of Kids Week at the Intrepid, the New York Hall of Science's Engineering Day and a Valentine's Day-themed concert by Gustafer Yellowgold at Symphony Space.