All Weekend:

Lunar New Year Festival – Upper East Side
Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit at the Met with three days of special programming, including a Sesame Street Puppet Show explaining the significance of the Lunar New Year using these familiar characters and Chinese songs. There is also a Chinese art making workshop and story time in the Nolan Library.  The festival is capped off with a special one hour Peking Opera production of Little Red Riding Hood for children, complete with Chinese music and dance, makeup, and sumptuous costumes. All events are FREE with museum admission but the Peking Opera is $15 a ticket.

Tropical Treats: Vanilla -- The Bronx

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Winter Jam—Prospect Park
Bundle up and head to Prospect Park’s Nethermead while it is transformed into a super winter sports resort with snowboarding, cross country skiing and snowshoeing–lessons and equipment provided, too.  There will also be sledding and a Pride of NY Market with snacks and samples.  They will even be making snow – just in case a foot isn’t enough! FREE

They Went Thataway – Marine Park
Go on the prowl for the furry and feathered creatures that live in the park by following the tracks left behind in the snow. Bundle up! It is outside.  FREE

Winter Crafts: Design A Tee – Staten Island
Create beautiful snowy winter themed tee shirts with the National Park Rangers.  You must bring your own white tee shirt and all other supplies are provided. FREE

Fantastical Creatures: A Children's Animal Workshop—Upper West Side
Families can create sock puppet, mask or clay animals all while learning the important role both real and mythological beasts play in life as well as in the historical Cathedral.  Recommended for ages 4 and up. $8 for each adult/child pair

Special Children's Workshop: Paint with MTA Arts for Transit's Andrea Arroyo – Brooklyn Heights
Kids can create their own paintings inspired by the work of Andrea Arroyo who has painted much of the art we see on the subway station posters.  Appropriate for kids aged 7 and up.  FREE with museum admission


Sunday, December 6, 2011

The McGraw-Hill Companies CarnegieKids Present The Itty Biddies – Lower East Side
A fun and engaging musical experience for the whole family with songs and storytelling accompanied by movement and creative play.  For kids aged three to six.  FREE

Animal Tracking – Flushing Meadows
Find out what clues animals leave behind like paw prints and scat and how to track them with this information. FREE

Pasta! A Pop Ups Puppet Musical – Upper East Side
A funny musical romp around Brooklyn as the colorful troupe of puppets, The Pop Ups, look for the ingredients to make their own (and the best) pasta sauce ever. Rocking music, live drawing and tons of fun!  Adults are $16 and Children are $11

Folk Art Workshop for Families – East Village
Kids can investigate traditional Ukrainian art by touring the items in The Ukrainian Museum’s collection and then create their own inspired piece of folk art: weaving, sculpture, plate design and embroidery.  Best for families with kids aged 4 through 12.  $5


Outside of NYC:

Take it outside and back in time this weekend, for a little bit of fun on the farm – winter style – at  Fosterfields Living Historical Farm in Morristown, NJ.  Partake in butter churning, carriage rides, ice harvesting and some maple tree tapping.  $6 for adults and $4 for children.

Celebrate The Year of the Rabbit out on Long Island in Stony Brook Village Center.  There will be special drumming and dance performances, craft activies and more. Reservations required. Adults are $10 and children are $8.

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