Things To Do in New York City for Kids and Families - August 28th and August 29th 2010: Boats, Brooklyn, Bees, Tennis and More

8/26/10 - By Stephanie Ogozalek

This weekend, New York City kids can play tennis, tour a really old boat, catch great live theater and a magic show. Or celebrate their love of reading, honey or the culinary diversity of Brooklyn and check out a re enactment of the largest battle of the revolutionary war (yep, it took place here, in Brooklyn).  If you plan on spending the last few moments of summer in Central Park, check out our recent posts on where to eat and what to do in the park.

Sadly, summer is quickly ticking away but there is still enough time to have an awesome day with your NYC Kid and tell us all about it to be entered to win a Flip in our Awesome Days of Summer contest – plus you can even see your mug grace our home page!

Read on and have a great weekend.

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All Weekend:

Tug and Barge Week – DUMBO
Take a tour of the historic, circa 1914, Lehigh Valley Barge No.79 which doubles as Red Hook’s Waterfront Museum while it is docked at Brooklyn Bridge Park along side Pegasus a circa 1904 tugboat.  There are free tugboat rides but they are currently sold out. FREE

Honey Weekend –The Bronx
Get out and celebrate the sweet stuff at Wave Hill. Special bee, hive and honey projects and presentations planned.  Don’t miss your chance to taste honey straight from the hive or the fun family art project where kids can collect pollen while dressed up like a bee with a kazoo to mimic the buzz.  Plus beeswax candle making, cooking with honey demos and local honey for sale.  FREE with garden admission (which is free until noon on Saturday.)

Taste of Brooklyn Festival – Brooklyn
Don’t get too excited this one is strictly for the kids.  The Brooklyn Children’s Museum is celebrating its home boroughs culinary diversity with fun food activities like salsa and couscous making (and eating) and painting with slippery, cooked and cooled pasta. FREE with museum admission.

Fringe Festival – Lower Manhattan
Fringe JR, the family portion of The Fringe Festival is coming to a close, but there is still time to grab a seat for one of the kids shows at the largest performing arts festival in the country.  Two productions are still running this weekend: Good Good Trouble on Bad Bad Island, an adventurous comedy for kids 8 through 10 and The Order of Blattaria, A Kid's Guide to Survival, a laugh riot with black lights and bubbles for kids 8 to 12.  Tickets are $10 - $15.


Saturday, August 28, 2010

Summer Reading Celebration – Midtown East
Lots of fun in store for young library patrons: face painting, balloons, crafts, food and more. FREE

Mario the Magician --Greenpoint
A live interactive and original magic show with a dash of slapstick thrown in.   Celebrate the waning summer days with Mario the Magician and Mozzerella the Dove. FREE

Bumblebee Tennis Block Party – Greenwich Village
If all the tennis talk has your little one itching to play try it out for free at this block party.  Fun, games, tennis lessons and assessments.  FREE

15th Annual Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day--Flushing
The official kick off the 2010 US Open features a stadium concert by none other than Disney super stars The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato to name just two.  Plus live tennis by top players, a ton of different participatory athletic clinics, interactive games and other exciting attractions.  Tickets are $10-20.


Sunday, August 29, 2010

Battle of Brooklyn Week – Brooklyn
One of the earliest and largest battles for American independence during The Revolutionary War was “The Battle of Brooklyn” which took place in August of 1776.  Celebrate the anniversary of this famous battle by heading to Greenwood Cemetery to see a portion of the battle played out in its original location. FREE

Seining for Marine Treasures – Brooklyn

Let the National Park Rangers teach the kids how to fish using a seine net – then inspect the catch to learn what lives in Jamaica Bay.  Reservations required. FREE

Outside of NYC:

If you have the traveling bug you may want to check out a cool dinosaur park in Connecticut, some fun kiddie amusement parks in New Jersey, or the Dutchess County Fair in New York State, that is going on this weekend.

In New Jersey this weekend pay a visit to the Camden Children’s Garden where they will be teaching the kids all about their two favorite flavors, Chocolate and Vanilla, through crafts and fun interactive activities. Adults for $6, Children 3-11 for $5

Check out the  Riverhead Railroad Festival out on Long Island with tons of model layouts as well as real railroad trains for the train enthusiasts. Adults are $6, children $3 and under 5 years FREE  

 

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