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Apr 3 2013

Free & Fun Things to Do this Weekend with NYC Kids: Miyazaki Film Fest, Story Pirates, Pillow Fight Day, Tartan Parade April 6-7

Things to do with kids: Free & Fun Things to Do this Weekend with NYC Kids: Miyazaki Film Fest, Story Pirates, Pillow Fight Day, Tartan Parade April 6-7

Spring break may be over but spring is just getting underway. With the new season comes a slew of festivals and fairs, starting with this Saturday's free Scotland Festival in Central Park. Other outdoor fun this weekend includes Wave Hill's no-cost Drawn to Nature weekend, the annual free Pillow Fight Day in Washington Square Park, Little League opening day and opening weekend at the Queens Botanical Garden.

There's also some great culture on tap for families. The New Victory Theater debuts The Intergalactic Nemesis, the Little Orchestra Society fuses cartoons and classical music at the Magical Musical Pencil concert, the awesome Story Pirates mount an interactive show at Symphony Space and BAM kicks off its two-weekend Hayao Miyazaki animated film festival.

All of our best bets for the weekend are below. There are lots of other options in our Event Calendar. And if you're looking to plan out your entire month, be sure to check out the latest edition of our NYC Go List, which highlights the absolute best things to do with kids throughout April.

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Mar 31 2013

Best Things to Do with NYC Kids: April 2013

Things to do with kids: Best Things to Do with NYC Kids: April 2013

Spring has finally arrived and so has our new NYC Go List, our carefully curated roundup of the absolute best things to do with kids in NYC throughout the month. Given the season, our April Go List includes lots of annual outdoor favorites. These are the kinds of must-do events that Mommy Poppins families put in their calendars every year, like the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival, Tribeca Film Festival's huge Family Street Fair, the Queens County Farm Museum's Children's Carnival, Staten Island's St. George's Day celebration and the old-school Street Games fest in East Harlem. Plus there are a number of other cool-sounding family shows, concerts, films and other experiences worth fitting into your family's schedule. Best of all, four of our 12 picks are FREE and almost all are under $15 per person.

As always, if an event piques your interest, be sure to click through to our listing for all the details, including address and time. And although we've said it before we'll say it again: In NYC, really cool things to do with kids often sell out in advance or fill up really quickly, especially when they're free. So buy your tickets ASAP or arrive early whenever possible.

Now get your calendars ready! Here are the top 12 things to do with kids in New York City this April.

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Mar 28 2013

This Week: Easter Weekend, NYC Spring Break Fun, High-Tech Makerspaces

Things to do with kids: This Week: Easter Weekend, NYC Spring Break Fun, High-Tech Makerspaces

Mommy Poppins NYC may have been quieter than usual this week due to school recess and a pesky server outage, but our lives have been busier than ever. Our bloggers have been running all over our awesome city, enjoying all kinds of spring break fun. My daughter and I laughed our heads off at Bello Mania at the New Victory Theater (we even got the famed clown's autograph!), saw Rodgers and Hammerstein's reimagined Cinderella on Broadway and stopped to smell the blooms at Macy's India-themed Flower Show. (We posted a gallery of Flower Show pics on our Facebook page.) Meanwhile Anna and her family explored the Guggenheim's Gutai: Splendid Playground exhibit and enjoyed the first great playground day of spring. We hope you and your kids have been enjoying spring break as much as we have.

Of course we still have many days of fun ahead of us. Sunday is Easter and there are lots of egg hunts throughout NYC as well as Fifth Avenue's fabulous Easter Parade. And then Monday is April Fool's Day and our Boston site came up with 10 hilarious pranks to play on kids. And don't forget to check out our roundup of special spring break activities. There are so many great things going on in NYC right now, you'd need an entire season to try them all.

Here's what else we covered on the NYC site this week:

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Mar 27 2013

Easter Weekend for NYC Kids: Free & Fun Things to Do, Egg Hunts, Easter Bonnet Parade, Auto Show, Passover Fun March 30-31

Things to do with kids: Easter Weekend for NYC Kids: Free & Fun Things to Do, Egg Hunts, Easter Bonnet Parade, Auto Show, Passover Fun March 30-31

Happy Easter, Passover and spring! There are Easter festivities in every borough this weekend, including classic egg hunts and Fifth Avenue's spectacular Easter Bonnet Parade. Meanwhile you can celebrate Passover at the Jewish Museum, which is hosting a music and art-filled family day on Sunday.

Spring break continues through Tuesday for NYC public school students and there are plenty of things to do this weekend and beyond, including the New York International Auto Show, which rolls into the Jacob Javits Center this week. The NYC Parks Department is also holding its lottery for free spring swimming lessons. Find out how to try to snag a spot for your child.

These are just a few of the great things going on this Easter weekend. Our best bets are below. You can find additional suggestions in our Event Calendar. Have a happy holiday, whatever you're celebrating!

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Mar 20 2013

Free & Fun Things to Do this Weekend with NYC Kids: Easter Egg Hunts, Coney Island Rides Opens, Macy's Flower Show March 23-24

Things to do with kids: Free & Fun Things to Do this Weekend with NYC Kids: Easter Egg Hunts, Coney Island Rides Opens, Macy's Flower Show March 23-24

Spring has supposedly started but regardless of the weather, spring break kicks off for NYC public school kids this weekend. So it's time to book a camp or, if you're lucky enough to have the time off, too, begin planning your NYC spring break adventures.

This weekend, you can celebrate the season with the debut of Macy's annual Flower Show and a slew of early Easter egg hunts. Plus Whales: Giants of the Deep opens at the American Museum of Natural History, the Brooklyn Children's Museum unveils the interactive Big Adventure installation, Coney Island's Luna Park and Deno's Wonder Wheel open for the season, and the carousels in Prospect Park, Forest Park and Flushing Meadows Corona Park start spinning.

These are just a few of the great things going on this weekend. All of our best bets are below. You can find additional options in our Event Calendar and make sure you check out our awesome roundup of things to do over spring break in NYC.

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