The Henry Street Settlement’s Abrons Arts Center offers affordable, superb programs for all ages and skill levels in dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts. This Winter, due to some reshuffling of classes, some of the classes are under-enrolled. If you are looking for art classes for you toddler through high schooler, this is a wonderful opportunity to take advantage of one of New York's incredible cultural institutions.

The New York International Children's Film Festival is a two week long event packed with the best film for kids from around the world. Beginning February 29th and running the first two weeks of March, a highly selective collection of animation, live action, documentary, and experimental films created for children 3-18 will be shown. This is the largest film festival for kids in North America and has sold out in advance for the past several years, so if you want to go, buy tickets now.

Ever dream of going to the Oscars? The awards ceremony for the NYICFF is a child appropriate version with a catered reception afterward where your little Spielberg can schmooze with the film-makers.

Nothing is a sweeter Valentine than your delicious baby, toddler, or child - this craft activity will turn them into a sweet Valentine for your spouse or even for yourself.

Ever try to save a little time heating water by starting with hot tap water? Apparently, you should never drink or cook with hot water from the tap. According to an article in The New York Times, "hot water dissolves contaminants more quickly than cold water, and many pipes in homes contain lead that can leach into water. And lead can damage the brain and nervous system, especially in young children."

We didn't even compile this list looking for free activities. These are our picks for the best activities for this weekend (that we haven't already written about), but they also happen to all be FREE. Bonus!

On Tuesday February 5 and 12 and Wednesday February 6 and 13 kids aged 6-18, Kids Night on Broadway lets kids see a Broadway show for free when accompanied by a full paying adult. Although many of the shows have sold out, there are still some shows with space still available, including Stomp, Phantom, Mamma Mia, Spamalot (with the one and only Clay Aiken) and my personal favorite, Avenue Q though that one is definitely for a kid closer to age 18 than 6.

As promised, we are announcing the winner of the Mommy Poppins reader survey today. I want to thank everyone who took the time to answer the ten question survey and provided us with your priceless opinions on how to improve the site.