The first weekend of April brings all kinds of spring fun including the first big outdoor festivals and Easter egg hunts of the season. Head to the Queens County Farm Museum for its annual Children's Carnival, hunt for plastic eggs at Brooklyn Plantology or celebrate Little League Opening Day with a parade in Prospect Park.

There's some great family culture on tap this weekend, too. Introduce the kids to cutting-edge contemporary art at the Whitney Biennial Family Party, learn all about pterosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History's new hands-on exhibit or catch the wacky acrobatic antics of Bello the Clown at the New Victory Theater.

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 Spring Fun Guide and 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.

Tax Day doesn't give us many reasons to celebrate, but we've found a few companies doing their best to help ease our pain with freebies and reduced prices. Some things are free every day; for all others, there are Tax Day freebies.

Let kids build some fun of their own one brick at a time at one of these Long Island's play places that specializes in Lego fun.

Kids of all ages get a chance to design and create their own masterpieces in a variety of classes, and there's also the chance to hold birthday parties and special events at certain locations. Also, check your local library listings for drop in clubs and open builds! For other extra curricular ideas, check out our Camps & Classes guide. And for more kid-friendly events and activities, check out our Long Island Calendar.

Hello there April, so nice to see you! After a cold (and snowy, and windy) winter, it’s finally time to start shedding those coats to enjoy spring! Sign up for a Read & Explore program about birds at Terhune Orchards, check out the rides and kids activities at Maywood’s Springtime Family Funfest or take a guided nature walk at Tenafly Nature Center. Jersey’s got some great shows going on too, like Disney Junior Live! Pirate & Princess Adventure at the IZOD Center, Stuart Little at the Kelsey Theater and the awesome (and free!) WBGO Kids Jazz Concert Series at the Montclair Art Museum. And remember, you can find a full list of weekend activities in our Event Calendar.

Even though my daughter's birthday is in December; I'm already thinking about her next birthday party! Thankfully, the New Jersey Kids' Party Ideas Guide is here to help me nail down the perfect venue for my princess. And speaking of princesses...does your daughter enjoy dressing up in beautiful costumes and dream of being a princess? If so, chances are she’d love a dress-up princess party for her next birthday.

The kids have their baskets ready for the big community egg hunt, you’ve bought fancy outfits for their pictures with the Easter bunny (they look so adorable), and you’ve made plans for Easter brunch.

What about the egg hunt at home and the kids’ Easter baskets? Does the thought of stuffing them with candy and weathering the ensuing sugar high give you a headache? If you’re looking for some ideas for filling baskets and eggs without going overboard on the sweets, read on for basket themes, egg fillers, and places in and around Boston to get great little gifts.

Well, Mommy Poppins has given you the skinny on birthday parties from ice cream bashes to museum shindigs and now we're chatting about at-home fun, beginning with yesterday's party vendors that come to you. And many moons ago, before I decided that having a party at a bowling alley was the easiest birthday party known to man, I used to throw really fun, theme-y birthday parties for my kids at home and I'll let you in on a few things I learned.

Have you seen any of the dozens of giant egg sculptures hiding throughout the five boroughs? No idea what we're talking about? Then read on for everything you need to know about the Fabergé Big Egg Hunt, which seems to be taking the local social media scene by storm.

Plus, we've got the lowdown on New York City's first-ever cupcake ATM, a great deal on scoops at both Big Gay Ice Cream shops, a new play space growing in Brooklyn, a planned ice-skating rink in Washington Heights, and links to two must-read articles, one about the world's most fantastical playgrounds, the other about a playground that looks like a junkyard where no parents are allowed.