Saturday

For Kids: Dragons and Damsels
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
Oakdale
10–11:30am
Adults $4, children $3, children under 3 free + $8 parking fee
Indoors explore the lives of dragonflies and damselflies. Outdoors we will search for these beautiful, delicate creatures. We will loan nets, books and temporary cages. Advance reservations are required and may be made by calling the Environmental Office at 631-581-1072.

Ice Cream Social at the Hatchery
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium
1–6pm
Free with admission  
Celebrate summer with a free ice cream social with general admission. Visit two aquarium buildings, feed trout, and more.

Native American Father's Day
Garvies Point Museum and Preserve
Glen Cove
11am–3:30pm
$5 per person                                  
You and Dad can learn how to make fire without matches, grind corn, and use the stone drill in the way Native Americans did. Get the chance to observe and handle a few Native American tools and artifacts. After using the stone drill, you and Dad can get your faces painted.

Illustrated Storybook Writing Workshop
Cinema Arts Centre
Huntington
11am–12:30pm
$20 per child, siblings $15     
Award-winning writer/producer/director Tony De Nonno will guide and inspire your children to create, draw, and write their very own illustrated storybook in 90 minutes. Tony De Nonno’s workshop is a nonjudgmental, exciting, and exhilarating process whereby children (of all academic levels and backgrounds) brainstorm, share their ideas, stand inside the shoes of another character from another time and place, and then independently create their very own original illustrated storybook.

Pull a Print, Make a Kite
Nassau County Museum of Art
Roslyn Harbor
11am–2:00pm
Museum admission + $5 per family materials fee      
Inspired by the museum's current exhibition, "Sculpture/Jim Dine/Pinocchio," children will explore the art of Jim Dine through his Pinocchio prints and sculpture and will celebrate the season by making kites embellished with silk-screen prints. Like Dine, children will turn everyday objects into works of art. A fun-filled family day of gallery tours, supervised art making and family photos taken with Dine's sculptures. Weather permitting, part of this event will take place outdoors on the museum grounds.

Father's Day Arrowhead Necklace Craft
Garvies Point Museum and Preserve
Glen Cove
12–3pm
General admission: $3/adults, $2/children 5 to 12, PLUS $3 craft fee
Come make an awesome arrowhead necklace for your dad this Father's Day! 

Princess Tea Party
Ballet Long Island
Ronkonkoma
1pm
$18, two for $30                                                    
A Princess Tea Party at Ballet Long Island is a unique experience for your princess! First, Cinderella, Belle, The Little Mermaid, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and more princesses dance for you. Then, you get to meet them and take pictures together. Finally, you enter our Tea Party room for a cupcake, cookies, and lemonade and iced tea! Dress up as your favorite princess, or wear your favorite party dress! 

4th Annual Green Fest of Port Jefferson Village
Port Jefferson Village Center
1–6pm
Free              
The Port Jeff Green Fest's purpose is to educate, inform, entertain, and enlighten people on how to make choices for a “greener” world. The fest will feature:
• Sponsors • Speakers • Select Vendors/Booths of Eco-Friendly Arts, Crafts, Services, and Products • Environmentally responsible enterprises such as: Alternative Power and Light Renewable Energy of Long Island Wind Turbines Solar Panels Electric/Hybrid Cars and Smart Cars National Grid/LIPA • Local Schools Live Demonstrations Live Music Children’s Activities and Events

Saturday and Sunday

Baby Barnyard Animal Festival
Harbes Family Farm & Vineyard
Mattituck
10am–5pm
$9.95, children under 2 free   
Celebrate life and new beginnings with the birth of the baby barnyard animals and the grand reopening of the Barnyard Adventure. Dads receive free entry into the Barnyard Adventure or a glass of beer.
Experience live music with Woody Mac, vendors, kite-flying, face painting, pony rides, storytelling, children’s activities, food, wine tasting, and more.

Annual Pirate Festival and Classic Boat Show
Long Island Maritime Museum
West Sayville
11am–6pm
$8, children 5 and under free 
Grab yer little swashbucklers and seafarin’ scoundrels and prepare to have the time of yer life! Roving entertainment and performances by Ye Pyrate Brotherhood, Kings of the Coast, and more. Come dressed in your best pirate garb and receive a special gift.

58th Annual Mattituck Lions Club Strawberry Festival
Martha Clara Event Grounds
Riverhead
11am–5pm
$5, children 6 to 11 $2, children 5 and under and dads free; POP bracelet $25      
Dig into the strawberry shortcake, sample the strawberries dipped in chocolate, try the strawberries any way you like them. Head over to the rest tent to enjoy live music.  Then find out what more than 100 arts and craft vendors have available for sale.
Cheer as the new Strawberry Queen is crowned.  Experience the midway rides. Taste foods from around the world.

Sunday

Father's Day at the Hatchery
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium
10am–6pm
General admission; free for dads with kids   
Enjoy a day of family fun by celebrating Father's Day at the Hatchery. Free for Dads with kids. All other fees apply.

Acoustic Sunday Concert with 3 West at Coe Hall
Planting Fields Arboretum
Oyster Bay
1:30–3pm
$8 parking fee
Bring a chair or a blanket and enjoy an outdoor picnic and the beauty of Coe Hall at Planting Fields. 3 West performs live acoustic versions of all the hits of today by Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Sugarland, Miranda Lambert, Rihanna, the Band Perry, and many more.  

Family Adventures: Father's Day Hike
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
Oakdale
1:30–3:30pm
Adults $4, children $3, children under 3 free + $8 parking fee
Enjoy a leisurely walk with Dad to celebrate his day. We will see what is out and about and answer questions as we walk. Reservations are required: Call 631-581-1072.

Happy Fishy Father's Day
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
2:30pm
Free with museum admission                                                    
Discover unusual and devoted dads in the ocean from seahorses and sea spiders to emperor penguins. Create ocean coasters with clay, seashells, and other decorations for Dad.