Rosalind Muggeridge
When not busy trekking across NYC with her two little explorers in tow, Rosalind Muggeridge is covering events for Mommy Poppins for Brooklyn and Queens. Her career includes 10 years in the nonprofit world followed by four years as the events editor at Brooklyn Parent Magazine. She can be reached at events@mommypoppins.com.
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For many families, February's winter break is a great time to slow down and create some special memories. The NYC public school winter break runs from Monday, February 20-Friday, February 24, 2022. Sandwiched between two weekends, that means you've got nine days to fill with kid-friendly fun! To help you make the most of the February winter break in NYC, we've rounded up 25 things to do with kids in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. In fact, we're kicking off the fun with a Mommy Poppins' sponsored pizza-making workshop. Book your tickets now to avoid missing out!
Lucky for us, NYC museums, outdoor ice skating rinks, and playgrounds make fun any day destinations. The extra days off are also a perfect opportunity to book a getaway, and we've got picks for budget-minded escapes, family-friendly Catskills resorts, and the best things to do in the Adirondack Mountains if you're looking to get out of town.
There are excellent coffee shops in NYC where you can grab a cup of joe and watch the world go by. When you have kids in tow, however, the list of the best coffee shops in NYC gets a bit shorter. With that in mind, we've rounded up 11 kid-friendly coffee shops in NYC where you'll find plenty of space, tasty non-caffeinated options, and kid-approved eats—all without sacrificing the quality of your coffee or the aesthetics of the space.
A couple of our picks are now local mini-chains but they all started with one great coffee shop location in NYC and grew from there. So grab a seat and enjoy a hot or cold-pressed beverage and a tasty snack–for you and your little ones—at one of these kid-friendly coffee shops in NYC. Find more kid-friendly places to nosh in our Guide to Family-Friendly Restaurants in NYC.
New Year's Eve is almost upon us, and there are lots of ways to ring in 2023 in New York City with kids. We've rounded up the city's best family-friendly New Year's Eve celebrations and none include standing in a crowded Times Square to watch the ball drop. Our family-friendly picks include seeing the New Year's Eve fireworks from aboard a cruise around Manhattan, a daytime Noon Year's Eve dance party in Staten Island, and even a special Big Apple Circus performance. However you welcome the New Year, we hope it's a blast.
You can find even more seasonal fun in our Holiday Guide for NYC Families, and be sure to check out our post on 35 fun things to do over break.
The presents have been ripped open, the plastic packaging dismantled, and the batteries installed. Dinner won't be ready for hours and the kids are stir-crazy. What is open on Christmas Day in New York City?
Those who don't celebrate the holiday have asked that question for years, and the answer is traditionally Chinese food and a movie. But there are options, whether you celebrate Christmas or not. Here are 15 fun things to do Sunday, December 25, 2022, in NYC. You can find even more seasonal activities in our Holiday Fun Guide or Family Activity Calendar.
Between planning festive outings, holiday shopping, and everything in between, Christmas can be stressful, but we're here to take one thing off your plate with this list of restaurants open on Christmas in NYC. Most of these NYC restaurants are serving scrumptious Christmas meals in-house, but if you'd prefer to dine in the comfort of your own home, we've got you covered there, too, with a handful of restaurants open on Christmas for delivery and takeout.
Find plenty more seasonal picks in our Holiday Fun Guide and kid-friendly eats for any occasion—or none at all—in our Family-Friendly Restaurant Guide.
New York City's annual transformation into a holiday wonderland is pure magic no matter your age, though holiday activities and Christmas events are always more magical with little ones in tow. While NYC's zest for the holidays never gets old, the crowds at Christmas activities can be daunting—and the average toddler or preschooler tends to have limited patience for lines and lots of noise.
To that end, we've rounded up amazing holiday events and Christmas activities for preschoolers in NYC. These picks are just right for the 2-to-5-year-old set and include events that take their limited attention span into account without cutting back on the holiday fun. Our top picks for little kid Christmas activities include our very own FREE Holly Jolly Holiday Party, plus Christmas trains, Santa visits, abridged performances of holiday shows, a little gingerbread mania, and lots of interactive events and workshops.
Find all our top picks for seasonal fun for all ages in our New York City Guide to Holiday and Christmas Activities.
We've got the best antidote to holiday spending: This list of free things to do in December with kids. While our picks include everything from the season-long Luminaries at Brookfield Place to free holiday break fun in Prospect Park, consider this just the tip of the iceberg, because beyond these 18 free things to do in December, we've got a whole other post on the best free holiday events.
Read on for all our top picks for free fun this December—non-holiday edition—and bookmark our Family Activity Calendar for fun things to do any day of the month.
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