Mother’s Day Events In and Near NYC 2025
Mother’s Day is right around the corner and now is the perfect time to start planning a full day of activities to do with the special mama in your life!
Some of the greatest memories a mom has are when they are with their children, which is why we came up with a list of events and activities moms can do with their kiddos this year.
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Manhattan
Melodies for Moms
The Greats of Craft, 983 1st Ave., Midtown East
Saturday, May 10, 11 – 11:45 am
Ages 12 and younger
$0-$37
Celebrate Mother’s Day with Mozart for Munchkins at a concert filled with love, laughter, and live music! Melodies for Moms is a heartwarming, family-friendly performance featuring interactive moments, joyful tunes, and a relaxed vibe where kids can dance and moms can truly enjoy. Drinks will be available for purchase—grab a coffee or mimosa on your way in, bring a blanket, and make memories with music that moves you.
Mommy and Me Paint Event
Hamilton Fish Recreation Center, 128 Pitt St., Lower East Side
Saturday, May 10, 12:30 – 2:30 pm
Ages 7 and older
Free
Advanced registration required
Celebrate Mother’s Day while showing off your creativity at this painting event. While you’re there, step inside the photo booth and snap a pic to commemorate this special day.
Make Mother’s Day Cards with Flower Petals
LaGuardia Corner Community Garden, 511 LaGuardia Place, Greenwich Village
Saturday, May 10, 2:30 – 6 pm
All Ages
Free
Make your own Mother’s Day cards with pretty pressed flowers!
BPC Farmers Market: Opening Day
Irish Hunger Memorial, Vesey Street, New York
Sunday, May 11, 9 am – 2 pm
All Ages
Free
Celebrate opening day of this seasonal market with a special performance by Jazzagilo and a Mother’s Day craft project.
Mothers of Rock with Madame Daley and The Starchild Band
Groove, 125 MacDougal St., Greenwich Village
Sunday, May 11, 7 – 8:30 pm
All Ages
$19.67
Join this vibrant Mother’s Day celebration with live music from the legendary Mothers of Rock! Experience NYC’s premier all-female band, Madame Daley and the Starchild Band, as they take the stage to perform powerful, woman-fronted rock through the decades. You’ll be treated to hits by iconic artists such as Tina Turner, Alanis Morissette, Paramore, and many more.
Bronx
Mother’s Day Craft
Woodstock Library, 761 East 160th St., Morrisania
Tuesday, May 6, 3:30 pm
Ages 3 – 12
Free
Create a special Mother’s Day craft in time for the big day!
Mother’s Day Garden Celebration
New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd., Belmont
May 10-11, Saturday and Sunday, 12 – 5 pm
All Ages
$4-$39
Celebrate Mom with a weekend of fun! Make Daffodil Hill your own backyard and bring the whole family together to enjoy local food trucks, lawn games, craft a gift for Mom, and get your face painted with whimsical designs.
Mother’s Day Kids’ Event
The Mall at Bay Plaza, 200 Baychester Ave., Co-op City
Saturday, May 10, 1 – 5 pm
All Ages
Free
Make aromatherapy sachets that will keep mom’s closet and dresser smelling beautiful and create one-of-a-kind Mother’s Day cards as DJ Omar spins tunes to keep everyone moving!
Mother’s Day 2025
Wave Hill, 675 W 252nd St., Riverdale
Sunday, May 11, 10 am – 5:30 pm
All Ages
$6-$12; free for children 5 and younger
Spend the day in the gardens with a special Family Art Project, a guided garden walk, a session of spring birding, community yoga, and the very rare opportunity to picnic on the Wave Hill House Lawn.
Mother’s Day Nature Crafts
Crotona Nature Center in Crotona Park, 1702 Crotona Ave., East Tremont
Sunday, May 11, 1 – 2:30 pm
All Ages
Free
Use the beauty of the natural world to create a unique work of art celebrating someone who makes your life more beautiful!
Mother’s Day Pop Up Picnic
Barretto Point Park, Viele Ave., Hunts Point
Sunday, May 11, 3 – 7 pm
All Ages
$25, Free for kids
Join LuxInThePark for a Mother’s Day Pop-Up Picnic. BYOPB: Bring your own picnic basket… and food. Registration includes reserved seating in a luxurious picnic setup, Girl Talk, a special gift for mom, music, photo-worthy moments, and games.
Brooklyn
Kids Create: Mother’s Day Cards
Bedford Library, 496 Franklin Ave., Prospect Heights
Tuesday, May 6, 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Ages 5 – 12
Free
Get crafty and create a special Mother’s Day masterpiece!
Mommy and Me T-Shirt Making
Highlawn Library, 1664 W. 13th St., Gravesend
Thursday, May 8, 3 – 4:30 pm
Ages 3 – 12
Free
What better Mother’s Day gift than making matching t-shirts with your little one? Use a Cricut Autopress to bring your designs to life, using a combination of vinyl and markers. T-shirts will be provided while supplies last.
Mother’s Day Block Printing
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, 481 Van Brunt St., Red Hook
Thursday, May 8, 3:30 – 5 pm
Ages 13 and up
Free
Join BWAC for a Mother’s Day Block Printing Workshop! Choose between making a card, a tea towel, or a tote bag for the mother in your life.
Moms’ Musical Melodies
Old Stone House, 336 3rd St., Park Slope
Sunday, May 11, 10:30 – 11:15 am
Ages 12 and under
$0-$37
Celebrate the moms you love (and the music you do too!) with a joyful Mozart for Munchkins concert full of toe-tapping tunes, movement, and memory-making. This heartwarming Mother’s Day event is designed for families, where little ones can dance, wiggle, and sing along, and grown-ups can soak in the joy of live music in a welcoming, relaxed setting.
Mother’s Day Family Celebration
MyBiblioteka, 731 Washington Ave., Clinton Hill
Sunday, May 11, 3 – 5 pm
All Ages
$45 per family
MyBiblioteka will guide children through making a gift and a greeting card for the moms in their lives, while you get to relax in a lovely backyard with a drink.
Queens
Project: Mom
Mud Genius, 212-91 26th Ave., Bayside
Friday, May 9, 5:30 – 8:30 pm
Ages 5 – 12
$45
Advanced registration required
Drop off your kids for a fun evening filled with painting, games, pizza, and more.
Mommy and Me Floral Design Workshop
Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing
Saturday, May 10, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Ages 5 – 14 with an adult
Tickets start at $55 per adult and child
Join QBG Mother’s Day weekend with a fun, hands-on workshop for adults and children to work together to create a teacup flower arrangement to take home. Participants will take a mini tour and learn about spring flowers that grow in the Garden.
Mommy & Me Bouquet Making Class
Terrific Tigers Learning Center, 73-14 Yellowstone Blvd., Forest Hills
Saturday, May 10, 12 – 3 pm
Ages 2 and older
$35
You and your little one are invited to a special Mommy & Me Bouquet Making Class. This event includes fresh flowers, all materials, light refreshments, and a keepsake bouquet to take home.
Yo Mama’s so Fast 5K & Half Marathon
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Meridian Road, Flushing
Sunday, May 11, 9 am – 12 pm
All Ages
$40
Yo Mama’s so Fast that she can run circles around the entire Flushing Meadows Park! In honor of the Mama in your life, come out for a 5K or Half Marathon this Mother’s Day.
Melodies for Moms
The Greats of Craft – LIC, 10-15 43rd Ave., Long Island City
Sunday, May 11, 11 – 11:45 am
Ages 12 and under
$0 – $37
This heartwarming, family-friendly performance features interactive moments, joyful tunes, and a relaxed vibe where kids can dance and moms can truly enjoy. Grab a coffee or mimosa on your way in, bring a blanket, and make memories with music that moves you.
Insect Exploration: The Motherly Instincts of Insects
Astoria Park, 19 19th St., Astoria
Saturday, May 11, 1 – 2:30 pm
All Ages
Free
Learn about some of the most doting mothers of the insect world! Rangers will highlight a variety of insect species found in NYC Parks and talk about many ways insects care for their babies and make sure their young ones have a bright future ahead of themselves.
Mother’s Day: Creative Together
Voelker Orth Museum, 14919 38th Ave, Flushing
Saturday, May 11, 1 – 3:30 pm
All Ages
$5 suggested donation
Join this drop-in art workshop and create a bouquet of colorful paper flowers. You can draw your inspiration from the spring blooms in the garden. Enjoy a refreshing glass of their signature Betty’s Zip punch, crafted with grapes from the Museum’s vines. It’s a perfect opportunity to spend a leisurely Sunday afternoon surrounded by loved ones.
Staten Island
Mother’s Day Drop-In Craft for Kids
Huguenot Park Library, 830 Huguenot Ave., Rossville
Thursday, May 8, 3:30 pm
Ages 4 and up
Free
Get ready to celebrate Mother’s Day with a fun and easy paper plate craft to give to the special mom in your life!
Mother’s Day Celebration
Bi’an Mandarin, 475 Belfield Ave., Rossville
Saturday, May 10, 3 – 4:15 pm
Ages 3-12
Free
Kids from all backgrounds are invited to come together to make special crafts for Mom, enjoy singing and music, learn some Mandarin in a playful way, and most of all—have FUN!
Celebrate Mother’s Day at the Museum
Staten Island Children’s Museum, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building M, Silver Lake
Sunday, May 11, 10 am – 5 pm
All ages
Free with $8 admission
Enjoy a special Mother’s Day treat. Each paid child admission will receive one free adult admission. Bring mom, dad, grandparent, or guardian and enjoy all the museum exhibits!
ShopRite Kidz Cook: Mother’s Day Cookie Decorating
Staten Island Children’s Museum, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building M, Silver Lake
Sunday, May 11, 11 am – 12:30 pm
Ages 4 and up
Free with $8 admission
Maddison French, a young Staten Island-based entrepreneur and baker, will lead a cookie decorating workshop for kids. Her bakery, Maddie’s Sweet Treats Shop, can be found online. In addition to their exceptional deliciousness, her baked goods stand out because 45% of all her proceeds from her sales go to benefit charities. ShopRite Kidz Cook is a caregiver-and-me program that introduces children to a diversity of foods, explains cooking concepts and helps build dexterity with cooking utensils.
Long Island
Mother’s Day Festival
Harbes Family Farm, 715 Sound Ave., Mattituck
May 10-11, Saturday and Sunday, 10 am – 6 pm
All Ages
Tickets start at $28
Celebrate Mom with an exciting visit this Mother’s Day Weekend to Harbes Family Farm! As a special gift for Mom, Harbes Family Farm is offering FREE admission for Moms to Harbes Barnyard Adventure all weekend long. Barnyard admission includes a Musical Hayride tour of the 100-acre farm, Pig Races, adorable farm animals, and more.
Mother’s Brunch & Play
Social Play Haus, 200 Express St., Plainview
Saturday, May 10, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Ages 5 – 8
$60
Celebrate the amazing moms in your life with a morning of food, fun, and family memories! Your ticket includes a hot brunch buffet, unlimited drip coffee & juice, artisanal grazing table, one complimentary mimosa or bellini for moms, a special Mother’s Day craft for each child to take home, beautiful photo backdrop for family pictures, a bubble dance party, and 2 hours of open play.
Mother’s Day at Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium, 1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor
Sunday, May 11, 10 am – 5 pm
All Ages
$7; $6 seniors; free for moms when accompanied by their child.
This Mother’s Day, visit the largest living collection of New York State freshwater reptiles, fish, and amphibians. Tour two aquarium buildings and eight outdoor ponds, feed the hungry trout, try the “Catch & Keep” fishing, and more.
Mother’s Day Skate
United Skates of America, 1276 Hicksville Road, Seaford
Sunday, May 11, 12 – 4 pm
All Ages
$24; $10 spectator
Enjoy a fun-filled day of skating! Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, this event is perfect for all ages and skill levels. Grab your friends and family for a Sunday full of laughter, music, and, of course, skating! Lace up your skates and hit the rink for a day you won’t forget.
Mother’s Day at LIM
Long Island Museum, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook
Sunday, May 11, 12 pm – 5 pm
All Ages
$15; $10 ages 62 and older, ages 6-17, and college students with ID; $5 person with disabilities; free for mothers, grandmothers, and children younger than 6
Spend the afternoon with Mom exploring the museum exhibits.
A Mug for Mom
Long Island Children’s Museum, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City
Sunday, May 11, 1 – 3 pm
All Ages
$18
Celebrate Mother’s Day by making a beautiful coffee mug to gift to the special caregiver in your life.
Westchester
Homemade Love for Mom
Lasdon Park & Arboretum, 2610 NY-35, Katonah
Saturday, May 10, 1 – 2 pm
Ages 5 and older
$10
Children will make homemade gifts for Mom just in time for Mother’s Day. Projects include a bracelet, a Lasdon sachet, and a handmade card.
Mother’s Day Tea Party
Hudson Park Children’s Greenhouse, 44 Wildcliff Road, New Rochelle
Saturday, May 10, 1 – 3 pm
All Ages
$25; $10 child
Join this joyful and elegant parent-child afternoon tea party at the Hudson Park Children’s Greenhouse, featuring crafts, a photo booth, tea biscuits, and more!
Mother’s Day Guided Hike
Cranberry Lake Preserve, 1609 Old Orchard St., West Harrison
Saturday, May 10, 1 – 2 pm
All Ages
Free
Enjoy a leisurely hike around Cranberry Lake! Approx. 1-mile hike, hiking shoes recommended.
Mother’s Day Hastings Flea Market
Hastings Flea, 131 Southside Ave, Hastings on Hudson
Sunday, May 11, 10 am – 4 pm
All Ages
Free admission
This Mother’s Day, celebrate Mom at the Hastings Flea with unique gifts, treats, vintage, collectibles, and finds! With over 40 vendors offering everything from artisan jewelry and handcrafted home goods to vintage clothing and one-of-a-kind gifts, you’re sure to find something special for every mom — and everyone else. Whether you’re shopping for the perfect gift, enjoying a day out with family, or just soaking in the spring sunshine, visit the Hastings Flea.
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