This Week’s Kid Friendly Events
Looking for something to do with the whole family this week? There are a lot of great kid-friendly events coming up in Brooklyn, and we’ve selected some of our favorites. See the full details below!
For more things to do around Brooklyn, and to add your own upcoming event, check out our calendar.
Kids Create: Collage Bookmarks
When: Wednesday, November 4, 4pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library, 380 Washington Avenue
What: Kids will get crafty with recycled materials to make slim pieces of art that are also useful — they can save their place in all those library books they’re borrowing.
How Much: Free!
Kids Create: Kids Knit Now!
When: Wednesday, November 4, 4pm
Where: Kensington Library, 4207 18th Avenue
What: It might not feel like it quite yet, but it is in fact November, and a kid who knows how to knit is a kid who can make cool accessories that keep himself and his friends (and his lucky parents) warm all winter.
How Much: Free!
Creative Writing
When: Friday, November 6, 2:45pm
Where: Cortelyou Library, 1305 Cortelyou Road, Ditmas Park
What: Kids ages 7-11 will write and share their work with each other, learning confidence — as well as the power of their own stories.
How Much: Free!
Family Movies @ The Library: Inside Out
When: Friday, November 6, 3:30pm
Where: Central Library, Dweck Center, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Park Slope
What: Bring the kids to enjoy this fun animated film where we get to see the inner emotions — com to life — of an 11-year-old Midwestern girl.
How Much: Free!
Story Time: Elisha Cooper
When: Saturday, November 7, 11am
Where: Greenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton Street, Fort Greene
What: NYC-based author and illustrator Elisha Cooper will read his fun, unique alphabet book 8: An Animal Alphabet, featuring his own menagerie of animals.
How Much: Free!
Alex Mitnick & The Kaleidoscope
When: Saturday, November 7, 1pm
Where: Central Library, Dweck Center, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Park Slope
What: Lots of adventures await in the songs of Emmy award-winning children’s entertainer Alex Mitnick, who will be at the library for a fun concert.
How Much: Free!
Celebrate Diwali: The Festival Of Lights!
When: Saturday, November 7, 2:30pm
Where: Central Library, Dweck Center, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Park Slope
What: The festival, celebrated in India and throughout the world, is coming up, and families are invited to celebrate at the library, where they’ll be doing an event featuring stories, dancing, crafts.
How Much: Free!
Story Time: Wolfie The Bunny
When: Sunday, November 8, 11:30am
Where: powerHouse on 8th, 1111 8th Avenue, South Slope
What: Hear the tale of the Bunny family, which has adopted a wolf son — who might eat them all up! — as told by the author of the book, Ame Dyckman.
How Much: Free!
“ROAR” Book Signing And Reading
When: Saturday, November 8, 4pm
Where: Lark Cafe, 1007 Church Avenue, Ditmas Park
What: Which is it cooler to be: a dragon or a little boy? That’s the crux of the issue in this new picture book, whose Brooklyn-based illustrator, Liz Starin, will be on hand to read and sign copies of.
How Much: Free!
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