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Big/Little Outings

Suggested activities this month:

Sunday, May 16: 12-4pm
Community Wellness Day, featuring free information about health, safety, environmental and financial wellness. Complimentary food tasting as well, prizes and giveaways, children's activities and more. Located at the Whispering Pines Seventh Day Adventist Church and School, 211 Jericho Turnpike in Old Westbury, NY. Call for more info: 516-742-5715

May 28-30, June 4-6 and June 11-13
Brookhaven Fair at Bald Hill, featuring the world's largest traveling amusement company with rides, magic shows, the 'Great American Frontier' with stallions, wolves and more, a petting zoo, and Old West style vaudeville performances. Carnival fare available as well as an all natural 'saloon' with old time root beer, carrot juices and natural snacks.
Cost: $8 admission, check out www.brookhavenfair.com for 2 for 1 coupons!

There are many ‘low to no cost’ activities that Bigs and Littles can enjoy together.

Long Island has much to offer for every Big and Little. Below is a list of some suggestions. We also offer a printable version for download above.

List of suggested activities and outings across Long Island:

Creative Activities
Make your own stationary
Home Depot, 1st Saturday of every month: Children’s Crafts
Write a story or poem together
Draw or paint together
Visit a local park and sketch the scenery
*The following activities may incur some expense:
Learn how to play an instrument together
Build a model together
Make a scrapbook/collages

Educational Activities
Visit the library or bookstore and assist with homework
Search for a job and/or college together
Decide on something you would both like to learn more about, and research/discuss the topic together

Museums and Local Attractions
*The following activities may incur admission, parking or additional expense:
Dave and Buster’s
Go to the movies
Adventureland
Go to the Atlantis Marine World Aquarium
Visit one of the local aviation museums: Cradle of Aviation or American Air Power Museum
Visit a petting zoo
Visit the Long Island Game Farm
Go to the Holtsville Ecology Center
Visit the Old Westbury Gardens
Go to the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery and Aquarium
Go to the Whaling Museum
Go to the Old Bethpage Village Restoration
Visit the Children’s Museum
Visit the Vanderbilt Museum
Check out the Brookhaven National Lab
Play pool
Go to an arcade

Outdoor Adventures
Go bike riding
Fishing
Hiking
Bird Watching
Go to the beach/collect shells
Plant flowers together, do yard work
Go Seal watching
*The following activities may incur admission, parking or additional expense:
Visit a park: Belmont Lake, Eisenhower, Heckscher, Southaven
Visit the Long Island lighthouses
Horseback Riding
Boating, Rowing or Kayaking

Quiet Activities
Take a walk
Feed ducks at a local park or pond
Check out the local library
Play cards/board game, learn a new card game together
Visit a music/bookstore and compare/contrast likes and dislikes

Sports Related/Physical Activity
Exercise together
Check out available tickets through BBBSLI
*The following activities may incur admission, parking or additional expense:
Batting Cage/Driving Range
Attend a Baseball game! LI Ducks, Mets, Yankees
Attend a local HS or College sporting event
Go to an Islanders game
Roller Skating/Blading or Ice Skating
Swimming at the local YMCA
Mini-Golf
Bowling

Miscellaneous Activities
Visit a pet store
Cook or bake together
Have a BBQ/picnic
Wash/wax car
Do a puzzle together
Decorate for different holidays
Play together on a playground
Do community service together
Look at prom/special occasion dresses together
Teach your little how to pump gas or work on a car
Visit/volunteer at an animal shelter
Encourage Littles to join teams/activities in community/school
*The following activities may incur admission, parking or additional expense:
Go out to eat
Go out for ice cream
Go to a car/bike show
Rent a movie
Play laser tag
Go to a fair
Build-a-bear at your local mall
Go to a puppet show
Go to a horse show
Enjoy manicures or pedicures together
Go strawberry/apple/pumpkin picking
Go to an ‘open mic’ night at a local coffee shop
Go to a hobby/crafts store and get ideas for a project