Kids

What's happening for kids on the South Fork this week? Find out here.

Story time with Drag Queen Diva Naomi, embroidery, jewelry making, and movies are on the agenda this week for kids and teens on the South Fork.

A reception for Guild Hall's new Student Art Festival, a Chinese New Year celebration, and a chance to make your own play dough are all happening this week.

Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor is offering a number of new performance workshops for kids and teens starting in the next few weeks.

The 28th Guild Hall Student Art Festival aims to bring students’ artistic experiences together in a cohesive way.     

As Monday is Martin Luther King’s Birthday, the library will take a page from his legacy when it hosts a “diverse book show-and-tell” on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. for all ages.     

AMAGANSETT LIBRARY
215 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3810
Reading with Valentino, an American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen, Saturday, 11 a.m. * Drawing the Buddha's Face for kids 8 to 12, with Pia Leighton, Saturday, 2 p.m. Advance registration is required for most programs.

AMAGANSETT LIBRARY
215 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3810
Watercolor self-portrait workshop for ages 8 to 12 with Erin O'Connor, Saturday, 2 p.m. * Advance registration is required for most programs.

AMAGANSETT LIBRARY
215 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3810
Cars story time and craft for ages 3 to 6, Saturday, 11 a.m. * Advance registration is required for most programs.

The Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton will have another of its “sensory friendly” mornings on Saturday from 8 to 10.

Kids can meet the South Fork Natural History Museum’s diamondback terrapins and learn about where they live, what they eat, and how to identify them in a program on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in Bridgehampton. On Sunday families will head outside to search for and identify animal tracks and scat, also at 10:30 a.m.

With the prospect of two full weeks off for the holiday break, kids (and parents) will be relieved to know there are some fun options for active time out of the house.   

Families will learn how to decorate a holiday cottage that doubles as a craft box in a holiday workshop on Friday, Dec. 20, at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill.

AMAGANSETT LIBRARY
215 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3810
Beeswax crafts for ages 4 to 10 with Debbie Klughers, a master beekeeper, Saturday, 11 a.m. * Community service opportunity for ages 13 and up: Make pet toys to donate to the Animal Rescue Fund, Sunday, 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. * Family movies: "Frosty the Snowman" and "Toy Story That Time Forgot," Friday, Dec. 13, 6 p.m. Advance registration is required for most programs.

Sensory Friendly

Children with sensory processing disorders or who are on the autism spectrum will find an especially welcoming space at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton on Saturday morning. From 8 to 10, light and sound will be reduced in the exhibits, the space will be less crowded, and there will be quiet rooms for kids who fare better with less stimulation. Admission will be free.

“The Nutcracker” Is Coming

You know it’s the holiday season when tickets go on sale for the Hampton Ballet Theatre School’s annual production of “The Nutcracker” at Guild Hall. And so they have.

The school’s dancers have been hard at work all fall preparing for the production, which will be staged on Friday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m., Dec. 7 at 1 and 7 p.m., and Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20 to $45 in advance, $25 to $50 the day of the show, but be warned: Seats for this popular production have been known to sell out in advance.

AMAGANSETT LIBRARY
215 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3810
Potato painting for ages 3 and up, Saturday, 2 p.m. * Thank-you story time for all ages, Sunday, 2-2:30 p.m. Advance registration is required for most programs.

The Children’s Museum of the East End will host a book swap in its lobby on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

AMAGANSETT LIBRARY
215 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3810
Reading with Valentino, an American Kennel Club-certified Canine Good Citizen, for all ages, Saturday, 11 a.m. Advance registration is required for most programs.

Wally the dog will be at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor on Saturday morning to listen patiently to kids who are just getting comfortable reading out loud.

AMAGANSETT LIBRARY
215 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3810
Duct tape crafts for ages 8 to 12, tomorrow, 4 p.m. * Pirate story time and project for ages 3 to 6, Saturday, 11 a.m. * Lip balm workshop with Hampton Organix for ages 8 to 12, Saturday, 2 p.m. Advance registration is required for most programs.

A new round of coed inline skating and girls volleyball clinics will begin on Tuesday at the Sportime Arena in Amagansett. The skating clinic, for ages 4 to 9, will happen from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

AMAGANSETT LIBRARY
215 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3810
A story time and project all about time is scheduled for Saturday at 11 a.m. to prepare children for daylight saving time. * On Monday at 2:15 p.m., prekindergartners can take in a stories read aloud followed by simple crafts. Advance registration is required for most programs.

The Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton promises a “smashing good time” on Saturday at its first-ever pumpkin fling, in which gourds will go flying from a working catapult.

Instead of buying more plastic Halloween decorations, how about making them from recycled materials? Families can do just that at a workshop on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton. Advance registration is required.

As Halloween approaches, the Amagansett Library is inviting kids to help decorate the library on Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. and on Sunday from 1:30 to 3 p.m. High school students can earn community service hours for helping out.

AMAGANSETT LIBRARY
215 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3810
Spiders story time and craft for ages 4 to 6, Saturday, 11 a.m. * Community service project: decorate for Halloween, Saturday, 1-3 p.m., and Sunday, 1:30-3:30 p.m. * Spooky movie night for families with 5 to 8-year-olds: "Toy Story of Terror" and "Casper's Halloween Special," Friday, Oct. 25, 6 p.m. Advance registration required for most programs.

On Sunday at 2:30 p.m., the library will host a story time with cookies for all ages. Spooky slime will be the project of the day for kids in sixth grade and up on Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m., and pumpkin decorating is in store during a family activity on Friday, Oct. 18, at 4 p.m.

AMAGANSETT LIBRARY
215 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3810
Collage magnets for ages 8 to 12, tomorrow, 5 p.m. * Pumpkin painting, Saturday, 2 p.m. * Stop-motion animation club for ages 8 to 12, Monday and Oct. 21 and 28, 4-4:45 p.m. Advance registration required for most programs.

Apple pie will be on the menu for some families on Saturday evening after a family pie-making workshop at the Montauk Library with the Baking Coach that afternoon from 2 to 4. Participants need only a rolling pin; everything else will be provided. They will take prepared pies home to bake.