Kids

AMAGANSETT LIBRARY
215 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3810
Jewelry-making party for ages 8 to 12, tomorrow, 5 p.m. * Apple story time and project, Saturday, 11 a.m. * Collage magnets for ages 8 to 12, Friday, Oct. 4, 5 p.m. Advance registration required for most programs.

Teen Arts Council

Applications for Guild Hall’s Teen Arts Council are being accepted through Oct. 11. The council is open to teens ages 14 and up who are interested in the arts.

The Teen Arts Council, founded in 2017, is “a collective of young creatives representing and celebrating a wide range of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives,” Guild Hall said in its announcement. Members “work within the institution to curate public programming, advance their own creativity, and progress Guild Hall’s outreach and relationship to our local teen community.”

Tie dye, pom-poms, trivia, Big Truck Day at the Children's Museum, even a birding club for ages 8 to 18; there's a lot for kids to do on the South Fork this week.

Saturday is Big Truck Day at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton. The museum will have all sorts of trucks and rigs there for kids to explore, from emergency vehicles to farm machines to construction equipment. The fun happens from 10 a.m. to noon, and the cost is $15, but museum members get in for free.

New at the Y.M.C.A.

A number of new programs for young people are beginning at the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter as the school year gets underway.

AMAGANSETT LIBRARY
215 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3810
Harvest moon story time for all ages, Saturday, 11 a.m. * Reading with Valentino, an American Kennel Club canine good citizen, Wednesday, 4 p.m. * Teddy Bear's Picnic, Sept. 22, 2 p.m.

AMAGANSETT LIBRARY
215 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3810
Grandparents Day reading circle, Sunday, 1:30 p.m. * Drop-in craft time, Mondays in September, 3:30 p.m.

The Hampton Library in Bridgehampton will celebrate the end of summer and the conclusion of the summer reading club with a party on Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m.

Arts and crafts, story times, acting workshops, and end-summer-parties for kids and teens

Butterflies, painting, homemade ice cream, a portable planetarium, and a reptile and amphibian show are coming to the East Hampton Library in what is the final full week of summer vacation for most kids.

AMAGANSETT LIBRARY
215 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3810
Reading with Valentino the dog, today, 11 a.m. * Universe of Stories story time and project for ages 4 to 7, Monday, 3 p.m. 

Concerts, puppet shows, arts and crafts workshops, magic, and more to make the summer even more fun.

Meet the Animals

At the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton, the Young Birders Club, for kids 8 to 18, meets on Saturday at 10 a.m. On Sunday, children 6 to 8 can get an up-close introduction to the museum’s reptiles and amphibians in a program at 10:30 a.m.

Puppets at Bay Street

Children’s Fair     

Nearly two dozen children’s book authors will be on hand Sunday at the East Hampton Library’s free Children’s Fair at Amagansett Farm. Among them will be Billy Baldwin with “Story Glass,” Adam Osterweil with “The Baseball Card Kid,” and Oksana and Julia Zbarsky with “Do You Know Where the Freckle Goes?”     The fair will also include games, rides, crafts, bounce houses, and live performances, all taking place from 2 to 5:30 p.m. Amagansett Farm is at 555 Montauk Highway.     

Art workshops, puppet shows, movies, and performances for the kids and families.

Pottery, theater camps, puppet shows, and more to keep kids busy this week.

Camp Shakespeare

The Hamptons Shakespeare Festival’s Camp Shakespeare, a theater arts program for ages 8 to 15, will celebrate its 20th season when it gets under way on Monday in Amagansett.

The Children’s Museum of the East End will host a Friday Night Drop-Off Dance Party for children ages 3 and up next week.

Workshops, performances, camps, and events for kids from Water Mill to Montauk.

At the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, an award-winning dance ensemble from the Edge School of the Arts in Queens will perform classical ballet, jazz, African, tap, and hip-hop selections in a family program on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.

Guild Hall’s KidFest summer series of performances and workshops will begin on Wednesday at 5 p.m. when Teatro SEA presents “La Cucarachita Martina,” a bilingual puppet show about a little roach looking for love. Described as a “live-action Latin puppet show rock ’n’ roll musical mash-up,” it is appropriate for children of all ages.

The Mannix Studio of Art will lead family tours and action-painting workshops at the Pollock-Krasner House and Studio in Springs on Thursdays and Fridays through Sept. 6. After learning some background on the Abstract Expressionists Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner, participants will have a chance to paint a canvas in Pollock’s style.

The East Hampton Town Recreation Department’s multitude of summer programs for kids, from swimming to sailing to basketball and tennis, begin this week at locations across the town.

Now They’re Cooking!

Kids 3 to 6 and their grown-ups will learn how to make quick cucumber pickles in a cooking workshop on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton. The cost is $19, which includes museum admission, $5 for members.

The Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton will celebrate Memorial Day weekend on Saturday with a block party of a different sort, this one involving block building.

Guild Hall’s Teen Arts Council has organized a cleanup at Atlantic Avenue Beach in Amagansett on Saturday and will follow up with a fashion event using repurposed finds on Sunday