20 Things To Do in NYC on Easter Sunday with Kids

6. New York Botanical Garden

Visit the New York Botanical Garden, where you can visit Daffodil Hill, check out the Orchid Show, or explore the rest of the family-friendly fun therein.

7. Easter Cruise

For a truly special treat, set sail with the Easter Bunny, and enjoy an onboard Easter egg hunt.

8. Visit a Destination Playground

Spend the day exploring one of our favorite playgrounds.

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Easter egg hunts abound all weekend long, or you can host your own. Photo courtesy of Green Meadows Farm

9. Easter Egg Hunt

Gather up the kids and head to one of NYC’s Easter egg hunts happening on Easter Sunday, like those at Green Meadows Farm.

10. Hide Your Own Eggs

Stage your own Easter egg hunt at home instead.

11. Macy’s Flower Show

Stop and smell the flowers at Macy’s annual ode to springtime, put on in partnership with Dior.

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The Easter Bunny hops into town for the Easter Bunny Hop. Photo courtesy of the event

12. Easter Bunny Hop

Get your groove on at The Easter Bunny Hop featuring an egg scavenger hunt, a sing-along, and after-show photos with the Easter Bunny.

13. Brooklyn Children’s Museum

Head to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum where kids can explore some of the museum’s top exhibits including Totally Tots, World Brooklyn, Neighborhood Nature, and The Nest, or enjoy its special Earth Rocks spring break programming.

14. Cirque Mechanics: Zephyr

Clown around at the New Victory Theater where Cirque Mechanics takes the stage with Zephyr.

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Wave Hill’s bucolic grounds make you forget you’re in the city at all. Photo courtesy of Wave Hill

15. Wave Hill

Head to Riverdale to explore the beautiful Wave Hill. This 28-acre public garden offers spectacular views of the Hudson River and sprawling grassy lawns where guests are encouraged to play and relax. On Easter Sunday, join the Family Art Project: Rainbow Passage program, where kids use transparent materials to create bright window hangings.

16. Easter Kids Party

Hang with the Easter Bunny at the Easter Kids Party NYC in Astoria. This jam-packed event features a magic show, clowns, balloon sculpting, live DJ and dancing, surprise characters, and more.

17. Flip Circus

Flip Circus boasts world-class clowns, acrobats, jugglers, and daredevils—all displaying their talents in an intimate setting where no member of the audience is more than 50 feet from the ring.

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See a performance of “Wake Up, Daisy” at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater. Photo by Sean Jamal

18. Puppet Show

Take in a classic fairytale with a twist and see Wake Up, Daisy! at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater in Central Park.

19. Visit MoMA

Check out working film sets from the director’s latest movie, at MoMA’s Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio exhibition. Watch motion tests and time-lapse video installations that document the complex stop-motion process that brings the story’s characters to life.

20. Decorate Easter Eggs

Head to the Kids Paint Easter Egg-stravaganza event in Park Slope, where kids can decorate their own Easter eggs and pose for a photo with the Easter Bunny.

This post was originally published in April 2013, but it is updated annually.