Rhythm and Songmaking with Elena Moon Park

Join Elena Moon Park in a boisterous music-making workshop for children. Stay afterwards for Rabbit Days and Dumplings, a one-hour music concert of folk and children's music from around the globe, presented by Elena Moon Park and Friends. 2-4pm. All ages. Tickets: $15 (workshop), $25 adults, $15 children (concert). Asia Society, 725 Park Ave., Upper East Side. For tickets and further information, visit asiasociety.org.

PETER PANTOmime

Shuffles NYC presents a joyful holiday tradition — the story of Peter Pan performed in the style of English Pantomime, complete with audience participation. Cheer for Peter, hiss at Captain Hook, boo for the Pirates and clap for Tinkerbell. 2&5pm. Tickets: $60. Kaye Playhouse, 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, Upper East Side. For tickets and further information, visit kayeplayhouse.com.

FREE EVENT

Lincoln Center Presents: Michael Hurst and the Unusual Creatures

Freewheeling show from Michael Hurst and the Unusual Creatures introduces kids and families to some unusual creatures, drawn from Hearst's series of books, albums and PBS series. 11am. FREE. David Rubinstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, 1887 Broadway at 62nd Street, Upper West Side. Half of the venue's capacity still available on a first-come, first-served basis. For further information, visit lincolncenter.org.

Saturdays at L'Alliance New York: Coquilles

Created for very young audiences, rousing piece for two dancers crafts a graceful, accessible story of contrasting physicality, shared language, and connection across difference. Choreographer of the piece, Amala Dianor, got his start in the hip-hop battle scene and brings that energy to the interplay of street-influenced movement and balletic form, incorporating props and costumes that riff playfully on the natural world. 11:30am&3pm. Ages 1 and up. Tickets: $35 general, $15 for ages 28 and under. Le Skyroom, L'Alliance New York, 22 E. 60th St., 8th floor, Upper East Side. For tickets and further information, visit lallianceny.org.

FREE EVENT

Families and Folk Art

Interactive and intergenerational program for families explores pieced quilts in the exhibition An Ecology of Quits: The Natural History of American Textiles and then work together to stitch their own quilt square. Participants are encouraged to bring from home a piece of fabric that in meaningful to them — a tee-shirt they've outgrown, a baby onesie — to incorporate into their quilt square. 10:30-11:30am. Ages 4-12, accompanied by an adult. American Folk Art Museum, 2 Lincoln Sq., Columbus Avenue at 66th Street, Upper West Side. For further information visit folkartmuseum.org or to register, call 212.265.1040 ext. 381 or email familyprograms@folkartmuseum.org.

Family Art Hour

Explore the International Center for Photography's fall exhibitions during a family workshop led by educator Carlos Nunez and guest artist C.J. Chueca. Participants will discover new photographic techniques and how they connect with notions of family and community during an introductory tour of the shows, then join the hands-on activity. 2-4pm. All ages. FREE with admission $18 adults, $14 seniors, $12 students, youth 14 and under admitted FREE. ICP, 84 Ludlow St., Lower East Side. For tickets and further information, visit icp.org.

Saturday Afternoon Cartoons: Fall Follies

See a showcase of early and classic animated cartoons shown in vintage 16mm film prints from the personal archives of historian Tommy José Stathes. Fall Follies features a selection of vintage animated shorts with autumnal themes: a wacky woodpecker's mishaps with his hibernation banquet, Tom Turkey's clever escape from becoming Thanksgiving dinner, a bear cub's run in with Jack Frost and more. One-hour screening is followed by a Q&A with Stathes. Noon. Tickets: $18. Metrograph, 7 Ludlow St., Lower East Side. For tickets and further information, visit metrograph.com.

Family Activity Weekends: Sailors Scrimshaws

Made by whalers at sea, scrimshaw is a form of folk art often made by engraving designs on whale ivory and bone. Historically, this practice also included carved and built-up “utilitarian” items such as cooking utensils, hair and clothing accessories, household goods, and more. Families can draw inspiration from the scrimshaw on view in the Maritime City exhibition and then try their hand at the craft using recycled plastic in place of ivory and substituting push pins for carving knives. 11am-4:30pm. Recommended for ages 5 and up. FREE with museum admission $18 adults, $15 seniors, $5 children, children under 2 admitted FREE. South Street Seaport Museum, 12 Fulton St., Lower Manhattan. For reservations and further information, visit southstreetseaportmuseum.org. Also, November 16 and every Saturday and Sunday, through November 30.

Best of BAMKids Festival

Celebrate some greatest hits from last year’s BAMkids Film Festival—stories that explore the power of friendship and the joy of seeing our amazing world in new ways. At this one-day-only screening, movie goers meet unforgettable heroes, from a pair of courageous bunnies to a remarkably generous watermelon. In partnership with the Melbourne International Animation Festival, 78 minute screening takes families on a film journey to Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Siberia, Australia, and the U.S. 11am. Recommended for ages 6-8. Tickets: $14 general, $10 children, plus $2 handling fee. BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn. For tickets and further information, visit bam.org.

Drop-In Workshop: Life at Sea

Take a deep dive into the exhibition, Oliver Jeffers: Life at Sea, and help expand this underwater world. During the drop-in workshop, families create colorful creatures and structures. Each afternoon centers on designing new ocean life, from coral to 3D fish, to add to Life at Sea. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Noon-4pm. All ages. FREE with museum admission $20 adults, $14 seniors/students, youth 19 and under admitted FREE. The Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy., Brooklyn. For further information, visit brooklynmuseum.org. Also, November 16.

FREE EVENT

Farmhouse Family Day: Making Our Own Light

The antidote to the shorter days and longer nights. Explore the past by discovering the ways homes were lit up without electricity in this Family Day Double Feature. Visitors illuminate their world by creating decorative lanterns and their own candle. Additionally, participate in a leaf raking competition to make the largest pile. 11am-3pm, craft activity begins at 11:30am for ages for 4-7 and 1pm for ages 8-12. FREE. Wyckoff House Museum, 5816 Clarendon Rd., Brooklyn. Register in advance at wyckoffmuseum.org. Also, Sunday, November 16.

FREE EVENT

Sugar Hill Kids' Lit

Liftoff! Museum partners with author Nina Crews for the launch of her new children's book, Liftoff! How the Apollo Moon Missions Made Alma Thomas's Art Soar, with a reading and celebration. The picture book follows the artistic process of abstract painter Alma Thomas (1891–1978), interweaving the stories of the Apollo 10 spaceflight and Thomas’s creation of the painting “Snoopy Sees a Sunrise.” Kids' lit event includes a reading, book signing and art activity. 2-3:30pm. FREE. Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling, 898 St. Nicholas Ave., Harlem. To reserve a space, visit eventbrite.com.

Family Day: Center for Learning Opening Celebration

Celebrate the opening of the Pruzan Family Center for Learning and reimagining of the museum's collection. Visitors are invited to experience striking displays of paintings and artifacts, make art in the renovated studios, discover a touch wall, and uncover artifacts in a simulated archaeological dig. Funkey Monkeys superduo will perform live, plus build a colorful creation inspired by artworks in the exhibition Anish Kapoor: Early Works.

11am-3:30pm. Ages 3 and up. Tickets: $24 adults, $14 seniors, $10 students, children 18 and under admitted FREE. The Jewish Museum, 1109 5th Ave., at 92nd Street, Upper East Side. For tickets and further information, visit thejewishmuseum.org.

Flutter a Discovery Play for Babies by Treehouse Shakers

Treehouse Shakers presents an immersive theater experience for babies that encourages young ones to crawl, one and move within the performance that explores the changing seasons through storytelling, puppetry, dance and music. 10&11:30am. Ages 6-18 months, accompanied by a caregiver. General admission: $42.39, includes one caregiver and one child. Low-income ticket price options are also available. Ailey Studios, 405 W. 55th St., Manhattan. Watch a promo of the performance and purchase tickets at eventbrite.com.

Noguchi Museum Stroller Tour

One hour stroller-friendly tour is designed for parents and caregivers of infants. In the museum galleries, adults will learn about Isamu Noguchi’s life and artwork while babies are engaged through sensory activities. Each session concludes in the Education Studio with unstructured time to connect with other families, listen to music, and read children’s books. 10:30-11:30am. Ages 0-12 months. Tickets: $16. The Isamu Noguchi Foundation Garden and Museum, 9-01 33rd Rd. at Vernon Boulevard, LIC. For tickets and further information, visit noguchi.org.

FREE EVENT

Guided Farm Tours

Day trip! Muscoot Farm was a gentleman's farm and summer estate in the late 19th century turned working dairy farm until the late 1960s. On this guided tour, geared to families and individuals, visitor learn about the northern Westchester farm, its animals and historic buildings.12:30&2pm. FREE. Muscoot Farm, 51 New York 100, Katonah, NY. Pre-registration is required; visit eventbrite.com.

After eight years removed from its permanent home, the Studio Museum in Harlem is back in a new seven story space on 125th Street. Unsurprisingly, the museum's opening weekend, November 15-16, is sold out. With some advance planning, you can reserve tickets for Studio Sunday — featuring family gallery tours, art making workshops, storytime and more. Admission is FREE on Sundays. Book tickets for Sunday, November 23 at studiomuseum.org or check the Calendar of Events for upcoming dates.

Space is very limited (up to six families) for Fairy Houses and Gnome Houses, happening Sunday, November 23 at Teatown Lake Reservation in Ossining. During the one-hour program kids learn what living and mythical creatures need to survive, listen to a fairy story and then create a fairy or gnome house in the woods from natural materials. Make a day of it by exploring 1,000-acre nature preserve including 15 miles of hiking trails, open from dawn until dusk. The cost of the workshop is $15 per family. Teatown is located at 1600 Spring Valley Rd., Ossining, NY. For tickets and further information, visit ticketleap.com.