FAMILY CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF THE ARTS Museum feat. daily activities & exhibitions ...
Museum feat. daily activities & exhibitions incl. children's art shows & art studio, interactive computer art station, creative playroom, actor's studio, costume shop, community group workshops, after-school art programs, summer art camps & birthday parties; 182 Lafayette St. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 212-274-0986; Weds. 12-7, Thurs.-Sun., 12-5, $5, s.c. & kids under 1 are free.
the NY BOTANICAL GARDEN
Spring Flower Exhibition & Nancy Bryan Luce Herb Garden now in bloom. Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden feat. sunflower house, bean tunnel & pumpkin patch. Everett Children's Adventure Garden with "Family Garden" activities every Tues.; NY Botanical Garden, 200th St. (Southern Blvd.), Bronx, 718-817-8700 or www.nybg.org; Weds.-Sun. & Tues. 10-6, $2-$7.
Activities
ANIMALS AS ARCHITECTS
Interactive games teach kids how & why specific animals build their homes; Everett Children's Adventure Garden at NY Botanical Garden, 200th St. (Southern Blvd.), Bronx, 718-817-8700 for days & times; free [through 8/31].
CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL WEEKEND
Make costumes, watch a parade & more; Brooklyn Children's Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave. (St. Marks Ave.), 718-735-4400; Sat. & Sun., call for time, $4.
FAMILTY ART PROJECTS
Attend "If I Were A Tree" where you'll hide in branches & then paint some of your own; Wave Hill, 675 W. 252nd St. (Indep. Ave.), Bronx, 718-549-3200; Sat. & Sun. 1-4, free w/grounds adm.
HP INVENTOR CENTER
Exhibit lets kids learn about & discuss some of USA's prominent inventors & construct their own gadgets; Children's Museum of Manhattan, 212 W. 83rd St. (betw. B'way & Amsterdam Ave.), 212-721-1223; Weds.-Sun. & Tues. 10-5, free w/mus. adm. [through 11/30].
PLAY BALL
Former Major League pitcher Derek Aucoin hosts monthly baseball workshop on pitching, hitting & fielding for minor leaguers 7-14; 202 W. 74th St. (betw. B'way & Amsterdam), RSVP 212-362-0344; Tues. at 6, $15.
SOUTH STREET SEAPORT
Sail the Pioneer for an hour-long lunch, Weds. 11:30-1; Join printing workshop & learn more about newspaper delivery boys in 1833, Sat. & Sun. at 1; South St. Seaport Museum, Pier 16, South St. (Fulton St.), 212-748-8786 for prices.
Things to See & Hear
THE ADVENTURES OF ROCKY & BULLWINKLE & FRIENDS
Watch originals. Even that kid who hangs out with the dog who's really a professor will be there. This week: Wossamotto U; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (5th Ave.), 212-621-6600 for more info [through 9/17].
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Storytelling at Hans Christian Andersen statue is annual event loved by New Yorkers of all ages, feat. professional storytellers reciting a different tale each week; Hans Christian Andersen Statue, 72nd St. (5th Ave.), 212-260-3674; Sat. at 11 a.m., free [through 9/30].
CHILDREN'S SCULPTURE GARDEN
One-hundred & twenty bronze miniatures surround 40-ft. high peace fountain; Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Ave. (112th St.), 212-932-7347 for days & times; free.
the CONFINO FAMILY APARTMENT
Take tour through space based on immigrant family's first home in 1916. Actress plays teenage Victoria Confino & answers questions; Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 90 Orchard St. (Broome St.), 212-431-0233; Sat. & Sun. at 12, 1, 2 & 3, $6-$8.
"IMAGINATION"
Play about kids who get a life when there's nothing on tv; Looking Glass Theater, 422 W. 57th (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 212-307-9467; Sat. & Sun. at 2 & 4, $8-$10.
MAYA THE BEE
Jazz puppet play for tikes 3-9 based on German book about bee who runs away from hive; Salon Theater, 45 Bleecker St. (Lafayette St.), 212-539-6644; Sat. at 11, $7-$15.
THE TEDDYBEARBAITERS
Improv group takes Brecht's theories & makes them a reality for your children in attempt at extreme interactive theater; Waterloo Bridge Theater, 203 W. 38th St., 5th Fl. (7th Ave.), 212-330-8879; Sun. at 11, $7, $3 child.
WISEACRE FARM & RUMPLE WHO?
A birthday on the farm & a classic at Thirteenth St. Rep, 50 W. 13th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-675-6677; Sat. & Sun., call for times, $7.