KidsWannaGo — Things to Do with Kids in Rhode Island

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WEEK OF AUGUST 03 - AUGUST 09, 2026

From Advanced Cyanotype with Kim Arthurs at Bristol Art Museum to Blithewold Annual Family Clambake at Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum and Warren Youth Mentor Program GYM GAMES - GYM GAMES at Warren Parks & Recreation.

MONDAY - 8/3

Bristol Art Museum, Bristol
Marble House, Newport — TBA at - name: America’s 250 at the Newport Mansions america 250
Newport Art Museum, Newport
  • 9:00am - 2:00pm — WET PAINT: Painting Lab (Ages 10-12) wet paint lab
  • 9:00am - 2:00pm — WET PAINT: Paint and Play (Ages 7-9) paint and play
  • 9:00am - 2:00pm — WET PAINT: Little Picasso’s (Ages 4-6) little picasso’s
  • 9:00am - 2:00pm — Summer Art Camp: Sticks & Stones (Ages 4-6) sticks stones camp
  • 9:00am - 2:00pm — Summer Art Camp: Art in the Wild (Ages 7-9) art in the wild
  • 9:00am - 2:00pm — Summer Camp: Nature in Focus (Ages 10-12) nature focus camp
  • 9:00am - 2:00pm — Summer Clay Camp: Little Mudslingers (Ages 7-9) little mudslingers
  • 9:00am - 2:00pm — Summer Camp: Puppet Palooza (Ages 4-6) puppet palooza
  • 9:00am - 2:00pm — Summer Camp: Puppet Masters (Ages 7-9) puppet masters
  • 9:00am - 2:00pm — Summer Camp: Puppet Pals (Ages 10-12) puppet pals camp
  • 9:00am - 2:00pm — Summer Camp: Claymation Lab (Ages 10-12) claymation lab
Newport Cooks, Newport
  • 9:00am — Viva l’Italia! Italian Cooking & Baking Camp for Children 8 – 14 years old italian camp
  • 9:00am — Vive la France! French Cooking & Baking Camp for Children 8 – 14 years old french camp
The Sailing Museum, Newport — Sensory Friendly Hour at The Sailing Museum at 10:00am explore

TUESDAY - 8/4

Brownell Library (Little Compton), Little Compton — Big Bubble Fun Tuesday at 1:00pm bubble fun
Jane Pickens Theater, Newport

WEDNESDAY - 8/5

Brownell Library (Little Compton), Little Compton — Baby and Toddler Playtime at 10:30am playtime
Jane Pickens Theater, Newport
Marble House, Newport — Time Traveling Tuesdays & Thursdays in the Garden at 10:30am – 11:30am time travel
Newport Art Museum, Newport — Community Mending Circle Workshop at 5:00pm - 7:00pm mending circle
Newport Cooks, Newport — Ravioli From Scratch Class! at 5:30pm ravioli class
Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown
The Sailing Museum, Newport
  • 11:00am — Story Hour Wednesdays at The Sailing Museum story time
  • 12:30pm — Rain Gutter Regattas at The Sailing Museum regattas
Warren Parks & Recreation, Warren — SUMMER Youth Tennis - Summer Youth Tennis Lessons - Orange ball (3-5) at 6:00pm - 7:00pm youth tennis

THURSDAY - 8/6

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol
Bristol Art Museum, Bristol — Watercolor for Beginners (& up) with Lana Quann, The Wandering Brush: Mini Landscapes at 1:00pm, 3:30pm class payment registration
Brownell Library (Little Compton), Little Compton — Creative Collaging for Tweens and Teens at 10:00am create
Green Animals Topiary Garden, Portsmouth
  • 10:30am — Time Traveling Tuesdays & Thursdays in the Garden time traveling
  • 10:30am — Thursdays in the Garden: Plants Dance! garden dance
  • 10:30am — Thursdays in the Garden: Fluttery Friends fluttery friends
  • 10:30am — Thursdays in the Garden: Sense-sational Art sense-sational art
Jane Pickens Theater, Newport — TBA at - name: The Irish Tenors Live: A Family Christmas christmas show
The Sailing Museum, Newport — Family Movie Nights at The Sailing Museum at 5:00pm movie night

FRIDAY - 8/7

Bristol Art Museum, Bristol — Salt & Pepper Caddy with Elwood Donnelly at 12:00pm, 4:00pm class payment registration
Brownell Library (Little Compton), Little Compton — Make a Colossal Marble Maze! at 10:30am make maze
Jane Pickens Theater, Newport — TBA at - name: Breakfast at Tiffany's see movie
Portsmouth Free Public Library, Portsmouth
  • 10:30am - 11:15am — Summer Break Pokemon Club: Grades K-5 pokemon club
  • 6:00pm - 7:00pm — Magic of Russ DeSimone Show magic show
  • 9:30am - 10:15am — Kids' Yoga with Miss Jenny kids yoga

SATURDAY - 8/8

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol — Love, War, and Resilience: The Story of Nathanael & Caty Greene at 10:00am - 12:00pm history talk
Bristol Art Museum, Bristol
Jane Pickens Theater, Newport — TBA at - name: CatVideoFest 2026 watch cats
Little Compton Historical Society, Little Compton — Native Led Tours of Awashonks’ Garden at 11:00am explore garden
Marble House, Newport — Drop-In Art Making at 11:00am – 1:00pm art making
Newport Car Museum, Portsmouth — Hoods Up! Weekend at 10:00am, 5:00pm view detail
Prescott Farm, Middletown — Storytime at Rough Point: The Outermost Mouse at 10:30am storytime fun
Tiverton Four Corners, Tiverton
  • 11:00am, 12:30pm — Teen & Tween Summer Improv Workshop at The Meeting House w/ Lisa Rowe - Beddoe (Ages 11-14) register now
  • 11:00am, 6:00pm — Drum & Rattle Building Workshop w/ Alan Stonewolf & Jaime Allen Poyant register here
Warren Parks & Recreation, Warren — Warren Youth Mentor Program GYM GAMES - GYM GAMES at 10:00am - 11:30am gym games

SUNDAY - 8/9

Bristol Art Museum, Bristol — Advanced Cyanotype with Kim Arthurs at 1:00pm, 4:00pm class payment registration
Newport Art Museum, Newport — Paper Shoe Sculpture Workshop at 11:00am - 1:00pm paper shoe art
Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown
  • 8:00am — Free Sunday Guided Bird Walk bird walk
  • 8:00am — Free Sunday Guided Bird Walks bird walks

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