things to do with kids in rhode island

WEEK OF AUGUST 10 - AUGUST 16, 2026

Name: BOO Bash
Start: 2026-10-25
Location: Special Events - Jamestown Parks and Recreation

From Champion Tree Walk at Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum to Summer Clay Camp: Little Mudslingers (Ages 7-9) at Newport Art Museum and Free Sunday Guided Bird Walk at Norman Bird Sanctuary.

MONDAY - 8/10

Bristol Art Museum, Bristol — Acrylic Painting with Kathy Thomas at 1:00pm, 3:30pm ♡ register session iv

Newport Art Museum, Newport

9:00am - 2:00pm — Summer Art Camp: Sticks & Stones (Ages 4-6) ♡ summer camp
9:00am - 2:00pm — Summer Art Camp: Art in the Wild (Ages 7-9) ♡ summer camp
9:00am - 2:00pm — Summer Camp: Nature in Focus (Ages 10-12) ♡ summer camp
9:00am - 2:00pm — Summer Clay Camp: Little Mudslingers (Ages 7-9) ♡ summer camp

Newport Car Museum, Portsmouth — Early Bird Highlight Tours Available at 10:00am ♡ view detail

Newport Cooks, Newport — Vive la France! French Cooking & Baking Camp for Children 8 – 14 years old at 9:00am ♡ cook bake

The Sailing Museum, Newport — Sensory Friendly Hour at The Sailing Museum at 10:00am ♡ explore

TUESDAY - 8/11

Brownell Library (Little Compton), Little Compton — Big Bubble Fun Tuesday at 1:00pm ♡ bubble fun

Marble House, Newport — Time Traveling Tuesdays & Thursdays in the Garden at 10:30am ♡ time traveling

WEDNESDAY - 8/12

Brownell Library (Little Compton), Little Compton — Baby and Toddler Playtime at 10:30am ♡ playtime

Marble House, Newport — Members-Only “Revolution Reimagined” Tours at 10:00am ♡ members tour

Newport Cooks, Newport — Ravioli From Scratch Class! at 5:30pm ♡ make pasta

Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown

3:30pm - 4:15pm — Free Wednesday Nature Walk ♡ nature walk
3:30pm - 4:15pm — Free Wednesday Nature Walks ♡ nature walks

The Sailing Museum, Newport

11:00am — Story Hour Wednesdays at The Sailing Museum ♡ story hour
12:30pm — Rain Gutter Regattas at The Sailing Museum ♡ regattas

THURSDAY - 8/13

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol

11:00am — Champion Tree Walk ♡ tree walk
5:00pm — Blithewold Annual Family Clambake ♡ family clambake

Brownell Library (Little Compton), Little Compton — Creative Collaging for Tweens and Teens at 10:00am ♡ creative collaging

Green Animals Topiary Garden, Portsmouth

10:30am — Thursdays in the Garden: Fluttery Friends ♡ fluttery friends
10:30am — Thursdays in the Garden: Sense-sational Art ♡ sense-sational art

The Sailing Museum, Newport — Family Movie Nights at The Sailing Museum at 5:00pm ♡ movie nights

FRIDAY - 8/14

Bristol Art Museum, Bristol — Salt & Pepper Caddy with Elwood Donnelly at 12:00pm, 4:00pm ♡ class payment registration

Brownell Library (Little Compton), Little Compton — Dirt & Worms! at 1:00pm ♡ dirt worms

Marble House, Newport — Inside “The Gilded Age” Tour 2026 at 1:00pm ♡ gilded age tour

Portsmouth Free Public Library, Portsmouth — Magic of Russ DeSimone Show at 6:00pm - 7:00pm ♡ magic show

Special Events - Jamestown Parks and Recreation, Jamestown — 9/11 Tribute Climb at 5:00 am - 10:00 pm ♡ tribute climb

SATURDAY - 8/15

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol — Love, War, and Resilience: The Story of Nathanael & Caty Greene at 10:00am ♡ story time

Bristol Art Museum, Bristol

12:00pm, 3:00pm — Illustrated Storybooks with Emily Johnson ♡ class payment registration
12:00pm, 3:00pm — Frame by Frame Animation with Emily Johnson ♡ class payment registration
1:00pm, 2:30pm — Introduction to Cyanotype with Kim Arthurs ♡ class payment registration
1:00pm, 4:00pm — The Color of Taste - RED: Paint Pomegranate on Silk with Lidia Mikhaylova ♡ class payment registration

Little Compton Historical Society, Little Compton — Native Led Tours of Awashonks’ Garden at 11:00am ♡ explore garden

Marble House, Newport

- name: America’s 250 at the Newport Mansions — TBA ♡ americas 250
- name: Revolution Reimagined: Evolving Stories from Newport’s Past — TBA ♡ revolution reimagined
11:00am — Drop-In Art Making ♡ drop in art

Newport Car Museum, Portsmouth — New England Cars & Coffee at 9:00am ♡ view detail

Prescott Farm, Middletown — Storytime at Rough Point: The Outermost Mouse at 10:30am ♡ storytime

Special Events - Jamestown Parks and Recreation, Jamestown

4:00 pm - 8:00 pm — Fall Festival ♡ fall festival
8:00 am — Pipestem Creek Trail Run ♡ trail run
9:30 am — Gear Grinder Mountain Bike Race ♡ bike race

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

SUNDAY - 8/16

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 sculpture

Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown

8:00am - 10:00am — Free Sunday Guided Bird Walk ♡ bird walk
8:00am - 10:00am — Free Sunday Guided Bird Walks ♡ bird walks

Special Events - Jamestown Parks and Recreation, Jamestown — BOO Bash at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm ♡ boo bash

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