Top Activities for Kids in January in the New York Area

The holidays are over, and the cold weather is here. But that’s no excuse for staying home and pining away for summer! Winter is a great time to get out as a family, whether it’s to an indoor play space in your neighborhood or to a day-trip destination a couple of hours away. Here are our top picks for things to do with kids in January in our region: 

1. Hit the slopes: Where to go skiing and snowboarding in the Northeast. 

2. Strap on those skates: indoor and outdoor rinks in the NY metro region.

3. Stay active but warm at indoor play spaces in NYCLong Island, and Westchester, Rockland & Fairfield.

4. Explore new worlds by visiting one of the area’s many kid-friendly museums.

5. Get wet at one of these indoor water parks in the Northeast

6. Commemorate Martin Luther King Day with your family.

7. Get out of town briefly with one of the top winter day trips in the region.

8. Take advantage of your last chance to see some of this year’s beloved holiday attractions, such as GingerBread Lane at the NY Hall of Science or train shows at the New York Botanical Garden and elsewhere.

9. Looking for more? See our top 100 things to do with kids in the winter in the NYC area.

10. Search for more of the best kids’ events in our calendar or receive them in your in-box with our weekly newsletter.