Boston’s Gold Standard for Summer Fun 🌞
An unplugged, activity-packed experience designed to help kids grow socially, try new things, and just enjoy being kids.
Events in Your Area 💗🎷🥂
Boston
Yankee Ingenuity Weekends (Old Sturbridge Village)
Perpetual Gratitude (FREE for kids! Institute of Contemporary Art)
Family ART-trek (FREE for kids! Institute of Contemporary Art)
Teddy Bear Check-Ups (Stone Zoo)
Muffins for Mom: Mother’s Day 5K & Children’s Entrepreneur Market (Good Pickin’ Farm) 🩷
Lilac Sunday (Arnold Arboretum) 🩷
Mother’s Day Mimosa Cruise (Charles River Boat Company) 🩷
Backyard and Beyond: Outdoor Yoga (Acton Discovery Museum)
Duckling Day (FREE! Boston Common) 🩷
Muffins for Moms! (Little Lovage Club) 🩷
Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea (Old Sturbridge Village) 🩷
NYC
Parents’ Day (Children’s Museum of Manhattan) 🩷
Taste of Haiti: Pikliz-Making with Rogers Burgers (Brooklyn Children’s Museum)
Weekend Walk-In! Workshop: Ripped Paper Mosaics (Staten Island Children’s Museum)
Mother’s Day Bazaar (Grand Bazaar NYC) 🩷
Mother’s Day Evening High Tea (Brooklyn Perk Coffee) 🩷
AAPI Month (Children’s Museum of Manhattan)
San Francisco
Mother’s Day Celebration (Pay What You Can! The Exploratorium) 🩷
A Mother’s Day Celebration (FREE! Spreckels Temple of Music) 🩷
Mother’s Day Concert (San Francisco Botanical Gardens) 🩷
Mother’s Day Tea Time (The Ferry Building) 🩷
Twin Cities
Mom-A-Rama! (The Market at Malcolm Yards) 🩷
STEAM Activity: Collage Corner (FREE! Roosevelt Library)
Mommy & Me Craft (Can Can Wonderland) 🩷
Lunch with a Naturalist: Fungi (FREE! Wargo Nature Center)
Activity Spotlight: Sewataro 🚣🌻🐿️
Camp Sewataro is a classic New England summer day camp (on about 44 wooded acres) that’s often described as “a day camp with an overnight camp feel.” It serves kids from preschool (age 3+) through 8th grade (plus counselor-in-training camp up to 19th grade), with age-banded sections (Chipmunks 3–4, Fox K–1, Bear 2–3, Eagle 4–5, Owl 6–8) so activities and supervision match each stage! The camp’s vibe is very outdoorsy and unplugged, focused on friendship, independence, and big “full camp day” energy in a supportive environment.
Area: Greater Boston
Price: K - 8th Grade Camp ranges from $7,030/8 weeks to ~$2,000/2 weeks; for 3 - 4 Year Old Camp, the cost is $515/week for half-day & $1,035/week for full-day. The CIT Program is $1,995/4 weeks.
Dates: June 29 - August 21, 2026
Registration: Register online here for camp!
Bonus: Sewataro is ACA accredited and licensed under MA regulations.
What’s New This Week 📰
Boston Centers for Youth & Families Summer Guide 2026: The BCYF Summer Guide contains lots of neighborhood-based and citywide programs BCYF offers for Bostonians of all ages and is intended to give you a general idea of what we offer during the summer months. Things can change, and there are always special events, new programs, and fun activities being added to the offerings, so check their website regularly!
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What We’re Working On 👩👧👦💝🥰
As we head into Mother’s Day weekend, we’re giving ourselves permission to slow things down a bit, and we hope you are too. Between camps, activities, and everything else on the calendar, this feels like a good moment to keep things simple and actually enjoy the time together. We’ll still be sharing a few easy, low-lift ideas on our channels if you’re looking for something to do, but overall, we’re leaning into a lighter weekend, and hoping you get to do the same!
Over and out,
Your Team at MomBrains