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Keiki Programs & Family Events on Oʻahu

Grouped by what you are actually signing up for — a week of camp, a term you enrol in, a show you buy a ticket to, or something free you can just turn up to. Age band, price and whether you need to book, all read off the venue’s own page by a person.

Sign up for a term

13 listings

Enrol once, then one session a week for several weeks. Enrolment closes when the term starts.

Shows & one-off days

45 listings

Pick a date and go. A run means the production plays across those weeks, not that it lasts them.

Every week, no booking

14 listings

Standing fixtures. Turn up when it suits you — most of these are free.

FreeLive online · Ages 8–12 · Waitlist open

Kids Design Bootcamp

Eight weekly classes where keiki invent, design for real people and shape an app idea, taught by product designer Nur Gökdoğan. Free for families who find it here.

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What there is, by age

Ages 3–5. The Honolulu Museum of Art School's ʻOhana Parent and Child class is the one structured option — two-week sessions at $90, a grown-up in the room, starting roughly monthly (September 6, October 25, November 15, December 6). Beyond that it's the free stuff: keiki hula at Royal Hawaiian Center on Thursdays at 11:30 AM, and HoMA's Community & Family Sunday.

Ages 6–12. This is where the choice opens up. HoMA runs Ceramics, Fiber Arts and Exploring Art courses split into 6–8 and 9–12 bands, ten weeks on Saturdays or Sundays at $290–$318, plus three-day fall-break art camps in October ($110). Honolulu Theatre for Youth's season — eight productions from Anime Momotaro in September to The Malama Musical next spring — is $15–$30 a ticket and pitched squarely at this age. Teens get their own HoMA ceramics band (13–15).

Everyone at once. The night markets (Pearlridge Saturdays, Wai Kai Thursdays, the monthly ones) are the easiest family evening on the island: free entry, food trucks, room to run. HoMA's Community Sunday on the third Sunday is free for Hawaiʻi residents and built for families. And the daily 3 PM hula show at Ala Moana is twenty minutes long, free, and forgiving of a wandering toddler.

At a glance

Free & regular
Keiki hula, Royal Hawaiian Center, Thursdays 11:30 AM · HoMA Community Sunday, 3rd Sunday
Kids’ courses
HoMA Art School: ceramics, fiber arts, exploring art by age band, $290–$318 per ten-week term
Theatre for kids
Honolulu Theatre for Youth, Tenney Theatre — eight shows this season, $15–$30
School-break camps
HoMA fall-break art camps, ages 6–8 and 9–12, October 7–9, $110

How we pick family listings

A listing lands on this page when the venue itself says it's for children or families — an age band on a class, “keiki” or “family” in the venue's own description, or programming (like HTY) whose whole purpose is young audiences. We don't tag adult events as family-friendly on a hunch. Prices are the ones printed; age bands are the venue's. If you're planning around weather, the rainy day guide is mostly indoor and mostly kid-proof, and the free things to do guide covers parks, trails and museum free days that aren't events.

Questions people ask

What is there for toddlers on Oʻahu?＋
HoMA’s ʻOhana Parent and Child class (ages 3–5, $90, two weeks) is the structured option; free keiki hula at Royal Hawaiian Center on Thursdays and HoMA’s free Community Sunday work well for the very small.
Are there art classes for kids in Honolulu?＋
Yes — HoMA Art School runs ten-week Ceramics, Fiber Arts and Exploring Art courses for ages 6–8, 9–12 and (ceramics only) 13–15 at $290–$318, plus October fall-break camps at $110.
What age is Honolulu Theatre for Youth for?＋
HTY writes for young audiences broadly — most shows suit ages 5 and up, and it says on each show’s page. Tickets are $15–$30 at Tenney Theatre downtown.
Which night markets are good with kids?＋
All six we list are free-entry and family-oriented; Pearlridge’s Village Night Market (Saturdays 5–9 PM) and Wai Kai’s Thursday market by the lagoon are the two weekly ones.