FALL FAMILY DAY at the Museum of the Moving Image (Oct. 7, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.). From a stern, stiff-postured eagle to silly, squiggly jellyfish, this celebration on Sunday in Queens will honor Muppets and puppets, and all that they can do on film. Revolving around “The Jim Henson Exhibition,” a permanent installation, the festival will offer drop-in activities, including a scavenger hunt; continuous screenings of “Jim Henson’s Tales of Muppetland,” a compilation of memorable fairy tale clips; and making paper-bag puppets. Preschool visitors can enjoy “Under the Tree,” Spellbound Theater’s immersive puppet show about the wonders in a girl’s backyard. The full schedule, on the museum’s website, also comprises “Muppets Most Wanted” (2014), a crime caper film, and a Sam Eagle tribute, consisting of clips starring that fiercely patriotic bird. And for those who may want to emulate Henson, Brooklyn Puppet Conspiracy will lead two hourlong workshops: a project to make jellyfish puppets and learn about their live counterparts, and a performance program on how to move and voice puppets on camera.

718-777-6888, movingimage.us/familyday

HONEY & HARVEST WEEKEND (Oct. 6-8, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.) and SPOOKY PUMPKIN GARDEN (through Oct. 31, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.) at the New York Botanical Garden. From Saturday to Monday, this urban oasis will put the spotlight on some of the most industrious workers in the entire Bedford Park neighborhood of the Bronx: honeybees. At the Edible Academy, the garden’s recently expanded educational campus, children can talk to beekeepers, try out their protective attire and equipment, examine a hive and sample honey and honeycombs. The weekend will also pay tribute to the fall harvest with live music and activities that include mixing herbs to make flavored popcorn; learning family recipes in culinary demonstrations; and watching Adam Bierton, a master pumpkin carver, practice his art. More jack-o’-lanterns await, along with welcoming scarecrows, at the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, which has undergone a seasonal transformation to become the Spooky Pumpkin Garden. There, curious visitors can explore a Victorian playhouse to learn about bats, put on shows with puppet creatures, and pot up and take home a plant that Morticia Addams might have admired: a black coleus.

718-817-8700, nybg.org

