Many young visitors choose to visit Philipsburg Manor in costume themselves, adding to the festive atmosphere. Refreshments are available indoors and outdoors throughout the evening program. Philipsburg Manor does not offer a haunted landscape during the daytime program, but instead celebrates the importance of legends, myths, and folklore with storytelling and musical performances. On Saturday and Sunday, visitors are invited to join the Storycrafters, who captivate audiences with Hudson Valley folklore and legends from around the world using a their unique style of participatory storytelling. Visitors can also participate in a sing-along with Kevin and Carol Becker, Hudson Valley folk musicians who paint a picture of the Hudson Valley through song, story and music.
Children are welcome to participate in supervised pumpkin carving on the farm.
Special showings of an animated film version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow are scheduled throughout the day. Other programs for children during the Legend Weekend daytime program at Philipsburg Manor include fall harvest activities at the historic mill and farm. There will be corn shelling demonstrations in the barn, open hearth cooking in the Tenant Farm House, oxen demonstrations, and more. Visitors may also stroll across the street for a look at the adjacent Old Dutch Church and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, made famous by Washington Irving in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Washington Irving himself is buried in the cemetery.