How about a day of pampering at a beauty parlor. In scarsdale however they are all over there's a salon for children called snip-it's they can get their hair done in beautiful styles, get their make-up done, get their nails done, etc. It's really fun and an 8yr old would love it. Or how about a pottery class again in Westchester county they have places where you can make your own pottery or pick out a piece, paint and decorate it and it's yours. How about a cooking class? In new rochelle there is restaurant called Don Coque and they have cooking classes for children she might enjoy that. I once wanted to do something special for my girls so I rented a hotel room at greatwolf lodge one night and we went to the indoor water park, had lunch and dinner and spent the night enjoying the hotel amenties. It was a lot of fun, greatwolf lodge is in the in Poconos.