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New Year’s Eve party ideas for kids – new years eve with kids
Kids love the idea of New Year’s Eve celebrations, even if some are too young to really understand it. They still like to celebrate, eat special treats, and make a lot of noise.
Here are some ideas for New Year’s Eve for kids. Check Pinterest for numerous recipes, craft ideas, and more party suggestions.
Set the clocks ahead: If you are concerned about the kids staying up too late, or if you plan to have a more adult-centered celebration closer to midnight, set the clocks ahead to have “midnight” fun with the kids first. After all, it’s midnight somewhere, right?
Celebrate “Noon Year”: A popular idea, this is where you treat noon like it’s already midnight, complete with making as much noise as possible. Kids also enjoy having some kind of DIY Ball Drop – or watching the video of the big one from New York last year on YouTube.
Make silly hats, lots of noisemakers, and plenty of decorations: These things add to the fun and excitement, and are inexpensive to make. You can spend time earlier in the day, or the day before, creating hats from construction paper, hanging decorations, and making noisemakers. One easy noisemaker idea is to fill empty water bottles with small pebbles or dried beans. If you’re pressed for time or ideas, you can also check your local dollar store for decorations, hats, noisemakers, and party favors.
Plan games: Kids love games, and it’s a great way to get them off the media and interacting. Do a quick search online for good group games that are simple and require little preparation. You could even have little trinkets for prizes.
New year, new tastes: Plan to make some really special goodies the kids don’t normally have. If you have more adventurous eaters, research New Year’s food traditions from around the world. Choose a few to prepare and try together.
Plan special activities for that day: If you live around the West Michigan area, GRKids.com has a great round-up of events. If you live elsewhere, check online for what’s happening around your hometown. Activities include skating, bowling, early evening ball drops, and even fireworks in some places!
Let them throw cake: A tradition from bygone years, throwing cake at an exterior door to usher in the New Year was a symbol of plenty of food and prosperity in the coming year. Kids won’t probably won’t understand the meaning behind the tradition, but they will love participating in it!
Set off a few small fireworks: If the weather cooperates where you are, plan to do a few small fireworks. It’s chilly outside, but who cares when stuff is blowing up?
