Fun Kids’ New Year’s Eve Crafts & Activities

Entry #3150, December 28, 2013

What are your kids doing to ring in the New Year this holiday? Whether you are thinking of crafts, a resolution jar or other fun activities, here are a few ideas we thought of. Let us know what other ideas you have planned, we’d love to hear them!

Fun Kids’ New Year’s Eve Crafts & Activities

New Years Eve kids’ cupcakes are perfect

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Let kids make their own treats and crafts

Have kids make their own New Year’s hats and noisemakers!

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For most people, ringing in the New Year consists friends, booze, and an undoubtedly late night. While these things are fun, they are not exactly suitable entertainment for anyone under the age of twenty-one. But, that doesn’t mean that the kiddos should miss out on the celebration entirely. Below are a few New Year’s Eve activities that the whole family can enjoy.

Memory Match

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Memory Match:

Parents should set up this game a few days in advance. Start by going through your photos from the past year. Choose at least ten photos and use an imaging program to ensure that they are all a similar size. Print out two copies of each photo and tape each to a playing-card-sized square of colored construction paper. On New Year’s Eve, shuffle the cards and lay them out the same way you would a regular game of memory match. Give each child the opportunity to find the matches. Then, use the photos to discuss your favorite memories from the past year.

Resolution Jar

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Resolution Jar:

For this activity, you will need a decent-sized jar. On New Year’s Eve, explain the practice of making resolutions to your children. Have each child choose a resolution that focuses on acts of kindness. Have them write their resolution on a piece of construction paper, which they can then decorate. When they are finished, help them cover the jar with their pieces of construction paper. Throughout the year, whenever your child follows through on their resolution, instruct them to write it on a piece of paper and put it in the jar. Then, at the end of the year, when the jar is full, reward yourselves with a fun family activity.

Noisemaker

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Noisemakers:

No New Year’s Eve celebration would be complete without a little noise at the stroke of midnight (or earlier, depending on bedtimes). Help your kids celebrate in style by letting them make their own noisemarkers. For each noisemaker, you’ll need to cut a toilet paper tube in half. Allow the kids to stuff their halves full of confetti or small pieces of candy. Then, have them wrap their tube in wrapping paper. Twist the ends and tie them up with bits of ribbon. Then, enjoy the satisfying crack when you pull them apart at “midnight”.

It can be tricky to find ways to include children in adult-oriented celebrations. But with the help of these New Year’s Eve activities for kids, you can reflect on this past year and welcome the next as a family unit.

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