Slowly the year is coming to an end and a new decade is coming. So this New Year’s Eve is going to be something special and it’s time to start thinking about how to spend the turn of the year. For children, New Year’s Eve parties are particularly exciting. It is all the more important to make the evening child-friendly and memorable for the whole family.
How are you going to celebrate New Year’s Eve this year? Are you missing the ideas and you’re looking for some child-friendly New Year’s Eve activities? Maybe you and your children will like some of our inspirations. Just go through our ideas! 🙂
1. Decorating For New Year's Eve
A festively decorated home may not be missing on New Year’s Eve. To shorten the waiting time until the evening, a great New Year’s Eve activity for kids is to decorate the house with together during the daytime. Through this joint activity, the little ones can already tune into New Year’s Eve and it is certainly a lot of fun.
You can decorate your home with balloons, streamers and confetti. Or are you and your children among the most creatives? If so, how about home-made New Year’s crafts? Let your imagination run free and transform your house into a colorful party location!
2. Taking Funny New Year's Eve Photos
How about shooting funny family photos on New Year’s Eve? There are diverse photo supplies that will make your photos absolutely special. New Year’s Eve photos like these are a great memory for everyone. Maybe you want to make it a ritual. If you take New Year’s Eve photos every year you will soon have an amazing collection of unforgettable family memories. And if you really want to take very good pictures of your kids, don’t miss our 10 Tips To Take Great Pictures Of Your Kids article.
3. New Year's Eve Balloon-Countdown
It is understandable that children get impatient when they are waiting for midnight on New Year’s Eve. To make the waiting time more exciting, a balloon-countdown is an excellent choice.
Just hang up a few balloons which you mark with different times. You can choose the intervals as you want, for example every full hour from 8 p.m. until 12 p.m.. Now, let your kids burst a balloon every full hour. It will be really fun and they see how much time is left to midnight. Isn’t that a great New Year’s Eve game for the kids?
4. Creating Wish-Rockets
The New Year is always a great way to reflect on things. Certainly everyone has some wishes that he wants to fulfill next year. A wonderful way for kids is it to fix little wish lists on a rocket that will be shot in the sky by an adult.
Isn’t it a fantastic idea that your wishes are heard up from the universe and come true?
5. Looking Back On The Year
Often the time flies by and we have already forgotten what we have experienced before the year is over. So how about picking out old photo albums to reminisce with the family?
For this child-friendly New Year’s Eve idea take some photos of past years with your children and recall special memories. Talk to your children about what they have experienced and about what was beautiful or not so nice. This is a great way to become more grateful and to appreciate little things in life.
6. Watching A Family Movie
Even a cozy movie night is a great idea to spend New Year’s Eve with kids. Whether before dinner, or after – a fun family movie will certainly sweeten the evening and shorten the waiting time for the little ones. Cuddled together on the couch, you can really enjoy your cozy family time. Check out our Top 10 Best Kids Movies On Netflix.
7. Setting New Year's Resolutions
Who doesn’t do it? Surely also you like to set some good New Year’s resolutions – whether they are complied with is another topic ;-).
Even children can make New Year’s Resolutions and think about what they could change in their habits. Sit down with your children and think together about what may have gone wrong this year and what they could make better next year.
Of course, this is about child-friendly things, such as being diligent in school, being more helpful in the household or eating less sweets. Let your kids summarize everything on a paper. Next year they can check, which of their intentions they were able to fulfill and which not.
8. Wax-Pouring For Kids
For many people a typical New Year’s Eve activity is the lead-pouring. In the meantime, the lead has been replaced by harmless wax, which makes this activity even more child-friendly.
The oracle sometimes challenges the creativity and imagination of the players quite a bit. But that’s why it’s so much fun to finally find out what the future holds. Wax-pouring is definitely a very communicative and entertaining New Year’s Eve activity for the whole family.
9. Playing Board Games
Often there is not enough time to do something together with the family. New Year’s Eve offers the perfect opportunity to rummage with the family and friends once again the board games from the closets.
While the children are waiting for the New Year’s Eve rockets to be fired, it is great for them to spend time playing parlour games. Think about which game you have not played for ages and let the fun begin! 🙂
10. Child-Friendly Firecrackers
Many firecrackers are definitely not suitable for children’s hands and pose great dangers. However, if you take a few precautions, there is also some lightning fun for the little ones.
For example, sparklers and throwdowns are quite harmless and make children happy. But also here it is important to show your little ones how to use these things correctly without getting burned or risking any other dangers. The kids will surely have fun to throw the throwdowns on the ground and draw patterns in the air while swinging their sparklers.
This is the perfect welcome to the new year! 🙂