Family Friendly New Years Eve Ideas for a Fun Party

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New Year’s Eve is a great holiday to spend together as a family! The kids will have a blast staying up past their bedtime and counting down the hours until midnight, and the adults can enjoy the time spent creating memories together as a family. But planning a kid-friendly DIY party for New Year’s Eve can be a little tricky – you have to keep the kids entertained well into the night and still have some fun activities to make the party enjoyable for the adults, as well. These family friendly New Years Eve party ideas will make your party the best in the neighborhood this year.

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Party Games

One of the best ways to keep everyone entertained throughout the evening is with games. Whether you break out the board games and have a night-long tournament or take some time to create your own New Years themed games, your guests will have a blast competing against each other throughout the night. Your kids will love all these New Year’s eve party games for families!

Make Resolutions

Preparing for the new year means making resolutions for the year to come, which makes this another one of the great family friendly New Years Eve ideas. Adults are the only ones who can resolve to improve themselves next year. Help your kids outlines some new year’s resolutions of their own at some point in the night. It’s a great way to learn more about your kids and the thins they value in their lives. If you want to hold your kids accountable and help them stick to their resolutions throughout the year, put them in writing! You can get a great new year’s resolution printable designed just for kids from Jinxy Kids.

Mocktails

If the adults are enjoying cocktails throughout the evening, don’t leave the kids out of the fun. Create some fun mocktails for them to drink as they celebrate the new year. Whether you go with a classic sparkling cider in plastic champagne flutes or a fun Shirley Temple for the kids, they’ll love taking part in a classic New Year’s Eve tradition with their parents.

Crafts

New Year’s Eve crafts are a great way to keep the kids entertained throughout the night, making them perfect family friendly New Years Eve ideas. And making crafts that can be used later in the night, like noise makers or confetti poppers, only add to the fun! Your kids will have a blast making one (or all) of these cute New Years Eve crafts throughout the evening:

• DIY New Year’s Eve Party Favors
• New Year’s Eve Noisemakers

Countdown Activities

One of the most exciting parts of New Year’s Eve is the countdown to midnight – especially for the kids. Build upon that excitement and anticipation with some fun family friendly New Years Eve ideas for countdown activities throughout the night.  I love these cute countdown bags from Spaceships and Laser Beams (head to the post to get your own printable labels). Each countdown bag has a fun toy or activity for the kids to do throughout the night. And they get to open a new bag every hour – how fun is that?

A Big Ending

Punctuate the evening with a big finish to make your kid-friendly New Year’s Eve party one to remember. Whether you countdown to midnight or just countdown to bedtime, make the end of the party special with some fun family friendly New Years Eve ideas to end the night that your kids can enjoy. Whether you put together my New Year’s Eve party favors and use them to toss confetti and blow noisemakers or set up an elaborate balloon drop to celebrate the new year, your kids will love a big finish to your party. It’s a great way to wrap up the evening and transition your kids to bedtime when the evening’s festivities are over.

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