30 Blogs on How to Celebrate New Year’s Eve with Kids

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Kids love to celebrate anything.  The coming of a new year is exciting and something they hear about from friends and family.  If you want to celebrate New Year’s Eve with your kids then there might be a few things you’ll want to think about to make it a fabulous event.  The following 30 bloggers have put together some smart ideas for helping you ring in the New Year with your kids.

Family Friendly Celebrations

How can you make New Year’s Eve a lot of fun for your kids and yourself?  Traditional celebrations might not work for the kids.  These five blog entries have some ideas for celebrating family style.

• Ideas to Celebrate New Year’s Eve with Family
• New Year’s Eve Party!
• Affordable and Entertaining Ideas for New Year’s Eve
• 5 Kid-Friendly Ways to Celebrate New Year’s Eve
• How to Make a Kid-Friendly New Years in 5 Easy Steps

New Year’s Activities for Kids

For those kids that love crafts there are many things that they can make for New Years.  Grab your paper, scissors and glue and get ready to ring in the New Year.  Follow along with these five blog posts and see what you and your kids can make.

• New Years Crafts for Kids
• Celebrations: New Year’s Countdown and Confetti
• Holiday Celebrations: 10 New Year’s Activities for Kids
• New Year’s Eve Countdown Craft for Kids
• New Year’s Eve Activities for Kids

Ring in the New Year at Noon

Here are some celebrations that might be near you.  If you don’t live near these, check out your local zoos and museums and see if they are holding a Noon Year’s Eve party.  These blog posts include five Noon Year’s Eve celebrations.

• Fun Alert: Radio Disney Noon Year’s Eve
• Noon Year’s Eve
• Noon Year’s Eve Ball at Children’s Museum of Atlanta
• Noon Year’s Eve
• Lowry Park Zoo Celebrates “Noon” Year’s Eve

Fun Mocktails to Toast the New Year

If you are celebrating at home you might want to whip up some tasty non-alcoholic beverages to toast the New Year in style.  The kids will feel special and it will add to the enjoyment of the celebration.  These five bloggers have listed mock-tail recipes you might like.

• Zero Proof ‘Mocktail’ Recipes and Party Guides Available from AAA Oklahoma for alcohol Free Holiday Revelers
• Hot Toddy Mocktail Recipes with Lipton Tea and Honey Pitcher Packs
• Crockpot Hot Toddy
• Mocktail Recipes for the Holiday Season
• Cranberry Tangerine Rosemary & Cream Soda Mocktail

Make Your Own Noisemakers

You can buy hats and noisemakers and such to ring in the New Year, but wouldn’t it be fun to let the kids make their own noise makers?  It might be cheaper too if you use recycled things or items you might already have around the house.  These five blog articles have the how-to for noise makers.

• Have the Kids Make Some Noise (Literally!) By Making Their Own Noisemakers
• Toilet Paper Roll Noise Makers for Football
• New Year’s Noisemaker for Kids
• Make Your Own Noisemakers to Celebrate 2012
• New Year’s Paper Plate Noise Maker

Throw a Party for the Kids

Invite some of your kids’ friends over and have a Kid-friendly New Year’s Eve bash!  The parents can go out and you can keep the kids.  Or have your party in the morning and countdown to noon instead of midnight.  Here are five blogger ideas.

• How to Plan a New Year’s Eve Party for Children
• Throw a “Noon” Year’s Eve Party {10 Ideas}
• New Year’s Eve Party Ideas for All the Family
• “Planning a New Year’s Eve Party for Kids” Thanksgiving & New Year’s Party Planner Self Help Tips
•  Planning a New Year’s Eve Party for Kids