Hours of excitement! Almost time for the count down.
December 26, 2011 by Alison
Are you getting ready? Another holiday after yesterday’s holiday is coming up! Hummm…how about a fast, CHEAP, last-minute idea for the New Year’s Eve celebration? Not a lot of thought is required… promise.
NEW YEARS EVE IDEA
Items needed:
- 12 balloons
- 12 strips of paper
- 12 easy fast ideas…
- Easy things found around the house
Your kids will think you are cool.
Take the 12 strips of paper and write ideas on them. Here are a few:
- ‘Paint’ with shaving cream
- Have a snowball fight
- Eat a cookie
- Read a story in front of the fireplace
- Have a thumb war
- Sing a song
- Clean the bedroom (ya have to have one chore in there)
- Balloon Volleyball
- Drink hot chocolate with marshmallows. YUM.
- Call Grandma and wish her Happy New Years!
- Turn on the music and dance like it’s 1999
- Tell a favorite memory from 2010
Roll up the strip and place it in the balloon. Blow that sucker up and tape it to the wall. Any wall will do…even on the top of family pictures (note: I covered up my kiddo’s pics with balloons. They thought it was fun to discover who’s picture was under it.)
Write on the balloons a time starting at 1 pm and counting down to midnight. On each hour have the kids pop a balloon and discover the ‘game’.
FUn. FuN.
Note: **Be careful with the balloons. They can be a choking hazard for those little one who put things in their mouths.** I know you know this, but just to sound like your mother I thought I’d add it!
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What a FUN idea! Just pinned this to Pinterest. Thanks for the great tip. Happy New Year.
Thanks Kim for pinning! Happy new years to you too!
Brilliant and EASY! Love this idea.
{Adorable pictures too btw} 
This is such a cute idea! Can’t wait to celebrate with my little one this year. We do a Noon New Years party too so we can watch the clock count down to Noon but don’t have to keep them up until midnight.
Great idea for the wee ones…although it’s hard for me to stay up late anymore so this may be just for me:) thanks for sharing the idea Kim!
Great idea! Something we did when mine were younger was to set a clock ahead so that midnight would come at 8pm. We’d party with the young ones and then get them settled in bed in time to ring in the new year together.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the clock changing idea! Might try it all year:)
Fun idea! We will definitely be doing this!
This is a great idea!! Will def try next year since my lil one is too small.
Such a cute idea! So want to do this, but don’t have little ones yet. Will definitely save this for when I do…can anyone guess my resolution this year?
Love it! Found you on pinterest… will be repinning and trying your idea. THanks for inspiring family fun!
Thanks for pinning!!
Great idea! My daughter will love this!
Love Love Love This!!!! I am crazy about Advent and countdown calendars and this fits right in! Fabulous idea!
This is such a great idea!!
Hello there! I wanted to let you know that I featured this on Stay At Home Nation. I would love for you to come check it out! You can grab a button from my sidebar & post it proudly since you have been featured! I also have a Post Your Button Link Party going on until Thursday if you would like to like up. Have a Happy New Year!
XoXo
~Cameron~
aka Iffy
This is so fun and simple I can actually follow through with this idea. Thanks for the idea.
We loved this idea and did it this year! My kids had so much fun! Thank you!
I wanted to tell you that we did this on New Years Eve with our four boys and some friends and it was so fun that we adults found ourselves kind of hanging around for the balloons to be popped and see what was next! Our kids were a bit older, and we only started it at 6pm, but some of the things we included were – write a song and perform it (and we’ll film it), a scavenger hunt,
make a skit and perform…etc. Brilliant idea of yours! thanks!!
What an idea!
Really gets every one excited for the next hour to come as the anticipation for the new year grows
Making the best of every last hour of the year!
Also a great way to reflect on the whole year
Hello – what a wonderful idea! It is so great that I have linked to it on my blog! Thanks for sharing, Nicole
http://mudpiesandsunshine.com/2012/12/25/12-new-years-activities/
What a fun project! I submitted it at Fun Family Crafts and it’s being featured there! You can see it here:
http://funfamilycrafts.com/new-years-eve-party-shaker/
Thanks for a wonderful idea!
What a fun project! I submitted it at Fun Family Crafts and it’s being featured! You can see it here:
funfamilycrafts.com/new-years-countdown-balloons/
Thanks for a wonderful idea!
WHAT a FAB idea! I have 4 kids who are always wanting to do something fun but this working momma comes up short with creativity after a long day at work. Thanks so much for sharing!!
It just dawned on me that my littles understand the celebration tonight and I was searching and searching for fun things, but a lot of ideas required more than I had on hand. Thanks for sharing, I have all of this and am taping balloons up as I type!! THANK YOU!!!
Totally using this idea with my girls tonight! I’m stealing the balloon volleyball for sure, but also throwing in some Kinect dancing, and some Easy-Bake Oven baking. Thanks for a great kid-friendly party idea!