Your kids love celebrating; give them something to make them cheer! New Years is both exciting and hard on kids. The build-up is tremendous, but it’s so hard staying up without going bananas! Here are 25 Kid-Friendly New Years Party Ideas guaranteed to calm the inner excited-monkey in any kid. They’re going to LOVE celebrating with these! Have fun!
25 Kid-Friendly New Years Party Ideas
This homemade noise maker is easy to make and your kids are going to love watching it wiggle around!
Gold and silver slime are a great fun way to play in the new year.
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Shake this fun firecracker-inspired pom pom as the countdown begins!
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This noisemaker face is a comical and silly way to cheer in the year.
Via Crafts By Amanda
Make these salt painted fireworks and display them as new year art before the countdown begins.
This plate noisemaker is fun to make, and the kids will love designing their own.
More silly face noisemakers! These are great for kids to make on their own, or as part of a new year party!
These confetti poppers are easy to make and kids will love watching the confetti spray all over the room.
Make some new year glasses for kids to celebrate in style.
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Want to inspire great behavior this new year? Check out these paper fortune cookies! You write the fortune so they’re guaranteed to be good.
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Check out this kid-made new year hat! Easy to make, fun to wear, and perfect for toddlers who probably won’t be up for the big show.
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This paper plate noise maker is sparkly silly fun, and it won’t break your party budget!
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Check out these inspired sparklers! They give the same glowy fun without the risk of injury from heat.
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These fireworks in a bottle are a great way to celebrate the new year quietly, or have just a little scientific fun.
New year fireworks rings are bling bling the kids will be happy to show off at the party.
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These streamers are super fun, especially outside where kids can run and the streamers trail behind them.
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Let the countdown begin! The hour count down, that is! I wonder if the kids will actually make it to twelve?
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These ring counters are a great way to memorialize the new year with questions and fun.
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Celebration dough is awesome to play with and uses glittery confetti that’s guaranteed to make your kids giggle.
Via Buggy and Buddy
Or check out this celebration slime! You use the contents of a party popper, so it literally contains the mess for you.
Via Little Bins For Little Hands
Send the kids outside with these confetti eggs and let them ‘decorate’ each other in glittery fun.
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These confetti balloons are beautiful to look at, but when you pop them, they spray confetti all over!
Or check out this confetti hat. Just glue confetti pieces onto a party hat and your child is ready to party.
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Want some more science fun? These new years ‘drinks’ aren’t actually drinks, but rather confetti volcanoes.
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Your kids can shake, rattle, and roll these fun homemade noise makers until the clock strikes twelve!
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