Fun Family New Year's Eve Party Idea!

12/30/2011

     For the last, well, umpteen years, our family has hosted a family-friendly New Year's Eve celebration.

     I wouldn't say we do anything exotic or extraordinary...but we always have a lot of fun!

     Yes, our girls now stay up until midnight (or later!) with us. I know - we're crazy.

     And this year, with New Year's Day falling on a Sunday, and our worship service at church starting at 10:45 on Sunday morning, me thinks we're going to have some very tired children - and adults - come Sunday afternoon.

     Can we say, "NAPTIME?"

    I love planning the food and decorations, but I've never been all that great at planning games and activities. When I saw this neat "New Year's Eve Countdown" idea on www.TheIdeaRoom.net, though, I knew this was what we were going to do this Saturday night. I mean, how fun is this?

     However, I wanted different colors for our own family's party. So...even though I don't do this as often as I'd like, I took some time to have fun and design a set of printables for you to have your own New Year's Eve Countdown for your own family - in shades of blue and silver glitter!

    All you will need are some paper lunch sacks, a black marker, and paper to print off the FREE printables, below. I happened to already have some white lunch sacks, so we're going to use those. If you don't happen to have lunch sacks, you could also print these off and glue/fasten them to envelopes with the slip of paper ideas placed one inside each envelope. On each bag/envelope, use the black marker to draw in the corresponding time of the event!

     For our party, I'll be having one bag for each 30 minutes of the evening together.

6:30 ~   Eat Italian food!
7:00 ~ Glowstick "Maffia" game outside for the children!
7:30 ~   Silly String outside for the children
8:00 ~   Foosball competition for the children
8:30 ~ Wii games for the children (Bananagrams and other board games for the adults)
9:00 ~ Ice Cream Sundaes!
9:30 ~ Movie for the children (on the computer in the schoolroom)
11:30 ~ Bible devotional time led by my husband
12:00 ~ Happy New Year! Noisemakers and poppers for everyone!

     The bags will have the graphics on them, below, and inside will be a slip of paper that explains what the activity will be, plus any additional supplies needed for that activity (if they will fit!). As you can tell, we'll have 9 bags lined up on the dining room table, and every 30 minutes, a child will be selected to open one bag to announce the surprise or activity!

Page 1 of Happy New Year Printables:

Page 2 of Happy New Year Printables:

I'd love to know how your own New Year's Eve celebration went for your own family, or more ideas for how to plan a fun New Year's Eve party, family-style. Please share in the comments, below!

And if you decided to go ahead and use these free printables for your party, please come back and let me know how it went!

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3 Comments

Vickie link

12/29/2011 11:02:02 pm

What a fun idea! In past years it has been family game night. We typically have a communion service at church at 7 first tho. When we get home, each child picks a game. We start with the youngest one and we play one round of their game. Then the next in line has his/her game and we play one round. Everyone plays no matter if they are 15 and the game is CandyLand. Sometimes by the time we get to the older kids' games, the littles have conked out for the night. If not, they team up with an older person. We have finger foods all evening. Popcorn, chex mix, summer sausage, cheese, crackers, vegi tray, cookies, etc. We munch the night away. Ever since the kids were little they were allowed to "try" and stay awake until midnight. We have an alarm set and when it hits about 11:45 we clean up somewhat. Bring out sparkling cider in fancy wine glasses and we toast in the new year. I have my camera ready so when the ball drops the kids are in front of the TV with their glasses and Happy New Year is on the screen. Last year.......the kids only wanted to watch movies :) A blessed 2012 to you and your family. Thanks for sharing your idea. I still may have to try it if they suggest movies all evening LOL

Julieanne Miller

12/30/2011 02:02:29 am

Vickie, you have some great ideas, too! I love the idea of everyone choosing a game, and then playing one round until everyone has played each game. How neat! Thank you for sharing with us! :)

Tajuana link

12/31/2011 06:19:39 am

These are really nice Julieanne. Thanks for sharing and Happy New Years to you and yours!

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