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New Year’s Eve Party Ideas 40+ Kid Friendly Suggestions

December 29, 2013 By Sarah Westover McKenna 10 Comments

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New Year’s Eve Party Ideas and how to make a traditionally adult holiday kid-friendly and fun for the little ones is today’s topic. All holidays scream kid to me.  ALL holidays.  From the very obviously kid holidays, such as Halloween, to religious holidays like Christmas and Easter, to the supposed adult holidays, such as Valentine’s Day and New Year’s. The reason is my mother.  She made everything SO stinking fun!!  Her pre-Pinterest invented holiday traditions are my absolute favorite!  I have talked about quite a few of them in the past, and I can’t wait to tell you all about my FAVORITE Sally Westover tradition for Valentine’s Day: Secret Cupids!  Check it out!  🙂

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

I have been pinning up a storm lately of New Year’s Party Ideas on my Ring in the New Year Pinboard.  (Check it out HERE.)  Glitter, gold, sequins and, confetti as far as the eye can see!!  Oh, except that I won’t be attending any adult parties since my husband will be working, so I will probably be in yoga pants and a baggy t-shirt instead of a tulle skirt with magnificently glittery heels. Such is life!

However, as we have established, holidays are best in my mind when there are kids involved anyway, so since my husband will be working a 24 hour shift at the hospital (he is a surgical resident) I decided that I should put together a fun night for the kids and me with all of these New Year’s Eve Party Ideas. Maybe my dad will join us if he decides to come home at a decent hour.  (We are living with him to save $$$, but he’s a worker bee and not around much.)  I will be keeping things simple, but after gathering up all of these fun New Year’s Eve Party Ideas I am excited!  After all, I only intended to round up ten ideas, so……yeah.  What can I say?!  I LOVE HOLIDAYS!!  Now let’s get some ideas flowing!

40+ Kid-Friendly New Year’s Eve Party Ideas

New Year’s Eve Party Ideas: Recipes

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Party Popcorn from Bombshell Bling is a perfect kid treat for ANY party!

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Work together to make Edible Party Horns using this fun idea from Cooking With My Kid.

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

These New Year’s Eve Countdown Cupcakes from Confessions of a Cookbook Queen are simply exquisite.

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

S’mores Dippers from Bombshell Bling are always a hit with the kiddos.  Can’t go wrong with jumbo marshmallows dipped in chocolate!

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

What is more popular with kids than pizza??  Pizza Bites from Seeded at the Table are the perfect finger food for a kid-friendly party!

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

These Trix Krispies from Cravings of a Lunatic may just be the perfect colorful kid party treat, don’t you think?  They will really pop on the refreshment table along with the other New Year’s Party Ideas in this post!

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

All kids love quesadillas, right?  This twist on the traditional quesadilla from Bombshell Bling is sure to be a hit: Pineapple BBQ Quesadillas.

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Doesn’t this Chocolate Peanut Butter Fondue from Crazy Little Projects look ah-MAZ-ing?!  Yum yum YUM!

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Banana Split Bites from Bakers Royale are so cute and colorful!

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

These festive Clock Cookies are perfect for a New Year’s Eve party!  Find the recipe and tutorial on House of Joyful Noise.

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Of course, if you don’t want to go to all of that trouble you can stick with this much simpler but still darling idea!  (Image source HERE.)

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Sneak some veggies into the party with these Crispy Baked Zucchini Fries from Foodie Bride.

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Make the traditional party cheese ball more kid friendly with this unique version: M&M Apple Caramel Cheese Ball from Will Cook for Smiles.

New Year’s Eve Party Ideas: Crafts

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Have a ball crafting with your little ones by making these New Year’s Countdown Clocks from Spoonful.

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

This family party from One Artsy Mama includes bags full of fun and simple activities and crafts to do as a family every thirty minutes.  What a fun way to build anticipation for midnight!  (Or, you know, 9 pm, which is when she celebrated with her littles.)  😉

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Here’s another version of that concept.  I love these bags of hour by hour activities from Easy Coast Mommy.

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Here is a version of the countdown bags for the slightly older child, complete with lovely printable from The Idea Room.

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Set up a silly fun photo booth with these amazing photo booth printable props from I Heart Naptime.  CRAZY cute!

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How about a DIY Balloon Drop from Been There, Pinned That?!

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

New Year Reflections: A Yearly Family Night Tradition from Bombshell Bling

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Make these fabulous Clock Hats from Reading Confetti.  They are cute, festive, and cheap to make!

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Create these Jingle Bell Shakers and have a photo shoot with THIS post from Bombshell Bling!

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Have a ball playing NYE Bingo with this free printable from Plucky Momo.

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Make some noise with these New Year’s Noise Makers from Alpha Mom.

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Make a “Wishing Wand” with each kid’s goals and dreams for the upcoming year written on it.  I love this idea from One Artsy Mama!

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Do a family New Year’s Eve Scavenger Hunt like this one from No Time for Flashcards.  Such a fun and simple way to reminisce!

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

This DIY New Year’s Eve Photo Book from No Time for Flashcards is a fun tradition to do together year after year.

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

I love this idea from Oh Happy Day for colorful Confetti Party Hats!  Great for birthdays too!

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Help your kids make their own Resolution Booklet using these free printable from Laura Kelly’s Inklings.

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

My kids would LOVE this idea from Bath Activities for Kids for a New Year’s Eve Bath.  LOVE!

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

These Fireworks Rings are sure to be a HUGE hit with my sassy little lady!  Tutorial on Fantastic Fun and Learning.

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

This post about a Family New Year’s Countdown Box from The Dating Divas is chock full of fun ideas!

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

I am obsessed with this idea: a simple New Year’s Memory Game for kids with No Time for Flashcards.  I know my kids will LOVE this!

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

These colorful and cute paper New Year Fortune Cookies from Spoonful would be perfect sitting at each place setting, especially since they are customizable to each person at your party!

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

I love this colorful printable New Year’s Resolution sheet for kiddos from the brilliant Mique at 30 Handmade Days.

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Another fun idea is to make family vision boards together!  I love this, and it would make such fun and unique wall decor all year through!  Such a great idea from eHow mom.

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

If you are the type of organized and sentimental mama who has all of your kids’ artwork saved nicely (I’m afraid to say I’m not really that kind of mom….) then this Playroom Art Gallery Retrospective from No Time for Flashcards will be perfect for you!

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Get crafty by letting the kids make their own New Year’s Collage.  (Idea from Activity Village.)

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

No New Year’s Eve party is complete without the appropriate attire, of course, so you may need to print out these cute and colorful New Year’s hats from Merriment Designs.

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Or, if you’re more of a chalkboard kind of family then you may like these New Year’s crowns and hats from SNAP Creativity.

 

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

These colorful Paper Plate Noise Makers from Kix Cereal are super cute and look very simple to make, especially with slightly older kids.

40+ New Year's Eve Party Ideas for food, decorations, activities, and more to make your kid-friendly New Years Eve Party a ball!

Ok, I am seriously OBSESSED with this last New Year’s Eve party idea, but MAN OH MAN does it seem like a lot of work!  I think I am too lazy to ever actually execute it.  Here is the New Year’s Day Tree from Our Best Bites.

Do you have a favorite kid-friendly New Year’s Eve Party Ideas for food, craft, activity, or tradition that I missed?  Let me know in the comments, and feel free to leave links so I can check them out!  🙂

HAPPY NEW YEAR’S!

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Sarah Westover McKenna

Sarah Westover McKenna

Sarah is the scattered creative mind behind Bombshell Bling. A former elementary school teacher and a current stay-at-home mom, she loves developing her creativity through her blog and her jewelry design business, Bombshell Bling Jewelry. Sarah is a lover of all things vintage, colorful, and BLING. She is also a sweets addict with a major obsession with s'mores.
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Comments

  1. Kim Beaulieu says

    December 29, 2013 at 9:27 pm

    I love every single thing on this list. I would love to do that tree, how cool is that? I wish I had the energy to make that happen this year.

    Thanks so much for sharing my Trix Krispies. Happy New Year! xx

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    • Sarah Westover McKenna says

      December 29, 2013 at 10:56 pm

      You’re welcome! I have made them and LOVED them!

      Reply
  2. Laura says

    December 30, 2013 at 8:53 am

    I love the tree idea! We get a real tree each year, and usually it is dead and down my New Years, but this year our little tree is hanging on really well! I was planning on taking down the Christmas decorations, but maybe I will leave up the tree and do this! 🙂

    Reply
  3. Rose says

    December 30, 2013 at 2:21 pm

    great round up.

    FYI – it’s Confessions of a COOKBOOK Queen, not Facebook Queen lol

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    • Sarah Westover McKenna says

      December 30, 2013 at 3:47 pm

      LOL. That makes way more sense! Sheesh. I’ll change that! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Nikki @Seeded at the Table says

    December 30, 2013 at 2:33 pm

    Wonderful round up! Thanks for including the pizza bites. We’re actually making them this year for New Years! I’m eyeing the activity ideas you have here, too!

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  5. Carol says

    December 30, 2013 at 8:46 pm

    I just love these ideas! I have to try this M & M apple caramel cheese ball.

    Reply
  6. amy latta says

    December 31, 2013 at 8:20 pm

    Loving all these ideas! Thanks for including two of mine!

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  7. Sarah says

    December 28, 2019 at 9:26 pm

    I love these ideas!! My favorite is the s’mores dippers.

    Reply
  8. Sofia says

    November 11, 2021 at 12:48 am

    Thanks for sharing this wonderful idea.These are absolutely incredible, . i would love to try this keep posting such amazing ideas

    Reply

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