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Everyone always tells me my NYE "party" (our family only) sounds like a blast and they wish they had heard the ideas sooner. So here is our traditional NYE plan!
It starts with hats, masks & streamers, of course. Every holiday/celebration here is heavily decorated! LOL
There is a basket of 6 colored bags with clock faces on them, one for each hour from 5pm - 10pm (also, not-so-coincidentally, one for each dc in their fav color!). Each one contains clues or supplies for what we'll be doing that hour. The youngest opens the first bag...
5pm - Make your own pizzas!! NYE is the ONLY time all the dc participate in pizza making.
6pm - Something quiet, like bubbles (usually a no-no indoors) or glow sticks, so no "excitement" since they are digesting! LOL
7pm - Scripture cake! A few days before NYE, I spend some time praying over which verses to include. These get written on small pieces of cardstock, wrapped in foil & hole punched at one end. Tie a curling ribbon through the hole and insert card into the cake with the ribbon sticking out. We take turns picking a card, which becomes "our" verse for the coming year. I've saved these and it's really a blast looking back to see how apt they were!! 8pm - Limbo & dancin' to the oldies! This year, we'll include Twister as well since we got it for Christmas.
9pm - Celebratory Drinks (some type of float or freeze, OR a hot drink depending on the weather) & BALLOON BAG! The highlight of the night, eagerly anticipated throughout the YEAR. I stitch 2 paper tablecloths together with yarn, leaving a long "tail" (holes were punched along the long lengths of the tablecloths). Three sides of this are taped to the ceiling, leaving one small end open and room to stuff! Add 75+ blown up balloons into the "bag" Some years, we've also gently thrown in some confetti or even SMALL treat bags.
At the stroke of "midnight" - which here is just late enough so the dc feel special, but early enough that they are all still awake and not too grumpy - we pull the string like a rip-cord and all the stuff falls out! They love then chasing the balloons around with forks or sitting on them to pop them. NOTE - YES, I know that balloons are a choking hazard, and YES we are VERY careful to clean/vac immediately after!
The fun drinks are toasted & shared, the littles start to "drop" off - and then we take pictures where they "fell" with placards stating the time they fizzed! LOL
10pm - anyone still awake will engage in another quiet activity - bubbles, glow sticks, board games, photo albums... whatever we picked for this year
IF anyone is still awake at midnight, we watch the local fireworks from our LR window. Usually there are 0-3 takers, no more.
Most of these things, NYE is the only time we do them. That keeps them special. It is the only time I make Chex Mix, we have loads of munchies and have to take the traditional, official pic of our 110 lb blag lab wearing a party hat!!
Most of the ideas are NOT original (FamilyFun.com is my favorite holiday site for fun ideas), but we've adapted them and made them our own.
Peace to you,
Katie
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