Confetti Launchers

Craft berry bush has a great idea for turning a plastic bottle top and balloon into a confetti launcher for your New Year's Eve count down.

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftberrybush.com/2012/12/new-years-eve-confetti-launcher.html

New Year's Eve Fortune Tellers

New Year's Eve is all about finding new paths and resolutions.  Start the year off with good fortune with these confetti filled ones from makezine.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://makezine.com/craft/how-to-new-years-eve-confetti-fortune-packets/

Spoonful hides gold painted walnuts on their Xmas trees with pasted fortunes inside.  At midnight on New Year's Eve everyone finds a walnut and reveals their fortune.

Get the instructions here:
http://spoonful.com/crafts/good-fortune-walnuts

Let's play kids music has a walnut musical fortune game.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.letsplaykidsmusic.com/kids-new-year-activity/

New Year's Eve Paper Dolls

Tip junkies shares paper doll decorations for New Years Eve including banners, noise makers and confetti.  The set also comes with some winter outfits such as boots and a warm hat as well as a snowman to cut and paste together.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the template here:
http://www.tipjunkie.com/all-crafts/new-years-paper-doll/

New Year's Eve Countdown

Vinegar and baking soda make for a fun and fizzy countdown from inspired by family mag.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://inspiredbyfamilymag.com/2012/12/27/new-years-eve-countdown-activity-for-kids/

Button Snowmen

Urban paisley posted to pinterest a button snowman project using felt to make the strategically placed hat and scarf. 

Good for ages 7 and up.

View the image here:
http://pinterest.com/pin/198228821070141965/

Dee dee campbell has a button snowman ornament too. Hers uses red and white twine for the scarf and cardboard for the backing.

Get the instructions here:
http://deedeecampbell.blogspot.com/2011/11/vintage-button-snowman.html

New Year's Eve Drink Ideas

Toasts get cute and creative for all of the lucky kids who get to stay up late with these fun drinks to bring in the New Year.

Catalog envy makes milk extra special decorating the rim in rainbow sprinkles.  She also has great ideas for drink stirrers including pompoms, ribbons, stars and tinsel.

Get the instructions here:
http://catalogenvy.com/2013/12/23/diy-crafts-for-a-family-friendly-new-years-celebration/

Style me pretty tops their milk with a monster cookie.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.stylemepretty.com/gallery/picture/224480

Between naps on the porch uses colored sugar.

Get the instructions here:
http://betweennapsontheporch.net/new-years-eve-champagne-punch-delicious-and-easy-to-make-2/

Babble tops eggnog with a gingerbread man.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.babble.com/best-recipes/new-years-eve-2011-happy-new-year-drinks-eggnog-float-and-red-butter/

Found on Pinterest combine cider and pop rocks for a sparkling concoction.

New Year's Eve Time Capsules

A New Year's Eve time capsule is a great way for kids to think about what happened over the past year. The following are ideas for how to create time capsules and what you can put in them to remember.

Scholastic decorates their time capsule with curling ribbon having the kids put completed resolutions and place them inside. 

Get the instructions here:
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2013/01/making-new-years-resolution-time-capsule

Busy bee crafts makes one for the whole family decorating with hand cut outs and confetti.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/New-Years-Time-Capsule.html

Inspired family mag shares a printable questionnaire asking the kids about a few of their favorite things as well as their current dimnesions.

Get the template here:
http://inspiredbyfamilymag.com/?p=6895