Host a New Year's Party for Tweens
With friendship bracelets, facials, fortunes, and fondue, this slumber party will be a great kick-off to 2010.
Make a Teen Years Time Capsule
For a fun activity that will have lasting effects, make this time capsule with your high school child, to be opened after college graduation.
Craft Colorful Confetti Wands for New Year's!
Flying confetti adds extra excitement to just about any gathering, and these wands make it easy for your child to join in the fun.
Bean Bracelet
Make lucky bracelets with lentils and black eyed peas for a New Years art projects kids will love! This homemade jewelry activity is fun for kids of all ages.
Greet the New Year with Pebble Shakers!
Noisy shakers are a fun way to ring in the New Year! However, they often get tossed in the trash or littered in the street after just one use. Here's an environmentally-friendly alternative that uses soda cans and pebbles!
Write an Acrostic Poem
The start of a new year is the perfect time for self-reflection, and there's no better time for this classic activity.
Make a New Year's Photo Calendar
Instead of spending money on a store-bought calendar, try creating one yourself! Not only is it budget-friendly and easy to make, it's also personalized with family photos from around the year.
New Year's Recycled Noisemakers
Help your child think outside the box as she creates these festive noisemakers, a fun way to ring in the new year.
Japanese New Year Game
Introduce your youngster to this Japanese version of Pin the Tail on the Donkey.
Determine Your New Year's Wax Fortune!
On New Year's Eve, German children eat marzipan animals and play this wax fortune telling game. Inspire your child to explore a unique cultural practice, and determine her future at the same time!
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