Kate H. is my youngest sister. She is the mother of two, an adjunct college instructor, war veteran, and so much more. She is very creative. I thought you would enjoy hearing about how she celebrates New Year’s Eve with her family and friends.
Last year I used a cut-out Snowman from a Holiday card and we played secret snowman where the kids try to secretly attach the snowman (I put strong tape on the back) to someone. If the person notices them they need to try another person. It was great fun. The kids could not keep a straight face, but the adults pretended not to notice when the snowman was stuck to their backs. (This year the kids got Operation, and I Spy board game and Farmyard Uno so we will probably stick with board games.)
As 8 p.m. approached we break out the tacky paper hats and noise makers. I found some plastic champagne glasses at a discount store and we serve sparkling grape juice.
We have a battery operated clock in our kitchen which I take down and reset the time to make 8 pm turn magically into midnight. At midnight we toast each other and shout Happy New Year. This year I think we will make confetti because Charlie’s teacher said he needs to practice cutting.
That sounds like one rocking New Year’s Eve party! Maybe I should try some of your ideas, especially the eight o’clock midnight magic! That’s more my speed! Happy New Year!
Oh how cute!!! I’m usually in bed before midnight so I don’t actually get to see any of the festivities on TV. Oh well!! I used to be cool 😉
~WM
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I love the magic time jump – a great idea if you don’t want to actually stay up all night!
I’ll be visiting friends this year, we’ll have a quiet night in and play lots of games.
Too cute! I love the time warp you have going on there! We used to always go to our church for the evening and pot luck and play board games! It was a ton of fun!