My son loves special drinks. I think it is because he is served milk at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A special drink for New Year’s needed to be super special and have a super special name like the Firecracker Sparkler. This New’s Year’s Drink for Kids is something super special. It includes ingredients my son will love celebrating with.
What is in our Firecracker Sparkler?
- Sprite
- Fun Flavored Popsicles
- Licorice
How do you make one?
A Bubbling Beverage
It is really simple to put together. You simply pour Sprite or your child’s favorite fizzy drink into a glass. If they don’t like soda, you could use juice instead. I chose to use Sprite in our Firecracker Sparkler. A sparkling apple or grape juice would also give this New Year’s Eve Drink some bubbles.
Fun Chillers
We cut fun striped popsicles into cubes to add a fun color to the drink along with additional flavor. We used Sprite which has a lemon lime flavor. The popsicles we selected also had a citrus flavor. They were lime, orange, and watermelon. As the popsicle ice cubes melted, this New Year’s drink for kids got better and better. Matching your popsicle ice cubes flavor with your choice of beverage is a lot of fun.
Fun Straw
A fun straw was totally needed to accessorize our New Year’s drink. We used a stick of licorice as a straw because JDaniel loves red licorice. A fun twisty straw or sparkly straw from a party store might be fun to use in the drink too.
This New Year’s drink for kids isn’t super fancy. It contains items you could easily find in any grocery. My son loved just loved. I bet if you a celebrating at noon on New Year’s Eve or just before bedtime your children will love this drink or a variation of it too.
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Another fun twist might be Plum Organics makes a licorice style straw, but it’s made from real fruit. It’s double sided with a hole just perfect for drinking (they suggest drinking it with milk). I bought a ton of them when I found them on discount for 99 cents a box 🙂
That is a great idea!
Our New Year’s parties are very kid-friendly so I’m happy to try this. And we did get a bag of licorice for Christmas to use!
Definitely a sweet drink, it’s a beautiful idea!
Thanks for the great ideas here!
Popsicles as ice cubes? Licorice as a straw? This is great!
So much fun stuff going on in this drink. What a great treat for New Year’s!
What a festive idea for kids to celebrate New Year’s Eve ~ very creative as always ~ Happy New Year to you ~ carol, xxx
Looks lovely – I love the idea of a special drink for New Year’s Eve. Perhaps I challenge daughter to make up one 🙂
Another greatidea! I’m not a huge soda person though so would sparkling water work?
Such a cute idea, Happy New Year!
Cute! It sounds like it would taste almost like a punch!
How fun! I really like this idea. I am pinning for later!
I love this! Dh and I were discussing what to do for New Year’s Eve for our 5 kids. I’m pinning this on my Entertaining board.
Oh, these are so much fun for kids of all ages. Hope you have a great day.
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