It’s almost the New Year, and now is a great time to plan a New Year’s celebration with your family! If you already have traditions you love, that’s wonderful. My post from last year tells what my family did to celebrate the New Year and has links to still-helpful resources: Starting and Nurturing New Year’s Traditions.
Below are some great ideas found in cyberspace (which I’ll be adding to throughout the week). These aren’t all Montessori activities, but they’re all good, clean family fun.
New Year’s Activities for Families
New Year’s Eve Times Square – Families on the West Coast can even celebrate the New Year at 9:00 p.m. PST along with the East Coast celebration!
“Your wishes for 2012 will be added to the confetti that flutters down in the heart of Times Square on New Year’s Eve!”
New Year’s Surprise Ball Objects (Photo from Little Wonders’ Days)
New Year’s Posts (including New Year’s Surprise Balls – photo in collage and above) from Little Wonders’ Days
Counting Down to New Year’s Day in Preschool and Our New Year Resolutions in Preschool from Teach Preschool
Happy New Year from The Holiday Zone
New Year Activities and Games from Apples 4 the Teacher
11 Great Ways to Start the New Year from Disney Family Fun
New Year’s Fun and Games from Disney Family Fun
Disney’s New Year’s Celebration Station (free printables) from Disney Family
New Year’s Crafts from Disney Family Fun
“Including the Kids in New Year’s Parties”
New Year for Kids from Activity Village
Kid Craft: New Year’s Time Capsule from KelliCrowe
New Year’s Crafts from Enchanted Learning
New Year’s Activities from DLTK’s Crafts for Kids
New Year’s Kids Activities from Martha Stewart
New Year’s Crafts for Kids from Crafts-N-Things for Children
New Year’s Eve/Day Crafts from Kinderart
New Year Crafts and Activities from NurtureStore
Resolution Cookies from The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle
New Year Clock Craft for Kids (Photo from Learning Ideas Grades K-8)
Make a New Year Clock Craft Activity from Learning Ideas – Grades K-8
New Year’s Day Activities from Primary Games
New Year’s Day Printables from ABC Teach
New Years Activities for Kids from Busy Bee Kids Crafts
Happy New Year from Billy Bear 4 Kids
Pop Paper Dance Party (Photo from Chasing Cheerios)
How-To: New Years Party Hats from Paper Source
New Year’s Day Information and Activities from Sunnie Bunniezz
Pop Paper Dance Party from Chasing Cheerios
New Years Kids Party Ideas from Party 411
New Year’s Eve Party for Kids by LissaKlar at Squidoo
Family Games for New Year’s Eve from eHow Home
New Years Free Games and Activities from Wart Games
Games, Party Ideas, Crafts for a Kid Friendly New Year’s Eve Party from All Star Activities
15 Fun New Year’s Eve Activities for Kids or Adults from How Does She?
New Year’s Eve Poppers, New Year’s Eve Noise Makers, and Personalized Kids Cups for the New Year from Make and Takes
New Year’s Noisemakers from Alphamom
New Year’s Posts from House of Baby Piranha
New Year’s Posts from The Ramblings of a Crazy Woman
New Year’s Eve with the Kids from The Mother Huddle
Kids’ New Year’s Activities Pinterest Board
I also have many activities pinned to my Kids’ New Year’s Activities Pinterest board for visual people like me. However you prefer to look for ideas, just pick the ones that appeal to you – or let your child/ren help you choose the activities for your family New Year’s celebration!
Have a very happy New Year! 
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Thank you so much for featuring my New Year’s surprise balls. I’m glad you like them. Thank you too for this fabulous round up of ideas!!! I needed some more kid friendly activities for the evening. Hope you had a Merry Christmas,
Kelly
My pleasure, Kelly! I love your New Year’s activities and had lots of fun finding all these resources online! I had a fabulous Christmas, thanks, and am looking forward to a fun New Year with my family! I hope you have an awesome New Year, too!
Deb recently posted..How to Prepare a Special Kids’ Table for Holiday Gatherings
Thanks for following and commenting. I have been a long time follower of yours;) Where in England did you study. We live very close to Cambridge:) Happy New Year
Anna-Marie recently posted..Christmas 2011
Thanks, Anna-Marie! I got my master’s degree in Early Childhood Studies at Sheffield Hallam University. I was lucky to have the opportunity to travel around the UK quite a bit during that time, which was absolutely wonderful! Reading your blog brings back so many amazing memories … what an adventure you must be having! My daughter and I were able to attend Hogmanay in Edinburgh one New Year’s Eve. It was unbelievably fun! I hope you have an amazing New Year, too!
Deb recently posted..How to Prepare a Special Kids’ Table for Holiday Gatherings
Thank you so much for creating this New Years Resource… such great ideas I can’t wait to have fun with my little ones!
Thanks so much for your kind comment, Kim! Have a wonderful New Year!
Deb recently posted..How to Prepare a Special Kids’ Table for Holiday Gatherings
You have compiled an amazing list here!! I just wrote about the Surprise New Year’s Ball over at Craft Gossip, and gave you a shout out…hope it brings you some traffic!! Great blog!
http://lessonplans.craftgossip.com/?p=5309
Kristen S- Craft Gossip recently posted..New Year’s Surprise Balls
Thanks, Kristen! I really appreciate the shout out! And I hope you’re having a fabulous New Year!
Deb recently posted..Top 10 Posts of 2011 on Living Montessori Now
Awesome Deb! I reposted it on my FB page.
Happy New Year!
Marcia
Marcia Murphy recently posted..Making Noise Makers for New Year’s Eve
Thanks so much for sharing my post on your Facebook page, Marcia! I added your New Year clock activity and photo to my post. Have a truly wonderful 2012!
Deb recently posted..Top 10 Posts of 2011 on Living Montessori Now
Wow, this is quite the list! Such a fantastic idea to compile them altogether in one place.
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Thanks so much, Fawn! I hope your New Year is off to a fantastic start!
Deb recently posted..Top 10 Posts of 2011 on Living Montessori Now
Yeah! I think we are going to party at home with our preschoolers so we’ll need a lot to keep them busy! Thanks for all the great links!
Jackie recently posted..Best of 2011- #7- Bailey
Thanks, Jackie! That sounds like fun … I hope you had a great time. And have a great 2012!
Deb recently posted..Top 10 Posts of 2011 on Living Montessori Now
So many AWESOME activities!! This is such a great post..I’m going to pin it for next year. This year we started th tradition of family game night with my 3 year old (while the almost 1 year old slept
) She had a BLAST! It was her first time playing “games” and she woke up in the mornign asking for more!
Thanks for linking up at Thrifty Thursday!
Katie recently posted..Happy New Year! What to Look Forward to in 2012 at PWW365
Thanks, Katie! A family game night sounds wonderful … my family always loved playing lots of games during holidays. Have a happy 2012!
Deb recently posted..Top 10 Posts of 2011 on Living Montessori Now
An wonderful list of ideas (as always!!) I am pinning your post to get ideas for next year!! Thanks for linking up to TGIF. Happy New Year,
Beth =-)
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Thanks so much, Beth! I hope you’re having a fantastic 2012!
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