Spending New Year’s Eve as a family is one of the best ways to connect and create long-lasting memories. While grown-ups normally look forward to a toast at midnight, there are different ways to ring in the new year, especially if you are a parent who wants to celebrate your new year at home with your little one. We have compiled a list of easy and fun New Year’s Eve craft activities perfect for celebrating with your little ones at home.
Fun and Interesting New Year’s Crafts for Kids
Here, we have compiled a few fun New Year’s Eve craft ideas that you can enjoy with your kids.
- Paper Sparklers
- Coloured paper (preferably metallic or glittery)
- Scissors
- Wooden dowels or straws
- Tape or glue
- Cut coloured paper into long strips (about ½ inch wide)
- Take a bunch of strips and tape or glue one end of the strips around a wooden dowel or straw
- Fluff out the strips to create a “sparkler” look
- Optional: Add glitter or stickers for extra sparkle
- Paper Plate Party Hats
- Paper plates
- Scissors
- Glue or tape
- Markers, glitter, pom-poms, stickers
- Cut a slit halfway through the centre of a paper plate
- Overlap the edges to create a cone shape and secure with glue or tape
- Decorate the cone with glitter, markers, and stickers to turn it into a festive party hat
- Add elastic or string to hold the hat in place
- Chinese Lanterns
- Colored paper
- Scissors
- Glue or tape
- String for hanging
- Fold a sheet of coloured paper into half
- Make evenly spaced cuts along the fold, stopping about 1 inch from the edges
- Unfold the paper, then roll it into a cylinder shape and secure it with tape or glue
- Attach a strip of paper to the top as a handle or string multiple lanterns together
- Party Horns
- Cardstock paper
- Glue
- Decorative items like glitter, ribbons, and markers
- Plastic party horn mechanism (available at craft stores)
- Roll a piece of cardstock into a cone shape and secure it with glue
- Decorate the cone with glitter, ribbons, and markers
- Attach the cone to a plastic horn mechanism to complete the party horn
- Glitter Rings
- Plastic straws (sparkly ones work best)
- Glitter (optional)
- Beads (optional)
- Take a plastic straw and twist it around your finger to form a ring shape
- Add beads or twist smaller pipe cleaners on top to create a “jewel”
- Sprinkle glitter for extra sparkle
- New Year’s Resolution Worksheet
- Printable resolution worksheet (download or create your own)
- Pens, markers, crayons
- Print out the worksheets and hand one to each family member
- Create sections like “What do you want to learn this year?” or “How can you help others?” to get kids thinking
- Let kids decorate their worksheets after they’ve written their goals
- DIY Confetti Sticks-
- Clear plastic tubes or paper towel rolls
- Colourful confetti (or make your own with paper and a hole punch)
- Tape or glue
- Fill the plastic tubes or paper rolls with confetti
- Seal both ends with tape or glue
- Decorate the outside of the stick with markers, ribbons, or glitter
- NYE Balloon Clock
- Balloons (12 for each hour)
- String
- Markers
- Tape
- Inflate 12 balloons and write the hours of the day on each one using a marker
- Arrange the balloons in a clock formation on the wall or floor using tape and string
- Pop one balloon at each hour as a countdown to midnight!
- New Year’s Eve Wishing Wall
- Poster board or large sheet of paper
- Sticky notes or colourful pieces of paper
- Markers
- Hang a poster board on the wall and label it “Wishing Wall”
- Have each family member write their New Year’s wishes on sticky notes or paper pieces
- Stick the wishes on the board to create a colourful display
- Fireworks Wand
- Wooden dowels or straws
- Glittery ribbons
- Glue
- Glitter
- Cut ribbons into long strips and attach them to the top of a dowel using glue
- Add glitter or small bells to the ribbons for extra sparkle and sound
- Let the glue dry, and the wands are ready to twirl and wave!
You can use paper sparkles to celebrate New Year’s Eve. No need to worry about sparks flying—these paper sparklers are a safe, flameless alternative! Kids can choose their favourite colours with simple materials to create their own sparkling wands. The best part about this New Year’s Eve craft is the excitement of “waving” sparklers without the worry of burns. Plus, they make great decorations for the New Year!
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Leftover party plates can easily be transformed into fun and festive party hats. Let kids unleash their creativity as they decorate the party hats with glitter, pom-poms, sequins, and anything else that screams “party!” These hats are perfect for wearing at your New Year’s party or just for fun.
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These colourful lanterns are perfect for ringing in the New Year with style! While traditionally used for Chinese New Year, they also add a lovely touch to any New Year’s Eve celebration. Kids will love cutting shapes and patterns with scissors and assembling them into beautiful lanterns. Hang them up in strings to brighten up the room. It’s a New Year’s Eve craft that doubles as party decor! Watch as kids feel proud of their handiwork lighting up the room.
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Colourful party horns are an essential part of any celebration! Kids will have a blast decorating their horns with glitter, paint, and ribbons. Once they master the sound, they’ll have fun making noise to welcome in the New Year.
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Make sparkling rings from pipe cleaners that are perfect for little fingers. These glittery creations make fun accessories for kids to wear and sweet gifts to share with friends and family. The sparklier, the better!
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Start the year off right by helping your kids set meaningful goals with a fun and interactive resolution worksheet! This easily printable worksheet is an excellent way for children to think about what they want to achieve in the coming year, from hobbies they want to try to ways they can help others. Plus, parents will adore reading their thoughtful, heartwarming answers. It’s a great keepsake and a wonderful way to teach kids about self-reflection and goal-setting!
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No New Year’s celebration is complete without a little sparkle! These DIY confetti sticks are the perfect craft to get kids excited about the festivities. Let them fill clear tubes with colourful confetti they pick themselves – think glitter, paper bits, or even tiny pom-poms. Not only will they enjoy shaking their creations when the clock strikes midnight, but it’s also a fun way to keep their little hands busy while adding excitement to the party.
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This glamorous balloon clock craft adds flair to your New Year’s Eve party! Kids can create their own countdown clock to decorate the party space using just a few materials like balloons, markers, and string. This craft is not just fun to make; it also doubles as a stunning centrepiece for the celebration.
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Turn your family’s hopes and dreams into a beautiful display with a New Year’s Eve wishing wall! This activity isn’t just fun – it’s meaningful, too. Everyone, from the youngest to the oldest, can write down their wishes for the upcoming year on colourful pieces of paper to hang up. As the wall fills with dreams and goals, it becomes a lovely reminder of the hopes shared as a family.
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Bring some sparkle to the party with shimmering fireworks wands! Made with silver and gold materials like ribbons and glitter, these wands are easy for kids to put together independently or with minimal help. They’re fun to make and double as a playful prop for the evening. Kids can twirl and wave their wands as they celebrate, channelling all the festive energy safely and excitingly. It’s a hit for all ages and makes for adorable photos, too!
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Summing Up
As we say goodbye to the past year and excitedly welcome the new, there’s no better way to celebrate than through festive crafting with your little ones. These New Year’s crafts for kids are more than just a creative activity—they are a chance to strengthen family bonds and create cherished memories that will last a lifetime.
If your little one loved the New Year’s Eve craft session, why not make it a regular tradition? Check out our blog, Easy Craft Ideas for Kids, and discover fun and engaging ways to keep the crafting spirit alive all year round!
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