The
Old Educator's New Year's Eve Party...
for Kids
Instructions for making your own
confetti-filled balloons.
Materials
Needed:
Balloons
Construction
Paper or newspapers
paper
punch
funnel
paper
bag
Instructions:
Using the paper punch, make confetti from construction paper or
newspaper. Put loose confetti in a paper bag until ready to
fill balloons. Use the funnel to pour the confetti into the
balloons, tie. Pop at midnight!
Instructions
for making a Happy New Year Horn out of a toilet tissue roll.
Materials
Needed:
Cardboard
Paper Towel or Toilet Paper Roll
Wax
Paper
Rubber
Band
Pencil
Instructions:
Decorate the tube however you want.
With a
pencil, poke a few holes in the cardboard roll about 1 inch apart.
Cut a 4 inch square of wax paper. Secure the wax paper over one end
of the cardboard roll using the rubber band.
Instructions to make a New Years
popper. A great party favor!
Materials
Needed:
Toilet
Tissue Roll
Tissue
Paper
Tape
Curling
Ribbon
Small
candies or gifts for inside your popper
Instructions: Cut a piece of tissue paper into a 12-inch square. Lay the toilet
tissue roll onto the square as shown below. Tape the edge of the
tissue paper onto the side of the toilet tissue roll. Roll the
toilet tissue up in the tissue paper tightly. Secure the ends with
tape.
You
should have 3-4 inches of tissue paper hanging off each end of the
toilet tissue roll. Cut 2 pieces of curling ribbon, each one at
least 12 inches long. Gather the tissue paper on one of the toilet
tissue roll and tie it with the ribbon.
Fill
you popper (toilet tissue roll) with small candies and/or trinkets.
Gather the tissue on the other end of the toilet tissue roll and tie
it with a ribbon. Voila, you now have fun, colorful party poppers!
For
making New Year Noise Maker out of paper plates.
Materials
Needed:
2
Paper Plates
Crayons
Dried
Beans
Stapler
Craft
Stick
Tape
Instructions:
Decorate the paper plates how ever you want.
Put
one paper plate on the table, with the right side up. Tape a craft
stick to the rim of the plate leaving out part of the stick for a
handle. Place the other paper plate on top of the first one, right
side down. This will make a gap in the middle. Start stapling the
edges together. Leave an opening to slide a handful of dried beans
in. Finish stapling it shut.
Put
one paper plate on the table, with the right side up. Tape a craft
stick to the rim of the plate leaving out part of the stick for a
handle. Place the other paper plate on top of the first one, right
side down. This will make a gap in the middle. Start stapling the
edges together. Leave an opening to slide a handful of dried beans
in. Finish stapling it shut.
Instructions for making paper plate tambourines to play music.
Materials
Needed:
2
Paper Plates
Crayons
Dried
Beans
Stapler
or Glue
Instructions:
Decorate the paper plates however you want. Put one paper plate on
the table, with the right side up. Place the other paper plate on
top of the first one, right side down. This will make a gap in the
middle. Start stapling the edges together. Leave an opening at the
top to slide a handful of dried beans in. Finish stapling it shut.
You are now ready to play some music!
Materials Needed:
Cone
Construction Paper
Scissors
Tape
Glitter, feathers, buttons,
etc. for decorating hat
Instructions:
Take a piece of colored construction paper and bend it around to
form a cone and tape it in place. Trim the base of the cone so that
the hat will sit flat on a table. Now you are ready to decorate your
hat with a kinds of patterns and designs! Add sparkles and glitter,
feather, bright colors and more!
Instructions
for kids to make a special Time Capsule to help celebrate New Year's
Day.
Materials
Needed:
Coffee
Can or a Large Jar
Many
Misc. Items
Instructions:
Creativity
is the key here.
You
are going to use the coffee can or a large bottle to make a time
capsule to hide away. Use paint and/or construction paper to
decorate the outside of the coffee can. You can try to make a
special design... Confetti and a large 2000 would be fun, or how
about fireworks, or a clock? One thing for sure you should include
on the outside of your 'time capsule' is 2000 to commemorate the
turn of the century. You probably will want to write a small note to
whomever might find your time capsule. Something along the lines of
"Do Not Open Until January 1st 2020" or whatever year you
choose.
Once
you are done designing your Time Capsule, find some special items to
place inside it. Some personal items such as a few pictures would be
nice. You might also want to include items that are popular these
days. How about a few Pokemon cards or a token of some other hot
trend. You can clip out a few important news stories also. Another
fun idea is to record one of your favorite songs and place the tape
in your time capsule. It would also be fun to write a letter to
whomever finds and opens your time capsule. Tell them about
yourself, your family, etc. Include a picture too, if you can. Can
you come up with any other fun ideas?
Finally, once you have your time capsule filled, use glue or tape to
'seal' the top closed. Last of all, you need to find a safe hiding
place for your time capsule. Hopefully someplace where no one will
find it for quite awhile. Talk to adults and see if they have any
ideas.
Auld
Lang Syne
Should
auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?
And here's a hand, my trusty friend
And gie's a hand o' thine
We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne
