New Year's Party Crafts for Kids
Confetti Balloons
Materials Needed: Balloons, Construction paper or newspaper, 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!

New Year's Poppers
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!

Paper Plate Tambourine
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!

Festive New Year's Hats
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!