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Don’t want to stay up until midnight with the littles? Hold a Noon Year’s Eve party before lunch with these fun ideas and links!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was an idea we had last year, but never got around to putting up. Basically, my kids never make it until midnight, and let’s be honest, these days I don’t either. Noon Year’s Eve is a fix for that, with the addition of being pretty easy to set up so you can spend your time having fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Noon Year’s Eve this year will consist of coloring and wearing funny hats, popping balloons and practicing our good habits, and a balloon drop followed by the traditional drinking of sparkling cider from fancy glasses. This takes about an hour from start to finish, and you’ll be done in time for lunch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2021 Hats<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Party and Bright has 4 adorable hat designs<\/a> that are completely free to print out, so you know what we’ll be coloring this year! Last year, I set the kids to coloring their hats while I set up the balloon drop. We were finished at about the same time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image courtesy of Party and Bright.<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Balloon Habit Pop<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The new year is always about resolutions. In our house, we use it as a reminder to continue the good habits we’ve made into the next year. For this activity, I printed out these cards,<\/a> put them in balloons, then taped the balloons to a giant piece of cardboard and numbered them. I gave the kids each a pin and allowed them to pop the balloons. We recovered the paper from the popped balloon, read about the habit we wanted to remember this next year, and did a little “practice” movement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These practice movements were things like pretending to wash our hands while singing “Happy Birthday,” pretending to brush our teeth, doing some jumping jacks to remind us to move our bodies, and so on. Each action took a couple of seconds, and with each balloon pop, we added another action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Balloon Drop and Cider Toast<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The balloon drop was the most labor intensive part of this. To make it, you’ll need the following: <\/p>\n\n\n\n