New Year Party Games to Keep the Little Ones Engaged and Entertained

Make your New Year eve party an interesting affair for the kids by organizing some fun New Year party games. Let the kids make some noise and play till they get exhausted. If you don't keep them busy they are more likely to do mischief and spoil the fun for the adults. Keep them occupied till midnight so that everyone at your New Year eve party can have a gala time. Here are some suggestions for keeping your little guests happy.

Party hat decoration contest

As soon as your guests arrive, give them some plain party hats, glitters, ribbons, stickers, faux jewels, etc. to decorate their own party hat. Set up a craft area for them and let them use their skills to design a creative and festive New Year party hat. This activity will keep them busy for quite some time so that the adults can do some chit chat session.

Balloon pop game

Apart from using these inexpensive party supplies for decoration, use them to play the balloon pop game. Arrange some prizes for the kids and write the name of each prize on a small sheet of paper. Roll these papers to make tubes and insert them into deflated balloons. Blow them up along with many other balloons and let them float on the floor. This will be a great New Year party decoration. Later, as the midnight approaches, ask the kids to blow-up the balloons by sitting on them. Ask them to collect the prize sheets and once this New Year party game is over, you can give away the prizes.

2012 review games

To play this game, make a list of some trivia questions and their answers in advance. The questions can be anything that happened in 2012 including a kids' movie release to a major development that happened in the world. Either divide the kids into teams or let them play individually. Appoint one volunteer to ask trivia questions and award the team or individual who gives maximum answers. This educational New Year party game is sure to keep the kids busy for a long time.

Apart from these structured games, create a play area for the kids so that they can have fun in their own way. Have a lot of toys, fun games, mind games, etc. and let them play independently. You can have this activity after they are done with their party hat decoration. Once they get bored playing these games, move on to the above mentioned structured New Year party games.