Free New Year’s Eve Printables for Family Fun {Games, Activities & Coloring Pages}

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June 25, 2021

Annette Breedlove

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Can you believe we are already making plans for New Years Eve? Celebrate the end of the year with some fun crafts, activities and free New Year’s Eve printables.

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New Year’s Printable Activities

We have always loved doing a midnight countdown with our kids. This year as I searched for some New Year’s printable activities, I was amazed at all we could add to our festivities. Many of these you can do on the hour to count down to midnight.

We are homebodies on major holidays. My husband doesn’t like us to go out in crowds with lots of people that may be under the influence and driving on the roads. So we keep it safe and stay home. We like to invite other families over and ring in the New Year together. 

What can you do at home on New Year’s Eve?

We have been celebrating the new year at home for as long as I can remember. We have some traditions we like to stick to, but we like mix it up each year. Here are some of our tried and true favorite things to do at home on New Year’s Eve:

  • Appetizers and snacks all night long. My girls love making fun snacks like cheese dip, charcuterie, pigs in a blanket, veggies and ranch dip. We make a bunch ahead of time, and sometimes we even cook together throughout the evening.
  • Board games and card games. Family games are a lot of fun to play as you are waiting for the clock to count down.
  • Sparklers and fireworks are a big tradition for our neighborhood and a fun way to get to know your neighbors.
  • Crafts and fun coloring pages and printables for the kids to stay busy while trying not to fall asleep.
  • Make some homemade party hats and party blowers for the kids for midnight. 
  • Pots and pans and homemade shakers for the midnight celebration.

Free New Year’s Printable Activities

Whether you have a big blowout celebration with friends and family or you just hang out with the kids at home for a quiet night in, we’ve got you covered!

Be sure to check out all these crafts and printable activities for New Year’s. Scroll down to the bottom for some awesome printables your kids can use even into the new year.

New Year’s Eve Countdown and Crafts 

Kids love counting down to midnight. These themed crafts and countdowns are a lot of fun to put together and use with your whole family. 

New Years Eve Countdown Chain – Add as many chains full of activities that you want to complete before midnight. You can do an activity every hour and be as creative as you would like. 

Kid-Friendly New Years Eve Countdown – This countdown is in the shape of a clock and perfect for young children.

NYE Surprise Ball for Kids – I am loving this fun and creative idea of wrapping cute little gifts in the shape of a ball to unwrap before bed.

Paper Plate Craft for Kids – This is a cute rotating paper plate craft to wrap in the New Year.

New Year’s Eve Printables

New Year’s Eve Wand Craft – A festive craft using printable stars and colorful paper straws.

New Year’s Eve Wishing Tree – Your whole family can participate in this by writing down their wishes for the New Year. It is really pretty as a centerpiece too.

New Year’s Photo Booth Props Kids Can Make  – Photos booths are so much fun, and great for making memories with friends and families. You will have a blast with these cute photo booth props.

3D New Year’s Eve Craft for Kids – Create your own New York city scape for New Years in a diorama 3D style.

15  New Years Crafts for Kids – Here are 15 more fun and festive crafts perfect for New Years.

different crafts for kids for New Years

Noise Maker Fun

Noise makers are so much fun once it hits midnight on New Year’s Day. You can purchase big packs of noise makers, hats and confetti poppers. Those pre made kits can get pretty expensive. It is super easy to make them yourself with items from the dollar store. Your kids will love creating their own.

New Year’s Eve Noise Makers – Make your very own noise makers with used raisin boxes to use on New Years.

Black and White New Year’s Eve Confetti Packs – Create your own confetti packs to pass out to friends and family at the end of the night.

DIY Noise Makers – These noise makers use paper plates, popsicle sticks and popcorn. Decorate with stickers and markers.

Printable New Years Activities

New Year’s Eve Poppers – Your little ones will love these adorable poppers that use soft pom-poms.

Recycled Bottle Noise Makers – Use your old water bottles and some glitter and glue to create these festive noise makers.

K Cup Noise Makers – These are the perfect size for little hands and you are recycling too.

Easy DIY Party Noise Makers – I would have never thought to use plastic straws. These are easy and fun with no extra supplies needed.

Festive New Year’s Eve Noise Makers – Not only are these easy to make, they are very pretty and festive. They are perfect for any party and your kids will enjoy decorating them. 

Firework Crafts for New Year’s Eve

A New Year’s Eve celebration isn’t complete without fireworks. Some little ones are afraid of the loud noises, so you might want to do make some fun firework themed crafts instead. 

Firework Craft – This is a fun painting technique with cardboard paper rolls.

3D Paper Fireworks Craft for Kids – If your older kids like paper crafting they are going to enjoy this city scape with rolled paper fireworks.

Paper Handprint Firework – A super easy handprint firework craft for little ones.

Sparkler Firework Craft for Kids – Create your own sparklers with out the fear of noise and burns. These make great table decorations as well.

Cupcake Liner Fireworks Craft – I love how pretty these turn out. There are lots of fun patterned cupcake liners you can use to create some beautiful masterpieces.

Fireworks Salt Painting for New Year’s Eve – Salt painting is a lot of fun and the finished product just pops on black paper.

Pop-Up Homemade Firework Craft – This is a super creative craft that your kids will really enjoy decorating and playing with all night long.

Sparkly Handprint Fireworks – If you aren’t afraid to use glitter the kids will love this fun and sparkly craft.

New Year’s Themed Sensory and Science Activities

New Year’s Eve Slime Recipe – This confetti slime has a fun sparkly feel to it and is perfect for a celebration.

Confetti Science for New Year’s Eve Activity for Kids – This is a fun and festive science activity that even adults will have fun with.

Fireworks in a Jar – I love this simple experiment that replicates fireworks. Your children will love watching the colors change.

Build A New Year’s Eve Lego Ball Drop – Your kids will have fun assembling their very own New Year’s Eve ball drop with Lego bricks.

Confetti Canon – This is a fun STEM challenge the whole family can participate in building their own confetti cannon to shoot off at midnight.

Happy New Year Slime – Another fun slime recipe that uses New Year’s themed confetti.

DIY Balloon Drop – What a fun idea! Your kids will love creating their very own balloon drop to let go at midnight. 

New Year Fizz Sensory Activity – This is a fun science activity that is as festive as a glass of sparkling cider. Your kids will have a lot of fun with it. 

New Year’s Eve Printables

These printables, worksheets, coloring pages and activity packs are perfect for a kids table for the night. These activities will create some great conversations and keep everyone busy with fun games and activities.

12 Page Activity Pack – This activity pack is chock full of fun games and cute coloring pages.

Coloring Party Hats for Kids – Simple and fun printable party hats for your kids to color and wear all night long.

Happy New Year Printable Pack – There are some really cute activities to keep kids busy and working together to complete some of the games.

Writing Activities for New Years – Get your kids thinking about the new year with these copywork poetry pages, and drawing prompt pages.

New Year’s Time Capsule Printables – These printables will have your kids thinking about who they were the previous year and who they want to be in the new year.

New Year’s Eve Activities

New Year’s Games & Puzzles Printables – Fun 8 page printable packet with word search printable for kids, printable mazes for kids, decoding and more.

Auld Lang Syne Mini Music Study – Learn about the famous song sang on New Years with this mini unit study.

Our Year in Review Printable – This is a great printable for your family to work on together highlighting the past year.

New Year’s Games

 I Spy Printable Game – Cute printable New Years themed I spy worksheets.

New Year’s Eve Roll & Graph – Your kids can practice their counting skills with this fun themed graphing game.

New Year’s Eve Mini Puzzle Unit – 28 pages of printable puzzles for kids and activities to keep your kids busy all night long.

BINGO Game Printables – This is a beautiful New Year’s themed printable Bingo game to add to your festivities.

Printable Joke Teller – This is a fun twist on the foldable fortune teller games, but with printable New Years jokes instead.

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