2020 was a pretty challenging year for all of us. Like you, the Children’s Staff is looking forward to a better and brighter 2021! Be sure to tune into our Facebook page on Thursday, December 31st at 11:58 am to help us countdown to the new year!!
Whether you are celebrating virtually or with your immediate family, there are plenty of creative ways for ringing in the new year in a fun and safe way. Here are a few ideas from Connecticut Children’s Hospital. Click here to view more great suggestions.
- Create a music theme for 2021 – have everyone in your family or “pod” suggest a song for the upcoming year. Use a free platform like “Spotify” to create your playlist. You can share the link to your playlist with others.
- Musical Fun – Below are some fun ways to use the playlist you created.
- Musical Chairs
- Freeze Dance – Start dancing when the music is played. When the music is paused, everyone freezes in place.
- Sing and Dance – like no one is watching or listening. Just have fun!
- Thankful in 2020 – Despite 2020’s many challenges, invite everyone to say one thing they are thankful for from this past year. Doing so will help teach children positive thinking and help them cope with stress.
- Roses, thorns and buds from 2020: This prompt helps kids reflect on the past and move forward to what’s ahead. Have each guest share a highlight of 2020 (rose), a challenging or sad moment (thorn), and one thing they’re looking forward to (bud) in 2021.
Hats and Noise Makers
Note: The links below will take you to resources on other websites.
- Printable New Year’s party hats
- New Year’s Eve Hat
- Recycled Bottle Noise Makers
- Homemade Pop-up Fireworks Craft
Coloring Sheets
- Crayola has several New Year’s Day coloring sheets for you to print and color. Click here to access the coloring sheets
- Hippo New Years Eve Coloring Sheet
- New Years Eve Fireworks Coloring Sheet
- Another New Years Fireworks Coloring Sheet
Activity Sheets
- New Year I Spy Activity Sheet
- Happy New Year Word Search
- Ball Drop Maze
- New Year 2021 Maze
- Funny New Years Mad Lib
- New Years Goals Mad Lib
- Happy New Year Mad Lib
- Mad Libs for New Years