Planning a New Year’s Eve Party for family or friends?
Use these great ideas for your New Year’s Eve Party!
Hold a family favorites night. Divide the time equally among the number of family members you have from the start of your party until 11:45 p.m. You may end up with anywhere from 45 minutes to 1-½ hours per person. Start with the youngest family member, and celebrate his/her favorites. Food, games, television show, movie, movie character, invention, toys, color, clothing, etc. Have the entire family help gather as many favorites as they can think of for the special person, and take several pictures of each person during their shining moment. During the special time for each person, play the game, eat one course of their favorite food, get them dressed in their favorite outfit or costume, and make that person feel special. By the end of the evening, you will have eaten an entire meal. At 11:45, end that portion of the evening, pull out the party hats, and ring in the New Year with stemware filled with ginger ale or sparkling white grape juice. Use your photos from this special night to decorate a scrapbook or place in a time capsule.
Sweet Fortune - Everyone is crazy for chocolate. A fun version of fortune-telling this game involves a big bowl of M&M’s! Guests grab a small handful of M&M’s from the bowl and interpret their fortune according to the list below. The more of each color, the greater the influence will be in your life. The great part of this game is if you don’t like your fortune, eat it up and try your luck again!
Red: Love
Orange: Popularity and Power
Yellow: Geekiness
Green: Wishes – For each green one, you can make a wish that will come true!
Blue: Wealth
Brown: Health
Hold a family game night! Play every board game you own…Trivial Pursuit Candy Land, Yahtzee, Monopoly, Life, Clue, Checkers, Trouble, Operation, Shutes and Ladders, Jenga, and Twister to name a few. Move on to bobbing for apples, relays, telephone, sack races, tic-tac-toe, hangman, a scavenger hunt, Pin the 12 on the clock, flashlight tag, spoon and egg race, etc. Then, with a rented Karaoke machine, sing your hearts out. Throughout the evening, munch on a buffet of wonderful junk food and bite-sized munchies.
Throw a theme party. Mail surprise invitations to everyone in the family and let them know that you’ll be dressing up for the big evening. Get them involved in the planning or in choosing the theme. Some great family themes are: Tropical Luau, Beach Bash, Silver and Gold Fancy Dress Party, 21st Century Futuristic Party, Retro Party, 50′s theme, or Wild, Wild West.
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