New Year's Eve Balloon Countdown for Kids

For New Year's I would much rather stay home and have fun with my kids. To make things exciting, I found some ideas on Pinterest and put them all together to make our own Balloon Activity Countdown. 

I started by making a list of all the activities I wanted to do with them. Then I assigned each activity a time. 

4:00 Paper Plate Clock

4:30 Make Cupcakes

5:00 Make Party Hats

5:45 Decorate Cupcakes

6:15 Dinner

7:00 Family Movie

8:00 Visit My Concession Stand for Movie Intermission

9:00 New Year's Questionnaire

9:15 Time Capsule Ornament

9:30 Sparklers

10:05 Toilet Paper Roll Fireworks

10:30 Make a Confetti Launcher

11:00 Make a Hand/Year Craft

12:00 (or whenever they are ready to crash) Balloon Drop and Toast

I wrote the activities on a piece of paper and cut up the strips. I folded up a strip and put it in a balloon. 

Then I blew the balloon up and wrote the time on the outside of the balloon. 

I tied a  piece of yarn around each balloon and taped them to a section of our wall. At the time stated on each balloon, we will pop it and find the next activity. 

I am going to give the kids $5 worth of Monopoly money to spend at my concession stand. Here is a list of what they can buy. 

$1.00 Orange Crush

$1.00 Sports Blast

50 cents-Doritos

$1.00 Popcorn

$1.00 Puppy Chow

50 cents-Pick from the candy grab bag

$1.00 A Smore

25 cents-a piece of fruit

50 cents-Goldfish

50 cents-Applesauce