Sunday, December 31, 2017

2017 New Year's Eve Balloon Countdown for Kids

It is almost time for our 5th Annual Balloon Countdown! (This link will take you to our past countdowns: https://workingmomwonders.blogspot.com/2016/12/2016-new-years-eve-balloon-countdown.html)


Here is our lineup of activities: 
Make noisemakers-1:10
Make toilet paper confetti poppers-1:45
Spa party time--paint nails, do the foot bath, facial masks, etc-2:05
Make a wishing wall-2:45
Hot chocolate bar-3:17
Make homemade soft pretzels-4:15
Make a snowstorm in a jar-5:05
Make paper fortunes for each other-5:45
Make 2018 cheese bread-6:00
Make a Foosball game out of a shoe box-6:22
Make fire ice cream-7:15
Make a positive comment jar-7:25
Pain your "one word" on canvas-7:35
Complete the traditional New Year's questions-8:02
Photo booth time--dress up and pose-8:15
Visit the concession stand-8:45
Do milk firework experiment-9:05
STEM challenge--make something New Year's related (noise maker, disco ball, crown, sign, clock)-9:20
Pick a resolution game-10:00
Make play dough fireworks-10:20
Scavenger hunt-10:40
Glow in the dark game-11:00
Minute to win it games: Cotton ball game, marshmallow toss, ping pong peanut butter, and that's a wrap-11:10
Get out the "Good luck food"--grapes, noodles, pomegranate-11:45
Get ready for the toast and the balloon drop-11:55


For the past couple of days, we have been making things out of cardboard boxes. These games will be filler for any down time we have.

Here we have skee-ball and a marble run (you place a marble in any of the top slots. The marble will go to one of the cups below. There are points written on the cups. This reminds me of The Wall game show.)

This is our prize box board. Behind each piece of tissue paper is a small prize each kid will receive. There are 12 boxes per child. 

This is our cardboard box claw machine. Using one of the claw picker upper tools, the kids stand behind it (they can't see what they are reaching for) and try to grab a toy and get it in the drop down chute. I used tablecloth to cover this. 

The concession stand is also made from a cardboard box. The kids will visit this later in the night. 


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