"A fun New Year with the whole family"

The New Year is greeted warmly all over the world. Young parents will certainly remember their first New Year's Eve with children for a long time to come. Because the hours until midnight can sometimes be very long.

10, 9, 8 - plan the countdown

To ensure that the New Year's Eve party is a great celebration for everyone, it is important to plan a little in advance. After all, good music and relaxed conversation alone are not enough to get children excited in the long term. The age of the child naturally plays a decisive role here. Find out here how you can celebrate New Year's Eve with children and have a really great evening:

Plan New Year's Eve with children well

The preparation - so the New Year can come

Without a doubt, a real New Year's Eve party needs good decorations. After all, it should be clear that this is an exceptional evening. You can choose from an abundance of different decorative items. Whether streamers, balloons or confetti. You can decorate as much as you like when you celebrate New Year's Eve with children.

To give the whole thing a little personal touch, make your own decorations for New Year's Eve with the children. You will of course find suitable craft materials for this at Zwergehuus.

Decorate the garlands with small wish scarfs on which your wishes for the New Year are written or make small table decorations from craft wire and beads. Shamrocks and lucky pigs are in demand now.

You can also thread small, colorful strings of beads and place them around the glasses as decorations. There are many possibilities here. There are plenty of craft tips for New Year's Eve!

What is there to eat on New Year's Eve?

It's a good idea to start thinking about the food a few days before the New Year's Eve party. Some families have firm traditions here, while others are quite spontaneous. Platters with small snacks are ideal for a New Year's Eve with children.

Small snacks and sweets are ideal New Year's Eve foods

From finger sausages and meatballs to cheese bites and vegetable sticks. Here you can serve whatever everyone likes. In addition to savory snacks, you can also bake a few small muffins. This provides a little variety. Involve the children as often as possible. This takes the pressure off you and everyone has fun.

The afternoon nap - a must for young and old when spending New Year's Eve with children

The house is decorated and there is a rare calm. It's the calm before the storm. A good time to recharge your batteries for New Year's Eve. The best way to do this is with an afternoon nap and this time everyone is welcome to take a rest. If the little ones are too excited or restless, take them to bed with you. Snuggle up together, tell each other a few nice stories and you'll see that sooner or later their eyes will start to get heavy.

A midday nap prepares the little ones for the long evening

Avoid TV and other electronic entertainment, as this usually causes unnecessary stress. Enjoy the peace and quiet and relax a little. An exciting evening awaits everyone.

Fun games until midnight - Varied ideas for the old year

Adults are content with good music and relaxed conversation to pass the time until midnight. However, if you're celebrating with children, it's more fun if you've thought of a few games.

Here are a few suggestions and ideas of what you can do with children on New Year's Eve:

Wax casting

A good alternative to the classic lead casting and much less dangerous.

Place a small piece of wax on a spoon and heat it over a candle. As soon as the wax melts, pour it into a bowl of cold water. A figure is created.

Think together about what this figure says about the coming year!

Stop dancing

This sets the mood! Turn on the music. Everyone can now dance. As soon as the music stops, everyone must remain in their position. The last person to wobble is eliminated. Hearty laughs are guaranteed.

Fun and games shorten the waiting time

Charades

Now facial expressions and gestures are required. Write terms on different pieces of paper. These then have to be represented and guessed using pantomime. This is fun even if there aren't that many of you. Even in a small family of four, this is possible. Then it's team mom versus team dad!

Dancing and a good atmosphere are of course part of the party. A good mix of games, dancing and fun entertainment guarantee a successful New Year's Eve.

New Year's Eve party with a baby

For the youngest party guests, the turn of the year is a day like any other. Even though babies can sense that something is in the air, they stick strictly to their rhythm. Diaper wearers don't think about partying yet. As soon as your baby gets tired and it's time to go to sleep, put him or her to bed as usual. However, remember to have a baby monitor to hand that night, as it might get a little louder if you want to celebrate a little more.

However, you should refrain from having too big a New Year's Eve party with lots of guests as long as there is a baby in the household.

There will be many more New Year's Eve parties to come, which you can then celebrate together with guests and the little ones. New Year's Eve with children is a little different from the wild parties when you were single.

Fireworks and co. - what to consider for the little ones

If you're celebrating New Year's Eve with children, then of course you can't do it without a little firework display. However, caution is advised with babies in the household and small children. Store the fireworks safely and in a place that is out of a child's reach.

Caution is advised with fireworks and the like

As babies and small children in particular cannot hold out until midnight, light small children's fireworks in the early evening hours. Sparklers and flying bees are very popular. Please refrain from using firecrackers and other loud fireworks. They damage children's hearing.

So at midnight, make sure that babies and small children wear appropriate hearing protection if they are at the fireworks display.

Fall asleep! And now?

It usually happens unexpectedly. Suddenly the party is over for the little ones, because their tiny little eyes have closed. Many parents have already experienced this and you will also find that the little ones can't hold out for the long evening.

That's no big deal. The new year starts anyway. You know your children best of all. Of course, you alone decide whether or not to rouse the angel from his dreams at midnight.

And then the time has come and you can toast the new year with champagne and children's punch!