Craftibilities

I didn't realize how much the boys would love the NYE countdown when planning this idea.
Such a great way to make New Year's Eve fun for the kids.

Here are some of the things I planned and already thinking about next year.
My boys are 8 & 10 years old and LOVED everything!

They woke up to balloons hanging across the ceiling and had no idea what was planned.

The anticipation grew all day long until I got off work.

First balloon pop at 6:30pm.

The night before I put everything together after they went to bed.

I printed the activities on a sheet of paper or hand write them.

I cut each activity into strips and rolled. The hardest part was remembering the time so I could write it on the balloon.

I thought that it would be easy and totally blaming that it was late. As soon as the balloon was tied I immediately forgot the time on it. :/

I ended up poking a hole in the balloon, not to pop it and wake everyone.

I set it down while the air released slowly but my cat thought it was attacking her. She ran into the leg of the table knocking over Christmas decorations while she attacked it back. So much for being quiet.

I used a sharpie to write the times on the balloons and planned how to hang them. I didn't want to make marks on the walls. Since there wasn't much weight to the line, I used fishing line from a ceiling vent to the cord on the ceiling fan. Worked out perfect!

I added the balloons with tape. It was easy to slide each balloon on the fishing line to space them out.

Let the fun begin!!!!

#1 - It's 6:30! Time to make cupcakes!

Remember the subway art and tags I posted a could days ago?

They were perfect to decorate some of the cupcakes.

#2 - It's 7:10! Time to paint t-shirts with glow-in-the-dark paint!

I found fabric paint and t-shirts at Michael's craft store.

#3 - It's 7:30! Ready for some snacks? We have shrimp cocktails!

My boys LOVE shrimp and this is considered a fancy treat.

It's been a NYE tradition for years.

#4 - It's 8:15! Time to make a craft that POPS!

I ask my son a few days before if we could make homemade poppers on NYE and would he teach us. He didn't know it was part of the countdown.

He did such a great job finding and teaching this craft. We each had a different idea about creating a NYE popper. I thought about twisted paper filled with confetti. When he demonstrated this triangle piece of paper I was amazed. It made a huge pop noise. So cool!

#5 - It's 9:30! Time to blow bubbles and they glow-in-the-dark!

Glow in the dark bubbles looked cool but the bubbles didn't really glow. Instead the boys had fun with the glowing liquid. They wrote their names and 2013.