What are some New Year's Eve celebration ideas for a family?

Some family celebration ideas for New Year's Eve include staying home to celebrate, preparing an extra-special meal or attending a family-oriented neighborhood celebration. Since babysitters are scarce, involve small children in the festivities by dressing them up and celebrating early instead of at midnight with sparkling cider and noisemakers.

Children also enjoy hosting slumber parties and learning how New Year's Eve is celebrated in other cultures. Some additional ways to celebrate include creating homemade hats and decorations and putting up a Times-Square-style ball. Family members can also write New Year's resolutions or 12 acts of kindness they'd like to do in the coming year on decorative cards, then replace the Christmas tree decorations with the cards. Everyone can help assemble a time capsule to open on the following New Year's Eve.