New Years Eve can change pretty dramatically once you have kids, but that doesn’t mean that it can’t be fun anymore! These New Years Eve countdown activities for kids are great ways to get your children excited about the New Year, of course I’m not at all convinced my kids will be up at midnight (I’ll probably be in bed by then too!) but even if your kids aren’t staying up that late you could easily use these ideas for making some creative NewYears Eve countdown ideas for their bedtime or for a mid-day party. And if you need any more ideas don’t forget to check out my round up of New Years Eve crafts and activities to get the kids excited – I adore the slime and the fireworks paintings!
Crafts for kids
The Best Star Wars Crafts for Kids
I think there must be very few kids or grown ups that don’t like Star Wars! We’ve spent the last few weeks re-watching our favourite Star Wars films in anticipation of The Force Awakens being released. My kids love crafts that are about things they really love (have you seen our Batman crafts?!) so I thought some Star Wars crafts for kids would be perfect for them and maybe for your kids too?!
Feather Painted Turkey Craft for Kids
We had so much fun making our stained glass turkeys last week that I thought I’d give easy Thanksgiving crafts another go with this cute feather painted turkey craft for kids.
I did this craft with my daughter who is two so as one is her painting and one is mine you can see that it’s a craft that really is suitable for all ages.
Want to know who’s painting is which? Well keep reading and you can see if I can paint better than a two year old!
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Stained Glass Frankenstein Suncatcher
We love making Halloween suncatchers. My son made this cool stained glass pumpkin suncatcher last year and this week I’ve been sharing some more suncatcher ideas over on the Edplace blog. There’s only one problem with this though. The toddler, she really, really does not like to be left out. It gets loud. So I’m thinking that maybe as we’re still reading Fox’s Socks she might not quite be ready for Mary Shelly’s novel, but this fun stained glass frankenstein suncatcher was a good way to introduce mixing colours and it was a whole heap of fun too.
Paint Chip Puzzles + Halloween Activities for Toddlers
I think that these paint chip puzzles might be the cheapest Halloween activity I’ve ever created for my kids? I guess they must be since they pretty much cost me nothing to make! I love Halloween crafting with my kids but at the rate they go through things the cost of doing activities can add up very quickly so it’s nice to throw in something thrifty sometimes! Today I’m sharing how to make these super simple paint chip puzzles as well as some of my favourite Halloween activities for toddlers to help keep the little people in your life busy this October.




