A family program for kids ages 3 to 6 years old surrounding the New Years holiday. Each child will get to play games, make crafts, and snack on New Years related things. The night will end with a karaoke night and watching the ball drop. All parents are encouraged to come and join in on the festivities.

1. POP! Into the New Year
Family Program
By: Stephanie Cheek and Katie Seth

2. Program
Details:
• Kids program takes place on New
Years Eve in Northern Oregon. It
will be from 6 PM to 9 PM. It
involves 12 activities that include
fun crafts, festive food, and games
that help count down to the New
Year. Every 15 minutes a balloon
will be popped releasing confetti
and the next activity until the final
activity of watching the ball drop
in New York.
• Parents are welcome to join in the
fun and enjoy the activities and
release their inner child to ring in
2016.

3. Program Details
• Facilities: A large multi-purpose room with the
ability for a small stage to be set up.
• Location: Northern Oregon
• Participant Age Group: Ages 3-6 and parents are
welcome
• Staff Needed: Average of 4 staff needed
• Fees: $5 per child and $20 per family (up to 4 kids)
• Minimum 20 children, Maximum 25 children
• No prizes will be needed, all kids will keep their
own crafts and treat bags

4. Equipment Needed
• Foam Floor Mats
• 5 Tables
• 20 chairs (for adults)
• Pillsbury Crust Dough
• Basic Pizza Sauce
• Clear Plastic Cups
• White Vinegar
• Baking Soda
• Multicolor Glitter
• Food Coloring
• Disposable Foil Tray
• Baking Flour
• Salt
• Water
• Cream of Tartar
• Vegetable Oil
• Measuring Cups/ Spoons
• Large Sized Cooking Pot
• Glitter
• Black Foam
• White Foam Sheet
• Number Stickers
• Scissors
• Hot Glue Gun
• Glue Gun Sticks
• Double-sided Tape
• Bandana/Scarf (Blindfold)
• Sugar Ice Cream Cones
• Sprinkles
• Icing
• Chocolate Frosting/Melted
Chocolate

5. Equipment Needed Continued
• Aluminum Foil
• Black Acrylic Paint Stereo/Music
Player
• MP3 Player/CDs
• Foam Paper (various colors)
• Elastic Cord Glitter Glue
• Large Number Stickers
• Beanbag
• Television with Cable
• Confetti Black Permanent
Marker
• Pencil (to pop balloon)
• Paper Bags
• Candy/Hershey Kisses/Any Small
Prizes
• Clear Jell-O Mix (an flavor or
flavorless gelatin)
• Sparkling White Grape Juice or
Any Clear Soda
• Pop Rocks (various
flavors/colors)
• Small Paper Cups Balloons (50
needed, various colors)
• Mini Marshmallow
• Snack Ziploc Bags
• Paper Towel Rolls

6. Program
Finances
• Total cost of program:
$150 to $180
• Profit: Can make $250 with
a potential profit of about
$70 to $100
• Marketing:
o Brochures
o Flyers
o Posters
o Word of Mouth

7. Questions

8. Balloon Countdown
Supplies:
• Colored balloons (not blown up)
• Confetti (small enough to fit
into a balloon, not star shaped)
• Markers
• Note with activity (this is
optional)
Instructions:
1. Add desired amount of
confetti to deflated balloon
(and activity note)
2. Inflate balloon and tie
3. Carefully write on balloon
4. Have children pop balloons or
use as a decoration

9. 2016 Breadsticks
Supplies:
• Pillsbury Pizza
Dough
• Baking pans
• Knives
• Marinara sauce
• Plates and napkins
Instructions:
1. Open the pizza dough and roll out flat into
a rectangle shape
2. Use knife or pizza cutter to cut into 4 rows
by 2 rows leaving you with 8 squares
3. Then cut each of the 8 squares into 4 strips
4. Twist and turn the slices to form 2016 (staff
can do this or let children help, make sure
to wash hands)
5. Set those on baking sheets (can add butter
or garlic for more flavor)
6. Read baking instructions on pizza dough
can and bake appropriately
7. Heat marinara sauce and pour into single
serve soufflé cups
8. Serve the breadsticks and marinara sauce
to each child

10. Sparkling Science
Supplies:
• Plastic Cups/Champagne
Flutes
• Baking Soda
• White Vinegar
• Glitter (Multicolor)
• Disposable Tray or Pan
• Food Coloring
Instructions:
1. Place 2 to 3 plastic
cups/champagne flutes on the
disposable tray
2. Fill each glass with baking soda
(roughly half the glass) and some
glitter
3. In the white vinegar bottle mix in
a couple drops of food coloring
(whichever color the child would
like)
4. When the children are ready pour
some of the colored white
vinegar into the glass and watch
the baking soda fizz up over the
glass.
5. Since everything is non-toxic the
kids can feel free to play in the
fizz and foam

11. Glitter Playdough
Supplies:
• 2 Cups of Flour
• 1 Cup of Salt
• 2 Cup Water
• 2 Tablespoons of Vegetable
Oil
• 4 Teaspoon of Cream of Tartar
• ½-1 Cup of Glitter
(multicolored)
Instructions:
1. Mix all food ingredients in the pot
(children can help if playdough not
already made). It will resemble
thick pancake batter.
2. Add glitter to mixture
3. Cook on stove at medium heat until
mixture forms into a ball (stir
constantly)
4. Place ball on counter to cool
5. Knead the dough to smooth out
any bumps
6. Divide the dough into mini
containers so kids can have own
dough to play with and take home.

12. Pin Midnight on the Clock
Supplies:
• (1) Giant piece of white foam or
(2) smaller pieces
• Clear packaging tape
• Double sided tape
• Black foam
• Black and red markers
• Blindfold
• Scissors
• Large round pan to trace
Instructions:
1. Use packaging tape to tape the (2)
pieces of foam together to make a
larger square shape
2. Use the large rounded pan to trace a
circle
3. Use the black marker and write all of
the numbers on the clock
4. Use the red marker to draw and color a
small circle in the middle
5. Cut out clock hands with the black
foam (one per child)
6. Blindfold the child and apply the
double sided tape to the cut out clock
hands
7. Spin the child and send them toward
the clock to “pin” their clock hands on
8. The closest child to get them placed
correctly to midnight wins

13. Chocolate Cone Noise Makers
Supplies:
• Baking chocolate chips for melting
• Sugar cones (one per child)
• Sprinkles
• Tube icing
• Plates
• Warmer for the chocolate
Instructions:
1. Melt chocolate down
2. Dip the sugar cone in pointy side down and
cover cone with chocolate
3. Apply sprinkles immediately while
chocolate is still wet
4. Sit aside and allow 30 minutes to dry
5. After cones are completely dry, use the
tube icing and let children write names or
year on the cone
6. Let the icing dry
7. Give them to children as they watch the ball
drop and have them bite the pointy end off
and eat it
8. As a celebration when the ball drops they
can blow through the hole and make noise
with the cones
9. Then the children can eat and enjoy their
noise makers

14. Treat Bag Musical Chairs
Supplies:
• Brown paper bags (lunch bag
size)
• Assorted candy, toys, bead
necklaces
• Hershey Kisses (assure everyone
to get a New Year’s Kiss and
give Kisses away)
• Stickers, crayons, or markers
• Tape
Instructions:
1. Have one bag for each child
2. Pre-decorate bags or have
children decorate bags
3. Fill bags
4. Tape shut
5. Play music and pass the bags
around and when music stops
each child will keep that bag
(or read a story that has
instructions to pass left or pass
right)
6. Each child keeps their bag of
goodies-make sure to
announce about saving the
Hershey Kisses for when the
ball drops at midnight

15. Questions

16. Festive Jell-O Squares
Supplies:
• 2 Packets of
Gelatine
(unflavored)
• 2 Tablespoons of
Sugar
• 2 Cups of Sparkling
White Grape
Juice/Clear Soda
• Colorful Pop Rocks
• Baking Pan
• Cooking Spray
Instructions:
1. Mix gelatin, sugar, and the
juice/soda in a medium
microwave safe bowl and let sit
for 3 minutes.
2. Microwave on high for 3
minutes until everything is
dissolved.
3. Pour mixture into a medium to
large cake pan that is sprayed
with oil or cooking spray
4. Refrigerate until they are
completely set
5. Cut the Jell-O into squares or fun
shapes
6. Allow kids to choose which
flavor and color pop rocks they
decorate the treat with.

17. Marshmallow Shooting Tag
Supplies:
• Paper Party Cups
• Balloons
• Tape
• Scissors
• Mini Marshmallows
Instructions to Make:
1. Take a party cup and cut the bottom
out of the cup making it resemble a
tube
2. Make a knot closing the deflated
balloon
3. Cut the balloon about 2.5 inches from
the knot
4. Stretch the balloon over the hole at the
bottom of the cup so that the knot is in
the middle. The fit should be tight
enough that it should stay on it’s own.
5. For extra support place a piece of tape
around the edge of the balloon securing
it to the cup.
6. Then place the marshmallow in the cup.
Pull the knot of the balloon back and
then release causing the marshmallow
to shoot into the air.

18. Marshmallow Shooting Tag Game
Instructions to Play:
1. Each child gets their own
marshmallow shooter and a snack
sized Ziploc bag of 25 mini
marshmallows.
2. The kids are divided up into two
teams and the goal is to shoot
marshmallows at the opposite team.
3. If a child is hit by the opposite team
they must freeze until a member of
their own team tags them (with their
hand) to unfreeze them.
4. This continues until all
marshmallows have been shot and
the team with the least people
frozen wins.
5. Everyone is rewarded with an extra
bag of marshmallows to eat

19. DIY Microphones
Supplies:
• Empty Paper Towel Roll Tube
• Scissors
• Black Paint/Paintbrushes
• Any kind of decorations (stickers,
glitter, construction paper, etc.)
• Aluminum Foil
• Hot Glue (Staff or parents help
required)
Instructions:
1. Trim paper towel tube roll to fit the
child’s hand
2. Cut a vertical slit at the bottom of the
tube. Overlap the cut portions of the
tube, creating a slight cone shape and
secure with hot glue (parent’s or staff
help required)
3. Paint the tube black or whatever color
the child desires
4. While the paint is drying have the child
form the top of the microphone by
taking a large piece of aluminum foil and
scrunch it into the shape of a large ball.
5. Place the foil ball on top of the tube and
attach with the use of hot glue (once
again parents or staff help required)
6. Once dry, the child can decorate the
tube any way that they would like.

20. Family & Friends Karaoke
Supplies:
• Stage area set up in the room
• Music Player (CD player or iPod
speaker)
• CDs or MP3 player
• Homemade Microphones
Instructions:
1. Once the activity is announced
everyone has to get into teams of 3 to
5
2. Parents are encouraged to participate
with their children
3. Come up with a song and you are given
5 minutes to practice and have fun
preparing to get on stage
4. Then each group will get on stage and
have fun performing their song using
the new microphones they just created
5. Prepare to listen to a lot of Let It Go!

21. 2016 Glasses
Supplies:
• Foam Glasses (activity kits)
• Stickers and gems (best if
sticker kind
• Elastic Cord
• Number stickers
Instructions:
1. Give each child a pair of
foam glasses
2. Tie the elastic string onto
the glasses
3. Let the child decorate
with stickers and gems
4. Stick the numbers onto
the top of the glasses for
the year (Ex. 2016)
5. Let the glasses dry for a
couple minutes if glue or
paint used

22. Let the Ball Drop Hot Potato
Instructions:
1. 15 minutes before the ball drops have all the
kids sit in a circle on the floor in front of the
television where the Times Square Ball Drop is
being shown.
2. Play some music and they all have to pass the
beanbag around in the circle
3. Whenever the music stops the person holding
the beanbag takes a slide back away from the
circle (they are out of the game).
4. This continues until there are 2 or 3 kids left by
the time the countdown for the ball dropping is
being announced.
5. The person holding the beanbag when the
countdown is over and it is officially the New
Year gets to pop the Happy New Years Balloon.
6. To celebrate the New Year everyone gets to
wear their 2016 glasses, eat their edible
noisemakers, and eat their Hershey kisses from
the treat bags.
Supplies:
• Comfortable Floor Mat
• Bean bag
• Television

23. Questions

24. Backup Activities
Balloon Volleyball
Supplies:
• Fly Swatters
• Balloons
Instructions:
1. About 12 balloons get blown up
with air and are going to be thrown
in the air
2. The kids are going to get divided up
into two groups
3. Each group is going to try and work
together to keep all 12 balloons in
the air by only using fly swatters
4. Once a balloon falls on the ground
then the next group goes
5. This continuous to go back and
forth until the time frame is up or
the kids get exhausted with the
activity
Glow in the Dark
Ring TossSupplies:
• 5 empty 2 liter soda bottles
• Glow in the Dark Paint
• Glow Necklaces
• Tape (to designate where they stand)
Instructions:
1. Paint all 2 liter bottles with glow in the
dark paint and let them dry
2. Set bottles standing up fairly close
together and mark with tape about a yard
from the bottles
3. Connect all the glow necklaces to create
rings
4. Turn off all but one light in the room. Give
each child 10 necklaces and their goal is to
throw the necklace and have it land
around a bottle.

25. Inclusions
Family Inclusion
• All crafts and food items are simple,
but still require parental and staff
assistance
• Parents and family members are
more than welcome to participate in
all games and activities
• Karaoke is the big activity for parents
to join in and sing a song with their
kids
Disability: Autism
• Sensory Activities that are
non-toxic
• Earplugs for popping of
Balloons
• Gluten free foods
• Me Zone available for those
to take some time for
themselves
oTrampoline

26. Questions