Many parents ask how to celebrate the New Year with their children. And this is right, because the holiday on the night of December 31 to January 1 is associated with magic and fairy tales, which do not arise from anywhere. New Year's mood needs to be created. Previously, your parents did this by pulling a cotton beard and a red coat, and then giving gifts under the guise of Santa Claus. Now it's your turn.
Ideas
Fortunately, today there are many options for holding the New Year - from home gatherings to show programs in entertainment venues. For the holiday, you can attend performances, invite animators or hold interesting contests on your own.
In many ways, the feeling of magic depends on the surroundings. Christmas decorations, Christmas tree, the smells of tangerines and pine needles create a festive mood.
Things to consider before using one of the ideas:
- Children's age. With kids under 3 years old, it is better to spend the New Year at home, so that at 9 o’clock they can safely send them to sleep. Congratulations to Santa Claus and gifts will be enough. If the child is diligent, you can visit the play. With children 4-7 years old, it will be interesting to go to New Year's festivities, which are held in city parks, in a circus, in a theater, in a children's cafe. Children 8-12 years old will enjoy sports activities - skiing, skating, sledding. Teenagers will probably want to retire with their company. Provide them with a separate room at home, or go together to an institution with an interesting show program.
- Financial opportunities. Much in celebrating the New Year depends on the amount you are willing to spend. If the budget is limited, then it is worth spending a holiday at home or asking for a visit. With unlimited possibilities, you can afford animators, a holiday in a cafe or even a New Year's celebration in another country. Travel agents will offer you a lot of New Year tours - “Magic of the Baltic Sea” (on a ferry), “Lapland - Santa lives here!”, “New Year's Bavaria - festival of emotions” and others.
- The number of invitees. So that children are not bored, you can call relatives and friends - brothers, sisters, classmates. Having fun is much better than having one. However, in this case, you need to carefully consider the scenario of the holiday. Children, left to their own devices, usually begin to indulge strongly and be naughty.
At home
The New Year is called a family holiday, so most people prefer to celebrate it at home, with their families. It’s comfortable at home, you don’t have to go anywhere or rush. You can organize a holiday to your taste.
To have a fun and unforgettable New Year's Eve with children, do not forget about these 7 components of an ideal holiday:
- Invite animators - Santa Claus and Snow Maiden. Or ask someone you know to change into them and congratulate the children.
- Wear carnival costumes - hares, foxes, astrologer, pirate, fairy-tale characters. The more diverse they are, the more fun the holiday will be.
- Do not forget about sparklers. Sparkling sticks create a New Year's mood.
- New Year's menu. Invent it with your children and let me participate, if not in cooking, then in decorating dishes. Put herringbone salads, bake gingerbread cookies and decorate. It is from such trifles that the holiday is formed.
- With teenagers you can go out to fire salutes and blow up firecrackers. But it is worth remembering about security.
- Crafts. Make Christmas decorations for the Christmas tree with the children, and let everyone take their crafts to their homes. The toy will remind you of the holiday for many years.
- Contests. Hold interesting contests. Give prizes to the winners at the end of each - small toys and sweets.
Away
Perhaps the most inexpensive idea of celebrating the New Year with children is to celebrate it at a party. For its implementation you need:
- Choose with whom you would like to spend the New Year's Eve (with grandparents, with family friends). It is advisable that there be other children.
- Arrange a joint celebration.
- Offer your help - take part of the cooking on yourself or come up with a holiday script.
- Prepare gifts.
In the cafe
Many entertainment venues hold New Year's Eve parties - they invite Santa Claus, various artists, come up with a show program. If your children are 13-15 years old or more, they will probably prefer a celebration in a cafe to home gatherings.
To celebrate New Year with children in a cafe:
- Choose an institution closer to home if you do not have your own transport. Getting back on New Year's Eve can be difficult. Taxi services are usually overloaded on this holiday.
- Take an interest in the entertainment program in advance. New Year's striptease from Santa Claus will certainly be superfluous for children.
- Book a table in 2-3 weeks. If this is not done, you run the risk of being left without places.
- Read reviews of cafes on the Internet, paying particular attention to the kitchen. Dishes should be fresh, quality. There wasn’t enough to be poisoned on holidays, when most hospitals did not work.
Dress with your children in beautiful carnival outfits and have fun celebrating the holiday. A huge plus of the celebration in the cafe is that you do not need to clean and wash the dishes for the guests, think about how to entertain everyone.
Fun contests
Entertaining the kids is not difficult. It is enough to change into costumes of fairy-tale characters and get used to the role. You can arrange a performance - a fairy tale ("Teremok", "Frost") by rewriting and learning the words from the book. And you can come up with your own, original script with contests.
- "Catch the mittens of Santa Claus." Children become in a circle and, with fun music, take turns passing each other a mitten. When the music ends, the one who holds the mittens leaves the game.
- "Guess the riddles." Children read New Year's rhymes, and who the first guesses what there is a speech, receives a mini-prize.
- "The most beautiful snowflake." The participants of the game are handed out white paper and scissors. It takes 3 minutes to cut the most beautiful snowflake. The winner is determined by voting. The children themselves vote (you cannot vote for yourself).
- "The fastest". Children become in a circle and lead a round dance to the music. In the center are slippers, one for all participants except one. Whoever does not have time to put on shoes and is left without slippers when the music stops, he leaves the game.
The aromas of citrus, spruce, New Year's music and blinking garlands create an atmosphere of magic. You can prepare for the New Year’s meeting with the children yourself or hire professionals for this. Feel the anticipation of a miracle. And the fairy tale really will come - not only to children, but also to adults.