Posts Tagged "new year’s day"

New Year’s Day Goal Art Activity for Kids

Help your child to set goals for the next year with this New Year's Day craft activity. Before you get to the art-making, discuss resolutions and goals. Your child may not necessarily have "resolutions," but they can create goals or objectives to accomplish in the next calendar year. Talk about what changes they want to make or what they want to do in school or another area of their life. After they create a list, they're ready to take the next step! Arts and Crafts Materials You'll Need Poster board paper- Choose a light color or white paper. This will...

New Year’s Buffet Ideas for Your Family

Start the year of right with a stand-out homemade New Year's Day breakfast or brunch! Your kiddos can help out in the kitchen, mixing, measuring, decorating and putting together creative treats. If you're not sure what to make or where to start, check out these easy ideas for your fam's holiday breakfast/brunch-time buffet. Pancakes with Toppings Mix up a batch of your favorite pancake recipe or buy a boxed option. Even though your littles can't actually cook the cakes, they can measure the different ingredients and mix them up in a big ol' bowl! Add a special surprise and sprinkle...

New Year’s Resolution Kids’ Book Craft

What are your New Year's Resolutions? Help your children to learn more about what resolutions are--and create a few of their own! This easy holiday activity will get your kiddos thinking about their goals, objectives and more for the next year. And bonus, this New Year's Day activity doubles as an awesome art project that your family can cherish for years to come. Arts and Crafts Materials You'll Need Cardboard- Reuse the sides of an old cardboard box instead of buying new boardScissorsA hole punchYarnCrayons, pencils or markersTempera paintPaintbrushesGlitter8x10-inch card stock paper How-To Steps Discuss resolutions. Help your child to...

New Year’s Day Family Brunch Ideas

How are you celebrating New Year's Day? If you have a family brunch planned, don't let yourself get stuck in the kitchen all morning long. Enlist the help of your kids and create a menu that they can whip up too! While young children can't use the stove or the oven, they can help with measuring, mixing, decorating and even some of the menu planning. If you're not sure what items to add to your holiday brunch menu, consider these tasty (and easy to make) picks. Egg Sandwiches You can handle making the eggs and the kiddos can out them...

6 Ways to Celebrate New Year’s from Around the World

Fireworks, champagne and a midnight toast are your favorite ways of celebrating New Year’s Eve. The next day you gather with family, have a festive brunch and relax. But this isn’t how everyone celebrates the New Year’s holiday. Check out how different groups of people around the world mark the beginning of the new year. Brazil People in Brazil mark the New Year by eating lentils. Why? Aside from the taste factor, they symbolize good financial fortune. Spain In Spain they don’t eat lentil on the New Year. Instead, they eat grapes. That is, they eat 12 grapes at midnight....

New Year’s Day Kids’ Kitchen Science

It’s New Year’s Day and you’ve volunteered to whip up a special holiday brunch – for the entire family! Get the kids in on the act and turn some of your meal prep into super science activities. How? Check out these kitchen science ideas that also help you to prep for your holiday meal. Grand Glittering Gelatin Help your child to learn about states of matter, while transforming liquid into wiggly gelatin. Start by asking your child what she thinks will happen when you add the water to the powder. Then ask her to predict what will happen when you...