I am reflecting upon our family NYE celebration and came across a blog post I particularly like! This post highlights an entire evening of fun with almost no allergens! The blogger features a lot of 'glow in the dark' fun and I wish I had thought of that myself! You can read all of her awesome ideas too. So rather then recreate the wheel, so to speak, I decided to post a link to Craftibilities.
If you are interested in what we actually did read on! My family plans for allergy free New Years Eve:
We use brown bags time stamped with sharpie marker. Inside each bag is an index card with instructions for an activity. The kids watch the clock and get very excited to see whats in each bag.
Items on our activity cards (in no particular order) :
*Bake some box mix Gluten Free Betty Crocker Sugar Cookies adding 1/2 teaspoon of cardamon for traditional flare.
*Toast with Italian soda in non breakable glasses. (Glasses in 6 packs from the Dollar Tree)
*Snack! (Obviously you have to choose items that work for your family! We enjoy black eyed peas cooked with bacon and salsa, and moreso for the adults- pickled herring on party picks.)
*Play 'float the feather' (Float a feather in the air by blowing it to keep it from touching the floor)
*Play 'marshmallow toss' (Tons of ways to do this! Basically create a little game of throwing mini marshmallows into cups. This is easy to adjust to large or small groups. A little imagination goes a long way here.)
*Have a dance party hour featuring disco music (Found in the bag was lots of beads and the activity card. After donning the beads, Use Pandora apps genre 70s for the music. The kids find this ultra fun!)
*Family journal page (using: light colored, smooth 12x12 scrapbook paper and colored pencils - each person chooses a color page for themselves and writes their name on top and decorates the top a bit. Then they number the page into sections (1, 2, 3). We then pass the pages to the left and write next to 1) positive traits of the person listed. The pages are passed and written on until the back with the owner. Then the process is repeated for 2) Ways the person has improved or achieved in the last year. When each person has their page back we move on to 3) What dreams the owner has for the new year.
*Focus on New Beginings (Writing out one or two resolutions.)
*Play a game (We played Pictureka!)
Our party went great! We had a really fun time and look forward to next new years eve! We hope that you enjoyed your NYE celebration and would love to hear about it!
Happy 2014!
-Mom
~**Photos coming soon**~
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