The first cold days are approaching, and everyone begins to think and dream about how to spend their most favorite holiday - the New Year. But how fun is it to celebrate the New Year at home with children? This is the question asked by almost all parents who plan to spend a holiday at home with their family.
relax.by advises you not to put off New Year's preparations for the event and think in advance about how best to celebrate the New Year with your child.
Everyone subconsciously believes that it is in New Year's Eve All adversities disappear from our lives, and the most wonderful events magically replace boring and gray everyday life. To be sure of this, start preparing for the New Year with your child in advance. Better yet, do everything together! A creative approach to preparing the New Year's holiday, a little imagination and invention - and your child will definitely appreciate the parental efforts, happily helping you create a New Year's miracle with your own hands!
Preparing for a fun New Year with children: recommendations
“How you celebrate the New Year is how you will spend it!”
relax.by states: “As you prepare for the New Year’s celebration, you will celebrate the New Year!” Therefore, start preparing for the New Year holidays with your children in advance, having carefully thought through everything.
Why buy Greeting Cards and gifts, if you can make them with your children! Start preparing in advance and you will have plenty of time to carefully complete all tasks. And it will also be possible to redo something if suddenly it doesn’t work out. Especially for this occasion, relax.by has prepared for you.
Make a list of guests, be sure to discuss with your child whether you will host children's party at home. If the child already goes to kindergarten, then there will definitely be a matinee there. But if the child has friends outside kindergarten, then the New Year is a great opportunity for you to meet the parents of your child’s friends and organize a grand event together!
Invite your child’s friends to your place, discuss in detail with the mothers the time of the event, costumes for the action, the children’s culinary preferences and solutions to unforeseen situations, such as food allergies or a small abrasion during the New Year’s round dance.
Write down the text of your holiday invitations, and let your child, together with you, prepare funny invitation cards, decorated, for example, with snowmen and snowflakes.
Together, think over a menu for the children's table: funny sandwiches and funny ones can be prepared together - let even the little ones show their imagination! A children's table should be light, simple and at the same time elegant. Beautifully decorated with a tablecloth and napkins, it should please the whole company!
Choose a wide variety of costumes for the carnival - astrologers, court jesters, robbers, and princesses are expected at a fun New Year's party for children! The most important condition of the carnival is the presence of a mask that the child can make on his own, but under your strict guidance. The mask can be decorated with sequins, lace, feathers - exactly like in the paintings of the great Italian masters!
You can prepare the most ordinary treats for carnival participants. But if you include one or two Italian dishes on the menu, it will be just wonderful! One of these dishes could be a small portion pizza and.
Children's New Year with an oriental accent
Decorate your living room oriental style. To do this, prepare red paper lanterns and bells with your children. Hang all this in the room where the holiday is supposed to be held. You can also attach Chinese fans, hieroglyphs cut out of colored paper, and a snake from some oriental cartoon - funny and bright - to the walls.
Costumes for the Chinese holiday, of course, are best prepared from silk. Girls will be happy to dress in their mother's festive silk robes, and boys will look like real warriors and will be able to try themselves in a wooden sword competition or in a martial arts tournament.
The menu for an oriental holiday is not limited in the choice of dishes. But the advice from relax.by is the following: cut several dishes into cubes (for example, muffins) and prepare chopsticks for each little “Chinese”. Let the children try eating in such an exotic way - they will really like it! And if you have the opportunity to dip delicious pieces into a special “Chinese” sauce - in fact, it can be syrup or ordinary condensed milk - then there will be no limit to your delight!
If there are teenagers among the guests, you can order sweet sushi or noodles with chicken or seafood.
Jack Sparrow and company
Decorate the room in pirate or nautical style, but just don't use the Jolly Roger image on every corner - get creative!
Stretch several thick twines over the ceiling, reminiscent of nautical ropes, place an old pirate chest in the corner (any decorated old suitcase or box from the dacha will do), and on the walls hang images of ancient barometers, spyglasses and look for a globe. Prepare the dishes and table decorations in a nautical style - blue and white napkins with images of waves or anchors, and always a delicious hot fish dish.
Every boy dreams of becoming a pirate, and every girl dreams of becoming his lady. Therefore, together with your child, prepare an appropriate costume. For boys - vests or striped T-shirts, mesh capes, bandanas with “skulls”. Use toy sabers, binoculars, fake mustaches and beards as accessories. For girls, choose denim vests, bouffant skirts, striped socks or tights, wigs and hats with feathers.
What to treat little pirates? You can cook pilaf in a common pot, kebabs laid out on a large dish and decorated with herbs. For desserts, prepare milkshakes and give them “pirate” names: “Barracuda” or, for example, “Thunderstorm of the South Seas.”
Very interesting entertainment you can come up with if you are organizing a “pirate” holiday in the style of the game “Treasure Hunt”. Hide it somewhere in advance secret place treasure - a bag of sweets, chocolates, a box of gifts. To find it, you need to go through several competitions and solve a number of riddles. Don't hold back your imagination when preparing the New Year's party - let the kids have fun!
New Year's fireworks
A favorite pastime for all children is setting off fireworks. Do not forget the rules that must be followed when launching fireworks: never give them to children, follow the instructions on the packaging, make sure that the distance from residential buildings is no less than that indicated on the packaging of the pyrotechnic product as safe. All spectators must be a sufficient distance downwind of the fireworks display.
By following these rules, you will not only protect yourself, but also get maximum pleasure from the show, which will be the best ending to any New Year's holiday for children!
By good tradition We celebrate the New Year with our family, at home. But sometimes you want to deviate from the rules and celebrate the holiday with a change of scenery. On the eve of this significant event, we want to write where to celebrate the New Year with your family, with children or alone.
How to celebrate New Year 2018?
Before you decide where to go, you need to decide How celebrate this holiday. The mistress of 2018 will be the Yellow Earth Dog. To gain her favor, not lose health and attract good luck, you need to be able to appease the four-legged beast.
Therefore, familiarize yourself with the character of the animal, its habits and shortcomings, and when preparing for the holiday, take them into account:
- This is a pet, which means it should be welcomed at home with family and friends. The atmosphere should be an ordinary family one, without loud screams and special celebration, since the animal symbolizes peace and modesty;
- You need to decorate your house, but natural colors should prevail. These can be yellow, brown, blue, gray and green tones. Choose appropriate clothes for yourself - not bright, but festive, in the same colors;
- And you definitely need to go for a walk after the chimes with the whole group. The dog is a domestic, but free animal; it does not like to sit still. So take a walk - it’s useful in all respects.
If you are cramped at home, there is not enough space for all the guests, you will have to figure out which place is better to celebrate the New Year.
Where to celebrate New Year in Moscow?
There are many options, the whole country will be partying, and holiday venues will be organized everywhere:
- You can go to the main square in Moscow - Red Square. Take champagne and tea in a thermos with you and dress warmly. There will be a beautiful fireworks display, you will hear the chimes not on TV and will be completely immersed in the festive atmosphere. But get ready for the fact that there will be a lot of people, people from all over the country come here;
- Maybe you would be better suited something more romantic and extreme at the same time. For example, celebrate a holiday on the roof. This is possible, and you don’t even have to break out the bars and locks. Many hotels have been providing similar services for a long time. Everything happens legally and very comfortably. The hotel staff provides food, heating and all the necessary amenities. This kind of pleasure is worth it, but it’s not cheap. But, despite this, it is better to book places in advance, since there are many people willing;
- Or go underground. Moscow diggers often celebrate the New Year underground; you can find the corresponding groups in in social networks and ask to visit. There are also official paid excursions.
That is if you don't want to sit indoors.
What do clubs, restaurants, cafes offer in Moscow?
In order not to freeze and not sit at home, you can go to an entertainment establishment. However, this option is more suitable for childless people. Or look for ones that provide child care. On New Year's days, almost every club or restaurant holds a program with competitions and concerts.
We have selected the most stylish places in Moscow:
- Wealthy people can visit the elite restaurant "Pushkin". Domestic celebrities and politicians often vacation here. And the prices are calculated for the corresponding contingent. For two you will need approximately 15,000 rubles; to order a banquet - from 30,000 rubles;
- A wonderful place is the Rhythm and Blues cafe. The establishment is planning to host a blues-rock evening with famous artists this genre. As well as a children's party based on famous cartoons, with an interactive show and delicious gifts. Prices vary, an adult ticket costs from 7,000 rubles, kids can have fun for 1,500 rubles;
- The famous Sixty restaurant on the 62nd floor of the Federation Tower opens its doors. You will be able to see the festive capital from a bird's eye view.
It all depends on your capabilities. Maybe you would like to go out into nature, take a break from the hustle and bustle. And there are proposals for this case.
Celebrating New Year outside the city
All kinds of hotels and holiday homes invite you to visit them. But remember, if you want to get a discount, you need to book rooms in advance, about 2 months before December 31st.
We will list several cozy and interesting places:
- The natural resort "Yakhonty" 50 km from Moscow is distinguished by its luxurious territory and beautiful views. This year, as always, a banquet for guests, a Christmas tree for little visitors and street festivities with performances by artists are organized here;
- If you like a more active holiday, go to the Country Resort hotel, which is located in the Moscow region. An ice skating rink is organized here for guests, and there is the opportunity to go sledding, skiing, snow scooters and tubing. For kids there is a Christmas tree, an evening disco and animators perform;
- There is a cheaper option, but no less attractive - the Ivolga Valley hotel, located on the banks of the Volga. Here you can rent a room or cottage, the rental price of which includes breakfast and entertainment.
Those who love real winter are better off moving further. There are many options, but the snowiest and most New Year's places are:
- Veliky Ustyug. Prices for hotels and houses here start from 2,200 rubles per day. Those who did not have time to buy a plane ticket, since they quickly run out on the eve of the holiday, can travel by train or bus. IN winter time additional routes are organized;
- Karelia. A house for several people can be rented here for 3,000 rubles per day, and a hotel room from 2,500 rubles.
Well, for those who want to bask in the sun, you can go to the south of our country - Sochi, Anapa, Gelendzhik, Crimea.
Where to celebrate New Year 2018 with a child?
There are always a lot of children's events. These include various Christmas trees, matinees and performances with the participation of animators and artists. Street celebrations in open areas. We have chosen the most original options in Moscow:
- The Tchaikovsky Conservatory will host a musical Christmas tree for children;
- Chaliapin's estate will feature Chaliapin stories for the whole family;
- VDNKh promises to hold a “Robot Christmas Tree”;
- You can take your kids to the children’s book theater, where they will watch the play “The Magic Lamp”;
- Peppa Pig fans can meet her at Vegas City Hall;
- An interactive show will be held at Chistye Prudy in December and January. Children will enjoy an entertainment program, various master classes and a gift;
- The Annushka tram will ride children and their parents for 2 hours. You will be accompanied by Father Frost and Snow Maiden, who will treat everyone to tea and tell you a lot of interesting things.
And of course Luzhniki and the Olympic Stadium are waiting for their young guests as usual. These performances have already become a symbol of New Year's Moscow.
So, there is still time, you can take your time when choosing where to celebrate the New Year. But remember that early booking of seats and tickets significantly reduces their cost. And there are many who want it, the holiday is the most joyful and long-awaited.
Video: 8 ways to celebrate the holiday in an original way
In this video, Arthur Konovalov will tell you how to organize a truly memorable New Year's Eve:
Dikmi: Yes, children are happiness! Although, personally, for me (oh, there were such times!) It was on New Year’s Eve that a feeling of melancholy, loneliness and some kind of deprivation appeared. I remember our second family New Year. Our son was then 2 months old. My wife and I loved him madly! He was the Universe around which we revolved. But Andryukha, brother, was going to celebrate the New Year in the mountains, on skis... And Vika, his wife’s friend, organized a pirate party... And just under our very windows a street carnival was supposed to take place... Against the backdrop of such bright events in the world, our miniature Universe was lost, became heavier, and some kind of annoyance appeared in our souls. We didn't talk about this, no! But this feeling was there, and it spoiled the cozy family celebration. How to avoid this? Many years later, I already know the answer!
WHERE AND HOW TO SPEND THE NEW YEAR WITH A NEWBORN?
There are several prohibitions related to the safety and health of the baby. Parents are simply obliged to take them into account when planning a New Year's holiday.
Prohibitions
A party where there will presumably be loud music is contraindicated for a child. Just like places with large crowds of people. Plus, if a mother is breastfeeding, the holiday cuisine should be gentle: without salty, fried and mayonnaise. Or, at least, the hosts of the holiday should take this circumstance into account and think over a separate menu for mom. And further. Parents, never leave your children alone, or under the care of an untrustworthy person, in an unknown place (even if they are sleeping!). This is your treasure! Tomorrow the holiday will end, and mental disorders or other troubles will remain with you forever! Don't forget about it! All. Now about the holiday!
5 ways to celebrate the New Year with a newborn
1. Enjoy a fun and cozy at-home bridal shower.
Invite yours best friends to your place for the New Year. Have a pajama party together! Remember how fun this was as a child? You will have a whole, long, huge, mystical night for memories! Ask your friends to cook something and take it with you, or just order pizza!
Dikmi: The only disadvantage of such a holiday is the question: “Where should I take dad?” The presence of your husband at a bachelorette party in pajamas will embarrass your friends, and it will be extremely difficult for you to talk about frank topics... Be sure to discuss this issue with your husband, maybe he will also want to go to some kind of bachelor party, to unwind?
2. Go out for an early holiday dinner.
But what if you absolutely do not want to celebrate the New Year separately from your husband? There is a great option. Ask one of your close friends, sisters or grandmothers to sit with your baby for a couple of hours, and go to a restaurant for an early New Year's dinner. Let it be at 5 o'clock, or even just after noon, it doesn't matter! The main thing is that you will be together, in a festive pre-New Year atmosphere and you will have time only for each other!
Dikmi: Although, you can take your baby with you to the restaurant. Choose an appropriate place (so that it is not too noisy and crowded) and enjoy an unusual New Year with the whole family.
3. Celebrate the New Year on New Year's Day
Why, exactly? New Year must it start at night? It’s quite possible to celebrate his arrival during the day! Have a picnic among the fir trees in the nearest park or forest, visit family or friends, stop by a cozy cafe on the outskirts of the city and drink hot chocolate with warm cheesecakes! This walk is good for everyone! The child will sleep sweetly fresh air, and you and your beloved husband will talk from the heart, you’ll even have time to play snowballs among the fir trees!
4. Have a party with friends and their kids
As a rule, a young mother’s social circle consists of friends and acquaintances with children of approximately the same age. Invite them to your place! Create a scenario for the party, let the kids communicate with each other, and mothers take a break from the responsibility of constantly entertaining them. You can also arrange competitions between mothers and babies. Let it be races on mothers' backs, competitions in the speed of eating porridge and the longest laugh (or sleep). The kids will get tired, and at home they will sleep sweetly, mothers will talk, and everyone will have a good time from the holiday!
5. Stay home and watch movies
If you can’t go to an unusual place for New Year’s, create it in your home! Build a tent for three, have a picnic in it and watch your favorite family video, look through photo albums. And if you get bored - many good, romantic, old and new films are at your service! It’s comfortable for the child and something new for you!
Dikmi: As you can see, the presence of a newborn in the house does not mean at all that you should put your life and your holidays on the altar of serving him. Approach the organization of the holiday creatively, and who knows, maybe this New Year will be the one you remember the most!
WHERE AND HOW TO SPEND THE NEW YEAR WITH SMALL CHILDREN?
Useful tips
With younger children age group You can easily go on a visit and even travel (not too long distances). True, it is necessary to take into account several points. Firstly, children should get a good night's sleep on New Year's Day. Daytime nap December 31st is not even discussed. Secondly, where you are going to celebrate the New Year must be warm. The health of a child is more important than any entertainment program! In addition, there should be a reserve room in this house, away from noise and music, where the mother could feed, change clothes and simply calm the child, in case he quickly gets tired of the festive adult bustle.
5 ways to celebrate the New Year with kids
1. Have a family holiday
Invite them to your place, or, on the contrary, go yourself, for example, to your grandparents, or aunt and uncle. Gather together all brothers and sisters and other relatives. The warm atmosphere of my parents’ home, a lot of memories from childhood, my mother’s signature sugar plum pie, funny competitions from the “only for our own” category. What could be better? You will take a break from the hassle with your baby and change your surroundings. Plus, the child will feel good here, because he feels love and adoration on an instinctive level.
2. Go to the country
Sometimes, for the holiday to be a success, young parents simply need to leave the walls of their home. If you have a dacha outside the city, in the forest, with heating or even a fireplace, go there on New Year's Eve. Decorate a live Christmas tree right in the forest, light candles, create an atmosphere of comfort and disconnect from the world. On this New Year, only you three exist in the Universe.
3. Go to the city Christmas tree
Pamper your family. Let the wife feel beautiful and wear her best outfit. You too will dress up. Some restaurants organize special children's and family entertainment programs on New Year's Eve, why not take part in something similar? This is usually how they make new friends, and it’s not even worth talking about the impressions of an unpredictable and unplanned evening! Well, then - fireworks, dancing, round dances that last forever around the largest Christmas tree in the city... This New Year will become a memorable page in your family album!
4. Create a family friendly party
Surely in your close circle there are several couples who also recently became parents. Invite them to your place, all of them together! Remember that the most best holiday we can only create with our own hands. Become an initiator and screenwriter, they will probably be grateful to you for this, because you saved several more families from New Year's boredom and regrets.
Dikmi: Some useful tips To make this party a success:
. Pajamas. Tell everyone to bring pajamas for the children and sleeping bags. When the kids get tired of running, jumping and eating sweets, they will sit peacefully by the Christmas tree and tell their New Year's stories. And parents will have a chance to drink champagne for the arrival of the New Year!
. Milkshakes. Make many different milkshakes. So that children can also take part in the universal solemn moment of changing dates when the chimes strike.
. Games. Be sure to come up with an entertainment program, games and competitions for children. Prepare coloring books, crafts, Board games, cubes. So that children can play with each other and parents can have “adult time.”
. Nanny. If there is an opportunity to invite an animator, a nanny, someone who could play with the children for several hours, take advantage of it. Children will be supervised and at the same time close to you. And you will relax and chat with friends.
5. Plan a good night
Cheese fondue and chocolate cake, soda and layered jelly desserts, juice instead of champagne at midnight and lots of fairy lights on the tree. And also tangerines, wonderful stories, gifts under the tree. And also - the opportunity to go to bed whenever you want, without obligations, inconveniences and conventions. Well, isn't it a wonderful family holiday after a busy working year?
Dikmi: Add this quiet, family-friendly new Year's Eve maybe photo albums. Both old ones, for children, and new ones, printed just on New Year's Eve. Watch, remember, comment and laugh at those moments that will never be forgotten! Let the New Year start with positivity and plans for the future!
WHERE AND HOW TO SPEND THE NEW YEAR WITH SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN?
1. At the water park. Winter - best time remember summer! New Year is a great reason to change your surroundings. Treat yourself and your children to an active holiday in the indoor water park. In addition to standard water attractions, they will probably have a special New Year's entertainment program. Participate, have fun, stock up on emotions for the whole year!
2. On a ski trip. Treat yourself and your children to a New Year's holiday at a ski resort, or just on a winter hike. Ride together, and then sit down somewhere in a cozy ethno-style cafe on the outskirts of the forest, drink mulled wine, order the children tea with ginger and be happy!
3. On the beach. There is nothing more elegant than celebrating the New Year under a palm tree! Warm sand and sea, delicious food and a lot of new experiences! Go to warmer places for the New Year holidays, have a vacation for yourself, and give your children the most unforgettable New Year of their lives!
4. At Disneyland. As a rule, Disneyland gives children fireworks of emotions on New Year and Christmas. There are amazing parades here cartoon characters, and fireworks, and theatrical performances, and attractions. Every child should visit there at least once in their life! So why not for the New Year?
5. At home. More about this from Dikmi.
Dikmi: If you are not planning a trip yet and would not like to celebrate the New Year in crowded places, throw an amazing party at home! Simple, family-friendly, just for you! Believe me, such a holiday, if prepared with warm, loving hearts, can become the best memory! Some practical tips:
1. Create an atmosphere of anticipation
To do this, for example, on New Year’s Eve, organize home quest. inflate air balloons and hide notes in them with tasks and answers to the question: “What needs to be done to make the New Year come sooner?” Let the children burst them at a clearly indicated time and complete the tasks, thereby bringing the cherished 12 strikes closer.
Examples of tasks:
1. Make marzipan men at random
2. Listen to music (you can have a specific song)
3. Make a musical rattle from a plastic plate
4. Prepare firecrackers
5. Find photos from last year's New Year's party
6. Write a goodbye note to the passing year.
7. Do a family interview
8. Eat 12 grapes and drink lemonade! Happy New Year!
2. Wear fashionable clothes
All children love to dress up! Turn the process of dressing for the New Year's table into a fun ritual. Better yet, come up with special carnival outfits for your family New Year.
3. Prepare an elaborate dinner.
Surely each member of your family has favorite dishes. Unfortunately, it’s not often possible to cook them on weekdays. Treat yourself to the most delicious, complex, expensive and beloved. Let it be baked goods and meat, tartlets and fruit. It is also important that the whole family participate in preparing the festive dinner, so that everyone puts effort and emotion into the dishes. Then it will turn out especially tasty and memorable!
4. Make unusual New Year's hats
A party, even a home, family party, is already unusual if you have a hat! Using cardboard, rain, scissors and imagination, create an incredible fairytale headdress!
5. Remember all the best events of the past year
If you have time and opportunity, prepare a slide show of family photos and home video for New Year's Eve, do it, don't be lazy! Remembering, seeing your own happy faces is much easier and more pleasant!
6. Tell us about your New Year's dreams
You can make a dream card for your family. Let there be all the most incredible, all the most unattainable, even funny. Cut out pictures you like from old magazines and glue them to a large piece of whatman paper. Such a card will become an inspiration for the family in those moments when it will be especially difficult.
7. Watch a good New Year's family comedy together
Have fun together, discuss episodes, laugh! This incredibly brings families together and makes them friends.
Dikmi: Create your own New Year's celebrations! Fuel your children's faith in New Year's magic incredible deeds and fairy tales, gifts, and most importantly, your love! After all, it doesn’t really matter the place and time, the important thing is that you are together! Let your New Year's dreams come true!
What is New Year? Regardless of how old someone is, the New Year for everyone is always a fairy tale, a holiday, an expectation of a miracle. And if you are the parents of a baby who is celebrating his first (or second) New Year, this is also a great responsibility for you. Who else, if not mom and dad, should introduce their beloved little one to the wonderful tradition of celebrating the New Year? This enjoyable mission requires creativity. True, we are not talking about noisy parties with friends now. But believe me, you won’t be bored while celebrating the New Year with your baby. If, of course, you prepare for this event in advance.
Where to celebrate New Year with a child
First, you need to decide where you will celebrate the holiday. Psychologists have their own opinion on this matter. They advise with very young children either at home, or with grandparents, or with friends who also have children (preferably of the same age). Long trips and noisy companies, at least until the baby grows up, you better avoid it.
New Year for children at home
Your task is to arrange a New Year's celebration where your little one will feel best. And the most comfortable place to celebrate the New Year with a small child, after all, will be your own home.
You can invite your relatives or several married couples with children to visit. Think ahead about entertainment for both adults and children. You can have a costume ball. Moms, dads and grandparents will have fun, for example, playing charades or association. These games are calm, not noisy, but quite entertaining. And for children you need to come up with entertainment appropriate to their age.
For your holiday to be a success, you need to start preparing for it at least a week in advance.
Tell your child a story about Father Frost and the Snow Maiden, let him know that Father Frost brings gifts to children. Show good grandfather and his granddaughter in the pictures. Read fairy tales about the New Year, watch them together with your little one New Year cartoons, commenting on them while watching.
Decorating the Christmas tree for the New Year
New Year is a miracle, a fairy tale, an extravaganza. But what would it be without a Christmas tree? If the baby can walk or crawl, he can very well help decorate.
First, educate the little one about what kind of tree it is, where it lives, and why it comes to our house on New Year’s Day. Christmas decorations and tinsel, the child will probably really like it. Let him play safe toys, explore garlands and tinsel. He will be indescribably delighted by this. Balls with different designs conceal a variety of fairy tales, which the baby will listen to with pleasure in the process of transforming the Christmas tree into a New Year's beauty.
New Year: child 1 year old
A one-year-old toddler celebrates his first New Year. And even though he cannot understand everything yet, he is quite capable of feeling the atmosphere of the holiday. It will be created by the smiles of relatives, poems and songs, Christmas costumes, a brightly decorated Christmas tree and, of course, Grandfather Frost, who will have his father’s eyes, voice, and nose. For a child who is 1-2 years old, it is better not to invite Santa Claus from outside. So that the baby doesn't get scared. It’s better for one of your relatives to play the role of a kind old man, and even better if it’s dad. And even if he is not heavily made up, he is quite recognizable. Then the little one will tell him a poem, and he won’t be afraid to take the gift, and will climb onto his lap with great pleasure.
New Year's costumes for kids
Be sure to dress your child in a carnival costume. He will be very pleased. And if others are dressed up as bunnies, squirrels and foxes, then there will be happiness. More than enough!
New Year's costumes for girls: photos
New Year's costumes for boys: photos
Hit the snowball into the basket
And don’t look that the little one is still very small. He can already take part in New Year’s games. For example, in these.
Prepare your equipment for the game:
- “Basket” - any large container: box, bucket, basin, etc. You can decorate it with tinsel, snowflakes, and serpentine.
- “Snowballs” made of cotton wool, polystyrene foam or foam rubber. Tennis balls are also a good option.
Place your “basket” in the center of the room. Give the players “snowballs” and place everyone around the “basket”, but away from it. The players' task is to hit the basket with snowballs. Although, this is not necessary. You can organize an impromptu “snow” battle right at home. It should be fun. The little one will easily understand the essence of the game and throw snowballs at everyone with great joy.
Magic message
And for this game you will need:
- Colored cardboard.
- Glue stick.
- Semolina.
Draw any New Year's design on cardboard with glue. And invite your child to sprinkle a sheet of cardboard with semolina. Everyone says that New Year is a magical holiday. So, you need to cast a spell, blow on semolina together and voila... A miracle has happened! You will blow off the excess semolina, and the one that gets on the glue will remain. You will get a snowy drawing. Why isn't it a miracle for you? Well, maybe not for you. But for a one-year-old toddler - a miracle, and what a miracle.
New Year: child 2 years old
If your baby is already 2 years old, you can come up with more complex games for him.
Who lives under the Christmas tree?
Prepare pictures of different animals. Let it be a bunny, squirrel, dog, cat, mouse, chicken, etc. Lay out the pictures on the table, face down. Let the child choose one of them and do not show it to anyone. His task is to show, without words, with gestures, facial expressions, and voice, what kind of animal is shown in the picture. And the guests present must guess. The guesser takes the next picture from the table and the game repeats.
Don't lose your socks
This game is active and fun. Everyone present puts colorful socks on their feet, gets down on all fours and tries to take off the socks of others, but at the same time save their own. The one who collects the most socks wins.
Children's New Year: video
One more thing. When preparing to celebrate with your baby, do not waste time and nerves on preparing some delicious dishes, on hairstyles and outfits. For your little man the holiday is you, yours good mood, your attention, your love. So give them to the baby in full, so that he remembers his first New Year, as well as the second and all subsequent ones, as a beautiful, cheerful, soulful, enchanting fairy tale.
New Year is the most desired holiday for adults and children. If you decide to celebrate the New Year with your child, you can turn the fairy tale he is looking forward to into reality. During preparation, the baby is interested in taking part in decorating the house...
New Year is the most desired holiday for adults and children. If you decide to celebrate the New Year with your child, you can turn the fairy tale he is looking forward to into reality. During preparation, the child is interested in taking part in decorating the house, the New Year tree, and, of course, writing a letter to Santa Claus. At this moment, parents should be nearby and help him in everything.
- New Year's games and fun
Video idea for joint creation of masks for carnival
What to do ahead of the holiday
It is very important to create a festive atmosphere in the house: decorate the rooms, hang garlands, decorate the Christmas tree. The child will certainly help you with this, and you let him show his imagination. Let him choose which toys to hang on the Christmas tree. Be sure to make some toys with your own hands. It could be simple paper garland, a snowman made of threads and glue, decorated cones or a wreath made of pine needles. Hang the crafts in visible places, because it is very pleasant for the child to know that adults appreciated his efforts.
Decorate the windows with snowflakes various forms and sizes cut from thin paper or napkins. If a child is inclined to creativity, he will be interested in trying to paint windows with paints or diluted toothpaste, depicting frosty patterns.
Write a letter to Santa Claus with your child
An indispensable attribute of the holiday - bright carnival costumes. You can make a New Year's outfit with your own hands, and for this you do not need to have sewing machine. Enough for most suits small quantity fabric and a mask that can be made using applique. Involve your child in the process of creating the outfit, who will be able to provide all possible assistance. If the child made the costume himself, together with mom and dad, it will be much more valuable to him than bought in a store.
By the way, even a ready-made suit can be embellished. Show your imagination, sew Christmas tree rain, beads, rhinestones, bows on it. For boys, as an element to the outfit, you can make a hat, a sword, a vest - it all depends on the look your baby will wear on New Year’s Eve.
A carnival costume or its elements are mandatory attributes of the holiday.
Adults should also feel like participants in a carnival in the festive atmosphere. If you invite guests, prepare hats, crowns, masks or tinsel for them to wear around their necks, like a scarf. If they are too conservative people, then let them at least give themselves some kind of image closer to midnight. It is not at all necessary to wear a mask until the end of the holiday.
To sleep or not - that is the question
At what age can a child and his parents celebrate the holiday with the chimes ringing? This question worries everyone who wants to celebrate the New Year with a child. It all depends on the age and biorhythm of the child.
If you have infant who is active until midnight - there is nothing wrong with him falling asleep by 12 o'clock. At this age, the child will not understand anything yet, so there is no need to deliberately prevent him from sleeping - this will only exhaust the baby. But when a 3-5 year old child wants to celebrate a holiday and find gifts under the tree, you can meet him. If he fell asleep earlier and did not wake up to the sounds of fireworks, then in the morning do not focus on the fact that the New Year begins at midnight. From the age of 5-6, children are interested in the holiday, and, as a rule, understand perfectly what 00:00 is. The child will happily wait for this cherished moment. To prevent the fatigue accumulated during the day from making itself felt, put your child to bed at 8-9 pm. This will make it easier for him to wait until midnight and celebrate the New Year with the adults.
The child will be very happy when he finds a gift under the tree
Many parents worry about sleep infant– a cannonade of salutes and fireworks can be heard on the street all night. Infants under 3 months may not hear this noise because their hearing does not yet respond to low sounds. But it is better to put an older child in a room where the noise of fireworks will be least audible.
Who to invite to the New Year's party with a child
New Year is a family holiday, so you can gather all your relatives at home. The child should be comfortable in such an environment, because everyone is familiar, and grandparents constantly pay attention.
New Year is a family holiday, spend it with loved ones
If you want to celebrate the New Year in the company of friends, you need to understand what younger child, the smaller the celebration will be. Surely among your friends there are families with children. Invite them, the child will be interested in talking with other children. For children 6-7 years old, you can set a separate table or even allow them to celebrate in another room, separate from their parents. This will give freedom of action to both you and the children. However, it is necessary to periodically monitor children; it is best to replace “control” with spending time together - games and other entertainment, which we will talk about a little later.
What to serve on the holiday table
When celebrating the New Year with a child, you should plan the menu in advance. Sweets and tangerines are invariable attributes of the holiday, but you need to remember that for a child these are not the most healthy foods. Therefore, discuss a simple rule with your child in advance: one tangerine and one candy per day. Of course, exceptions can be made, but within reasonable limits.
Dishes for a children's New Year's table should not only be tasty, but also interestingly decorated.
To make your child less likely to indulge in sweets, hide the sweets away and don’t put them on display. New Year's table, because it only teases the child. Remember that excess citrus fruits and chocolate may cause allergic reactions and stomach problems. This also applies to sweet carbonated drinks, so it is better to replace them with juices or compotes.
Do you need Santa Claus with a bag of gifts?
If you decide to celebrate the New Year with your child, decide whether you need Santa Claus. If the child is older than 3-4 years, then you can try inviting a fairy-tale character to congratulate the baby. On the eve of New Year's holidays The schedule of Father Frosts and their companions - the Snow Maiden is scheduled literally to the minute, so it is necessary to order a congratulation in advance, having discussed all the nuances. If your child is still small, ask Santa Claus not to talk too loudly, do not insist that the child tell him a poem, etc. An unfamiliar man in a bright, strange outfit can frighten a child, as a result of which the subsequent holiday will be ruined. If you invited Santa Claus, help your child write him a letter in which your child will tell you how he behaved all year and what gift he wants for the New Year tree.
Help your child write a letter to Santa Claus
New Year's games and fun
What's the New Year without fun? Not only children, but also adults should leave the table and have fun. To do this, you need to prepare games and competitions in advance, thanks to which your evening will become fun and varied. Children really enjoy active competitions where they can run and jump. Therefore, if the space of the room allows, organize outdoor games.
"In the swamp"
You will need 4 A4 sheets. Guests are divided into two teams, each of which is given 2 sheets of paper. Participants must walk over “bumps” - paper through a “swamp”. You need to put the sheet on the floor, step on it with both feet, and place the second sheet in front of you. Then step on the second sheet, turn around, pick up the first sheet and place it forward. When the participant reaches the end of the wall, he needs to go back. The winner is the team whose members passed the “swamp” faster.
"Who is who?"
If a company of several children has gathered on New Year's Eve, you can play this game. To play the game, choose a guesser. Let him leave the room for a couple of minutes, and at this time the children and adults change places, decorations, and masks. When asked what has changed, the guesser must name all the changes.
"Surprise Balls"
You can play this with your children fun game. You will need balloons, but before you inflate them, put a note inside with a task (jump 10 times on one leg, sing a song, portray an animal, name 10 cities, recite a poem, etc.). At the festival, pierce the ball with a needle, catch the note and complete the task.
Create interesting games for children
Based on the results of each competition, determine the winners, but do not forget about the participants who also tried. You can reward kids with sweets, fruits, small gifts-toys and homemade medals made of thick cardboard for “the fastest”, “for the best verse”, etc.
Be sure to remember that if you want to celebrate the New Year with a child who is not yet 2 years old, you need to be extremely careful. Make sure that the child does not come close to the Christmas tree, because at any moment the child can pull the toy or garland and it will fall. When setting off fireworks with children, strictly follow the instructions and do not give them sparklers or firecrackers. These are basic safety rules that must always be followed.
The most important thing when celebrating the New Year is to put your whole soul into the holiday, fill the evening with surprises, fun competitions and joyful events. Then the child will be eternally grateful to you for your attention and care.
