New Year's Eve should be exciting for both adults and kids. Ring in the New Year by playing various games with children using the holiday as their theme. Play a different game each hour to help the kids count down to midnight, or hold an early "mock" New Year's countdown just for the kids after the games are through.
Dress up Games
Fill a large box with boys' and girls' dress up games, such as feather boas, hats, glasses, belts, cowboy vests, pirate gear and footwear. Arrange the kids in a circle with a board-game spinner in the middle. Spin the spinner. The child it points to puts on one item of clothing and sits out for the rest of the spins until each child picks one item. Then, start over and keep playing until each child visits the box four or five times. Show the kids off in a parade...