New Years Party with Lots of Kids

Make homemade play-doh.

Have some beach balls or balloons blown up for them to play with.

New Years Eve "toys" are always a hit.

Make little goodie bags (little trinkets and toys and treats) up to hand out when the kids start to act up or get bored.

Board games geared for their ages keep kids busy. Or even a deck of cards. (Crazy 8, Old maid, Kings Corner, etc. Lots of games you can play with a regular deck of cards!)

Coloring sheets are a great idea.

If you want to have some kind of contest I suggest sugar cubes and either glue or frosting and cardboard. Have the kids make IGLOOS!!!

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Hire a teenage babysitter to watch them and maybe come up with some games and activities. I did this once when I had a huge open house for my husband's birthday. It was well worth the cost. I also had a little kids size picnic table with some coloring and crafts. I bought a cheap cardboard "house" at Michael's or somewhere that was designed to be colored and then used as a playhouse (a big box would work too). You can also get inexpensive party games and crafts at Michael's or stores like Party America. We also have a two story house and the adults were on the main level and the kids were upstairs. You could rent a couple of videos too. The boys got a little rowdy, but the girls colored and did crafts and the babysitters kept them all safe and supervised.

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If your husband doesn't like the idea then nix the frosting, you won't have such a big mess and the kids can still have fun with pretzel rods and marshmallows and eat them too! Have fun!

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