20 Creative New Year Crafts for Kids

What are you doing for New Year’s Eve? If you’re throwing a house party and having lots of kids and their parents over, you need good wishes, patience and New Year’s art and craft ideas for kids!

The year ends in less than a week and like always, it is a surprise! Planning for the last day of the year is now the top priority. Whether you’re going out or staying in, keeping the children entertained is essential (unless you want to enter the new year with tantrums!). This is where art and craft can come to your aid and help you keep sane.

We bring you easy New Year’s crafts for kids that are fun to do, easy to execute, require minimal preparation, and are tried and tested to keep kids busy. Busy children are happy children!

Easy New Year Crafts Ideas for Kids

Easy new year crafts ideas are a fun way to engage kids creatively while celebrating the festive season. These simple projects spark imagination and make lasting memories for children and families alike

1. Build a Dreams Jar

Use a transparent glass bottle, label it and tell the little ones that every day of the new year, you will pen down a dream, a beautiful moment or a memory you want to remember. Think about the fun you will have in the new year, revisiting all of that!

2. New Year in the Jungle

The animal kingdom is excited about the New Year too! Fold regular balloons into these fun shapes and use them to decorate your party area. Get the kids to draw eyes and noses on them.

3. Firework Rings

New Year celebrations without bling feel boring. Plus, when children dress up for the festive, they add a fun vibe to the whole celebration. Fireworks rings are an addition to your children’s adorable jewellery collection. Use tinsel stems of any colour you like and make fireworks rings.

4. Make Party Masks

A New Year party means tons of pictures, surprises and fun! If your kids are looking to surprise their friends with little gifts, they can wear masks while they’re at it. Use card paper, glitter pens and strings to make these masks.

5. Pretty Head-Band

Help your princess look like one with one of these lovely New Year’s Eve craft ideas – a headband with flowers, sparkles or pom-poms. You can both put one together each – one for Mamma, one for her darling.

6. Buttoned Up Balloons

Never have buttons looked cuter! This is one of the easiest New Year’s crafts for toddlers as all they have to do is stick buttons onto felt paper using glue. Put them up as venue decorations, next to air balloons.

7. Colourful Party Hats

Birthdays, anniversaries or New Year’s – party hats are a must! You only need glazed paper for this. Roll this around paper cones and secure with a stapler.

8. Centre Table Decorations

When you’re getting the dinner table ready for a New Year’s Eve dinner, your kids can help set the decorations in place. Fill little jars with edible beans, candies or gems. This is one of those New Year’s crafts for preschoolers that’s also good for fine motor skills.

9. Sparkle Tubes

Just fill all the sparkly stuff you can lay your hands on into little tubes of plastic – use beads, sequins, gems, buttons! The children will have a blast waving them around like magic wands.

10. Paper Crown

If your kid loves cutting and pasting, then this year you can make a paper crown with your kid. He will certainly enjoy making this and love showing it off to his friends.

11. New Year’s Greetings

Why not send your family and friends personalized New Year greetings? Make these simple cards with poster paint – your children can also use thumbprints to add their cute little touch to them!

12. Snowflakes for a Cold New Year

Christmas may be behind us but winter is still very much here. If you are experiencing a cold New Year’s Eve, some snowflakes in the house are a great way to keep the Xmas spirit going. Use paper cut ones, plastic ones or buy some ready ones and have fun arranging them.

13. Snowman New Year Announcement

This cute little snowman announcing 2026 is easy to make with some cotton and cloth stuffing. Make big paper letters for 2026 and arrange them on a raised platform to represent the sledge.

14. Noise Makers

December 31 parties call for merriment and noise. Get your kids in the spirit with these noise-makers that are simple to make. Just use whistles and append a plastic tube below. Cover with sparkling paper and you’re done.

15. Balloon Extravaganza

This one is simple. Get together with your guests to blow lots of balloons for the kids and have fun shoving them all around the room. Or you could get hydrogen ones and release them into the sky at midnight.

16. New Year Paper Party Glasses

Party glasses are one of the commonly used things in a new year party. If you are also hosting one, then make sure to engage your kids in making colourful paper glasses for the party.

17. Happy New Year Garland

Can the decoration be complete without a new year garland? Of course, not! To make your kids busy with crafts you can ask them to make colourful new year garland using paper, colours, and sparkle. Once they are done with the garland, you can put them anywhere in the house, in the living room or in their rooms.

18. DIY confetti poppers

Kids make simple poppers using materials like paper or small cups filled with colorful confetti. The poppers can be decorated with glitter, markers, or stickers, then sealed until popped at midnight or during New Year festivities. When popped, the confetti scatters joyfully, mimicking party celebrations and adding excitement to the event.

19. New Year Firework Wreath

This craft involves creating a decorative wreath that looks like vibrant fireworks. Kids use colorful paper strips, glitter, and craft sticks or straws arranged in a circular pattern to form bursts similar to fireworks. Adding sparkly embellishments enhances the festive feel. This wreath can be displayed as a bright New Year decoration symbolizing celebration and joy

20. New Year’s Eve Ball Drop Card

This craft simulates the famous New Year’s Eve ball drop. Kids fold card stock to create a foldable card with a ball drawn or attached that “drops” when the card opens, revealing a festive “Happy New Year” message inside. Decorations like glitter, party hats, balloons, and noisemakers can be drawn or glued on for added fun. It’s a creative way to celebrate the countdown and make a personalized New Year greeting card.

These fun craft activities are sure to help your kids learn new activities and find their potential. So, cheers to the coming year and the memories in the making! Do tell us the art and craft ideas you’re planning to implement.

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