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CONFETTI COLLEGE
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Set out various colors of construction paper scraps plus scraps of aluminum foil and foil papers. |
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Provide your children with paper punchers and let them punch dots out of the paper scraps to make their own confetti. |
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Next, have them brush glue on pieces of construction paper. |
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And finally sprinkle the confetti over the glue to create confetti collages. |
| LITTLE HOLIDAY HAT |
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Provide your children with a paper or plastic-foam cup to be used as a hat base. |
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Have them turn their cups upside down and decorate them by gluing on such materials as paper scraps, stickers, feathers and ribbons. |
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Give them cotton balls or poms to glue on top. |
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Then poke holes on opposite sides of the hats and attach pieces of yarn for tying under the children’s chins. |
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Talk with your children about how New Year’s is the time to say goodbye to the old year and hello to the new one. |
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Set out a pile of toys, some old, some new. |
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Have your children sort the toys into two piles, Old and New. |
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Continue with other piles, such as old and new shoes, or books.
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CALENDAR FUN
Let your children use unwanted calendars for these activities.
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Sort numerals cut from several calendar pages into matching piles. |
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Color in the squares on a calendar page to make patterns (one red, one blue, one red, etc. |
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ADDITIONAL NEW YEAR’S GAMES
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Can be found at the Game Station, under Winter Games. |
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NEW YEAR’S WISHES
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At Circle Time, have each of your children think of something to wish for in the coming year. |
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Have each child tell the group what his wish is. |
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Make a class list of all of your children’s wishes. |
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Place your list in an envelope and keep it to read to the children at the end of the year. |
| Variation: Have children think of something that they want to learn in the coming year. |
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CALENDAR FUN
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Take old calendars and cut off the pictures. |
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Let your children choose a picture and dictate a story about it to you. |
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Write the story on the bottom of a large piece of paper and tape the picture on the top of the paper. |
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Let children take the stories home to “read” to their parents and friends.
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KITCHEN NOISEMAKERS
Your children will have fun welcoming the New Year with these handy kitchen items.
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Toot a tune through an empty paper towel tube. |
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Thump on a saucepan with a wooden spoon. |
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Shake a tea ball with a jingle bell inside. |
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TOOT YOUR HORN
Tune: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Toot, toot, toot your horn,
Toot it loud and clear.
Toot it high and toot it low
To welcome the New Year.
Elizabeth Scofield
More Verses: Bang, bang, bang your drum; Ring, ring, ring your bell; Clap, clap, clap your hands; Stomp, stomp, stomp your feet. |
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NEW YEAR’S PLACEMATS
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Give your children large pieces of red construction paper. |
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Have them decorate the corners of their papers with designs using marking pens, glitter glue pens, or stickers. |
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Let children eat a New Year’s treat on their placemats.
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NEW YEAR’S TREATS
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Confetti cake – cake with (confetti like) candies on top. |
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White grape punch – for champagne |
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Bugles – little corn horn shapes |
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Party Mix – with cereals, pretzels, candies and nuts. |
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Confetti Muffins – Baked with small pieces of dried fruits inside. |
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NEW YEAR’S CAKE
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Make a New Year’s cake. |
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Place candles on top to represent the year, such as 7 candles for 2007. |
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Sing “Happy Birthday” to 2007.
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