New Year's Eve Confetti Rockets

Add some drama to your family's New Year's Eve celebration with homemade confetti rockets!  I followed Alphamom's tutorial. She has great step by step directions, eye-candy photographs, and even a diagram on how to make it.  Don't let that fool you though. They are simple!

Inside was paper confetti (hole punches) and in two lucky rockets, a folded $1 bill. 

This was such a fun activity!  It made the countdown way more memorable...  I'm saving the rockets to use again next year!  

Happy New Year!

New Year's Eve Noisemaker Fun!

Looking for ideas for family fun on New Year's Eve?  Even the grown ups will have fun with screaming rocket balloons. 

You just blow these guys up, let go, and they rocket off, making noise as the air whooshes out of them.  Little ones love chasing after the screaming balloons, and their squeals of delight will inspire the grown ups.  Just enough to wear the little ones out, make some new year's noise, and get the grown ups in a festive mood! 

Update:  This isn't just for little ones... my boys (9 and 7) kept at this for over an hour (the balloons finally popped or went in a tree).  And the neighbors?  :) Good thing for all those neighbor gifts!

Happy New Year!