Great games for kids to entertain during Tet holiday

New Year's Eve and New Year's Day games for kids can be a great time to enjoy with family and friends. It can even become part of a family tradition, so add some music, dancing and snacks to make the holiday more fun and meaningful.

If you want your kids to be entertained both happily and productively at New Year's Eve parties and during the holidays, try these options below.

Guess the New Year's Goals

You will need:

1. Paper and pen for each child
2. Bowl

How to do:

1. Ask all children to write a resolution on their own piece of paper.
2. Tear the determined part off the paper and put it all in a bowl.
3. Now, take each piece out of the bowl and ask the child to write down who they think gave it.
4. that determination on the remaining paper.
5. The child who gets the most correct answers wins. A great New Year's party game for kids.

This game will help children better understand each other's dreams and aspirations, and inspire them to pursue big dreams.

Word matching game

You will need:

1. Paper
2. Pen
3. A pair of scissors

How to do:

1. Write different New Year themed words on large sheets of paper.
2. Now, cut the paper in a way that forms different jumbled words.
3. Mix the words together and put them all in a bowl.
4. Ask all the children to sit together around the bowl and take out pieces of paper to form words.

This game helps children practice vocabulary, combine words and become more flexible in language.

Wish Ball

You will need:

1. Balloon
2. A piece of paper
3. Helium

How to do:

1. Ask each child to write a wish or promise for New Year's Eve on a strip of paper.
   Now fold the paper and place it inside a balloon. Fill the balloon with helium and tie it with a ribbon.
2. Take the children out into the garden or yard before the clock strikes 12.
3. Ask the children to release the balloons when the clock strikes 12.

This is a fun and memorable family game for New Year's parties.

New Year Balloon Countdown

You will need:

1. 10 to 12 balloons
2. Paper
3. Highlighter pen
4. Things needed for activities
5. Pin

How to do:

1. Write a few activities on each sheet of paper. Include fun activities like making cupcakes, playing fireworks, playing board games, etc.
2. Place such a sheet of paper in each balloon and inflate them.
3. Write the time on each balloon, for example, starting at 6pm if you have 12 balloons, until midnight.
4. At each designated time, your child will have to pop the corresponding balloon and perform the activity inside.

An anonymous mom with the username Craftibilities shared a fun experience involving a balloon countdown game on New Year's Eve. She blew up a bunch of balloons and wrote the time on each one, randomly increasing the time by 35, 40, or 45 minutes. She wrote, "I started this balloon countdown last year and it was a huge success. The kids loved it so much that we're making it an annual tradition. Counting down like this makes the evening go by so fast. There's absolutely no chance of anyone falling asleep or even talking about falling asleep. The boys didn't even go to bed until 1:30am.

If your child is learning to tell time, draw the time on each balloon. This will help your child practice their clock reading skills.

Race of the marbles

You will need:

1. marbles
2. Empty Scroll – 1 for 2 players
3. Knife

How to do:

1. Cut the paper roll in half to make a trough.
2. Give each player a trough and ask them to sit in a row.
3. Place a large marble in the first trough.
4. The player must pass the marble to the next player, using a roll of paper, until reaching the end.
5. The player who drops the marble is eliminated from the game.

Marvin Fry

Update 05 January 2025