Although there are lots of celebrations on New Year’s Eve, it is hard to find one that involves the kiddos as well! Here are five local events that are sure to be fun and will give you a chance to ring in the new year together!
1. New Year’s Banner activity at the Discovery Museum – Make the end of 2015 memorable by visiting the Discovery Museum with family and friends. Explore the Nature Discovery room, take a nature walk and visit the Space Quest exhibit. Kids can color and assemble a New Year Banner to take home. Bring your camera to capture all the fun! $4.00 – $6.00 per person.
2. Bouncin’ New Year’s at Bounce U – Join them for a New Year’s party and countdown! It’s a fantastic way to let kids celebrate the New Year with their friends in the afternoon! Includes: Cosmic Bounce, 2016 fun glasses, noisemakers, and a sweet treat! $8.95 per child. Reserve tickets online in advance.
3. Noon Year’s Eve Family Festival at the Crocker Art Museum – Count down to the New Year at noon at this fun and free celebration of global cultural experiences, including an aloha welcome with Ohana Dance Group, bi-lingual magic with Germar the Magician, drumming with Afia Walking Tree and her 100 drums, bagpipes with the Sacramento Pipe Band, the Samoan All Family Boys acapella group, Ebo Okokan Afro-Cuban dance and music, Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band playing Jewish folk melodies, and appearances by Father Time. This is one New Year’s celebration everyone can stay awake for! Free
4. New Years Eve Sky Spectacular in Old Sacramento – Sacramento’s best New Year’s Eve tradition lights up the skies above Old Sacramento with bright colors and flashes during the New Year’s Eve Sky Spectacular. This free celebration is open to all residents and features activities for the whole family to enjoy. Including children’s programming, live music, dinner specials, hot food and drink vendors and a variety of colorful street entertainment. Free
5. Who Year at Sacramento Children’s Museum – Celebrate the New Year as the clock strikes midnight in various countries throughout the world with cultural activities, noise maker-making, bubble stomps, and more! Create shakers in our Art Studio all day long and participate in our bubble stomp occurring every hour starting at 10am. You’ll also be able to experience how certain countries around the world ring in the New Year with special crafts, games, and treats! $7.00 per person.
—–>If you’re looking for a way to celebrate as adults while your kids are having fun, here’s an idea for safe childcare: Kids Park in Natomas is hosting a New Year’s Eve Party for the kids and they will open until 12:30am. They will have hats, horns, crafts, games and root beer floats to enjoy. Reservations are recommended.
Happy New Year!
Written by Keilah Woodard
My love for exploring and creating experiences with my three kids led to the founding of SacramentoSidetracks.com in 2009. I realized that Sacramento has so much to offer and I was excited to share my findings with other parents. Besides simply having fun, these are the other positive side effects of taking my kids on outings that I’ve discovered: we have quality time together away from the distractions at home, we cultivate our curiosity, learn new things, conversations are triggered by what we see and do, we connect and bond as a family, and we create new memories. Ready to get sidetracked, too? Let me be your guide!
