Robyn Carter

OK, all you brilliant, creative minds-I need something cool to do at home
tonight to celebrate with my 13dd, who's really disappointed not to be going
to a New Years party. Not that she ever has or was this year, but somehow
she wanted to be. So, what can we do here, that would also include 6ds and
8dd.
I'm counting on all of you, so c'mon...;-)
Robyn

Shyrley

Robyn Carter wrote:

> OK, all you brilliant, creative minds-I need something cool to do at home
> tonight to celebrate with my 13dd, who's really disappointed not to be going
> to a New Years party. Not that she ever has or was this year, but somehow
> she wanted to be. So, what can we do here, that would also include 6ds and
> 8dd.
> I'm counting on all of you, so c'mon...;-)
> Robyn
>

Get some fireworks and set them off. Order take-out and a good video. Ummm, teach each other dances.
I taught DD (10) and my two lads (9 and 7) to headbang to heavy metal :-)

Have a mini-party with the kids.

I'm all out of ideas now.

Shyrley

Marti Grahl

At 01:30 PM 12/31/02 -0800, you wrote:
>I need something cool to do at home
>tonight to celebrate with my 13dd, who's really disappointed not to be going
>to a New Years party.

Didn't go searching a lot, but grabbed these links with a quick search:

http://abcbabysit.com/holidays/newyears/party.htm

http://www.partysmart.com/html/Idea_gallery/ig_NewYear.html

http://www.party411.com/millennium.html

http://family.go.com/parties/holiday/feature/famf128newyeargames/

Time Capsules or Millennium Scrapbooks
These can be as fancy or basic as you choose. Disney, LearningSmith, and
others have time capsules you can buy, and then complete at the party. They
traditionally include prepared cards or pages where you fill in things like
what is cool, slang words, popular activities, clothes, games, fashion,
vacations, etc... You could make a scrapbook using acid-free paper and
special pens, document family trees or histories, etc.. or provide
three-ring binders and pages and then let people decorate and include what
they want.
You might have everyone bring newspapers and magazines to cut things out
of, or you could download images from the net and provide copies for people
to use. You could also have a design a time capsule contest and have people
bring time capsules they previously created and just tell the other guests
what is in them.

Some ideas about what you might want to include are:
· newspapers or magazines (or just covers) about historical, social,
or cultural events
· pictures of famous people or your family
· pictures of cars, pets, or other hobby-oriented things
· cultural artifacts (like early electronic things)
· descriptions of people - average sizes and shapes - maybe a chart
of how people have gotten taller or are living longer
· want ads or personal columns
· price quotes for housing, cars, transportation, other durable goods
· sample menus and vacation planning guides
· for small kids - their favorite baby toy, bath toy, outfit, etc...
· for sports fanatics, every jersey they have ever worn while playing
team sports
· for girl scouts, all their daisy, brownie, junior, cadet, and
senior uniforms or badges
· for lovers, a timeline of their relationship history and plans for
the future

The timeline could be drawn on a roll of butcher paper (available at art or
teacher supply stores), and images that represent each era (from the
costume list) can be found at the library. Copy and glue pictures near each
date (prior to the party).


Marti
mailto:nestmom@...
Wife to Chris, and Mom to Emilee (11), Rachel (7), Katie (5), and Becky (2)
Smithsburg, MD

Mary Bianco

My oldest of course is always out and about for the eve but my husband and I
stay up with the 3 younger ones. We wear silly hats, set off fireworks, have
noise makers and pop poppers. We eat chips and dance and play games or watch
a video, although the last is a last resort as this night is for fun and
noise!! Pretty much just being silly and making noise is fun enough!!!

Mary B








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Have a Nice Day!

Bake cookies, rent a movie and make popcorn!!!

Kristen
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From: Robyn Carter
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OK, all you brilliant, creative minds-I need something cool to do at home
tonight to celebrate with my 13dd, who's really disappointed not to be going
to a New Years party. Not that she ever has or was this year, but somehow
she wanted to be. So, what can we do here, that would also include 6ds and
8dd.
I'm counting on all of you, so c'mon...;-)
Robyn



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