Blog > 9 Ways To Celebrate News Years This Year During Pandemic
Even though we are currently in a pandemic, there are still many unique ways to celebrate New Years’ this year. You can have your very own New Years Celebration in New Castle without the fear of catching COVID-19. Below, we will list 9 ways to celebrate New Years’ during a pandemic to give you a few ideas.
1. Participate in indoor camping with your family.
Indoor camping will excite your little ones. All you need is a tent, sleeping bags, and smores. You can even put on a movie for entertainment. If you are adventurous and willing to weather the cold, you can move the tent to your backyard to enjoy conversations underneath the stars.
2. Have a fun board game competition.
If you have some competitors in your home, a board game night will be exciting. You can play multiple games and provide awards for the winners. If you do not have any awards, the winner can have bragging rights. This certainly will lead to a never ending, fun night.
3. Host a family pajama party.
Tell your family to put their pajamas on and head into the living room for fun conversations, laughs, and a new year countdown. Everyone will enjoy showing off their pajamas. To make it even more entertaining, provide pizza or snacks and watch a movie.
4. Create a photo collage of the year.
Everyone in your household can gather around a table and look at photos they have captured this year, whether on their phone or on a camera. Each person should choose which photos are important to them and create a photo collage out of those photos. At the end, there will be a huge photo collage with many magical moments from this year. It can even be hung up on the wall in remembrance.
5. Have a spa night with your family or spouse.
An at-home spa night is an amazing idea. You can get creative by purchasing cucumbers, facial creams, foot scrubs, and more. This can turn into a relaxing night, where each person gets pampered after going through the struggles of 2020. Candles and soft music will also add a nice touch.
6. Create a time capsule.
Each person in your household can choose one thing to add to a time capsule. The idea is to think about if someone were dig it up within a few years and find what was put in it. You may want to include a newspaper article about the pandemic, a special toy that was played with, or a simple photo of your family. You can also decide to dig the time capsule up yourself in a couple years, which will give your young ones something to look forward to.
7. Have a treasure/scavenger hunt.
Sit down with a pen and paper and create a treasure/scavenger hunt around your house or yard. Once you have finished, send your household on the hunt to find the missing items. Whoever finishes the scavenger/treasure hunt first will win a prize. This is a fun game that will keep the family busy for hours.
8. Host a family Olympics competition.
Host your own Olympics competition. You can decide on the acts each person does, or you can let them choose their own acts. At the end, decide who wins the ultimate prize or medal. Everyone will be tired and ready for bed once they have competed in the Olympics at home edition.
9. Have a mystery dinner party.
You can cook the meal yourself and invite your household to the mystery dinner party, or you can let each person cook their own dish. Once the meal is complete, everyone will be blindfolded and taste the cooked dishes. After tasting, they will declare what they think it is that they are eating. This will be a fun dinner game that will cause lots of giggles and smiles.

