How to Make New Year's Eve Decorations While on a Budget

Want to decorate your home for a New Year's Eve party, but don't have much money? Here are some ideas to help you make your party shine!

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Strings of colored or tiny white lights
• Cardboard and foil
• Paper Chains
• Colorful Flowers
• Bright table napkins and/or place mats
• Black, white and silver balloons and confetti
• Papier mache
• Candy
• Streamers

1. Mini Lights Light up your house with strings of colored or tiny white lights. String lots of small, white Christmas tree lights around the room.
2. Good Luck Horseshoe Hang a large cardboard horseshoe on the door. Horseshoes mean good luck, but they must be hung the right way (ie like a cup) or the luck will fall out. You can make this and cover with gold colored foil.
3. Streamer Ribbons The more streamers and ribbons decorating the room, the more festive it will look and feel.
4. Making Paper Chains Make colorful paper chains and string them around the room. Ask the kids to help!
5. Beautiful Flowers Have bowls of colorful flowers on the table.
6. Colorful Napkins Use bright table napkins and/or place mats.
7. Balloons Have bunches of black, white and silver balloons.Fill balloons with confetti (use a funnel) and pop these at midnight for some extra celebrating.
8. New Year's Pinata Make a pinata and fill with candy. The picture shows how creative you can get when you let your imagination fly!
9. Auld Lang Syne Make a large copy of Auld Lang Syne (see below) and stick it on the wall so people will be able to sing all the words when midnight comes. Save and print this image.

Tips & Warnings

• Use your imagination! Look around your home, dig through your crafts supplies, ask your kids, or go to your local crafts store to obtain ideas for decorating on a budget!
• Remember to eat your black eyed peas for good luck on New Year's Day!
• Don't forget the safe and sane rule: If your guests drink, take their car keys! Friends don't let friends drive drunk!!