If you plan on going out in York or you are staying at home with the kids, we’ve rounded up a list of ideas to make a special occasion of it so you can all enjoy New Year’s Eve!
More events may be added as they are announced.
Jack and the Beanstalk
JOIN US FOR A FE-FI-FO-FUN EXTRAVAGANZA FOR ALL THE FAMILY!
There are two performances of this pantomime on New Year’s Eve – an 11am Relaxed Performance (audience members can move around freely, leave and enter the auditorium as needed, the lights never go completely dark and sound effects are softened) and 3pm matinee performance (other performances also running throughout the festive season).
Starring Nina Wadia as Fairy Sugarsnap (EastEnders, Citizen Khan, Still Open All Hours, Goodness Gracious Me), James Mackenzie as the villainous Luke Backinanger (CBBC’s adventure game show Raven and CBeebies’ Molly and Mack) and York favourite Robin Simpson (Mrs Smee in All New Adventures of Peter Pan and Manky in Cinderella) as the hilarious Dame Trott!
Find out more and book tickets here.
Grand Opera House PantoRobinson Crusoe and the Pirates of the River Ouse
There are two performances of this pantomime on New Year’s Eve – 1pm Matinee and 5pm evening performance (other performances also running throughout the festive season).
York legend Berwick Kaler returns with all of the gang for his hilarious take on the classic story of a sailor from York who finds himself marooned on a desert island, but he’s not alone!
Find out more information and book tickets here.
🥳 Agility Family NYE Party Join us for an family friendly New Year’s Eve celebration at Agility! 6 – 9pm. Featuring:
🕙Kid’s Countdown: Early New Year’s countdown at 8pm
🎉 Games Galore: Exciting games like dodgeball
🍽 Special Party Menu: Sharing plates and platters
Children £14.95 each; 1 free adult wrist band with every child’s ticket. Bar open until 9.30pm.
Book tickets on the Agility website or call 01904 340495.
Ebor Business Park, Millfield Lane, York, YO26 6QY
New Earswick Sports and Social Club NYE family discoFamily disco with DJ Geoff. Bring your own food if you wish, your games etc. Bring the kids and family to have a dance!
31st December, from 7pm. £2 adult, £1 child.
This is a ticketed event – get your tickets via Eventbrite here.
🥳 Wacky Warehouse Flying Legends NYE Party & SEND SessionSEND session from 9am-11am.
Join us for a New Years Eve party 3-5pm!
Superhero & princess themed.
£5 per child with all proceeds going to Macmillan,
🎶 Childrens music
🥳 Party games and prizes
😁 2 hours of soft play
See 2023 off doing what the Wacky team love the most – partying with the little ones and raising money for an amazing charity 🤩
Please give the team a message on facebook or give us a call on 01904 693239 to book in, payment can be taken on the day.
Get out your umbrellas, fruit slices and funky straws and let the kids create some fruity, fun mocktails to enjoy! Check out the York Mumbler New Years Eve Pinterest Board for some inspiration and recipes!
Kids love any occasion to dress up so don your sparkly dresses or dressing up outfits, grab some party hats, funny props and set up a selfie photo booth to snap some family memories. You could even make some of your own party props, print off our FREE design your own Photo Booth Props sheets!
Turn the lights off, grab some glow sticks and get the tunes on! Nothing like a bit of dancing to tire the kids out. How about teaching them some Macarena or Saturday Night dance moves?
Get Youtube on the TV and you have karaoke at your fingertips! Have everyone take turns or perform some family singsongs together.
You could make some little tickets, sort out some snacks (sweets / popcorn /nachos), close the curtains and no one will know any different! There’s still time to squeeze in a Christmas film, or Netflix/Sky etc have plenty to pick from, or maybe there were some DVD gifts for Christmas? Enjoy!
New Year’s Eve is a great chance to play some traditional party games with all the family. The kids absolutely love the opportunity to have fun with the grown-ups!
Memory Game – Arrange 10-15 random, small items on a tray and let everyone have a look at them for 30 seconds. Take the tray away and secretly remove one of the items, when you return whoever guesses what is missing gets to have a go next at removing an item! Add the removed item back to the try and this game can go on and on and on….
Pass the parcel – instead of sweets on each layer why not put a fun dare on each layer: Pretend to be a monkey for 10 seconds, Find something yellow in 10 seconds, Tap your head and rub your belly for 10 seconds etc.
Musical statues / bumps / chairs – a good one for getting everyone on their feet dancing.
Family Time Capsule: A fun activity to do as a family on New Years Eve! Grab a shoe box or a large, concealed container. You can each put some special items inside with special memories, family photos, pictures, hand or foot prints, pieces of string that matches your heights (don’t forget to label them), perhaps complete the ‘Interview with the kids activity (below) and the Family Time Capsule quiz. Decide how long you are going to leave it before you next open it. It could be next New Year’s Eve, 5 years or even 10 years! Just ensure that whatever you put inside won’t perish during that time. Download our activity sheet HERE.
Interview with the kids: Print off our interview sheet and find out some interesting facts about your kids this New Year’s Eve. This is a really fun activity to do together but also if you keep hold of the answers and let them read them the following new year, and the year after that… they are great to collect and share every year!
Start a 2024 family memory jar: A great way to collect memories over 2024 that can be shared on New Year’s Eve 2024 to remind everyone what a wonderful year you have had! Simply set up a big jar or box and label the Family Memory Jar. Throughout the year all members of the family can write down special memories on pieces of paper and add it to the memory jar. At the end of the year sit together to read them aloud.
Walks
We have 50 Family Friendly walks in and around York as well as our Festive Walks blog where you can see some great Christmas light displays.
If you need an incentive for smaller feet try our Winter Scavenger Hunt to give them something to look out for along the way.
Check out the “After Christmas Fun” page on the Mumbler website for days out and activity ideas running throughout the festive and New Year period.
We hope you have found this blog useful and enjoy celebrating New Year’s Eve with your kids! All that’s left is for us to wish you a happy 2024 from all at York Mumbler!
