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Susan avatar

For your new years celebration use the suggestions here

https://www.goldencarers.com/count-down-to-noon/4097/

We used many of these ideas

In addition will you would use a beach ball and have a resident hold it over their head and hold onto it while we counted from 10 to 0 and then said happy new year

I have a special entertainer unless the weather was bad but we would have our party with the entertainer or not

Before the party we would make noise makers

Before of the toast which I made homemade champagne with diet soda and juice

We would give glass of juice to each resident and one we got to zero we would hold the glass up and say happy new year everyone would drink their juice and then they would shake their noisemakers

We would invite family members to join us they seem to enjoy the celebration

The room was packed but there were still some resident who could not come so we would go to their room and drink a glass of fake champagne and give them a noise maker and say happy new year to them

They really enjoyed this

Talita avatar

Love these ideas, thank so much for sharing Susan!

BrandyAnn avatar
BrandyAnn Resident Services Coordinator

Love this! Especially the fake champagne as we are a dry community.

Molly avatar
Molly Activity Professional & Writer

This is great, Susan! Thank you so much for sharing such great ideas!

Alyce avatar

thanks for this great idea...have about 50 senior citizens and will do this! sounds like fun!

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