The Homefire New Year’s Eve Family Night Kit: Countdown Cards, a Puzzle Hunt + Time Capsule (Printable)
$7.00
A New Year’s Eve the whole family stays up for, even if midnight is noon. Twelve countdown cards, a five-puzzle Midnight Key hunt for ages 5 to 10, a time capsule and paper crowns. Play it at midnight or as a Noon Year. 18-page printable plus a fillable copy. Instant download.
Description
A New Year’s Eve the whole family stays up for, even if midnight is noon.
The kids want to stay up till midnight. You know how that goes by about 9:40. So here’s a night that works either way: count down to a real midnight, or ring in a “Noon Year” at lunchtime and have everybody in bed on time.
The Homefire New Year’s Eve Family Night Kit is an 18-page printable with a fillable copy. Countdown cards, a five-puzzle hunt for the Midnight Key, and a little time capsule, all planned in fifteen-minute pieces.
What’s inside
- How the Night Works — two ways to play: the Noon Year or the real thing
- Set Up in 15 Minutes — a tick list and who-does-what by age
- Twelve countdown cards, plus two blanks, one small thing to do every fifteen minutes
- The Midnight Key hunt — five puzzles, one per page, with a hint for the 5-to-7s and a grown-up page with every answer
- A time capsule — My Year by Me, Our Family This Year, Guess the Future and Three Hopes
- Cut-outs and table tents — keys, paper crown strips and a capsule label
What changes
Before: a long evening of “is it midnight yet?” and a tired crowd at 10.
After: a hunt, a crown on every head, a sealed envelope to open next December, and a countdown the littles actually saw.
“My kids are different ages.”
It’s built for everybody from age 2 to the teens. The puzzles are written for ages 5 to 10 with hints for the youngest, the littles have their own jobs on the set-up page, and the teens can run the hunt. Cider and cocoa only, no grown-up drinks needed.
Printed pages are for your own family; please don’t share or resell the PDF.
Who made it
Hi, I’m Robin. I spent nearly thirty years as a CFO, most of them working from home while raising four kids, and I’m a grandma of seven now. I build things that work in a real house, in the minutes you actually have.
$7 · Instant download (the 18-page printable, a fillable copy and a Start Here page). Digital products are delivered instantly, so all sales are final; if you have any trouble downloading, reach me through the contact page and I’ll get you sorted.
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