Holiday Gift Guide: New Year’s Eve Delights

With 2017 just around the corner, it’s time to get your party pants on. The entire family is looking forward to the New Year, so it’s important to you ring it in in style! We want you to have the best New Year’s Eve yet, so we picked out some sparkly trinkets sure to have you feeling optimistic and excited when the clock strikes midnight.

All That Glitters Push-Pop Confetti from the Pink Olive
This hand-printed, confetti push-pop will be a delight at midnight. With a mix of all metallic hand-cut shapes, your mood is sure to sparkle all year long! You can even keep the food-safe container to use afterwards. $10, pinkolive.com
Meri Meri New Year Balloon Kit
This cheerful strand of balloons will complete your festivities! Hang this in your living room to impress your friends and your guests. It even has additional tassel decorations to add some flare to your celebration. $25, shopmerimeri.com
The Land of Nod Confetti Rockets
Your kids will love shooting off these sparkly confetti rockets at midnight. Each set contains a set of six rockets filled with confetti, a stick-on mustache, a hat, and a special fortune. The entire family can have fun with these! $25, landofnod.com
J.Crew Girls’ Star Crown Headband
Your little one will love this special, sparkly crown come New Year’s Eve. With three different color options, she’s can choose the perfect headband. Guaranteed she’ll feel like a princess! $32.50, jcrew.com
Champagne Confetti from the Paper Source
It’s not a proper New Year’s celebration without some sparkly. This year, take your decorations to a whole new level, and shower your friends with champagne confetti when the clock strikes midnight! $2.95, papersource.com
Confetti Star Jumbo Balloon from Free People
No New Year’s party is complete without a jumbo balloon filled with confetti. Each kit contains gold or silver star stickers, and will ensure you ring in the new year with flair! The pack contains eight balloons, mixed confetti, eight sheets of stickers, and bakers twine. $20, freepeople.com
Dot Straws from Terrain
Finish off that last sip of your favorite drink right before midnight with these festive straws! With glimmering dots of decoration, they’ll straws will add the smallest touch of cheerful elegance to your New Year’s Eve. $6, shopterrain.com
Minted Sparkling Holiday Cards
Share your new year’s cheer with your friends and family, and send out some sparkling holiday cards! Complete with a bold, glittered 2017 splashed across the front, your excitement for the new year will be seen by all. Available in bulk in postcard, petite, and classic sizes. $140-150, minted.com
Kate Spade New York Scout Bag in Gold Glitter
Ring in 2017 with a new, chic bag for your little one that's just like mom's. It’s mini, but it’s perfect for all her odds and ends. She’ll love this sparkly, attention-grabbing backpack, complete with 14-karat light gold plated hardware. $128, katespade.com
"Celebrate Everything" by Darcy Miller
Local mom and party planning goddess Darcy Miller doles out her professional party advice in this adorable book. Covering every kind of party from baby showers to birthdays, her advice is sure you make planning your New Year’s Eve event easier. This book is filled with D.I.Y craft ideas, inspirations, and tips that are perfect to aide in planning your celebration! $18, darcymillerdesigns.com

Penguin Coding School

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Adventuring Portal

<a name="m_-1473885667065203258__Hlk72147528"></a>Adventuring Portal runs Dungeons and Dragons (D&amp;D) games for kids.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have created a safe online space for tweens and teens to learn and play D&amp;D. Our D&amp;D Summer Camp session are a one-week experience.&nbsp;&nbsp;Monday &ndash; Friday.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each day will be 3 hours of gaming (with 2 breaks build in).&nbsp;&nbsp;15 total gaming hours for $180.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you have played with us before, you are entitled to 10% off.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Need your kids, nieces or nephews, grand kids or neighbor&rsquo;s kids to be occupied for a bit so you can get work done &amp; take care of your to-do list? Maybe your tween or teen is still a bit isolated and craves connection with their peers? Whether your teen/tween has played D&amp;D before or is brand-new to the experience, this safe space brings players together to have fun and solve problems as a team in ways few other online opportunities do. All our games focus on experiential learning.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our players leave knowing all the basic game play as well as experiencing: teamwork, bravery, compassion, generosity, negotiation, improvisation, gamer etiquette, strategy, critical thinking, problem solving, cartography and probability - all through online D&amp;D adventuring! We are an inclusive organization and welcome gamers who are LGBTQIA+ and those on any spectrum.&nbsp; All girls&rsquo; groups available.&nbsp; I am a parent, a certified elementary school and middle school math teacher and last summer in the midst of the mess started&nbsp;Adventuring Portal, an&nbsp;online Dungeons &amp; Dragons&nbsp;business&nbsp;for kids. There are so many benefits to playing D&amp;D and I hope you will consider us as a great way for your child to safely socialize, grow as people and have a great time.

British Swim School - Manhattan

The premier learn-to-swim provider for people of all ages, offering programs for children ages 3-months through adults.&nbsp; British Swim School uses gentle teaching methods and a survival-first approach to help people of all experience levels become safer, stronger swimmers. British Swim School&rsquo;s safe, fun, and effective instructional program has made it the preferred choice for parents and students for over 40 years. Come see the British Swim School difference!