New Year’s Eve help

[DCIJackieDeering]

In a moment of uncharacteristic enthusiasm, I decided to invite people round for NYE, I worked in the basis that most people would already have plans, but a couple of friends for a drink and a chat would be nice.

Anyway, lots of people have already said yes, and more have promised to get back to me. So far it’s about 15 adults and 10 children and it could easily double. Plan is drinks, nibbles, music and .... erm. How do I make it a good night, we have large kitchen and lounge so hopefully room for dancing, I’m working on the play list now. What do I need for the kids? All primary school aged.

Other than lots of booze and music, what else do I need to make it good? I’m planning to stock up in frozen nibbles now. Can you hire glasses for NYE or will they all be booked up now?

In terms of booze I’m thinking gin (I have a selection) fizzy wine, still wine, beer, cider. Anything obvious I’ve missed?

We used to hand one room over to kids with Wii/Xbox DVDs and games, and supply their own chocolate fountain, pizza etc. An adult would pop in every so often.
We have a biggish house though.

It's worth noting that the kids' room was usually tidier than the adults' at the end of the night!

Dont hire glasses. Buy plastic ones from home Bargains. Bottle/cans, wine, prosecco, gin, vodka,

Plenty of crisps, cheese, crackers, dips, breadsticks, slices of ham, rolls, coleslaw, sausage rolls, wuiche, savoury rice, turkey.

Thats what we do.

If you have kids, they usually entertain themselves with the extra ones. If you don’t, tv, films, dancing competitions with prizes, disco lights maybe (small ones are very cheap), rolling a malteaser down the tape measure.
Don’t hire glasses as above, maybe even borrow from some of the guests. Party poppers.

Loads of ideas on Pinterest!

Are nibbles enough? What time are people coming over? We always have a massive piece of pork, cobs & stuffing otherwise people get trashed on booze and nibbles alone!

Dancing, Prosecco pong (or cola for the kids) was a big hit last year.

Sparklers at midnight.

Soft drinks for the drivers, lots pizza veg and/or meat to soak up the booze, lots of bin liners and a quick sweep through to get rid of junk keeps the place decent.

How will you keep the brinks cold? If you are in the uk, a wheelbarrow outside works a treat.

Anyone staying overnight, good to have bacon sandwiches or something for breakfast and plan to go out for a lovely brisk walk the next morning. Enjoy.

Thanks, UK based, live in a rural village, so far the guest list is village based. I think the acceptance rate is based on the fact that people won’t have to pay for babysitters or cabs.

Arrival time from 7, was wondering about having a large ham or similar, also a cheese board.

Maybe I’ll go plastic glasses, was just trying to think of my single use plastic.

Chocolate fountain is a fab idea, although having seen the photos of DD and her friends using one at Brownies makes me a little nervous. I’ll get the Just Dance out.

Keeping things cold should be fine, we can pop things outside and we have a spare fridge. Also need to balance what I need to serve warm against prepared, I don’t want to spend the whole evening popping things in the oven

What about a chocolate platter if you don't fancy the chocolate fountain

A place for some of the younger kids to maybe crash out if they end up falling asleep.

Chocolate platter! Bloody brilliant idea!

We use those plastic tablecloths, so fountain mess wasn't too much of an issue.

God that chocolate platter looks amazing, stealing that! We started stocking up on booze at the weekend. We’re at about 2-3 bottles of wine/ champagne per person. Need to buy beers and cider then start thinking of soft drinks. Thinking about making a kids punch- orange juice and lemonade with fruit it, and have things like elderflower, coke etc for the adults. Will have crash room for little ones, hopefully with DVD player

Ask guests to lend you glasses and crockery/cutlery/chairs, or anything else you don't have enough or, or you can buy glasses for 30-50 pence each from Ikea or supermarkets, so I'd just do that if you don't want plastic ones. If you buy, put in the loft or donate to charity/friends and family afterwards.

Oooo, I've been looking for an excuse to go to Ikea, this might be it :)

I need to get started on my Spotify playlist as well