Ring in New Year's Eve with a big, bold bash at one of these Long Island spots hosting events hours earlier than midnight. No matter how old your kids are, there are plenty of family-friendly New Year's Eve events across Long Island to help you welcome 2024. Top picks for New Year's Eve celebrations include roller skating, balloon drops, gaming, and sparkling New Year's Eve fireworks. 

Here's to a happy and healthy new year, Long Island! 

If all-night celebrations are a thing of the past for you and your family, you can still make the most of New Year's Eve with family-friendly festivities throughout New Jersey.

We've rounded up New Year's Eve events the whole family can enjoy together, from indoor and outdoor theme park adventures to New Year's Eve fireworks and First Night celebrations. 

Looking for pre-New Year's entertainment? Keep busy with these 21 Staycation Ideas, and be sure to check our Family Activity Calendar for more happenings. Happy New Year, New Jersey!

Looking for kid-friendly New Year's Eve celebrations Westchester and the Hudson Valley? Look no further because we have rounded up an assortment of family-friendly New Year's Eve celebrations in the area, many are FREE and end at a reasonable hour.

Our picks for family-friendly New Year's Eve celebrations include a New Year's Eve balloon drop at Hyde Park's Roller Magic and New Year's Eve fireworks at Hunter Mountain. Kids can also celebrate New Year's Eve at the Westchester Children's Museum or enjoy a New Year's holiday bubble party at the West Nyack Free Library.

For more fun, bookmark our guide to Christmas vacation activities in Westchester and the Hudson Valley, and keep close tabs on our Family Activities Calendar for more fun things to do. Happy New Year!

New Year's Eve is almost upon us, and there are lots of ways to ring in 2024 in New York City with kids. We've rounded up the city's best family-friendly New Year's Eve celebrations and none include standing in a crowded Times Square to watch the ball drop. Our family-friendly picks include seeing the New Year's Eve fireworks from aboard a cruise around Manhattan, a daytime Noon Year's Eve dance party in Staten Island, and even a special Big Apple Circus performance. However you welcome the new year, we hope it's a blast.

You can find even more seasonal fun in our Holiday Guide for NYC Families, and be sure to check out our post on 35 fun things to do over Christmas vacation.

Connecticut is waving goodbye to 2023 with New Year's Eve events and family-friendly celebrations for kids. New Year's Eve with kids sees celebrations take on a special dynamic: finding things to do on New Year's Eve that the kids will enjoy and that will happen before midnight. This year families have a wide range of options to choose from like holiday light drives, ice skating, gingerbread festivals, and more. Here's to ringing in 2024 with fun family memories!

With New Year's Eve extending into the weekend, plan a New Year's adventure with our list of great Winter Day Trips To Take in Connecticut. And if the weather outside is frightful, check out our 15 Ideas for Celebrating New Year's Eve at Home with Kids.

Looking for the best things to do in Westchester and the Hudson Valley this weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add to your list for Christmas weekend.

Kids can enjoy lots of holiday festivities this weekend, including cookie decorating with Santa, holiday ice skating on a pop-up rink perfect for first-time skaters, or the holiday train show at the Horace Greeley House.

The whole family can enjoy the spectacular holiday lights displays, many of which are open even on Christmas day, including the Grand Holiday Illumination at Untermyer Gardens and The Wonderland of Lights in Rhinebeck.

Looking for the best things to do in New Jersey over Christmas weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add to your list for the holiday weekend.

It's a holly jolly Christmas weekend, and we've found plenty of fun things to do in New Jersey to celebrate! Kick off the festivities at local celebrations like Celebrate in Summit and Santa Claus in Ridgewood. It's also the last chance for a few favorite holiday outings that close this weekend, including Scuba Santa at the Adventure Aquarium in Camden. Whatever you decide to do, it's sure to be festive and fun! 

Looking for the best things to do in New York City this Christmas weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add to your list for this weekend.

You may still have gifts to wrap (or—gulp—shop for) and stockings to hang, but there's festive fun to be had all weekend. Our annual favorites include singing carols under the Washington Square Arch, catching a classic holiday show, and checking out the Dyker Lights.

On Christmas Day, families can catch the Nefesh Mountain concert at the Jewish Museum or celebrate Jewish and Chinese music on the Lower East Side.

No matter how you celebrate, Happy Holidays from the Mommy Poppins team!