Countdown to Midnight: Two-Tier New Year's Eve Family Game Night Kit

What's included

• 1Host Run-of-Show page: hour-by-hour plan from 5 PM to midnight, Kids' Midnight option and supply checklist
• 1Family Scoreboard for up to 8 players or teams, with computed totals and a scoring guide
• 8Hourly Countdown Cards with all-ages challenges
• 12unique New Year bingo cards3 pages of 4
• 1Bingo Caller List with all 30 words
• 24trivia cards with answers: 12 Junior and 12 Grown-uptraditions around the world
• 16family Year-in-Review prompt cards8 Junior, 8 Grown-up) that work in any year
• 2predictions sheets: 1 Junior and 1 Grown-up
• 2word searches: Junior 12x12 and Grown-up 15x15
• 1New Year Traditions crossword with 12 clues
• 1Junior word scramble8 words) and matching pairs (8 pairs) page
• 1Junior Race to Midnight maze
• 2full-page colouring pages: Party Hats and Fireworks, Clock at Midnight
• 1answer key page covering all puzzles

Files you get

How to use it

1. Download your preferred size (A4 or US Letter). Use the low-ink edition to save ink.
2. Print one copy of the kit. Print extra predictions sheets so each guest has one, and extra puzzle pages for each player who wants them.
3. Cut out the countdown cards, trivia cards and year-in-review cards, and put the year-in-review cards in a bowl.
4. Follow the Host Run-of-Show and open one Countdown Card each hour.
5. Hand out Junior or Grown-up versions by age so everyone plays at once.
6. Record points on the Family Scoreboard after each game and crown the winner at midnight.
7. Use the Bingo Caller List to call bingo and the Answer Key to check puzzles. Trivia answers are printed on each card.
8. Seal everyone's predictions in an envelope and read them together next New Year's Eve.